Saudi Women To Hit The Road

I know I haven't done much of anything in the last week. Rest assured that it was not due to a lack of motivation on my part and simply due to small family problems; my mom broke her ankle! Damn you winter! When will this dreadful product of beautiful Mother Nature stop torturing all of our good citizens?! OH THE HUMANITY!!!

Uhum... Ya... Um... Did someone mention something about Saudis?

Autoblog is reporting that after a 75 years since the creation of the state, Saudi Arabia is going to allow its women to acquire a driver's license and auto insurance. The change will take effect at the end of the year and create an albeit small blow to the repressive Wahabi fundamentalism in the country. And you all thought there was no progress with human rights in Muslim countries. Actually critics are quick to point out that Saudi Arabia and the Royal family have not lived up to other commitments. But I say this is a bit bigger than some may realize. As any teenager will tell you, driving is the key to independence! Sure it'll take some time for the culture to adapt, but this is perhaps the ice-breaker.

D.E.

Source: Autoblog

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Product Placement Gone Awry

So those few people out there who actually enjoy CBS' new drama Cane, just couldn't be left alone in peace by the show's sponsor Cheverolet. As it turns out, Chevy spoiled a plot right after cutting to a commercial from a very dramatic scene. 

itsy bitsy *SPOILER ALERT*

What? None of you watch Cane, so its ok? Oh that's great! So what happened was one of the main characters (no I couldn't bother myself to look up his name on wikipedia), after escaping his wedding in (of course) a Cheverolet Silverado pickup, ended up trapped in a burning sugar cane field. Cut to commercial, the truck bursts out of a wall of burning sugar cane and the announcer asks, "Did you think that Silverado stunt was hot?"

Very little backlash was received for this (unfortunately). But, with Bond driving a Ford, Heroes driving Nissans, where'd you think this was gonna go next?

D.E.

Source: Winding Road