Winnebago Will Get No Sympathy From Me

As much as I support American business, I will not shed a tear for the fate of Winnebago, a company that is part of the problem. Winnebago and their ever increasing line of monstrous RV's is a poster child for over-consumption in America and one I would not mind seeing falling by the wayside. I don't think part of the original "American Dream" was to drive your house to your vacation spot.

I love to travel and who wouldn't want to travel across the US in ultimate comfort? But at what costs? Gas grows ever more expensive and yet over the last decade you see more of these behemoths on the road, blocking traffic, churning noxious fumes and even towing a sedan behind them like a dinghy! Here in New England our roads are just as wide as back in the horse and buggy days - barely able to handle car traffic. Put wheels on two bedroom apartments, drive it around during the summer tourist season, and you can see why I hate RV's.

No only do RV's clog our streets and burn precious fuel, they fill our tourist locations with the Americans the rest of the world hates: fat, white, fanny-pack and white socks/sandals wearing dumbass tourists that just happened to find your town from a AAA publication. They are cheap, have little to no interest in where they are visiting, would rather eat fish sticks than fresh fish and never met a vegetable they liked. The retired ones are bad enough but the families with their socially-awkward kids that can't even look up from the PSP or Gameboy are even worse.

So yes, I do feel bad for the folks that work making these gas guzzlers, but not the company or the resource hogs that buy them. And as a warning: If I hear one more of you fat, retired white guys complain about how much it costs to fuel their RV I'm breaking your nose!