If you haven’t noticed, in the past two weeks, the homos have hijacked the entire auto industry.

First, to the couple of you who are wondering why I haven’t posted in two weeks… yes, I’m fine. I’ve had a lot of personal and professional turbulence of late that has prevented me from keeping up with other blogs, in addition to neglecting my own. But all is OK.

Thing is, the news of the past two weeks has been especially appropriate for what this blog has become, as the worlds of automobiles and gay homosexuals have collided head on.

There was a post by Jalopnik which had me asking:

• Is a 4 inch butt plug the secret to rock-star blogging?


• What really is the point of this gay leasing company?

Time will only tell concerning the butt plug.

The gay leasing company… I just don’t see the point. There are some sites that provide pertinent information for gay consumers. A good example is GayWheels.com, which lists automakers that provide gay-friendly benefits. Though I clearly didn’t use this information (BMW doesn’t provide same-sex benefits), I know lots of people who factor these things into their purchasing decision. Simply labeling yourself a gay leasing company doesn’t provide any additional value to a gay consumer. In fact, I’ll probably stay away if you can offer me nothing more compelling than being a fag. That’s why concerns such as GayCar, MyGayRealtor, and the like are not really relevant to me.

Of course the BIG news was Ford pulling their ads from gay publications after meeting with the AFA. Apparently, some folks I work with actually read this thing (and I thought all those hits from our subnet was my vanity), and a couple have asked what I thought about the Ford/AFA situation, and why I haven’t posted on it.

Honestly, I wasn’t all that concerned about Ford’s decision. First, Ford wasn’t pulling their domestic partnership benefits, nor were they pulling their Volvo ads. I didn’t like Ford’s actions, but I understood it as a misguided attempt to give the AFA something to claim victory and stop their boycott, yet still maintain strong support for their gay employees. The compromise, of course, made NOBODY happy. Worse yet, their flip flop has put them back where they were beforehand, but with egg on their face.

I was actually more curious how other car bloggers, most of which are straight, would view Ford’s actions. I was pretty sure that Carpundit would be find Ford flat out wrong, but I wasn’t sure about whether the others would be supportive. Some of them are notoriously conservative, though gay politics rarely shows up in their blogs.

Taken as a whole, I’m impressed. All of my usual reads were critical of Ford, and had varying levels of support for gay consumers. Some like the more conservative Joe Sherlock, and Robert Farago explored the issue as a bad business move for Ford, while admonishing the AFA tactics. I’ve just started to get to know Joe at My Ford Dreams, but the debate that ensued in his comments showed me what a good guy he is. I’d like to buy him a beer sometime.

In fact, I’d like to buy the whole bunch of them a beer.