Three Ways To Cope with the Coming Plague of Obama Bumper Stickers
I’m a 77-year-old conservative grandmother living, for family reasons, in a very blue state. It’s only March and already the Obama 2012 bumper stickers are everywhere. The parking lots are filled with them. They’re irksome, especially when combined on the same bumper, with the 2008 version. It appears that the driver has learned exactly nothing in the past four years.
Is there anything I can do that will avoid direct confrontation, won’t get me in trouble with the law, but that will satisfy my urge to communicate my disagreement with the Obama-supporting owners of these cars?
Frustrated Near ‘Frisco
Dear Frustrated,
Yes, yes, and yes!
Placing an anti-Obama bumper sticker on top of a pro-Obama bumper sticker is tampering with property, also known as criminal mischief. This can be a felony or a misdemeanor. You don’t want to go there, tempting as it certainly is.
What you may do that’s perfectly legal is what many pizza chains and other businesses do in parking lots: gently lift the windshield wiper and place a written message to the driver where he or she cannot avoid seeing it.
I have three suggestions:
A POLITE PIECE OF YOUR MIND
It’s devilishly simple.
You type two sentences and print out as many as you like. Keep them in your car at all times. Here’s a little inspiration:
Dear Friend:
Some unknown socialist put an Obama bumper sticker on your car. I’m letting you know so that you can remove it before it causes you any further embarrassment.
That’s it. Simple, friendly, concerned, considerate. What’s not to like?
It’s also guaranteed to be very annoying.
BUY ANTI-OBAMA BUMPER STICKERS AND PLACE THEM UNDER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OF THE PRO-OBAMA CAR
Happily, your choices are many and, while not inexpensive, if some of your like-minded friends chip in, it might be worthwhile to spend some money for such upbeat messages as:
I would love to sport an anti-Obama bumper sticker on my car, but a typical liberal in my neck of the woods, while proclaiming his belief in the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech, would readily vandalize my car—-and then drive away in his Prius with the inane “COEXIST” bumper sticker.
It is so sad that the supposed enlightened on the left and the supposed religiously inspired Islamists on the right resort to bullying and intimidation while proclaiming conservatives to be the ones lacking in civility.
if that’s the case, what about putting an anti-Obama bumper sticker on his car?
X, that’s exactly why I began the column with this warning to the advice-seeker:
“Placing an anti-Obama bumper sticker on top of a pro-Obama bumper sticker is tampering with property, also known as criminal mischief. This can be a felony or a misdemeanor. You don’t want to go there, tempting as it certainly is.”
I did suggest placing one under his or her windshield, which is A-OK, but it’s unwise (because illegal) to add an anti-Obama sticker to the bumper of a pro-Obama car. Sad, but true. What a temptation, though.
My brother had a lunatic girlfriend in college. The back of her battered Toyota was a collage of mindless leftwing bumper stickers.
For April Fools, I acquired a dozen rightwing bumper stickers – Rush Is Right, From My Cold Dead Hands, etc. – backed them with magnetic sheets* cut to size and placed them over her lefty stickers.
She drove around for a day and a half, until she wondered why she was suddenly getting “thumbs up” and horn honks from “old white dudes.” Oh, she was pissed.
*If you don’t wanna get “keyed,” or marked at work, use magnetic sheets for your ROMNEY bumper sticker. Just take it off and put it on.
Wow, you made my day, Now-I’m-Just-Amused. Thank you for that great story!
And its no myth about leftists keying cars with conservative bumper stickers. It happened to my car a few years ago.
Please don’t be redundant.
Dear Belladonna,
I know your premises in the article. But HYC said the leftist would vandalize his car if he put an anti-Obama bumper sticker in his very own car.
Since that’s also criminal action, I propose to use some Incentive Theory against them: put some anti-Obama bumper sticker in some leftist car, and see if another lefty gets confused and vandalize the car of his very comrade.
I’d absolutely do this test to measure the degree of “tolerance” in my neighborhood, using a leftist as bio-indicator.
No. We can’t be just like them. We are better. Let them show themselves for being the fascist bullies they are, while we stand for respect.
