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We've all been seeing these Hummer commercials, right? Henry Rollins sounds off. From the Huffington Post:

Did you see the run of ads for the Hummer where the pretty lady with the smirk on her face drives alone in this monstrous 17 foot vehicle? Is she a soldier in Iraq fighting the War on Terror? Is this the vehicle she needs to navigate her way through the twists and turns of her everyday life?

Did you see the ad for the newer, smaller Hummer where the short guy walks into the board room where the honchos are having a meeting about what to do about their useless gas draining fucked up urban assault vehicle and suggests they make it smaller? That's like smoking a shorter cigarette. When even the President of the United States now recognizes that America is addicted to oil, can't General Motors show some backbone, exercise some responsibility and just stop making these vehicles and lead the way in creating means of transportation that are more in line with what's happening and where things are going?

In other CSR news:

*At CSR Wire: Hess Corporation to Contribute $20 Million for Educational Initiative in Equatorial Guinea

*Korean corporate giants face social responsibility abroad.

*The consultancy Context has released its Global Corporate Responsibility Reporting Trends 2006.

*A new website has been launched about Development Financing Institutions and Corporate Governance. Via the CIPE Development Blog.

*A Sri Lankan village is the beneficiary of a new hybrid scheme between CSR and CCR.

*Malaysian Securities Commission chairman Datuk Zarinah Anwar says CSR is good for business. But what is the dollar value?

*What do fatherhood and corporate social responsibility have to do with one another? Find out at Credo Advisors.