[re off-topic posts to improvetheworld today:  won't happen again -- see 
discussion on whiteboard at 
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves/improvetheworld
]

Topic at hand:	I've been reading about this and have decided to drop AAA
like a hot potato.  They've been using my money to fight against
everything I believe in, like bike paths and mass transit.  Here's what
the car talk guys have to say about it:

What's new at Car Talk Plaza?

A chance to put your money where your values are, is what's new.

Are you a member of AAA?

Over the years many of you have complained that, aside from providing
emergency towing services, AAA uses your money to support big oil and
everything related to it.  It lobbies for highway construction over mass
transit; lower gas prices over fossil fuel alternatives; and spends
millions of dollars of your membership money doing this.

Want the details?  Check this out:

http://www.nrdc.org/amicus/01win/aaa/aaa.asp

Ugly, eh?  Now, a lot of you have said you'd love to join a different road
club, BUT are afraid you won't get the same great service (you know, that
patented, AAA wait-four-hours-in-the-snowstorm service we've all come to
love and trust!).  Well, now there is an alternative.

It's called Better World.  And it uses virtually the same network of tow
providers that AAA uses, so you can get service all over the country, 24
hours a day.  The Better World Club was founded by people who wanted
reliable emergency road service but who didn't want their membership dues
used to oppose things like bike paths and train service.

In the interests of full disclosure, Better World is forking over dineros
to advertise on the Car Talk web site. But despite this demonstration of
poor business judgment, we still think it's a business worth supporting.  
Better World is trying to do well by doing good.  If you'd like your road
service dues to go to road service and not to defoliating the last unpaved
parcels of America, you should check them out.

You can get all the details by clicking on the Better World logo at:

http://www.cartalk.com

...

USEFUL INFORMATION ALERT:  Tired of paying auto club dues to an outfit
that lobbies against environmental causes?

Check out the Better World Club. It's an auto club with genuinely decent
values-- unlike some others we could name... whose initials just so happen
to be AAA.

Better World Club cares about your...
  *Environmental interests: It gives 1% of its revenue towards
environmental clean up and advocacy;
  *Consumer interests: It even has discounts on hybrid rental cars; and
  *It has the nation's only bicycle roadside assistance program.

Dump your AAA membership and join Better World!

If you join via the Car Talk web site, you'll get an extra month's
membership. Check out Better World now at

http://www.cartalk.com

-- 
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves  - -  google://"Daniel Reeves"