Why? I’m not saying we should key the car of lefty people. But, if lefty people are evil enough to disrespect other people just for thinking differently, then they better do the wrong deeds to each other. They get consumed in their own sin.
I’d love to see someone do an O’Keefe style experiment: park a car with anti-Obama, anti-socialist, and/or conservative bumper stickers in a public area. Cover area well with concealed cameras. When the vandals strike, jump out of the bushes with more cameras rolling, grill them on why they did it. Show them video when they deny doing it. Continue the questions. Post it all to the internet. Would be highly amusing.
Now this is an idea that could really stimulate the economies of Mass. and California. All that keying will cause a boom for auto body shops.
I saw an anti-Obama sticker that would seem to me to be inoffensive to Democrats (most of them according to statistics are against Obamacare) and yet still get the message across
Fight Obamacare
Vote Republican this Year
Vote Totalitarian
0bama ’12
_________
The only 0bama bumper sticker I would put on my car.
Non-offensive? Ok, how about these:
Obama is F’ing the world
Obama is a Communist thug
Obama will tax you to death
Obama will kill granny
Geez, looking back at these it occurs to me that there isn’t much you can say constructively about your Mr. Obama. There’s only “destructively accurate” nothing more.
The Godfather of Obamacare will have a tough time in the debates to come…
“Massachusetts residents who participate in the state’s healthcare program are seeing their insurance premiums going down by 5 percent, officials say…
…those participating in the state’s Health Connector Commonwealth Care program are enjoying a second year of reduced premium payments courtesy of the healthcare reform act signed into law by then Gov. Mitt Romney…
CAN’T WAIT FOR THE DEBATE! B-)
I love this column!
Belladonna can be a tough-minded, clear-eyed realist and also an LOL comedian and witty writer. Today she’s all four at omce.
This is a winner. I love this column!!
is it a felony to honk and flip them off?
It depends on which part of them you honk, and what you flip them off of.
I love you, Estragon.
Estragon,
You remind me of my favorite quote, “Some people are like slinkys, worthless but fun to flip down the stairs”.
Why am I suddenly thinking of big clown noses and bridges?
Unfortunately, many lefties agree with what Obama is doing, so the long letter won’t budge them. They see themselves as the elite, the ‘intelligentsia”, who are destined to rule because they, of course, know best. They also have zero sense of humor. I recently moved to the Milwaukee area, and I can tell you, these liberals are psychotic. Especially the public union ones. So, no “I support Walker” sticker, as my new car has a nice paint job, and libs around here are vicious.
Bingo.
Tell one of these useful idiots that Obama is trying to subvert the Constitution, and their only thought is, “Great!”
If it’s a conversation, they may argue that he’s NOT, but that’s just for show.
The one we get around here is “Red State, Blue Girl”. Based on the appearance of 99% of the drivers, “Red State, Boomer Grandma” seems more appropriate.
This post is one more example of why I LOVE PJM!!. I am using Belladonna’s script about “some unknown socialist,” as it is really a lovely way to express disapproval for pro-0bama bumper stickers and the nincompoops who sport them.
Furthermore, to all of you who declare a hesitancy in putting conservative bumper stickers on your autos… you are right to do so. I don’t want my car keyed when in Atlanta or Memphis visiting and that is exactly what a progressive will do. It’s $500 right away out of my pocket to have the repair made. Already experienced such.
Maybe you got keyed because you’re stupid enough to believe that Obama and his supporters are “socialists”.
Wow, what freaking planet do you people come from? Obama has governed like a 70′s era moderate Republican. His health care proposal was to the RIGHT of Nixon. His stimulus plan as well as financial reform were compromised so badly trying to get right-wing support that they were almost worthless. The bank bailout (a continuation of Bush) sure helped the banks but did almost nothing for the victims of the banking fraud and excess and then the bankers made ALL of the profits on the rebound engineered with taxpayer money. A more “socialist” policy would have been for the government to take over the banks temporarily, straighten out the books, prosecute or get rid of any officers who contributed to fraud or incompetence, and hand the bank back to the shareholders. That’s what the British did, you know, those European socialists. They didn’t sit there and watch the banksters who caused the biggest financial meltdown in our lifetime then turn around and reward themselves with massive bonuses when stocks rebounded. In Ireland the CONSERVATIVES insisted on taxing any bonuses given to bankers at 99%.
