SUV Magnet Sales Plummer
Obviously due to this brilliance (first mentioned here):
From the Financial Times:
For three years after the invasion of Iraq, it was difficult to drive more than a few miles through middle America without seeing a car displaying a magnetic yellow ribbon.
The magnets, bearing the slogan “Support Our Troops”, became a symbol of patriotism for millions of US motorists.
But as support for the war fades, demand for yellow ribbons has collapsed.
Magnet America, the largest manufacturer of the product, has seen sales fall from a peak of 1.2m in August 2004 to about 4,000 a month and now has an unsold stockpile of about 1m magnets.
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Some critics have condemned the magnets as a cheap and superficial way to honour the armed forces and highlighted the irony of placing them on gas-guzzling vehicles that deepen the US’s dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
I’m sure by some critics they meant the Spankers. As an aside, the wife and I had a chance to go see the Asylum Street Spankers in St. Louis a few weeks ago and they were greatness live.
The August 2004 figure just proves that people are sheep. I’ve gotten emails supporting the war also, forwarded without comment, by sheep of course. I support the troops, but not the war. Those people are being conned. The Bushes have been in bed with OPEC forever.