But, thanks to idiots like you, here in America any talk of preventing those bonuses or taxing the people that both created the economic disaster AND profited from it were met with howls of SOCIALISM. But then, you howl “socialist” no matter what is going on.
obi-jonkenobi,
thank you for your post,
proving ignorance is bliss.
thank you.
go get your “OBAMA 2012″ sticker and put it on your car now,
so you can proudly show the world how stupid you are.
Yeah… this, in the context of what the commenter wrote of whom you responded to, “Maybe you got keyed because you’re stupid enough to believe that Obama and his supporters are “socialists”.” makes a lot of sense. In context, out of context, it is nonsense. Obama himself might be proud, or disappointed in you. I’m not sure, because he’s so enigmatic. I’m sure you must be a mystic of some sort.
Why don’t you go back to whatever tattletale purple-shirt website the White House has established for bright people like yourself and bone up on your talking points and pro-Obama rhetoric? You seem to have the “blame Bush” meme down, but you know, you aren’t supposed to mention his name. It is supposed to be a subconscious effect on your audience. A seemingly insignificant mental-errand that your targets must do to figure out what you are getting at. That is, in order to dull our sense of the LAST THREE YEARS. You know, the standard.
With you, it is all mucked up because you mention Bush. How are we supposed to know you’re not one of THEM?
Smoking a little weed does not hurt,huh?
erm. the banks paid back their tarp sums. with high interest added. it was a profitable maneuver by the government. some banks did not want money. they were forced to take it. they returned it quickly. some banks used it to stabilize, and then they repaid it. the “gone missing” money is in the gov’t's accounts, not the banks’ accounts.
and nixon pulled a diocletian, and then reagan repealed nixon’s breathtakingly stupid innovations. saying you are to the right of nixon economically isn’t saying very much at all. nixon regulated how much hair-cuts cost. seriously. he did. they had white house debates on the price of women’s haircuts vs men’s haircuts. it’s in “the commanding heights” video. it’s at the library. it’s one reason I started tilting right. I can find michael grant small books about the third century roman empire, where the observation is that the government destroyed the civilization by over-taxing and over-regulating the productive members of society, and also- mistreated and overstretched the military.
If O had taken a classic western civ course, he might have a clue. For that matter, if he’d even read the political histories in the Old Testament. There’s at least one young king who comes in, gets rid of all the tested advisors,listens to his wastrel friends, brags about hopenchange, raises taxes, and gets deposed in about four years, tops. the boast I remember was ” My D*** is bigger than his whole leg.”
I haven’t taken a western civ class- and I haven’t been a regular attendee at a sunday school class since I had kids- but O has a nice Harvard law degree, and he spent 20 years in one church. He ought to have heard this stuff, just on his papers.
Ahem, this is not about Nixon, of all people, and presidents. And the housing crisis was created by Democrats in the first place. You think Obama, the senator, was against giving bad loans to people that couldn’t afford them, or against the government in not making it “all good”?
Let’s put Obama on a polygraph and see him answer this question, “Do you think the U.S. Constitution, with regard of U.S. history, as it is now, even as it is now, is biased against minorities?” and “With regard to history, do you think the Constition is an implicitly racist document?”
We all know the answer, or what we believe to be the case (are we wrong to believe it? that is the question you must answer), and so apparently every white person today is responsible for the fight For slavery in the south, even though hundreds of thousands of white people died for the abolition of slavery. White people are deemed responsible, culpible, of any age, because It is the “White man’s nature”, and the minority, the black Africa American (their terms), must take us Back.
They must inflict on us what WE did to them. It is the only way to make it right. The conservative does not war against the minority, but the minority wars against the conservative. Many “minorities” are conservatives, and we must also see that THESE have not de facto declared war on conservatives, because “the conservative DOES NOT WAR against the Minority”. Yes, “THESE”, because we ARE different in complexion, and even in general personality, but the conservative does NOT WAR against the minority. The minority: liberals, socialists, communists, lazyassists war agaisnt US. We do not need to support the de facto minority, but the minority that is WITH US. The liberals do not represent a minority, but a traitorous faction.
(As far as Christianity, Mercy, Justice, Christ: they have no Grace.) I think they should be fought and blocked with new blood. I want their guy to answer TWO simple questions. We all want their guy to answer two simple questions. It is not about skin color, it is about flagrance, and an opportune motive. Are we to be denied real justice, because of the sins of the past? Barack Obama stands as an opportunist in the realm of the “colored” to make a claim that is not just. He is a mixed up person who has taken a stand, and that is why it throws such confusion.
I say, Barack Obama is not even a decendent of American slavery. He is a racist, colorist, opportunist. He does not represent “black people”, because many blacks are conservatives. Conservatives stand for the long run of America. We cannot absolve with immediate remedy all the sins of the past in short duration. Time must past, and THESE, our allies, our friends, our wives, husbands, and family members who are conservative, “minorities”, understand reality and justice.
and absa-freakin-lutely NO ONE should boast about being ‘just like the seventies.” It was, measurably, the nadir in American history, in social welfare terms. It was built that way by its elites. It was deliberate rot and decay and destruction.
Obijon, I beg you not to bring up the seventies again…..I still get a knot in my stomach over it. Also don’t bring up Richard Nixon he was the worst except for Jimmah Carter whom you failed to mention. Jimmah, our crack negotiator with the Persian Empire.
I sincerely hope and pray we can remove this p0seur from the position of authority. Some people can’t handle authority. I think the O is one of them.
and furthermore, the banks were required by LAW to make loans to people that they didn’t think would pay them back. By LAW- the year the whole thing melted- 1/3, that is to say one in three, again, lets hear it from the congregation: one out of three home loans were required to go to people whom the banks, in their long, practical experience- people who did not have the means, the ways, or the character- to repay their loans. They were called “liar loans.” This was the law of the land.
A banker figured out how to bundle these loans, some with high equity exposures, some with low, and then sell the equities, spreading the risk. These equities had ratings- high-risk, low risk. AIG bought a lot of high-risk loans b/c the guy at the top fostered a particularly toxic corporate culture- the sort of culture that got Korean airplanes crashing on a regular basis. It’s not an unknown version of a culture of fear, deference and toadying. Two big banks risked failing. One got bailed out, one didn’t, and then someone short-sold American holdings. Which was meant to be the killing blow to the American economy, since we hadn’t obligingly imploded after 9/11. ( this is an off-shoot.)
The banks were put in the same position as the S&Ls, and being the smart money guys that they were- they did the same thing- tried to gamble their way out of an unprofitable corner.
There is NOT ONE single business that could survive if the police required that you host shoplifters. One out of THREE- One-third- 33%- were to be unfeasible loans. One third of all their loans were very,very,very likely to be dead money, never collected, never growing, nothing…….they were lucky they lasted as long as they did.
For this, you may thank Jimmy Carter, Saul Alinsky (from Chicago, when he was alive) and Barney Frank.
These men tried to break the best, most innovative, most positive, banking system in the world.
Obi-jonKenobi – Sorry to disabuse you about Nixon, but he was not a man of the right, although I got snookered in ’68 when I voted for him; didn’t make the same mistake in ’72. Nixon left us with a lot of unconstitutional agencies that are acting in concert today to make life in America very difficult. BTW I would suggest you read the Constitution, in particular Article 1, Section 8, and tell me from whence comes the powers of the federal government to institute Obamacare?
Do you know how Liberals admit they’re wrong about something?
When they point to similar actions by a Conservative. It is is the old grade school tactic of trying to mitigate their wrongness by pointing to others and saying “But HE did it FIRST!” Fitting since all Liberals are emotionally immature and selfish to the point of stealing from their neighbors, parents, children and grandchildren to finance their long list of wants.
The common evolution of the Liberal position on anything is:
1. Smugly stand on your superiority
2. Express shock that anyone would disagree
3. Attack those who are ignorant enough to disagree
4. When all else fails, justify your action by pointing some person (real or imagined) who did something similar
5. Never, EVER admit you are wrong!
Right on.
Anybody who understands history and the current situation knows he’s a full-fledged Marxist.
Maybe you got keyed because you’re stupid enough to believe that Obama and his supporters are “socialists”.
You appear to be trying to justify violence against property and other people for exercising their rights to free speach. Should you instead be appalled that some supporters of the president are comitting crimes against those less enlighted than themselves.
I prefer a bumpersticker that mocks Obama subtly. How about ” No Wars For Algae”! Feel free to make them up and use them. What lib could be against it?
You may want to add “, dude”.
How about “My great great great great great great great great great great grandmother was algae, and now she will fuel this free nation. Hope and Change 2012″?
“Carter 2012″
Old, but still good advice: Never do small harm.
There is one very good reason to vote ‘For’ the Mighty Kenyan in 2012, to find out who he will blame for all the problems he inherited. Heh.
How about, If you voted for Obama the first time because you bought Hope ‘N Change, vote Republican in 2012 to prove you don’t want Rope A Dope and Chains.
Or, “If you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you’re not a racist, will you vote for a Republican in 2012 to prove you’re not a moron?”
Q: How do you know if a car belongs to a conservative?
A: No bumper stickers.
At least in urban areas.
Unfortunately leftists lash out the way emotionally challenged adolescents would and you never know who the adolescents are. I recalled this happening a few years ago:
DENVER — An Air Force officer with hundreds of hours of combat time pleaded guilty Friday to defacing cars with bumper stickers supporting President Bush.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666121/posts
I would never advocate doing property damange, but I might have slapped a conservative bumper sticker on a “favorite” prof’s car in the old days or sent an anonymous Hannuka card to a known anti-semite.
My favorite bumper sticker from ’08:
No Hope with Socialism (the O in Socialism was the conceited Obama symbol).
Other ideas:
The 3 “see no evil” monkeys except drawn as jack ass caricatures of high profile journalists (actors?) and with “mass media” labelled beneath.
Termites believe in fundamental change too (but they destroy the foundation).
For years I’ve been afraid to sport conservative bumper stickers on my cars. After reading this article, I plan to attach them magnetically and remove them before leaving my car vulnerable to “compassionate lovey dovey” libs in the parking lot.
I saw a bumper sticker that said “Change It Back.”
Bravo, Ms. Rogers! Pro-Obama bumper stickers are rather rare here in gun-clingin’, Bible-totin’ rural north Georgia (I’m in Dr. Tom Price’s, formerly Dr. Newt Gingrich’s, Congressional district) but I have seen a few–on Volvos, right next to NEA stickers. I can only assume that such clueless lemmings are public school teachers–a major reason I’ll sell my kidneys before my kids will go to public school.
My truck has two bumper sticker: one is a Homerian “D’OH!” with the “O” like the technicolor “Obama” O; and the other says “If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?” (Both courtesy of Zazzle.com).
What laws have been enacted to take away guns? Can you name even one? I bet you and anyone you know have lots of guns. So this is the NRA talking. Or Fox News. But not a thinking person.
I put a bumper sticker on my car right after Zero was elected that has a big “O” and the word that ryhmes with spit underneath the “O”. I’ll take it off when he is out of the White House.
Brilliant!
Wearing anti-Obama T shirts can be effective if you want to protect your car from “open-minded” Obama cultists and if you can take the dirty looks. Be ready to film.
Wear your .45 on your hip while you’re at it. The obamabots will be very polite. I’ve done it. It works.
Tempting but anything to agitate them might just assure their trip to the polls.
Perhaps something more like “Right ON! Obama’s gonna win by a landslide!” which is more likely to keep their lazy butts home.
The film could prove useful to show the Left’s ugly intolerance of conservatives’ right to free speech.
Even better, “This is Obama’s destiny, I’m going to the beach on election day”.
Where are all these bumper stickers you speak of? I live in deep blue PA territory and have counted 4 Obama 2012 stickers. 4.
Can PJM co-ordinate a bumper sticker effort?
I have occasion to travel throughout the Willamette Valley area in Oregon – Salem to Eugene and points south. In the beginning of 2009, you could stand in almost any Eugene parking lot and throw a rock and you’d be guaranteed to hit a car with an 0bozo bumpersticker of some sort. Oddly enough, the numbers fell off drastically towards the end of 2009 and into 2010. Now, you’re hard pressed to see _any_ outward signs of 0bama support. It’s as if someone told these children that there is no Santa Claus, and now they’ve all gone all sullen and surly.
Well, if you go slightly North and hit Portland, you’ll see where all the stickers are congregagating. Do you think it’s actually being conservative that means less bumper stickers on the right, (I mean, they’re pretty hard to get rid of, and bad for the paint. However, an NRA window sticker does grace my ’65 Ford Pickup.) or is it just because we don’t like being vandalized?
I don’t know, Marie, it may just be early on the season for bumper stickers. On the other hand, you may well be onto something, since I drove through some deep blue sections of Philly yesterday afternoon, and saw only about 3 or 4 “Obama 2012″ bumper stickers…I guess we’ll just have to wait till summer to see if “Obama Sticker Fatigue Syndrome” is a trend…
They are all over Portland, Oregon and replicating by the day. Yes, “Havana-on-the-Willamette” is stuck on stupid.
I fear it’s a Bay Area affliction. In my household, we joke that if the bumper sports an Obama 2012 sticker, avoid that driver, because he or she clearly suffers from a death-wish.
I’m going to leave some sticky notes saying “$1.68/gallon when 0bama took office” when I top off my gas tank later today.
I wonder if the Dept. of Injustice will pass an edict that this is a Class A felony and use security cameras to prosecute?
Just to clarify, I put my “$1.68/gallon when 0bama took office” sticky notes on the gas pump, not people’s cars.
Excellent. But you will be on the Third World immigrant gas station owners’ surveillance cameras…
Conservative Christians are said to disapprove of Mormons. We will need to help them clarify the issue with, “The Mormon or the Muslim, It’s Your Choice!”
I also like, “Like the clean water folks say, ‘If It’s Brown, Flush It Down!’”
Re: If it’s brown…
Ummm no. That’s the kind of racism that only Democrats get away with.
Vote R for Repeal
Pretty sure that was California-specific.
I believe that only little children,with no up-bringing,lower themselves to keying cars and vandalism.Sounds like the terrorists.Hide behind women and children and in schools and churches.If you have an opinion,cool,but don’t be childish because you don’t agree with others.That’s very immature.Grow up sissys.
For me, the vandalism “progressives” feel free to commit against their ideological opponents is the most troubling aspect of our political milieu. I had a full beer can thrown through my driver’s side window because I had a “Bush 2004″ sticker on my car. (Yes, the car was in motion at the time.)
There isn’t much anyone can do about petty vandalism, either. The Left glories in it, in part because they can get away with it. Yet I doubt any of them would dare to do it while another citizen is watching. Such cowards.
The left does not consider such acts vandalism; when the left does it they call it “civil disobedience”.
There was a Professor of Music at a private college in Minnesota who lost his job after he was convicted of stealing McCain-Palin lawn signs in 2008. The prof was caught after bragging about his “act of civil disobedience” on-line.
Francis W. Porretto – What’s worse is that they convinced a lot of people that everybody does it, or that only we retarded right-wingers do it.
You guys are rediculous. I am as centrist as they come. The left and right wingers are BOTH the cause of this political civil war we are in and you all feed the fire with your hateful statements.
I have wonderful friends that are both dems and reps and you’re all here with your anectodal evidence condeming an entire population. That’s pathetic.
I have a close colleague, owns and operates a child care center for the physically handicapped. He happens to believe in taxes that help support his passion and life’s work to help those that cannot help themselves. He would NEVER key a car, etc. This also does not mean that all dems are as good as he is, but it also does not mean that all reps attack abortion clinics…
You all feed the fire INSTEAD of being more inclusive and tolerant. Doesn’t mean you need to agree, but it certainly should not mean calling names, categorizing and thinking that your SIDE is better. Both sides got us here…cause if you haven’t noticed, it’s both sides that are our politicians that are not willing to work for our country more than for themselves….either side.
We must be civil to totalitarians. It works every time…
Francis, same thing happened to my brand new truck when I parked to visit my brother. Someone driving down the street launched a full beer bottle and hit the panel just behind the driver’s window. Glass shattered all over and the pedestrian nearby just cringed and froze.
No bumper stickers as it was only two days off the lot but to some, a new vehicle is ‘republican’ enough. That truck worked hard over the years and 275k miles later was retired to it’s ‘republican’ pasture. ’88 Chevy Silverado donated to a children’s cancer cure foundation.
T-shirt (too long for bumper stickers):
What Do Uninformed Voters, Welfare Recipients, and Union Thugs Have in Common?
They Vote for Obama.
Did you ever notice that all Obama bumper stickers are almost always on cheap Hondas or Toyotas? Maybe, once in a while, they are on Hundai? And most of the Hondas and Toyotas are old, usually from the 1990s. You never, ever, see a BMW, Audie, Lexus, Mercedes, or Cadillac with an Obama bumber sticker. Tells you something about the drivers, right? I wonder if these same people in the Hondas or cheap Toyotas would have an Obama bumper sticker if they were driving a BMW or Audie? I very much doubt it. I also wonder if those same people who drive Hondas or Toyotas would like to force the other people to DRIVE Hondas and Toyotas? Their form of “redistribution of wealth,” I guess.
I don’t know about where you live, but where I am from the make of car I most see Obama/Liberal bumper stickers are Volvos — not a cheap car.
Right. These vegan-owned cars typically have leather seats and a COEXIST sticker on them. These psuedo-savvies never get it.
You could apply a “Run, Obama, Run!” sticker…to the front bumper to better make your point.
They are also on Priuses. (Or is the proper plural form “Prii”? I forget.)
Prii!!! Prii!! Prii!!!
like that awful little pig in those car insurance commercials.
Most of the Obama stickers around here are on more expensive cars.
I’m thinking that the whole ‘stealth’ thing is the way to go. No need to advertise our anti-O sentiments. As HTuttle says above, better to lull them into a false sense of security. If we don’t advertise our anti-O sentiment they’ll never know (until it’s too late) what they are up against. I believe in some circles this tactic is called a ‘duck-dive’
there is very little more facepalm inducing then the prius with the obama sticker on the left and the coexist on the right with the smug filled/oblivion emanating from the driver’s side
leave these people be; there is no way to change their mind and their presence can be a reminder of the importance of the upcoming election
This is amazing on bumper stickers and the driving habits of Obama-stickered car-drivers. The good part starts at the 2:50 point:
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/red-eye/index.html#/v/1492273817001/halftime-report-3612/?playlist_id=161691
You’ll all love this, I promise!
another favorite move of the prius/obamao8/coexist is to meander in the left lane (of the freeway-i suppose, to look for the carpool lane to which they feel entitled- even though the state stopped giving single person access awhile ago) and loaf there, hence, the proverbial left-lane loafer; this driver refuses to pass the lane on the right (the left lane is the passing lane btw) and creates a buildup of backlogged cars and a dangerous situations to say the least
*checking blood pressure/pulse
i dont want to get started but i know i could rant for a few hours on driving here in southern cali
serenity now
If you are concerned about your car being keyed by a liberal lemming, include a pro-gun sticker on your car. It may make them think twice. And then their brains will hurt from all the exercise it doesn’t usually get.
I live in a pretty liberal college town (county voted 0bama over McCain 2:1) and I’m heartened by the dearth of 0bama ’12 stickers.
Ron Paul was here last week so his stickers are up everywhere. the funny thing is that they *aren’t* being torn down. Guess that says something.
The most disturbing bumper sticker I did see about a month ago said: “If You Want Less Government, Move To Somalia”.
If you want more government, move to,,,?,,,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omsBltDLq5s&feature=autoplay&list=TL9VMjrZ83lu4&lf=blog&playnext=8
I’ve seen a really spiffy bumper sticker to offset the mindless COEXIST stickers usually seen around college campuses. And they seem to becoming quite popular. Saw two on the walk the dog routine today:
http://www.cafepress.com/+new_design_at_thevastconspiracycom,564841661
But my favorite bumper sticker is still: Vote Republican! Somebody has to Work.
I’m not much of a bumper sticker fan but that “Capitalist” one is pretty cool; almost cool enough to adorn….but no.
The stickers are useful. They are there to remind the rest of us to never get stuck behind this crappy vehicle and the idiot driving it.
Vote. Anything else is superfluous.
JMO, but bumper stickers of most any type are just plain tacky. I have no trouble with the cute little appliques seen often on back windshields, such as the “salt life” or the little flipflops. Adorning one’s back windshield with initials isn’t bad either. If you have a very common vehicle (Camry hybrid in my case), my little “Beach Life” surrounded with a floral pattern helps to discern my vehicle from others in a busy parking lot.
None of these stickers will do anything to convince the typical leftist that voting for Obama is a bad idea. You’re just using typical Republican talking points.
For example,
“Have you noted without dismay the president’s hare-brained, anti-capitalist and un-American belief that those who work hard and have actually dared to earn a handsome income be penalized and have their hard-won wealth “re-distributed” to others?”
Well, yeah. They have noticed, and that’s exactly what they want to do and why they like Obama. Leftists want nothing more than to dismantle capitalism and punish successful people.
If you really want to have an impact on the typical Obama voter, you need to point out that he has basically continued all the worst abuses of the Bush administration.
He renewed the PATRIOT Act, he kept Guantanamo open, he expanded wiretapping on American citizens, he approved the policy of assassinating American citizens without a trial, he has handed out as much corporate welfare as Bush did, his office is a revolving door for Wall Street CEOs and lobbyists, etc.
Bingo! Many just want to vent, though. We could add to your statement, “…and drone attack will continue…”
Bingo! Many just want to vent, though. We could add to your statement, “…and drone attacks will continue…”
If you really want to get under their skin, buy the George Bush “Miss me yet?” stickers to place under their windshield. Here in northern California, it’s liable to start a riot though.
Funny. But as a wise old Republican Selectman in Lunenburg, MA, Norm Thompson, advised me early in my political career, “If a man can’t be for me, I don’t want him mad, as he’ll work twice as hard against me.” You won’t change their minds, but might spur them to greater efforts to grow government and the deficit. I’d be tempted to put this instead, “I see you are interested in politics, and recommend a great book, ‘Applied Economics,’ by the brilliant economist, Dr. Thomas Sowell. He’s black, but I hope that won’t bias you against reading him.” I will link to this from my Old Jarhead blog.
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This is a brilliant idea. Not only are you bypassing the filter by avoiding specific talking points or overt ideology, you’re offering them something they want to see in the form of a successful black economist.
I abhor bumper stickers, but I do have a clunker (#1 on the cash for clunkers tradeins
) that my dog chewed a huge hole in the driver’s seat where my butt is parked and he lies to lie while I am inside the store. He also chewed part of the steering wheel, which now provides additional grip. And when my clunker dies, I’ll leave the keys in the ignition where it stalled. I call it my “WalMart” vehicle.
And on it is one window sticker that was meant to mock the global warming alarmists, but most people apparently don’t understand: Stop Continental Drift
Those I wished to offend don’t get that either.
I’ve seen that “Stop Continental Drift” bumper sticker and LOVE it! Though I agree most global warmists won’t get the joke.
JPL17: Most global warmists don’t get any jokes.
That’s not funny!
That is!
They don’t have to get jokes; they are jokes.
Best sticker of mine: “The weather is here, wish you were beautiful”.
I know what my reaction would be to seeing anybody tampering in any way with my car in a parking lot, and you wouldn’t like it, granny. So if you really don’t have the nerve or the ability or the interest in actually (gasp) talking to people about why they prefer Obama (over whatever pathetic clown ends up with the Republican nomination) my strong advice is to do nothing. In other words, granny, mind your own business. It isn’t your car or your vote. You will find, by the way, that most people have very specific and perfectly sound reasons for supporting Obama — better reasons I suspect than you have supporting (insert your clown’s name here). But for heavens sake dear, don’t mess with people’s cars. It can only end badly.
Wow, so what do you do to the pizza chain guys who leave ads under your wipers? I assume they would not like your reaction either. Let’s hear it–how exactly do you respond to them? It’s not like you cannot track down the ones responsible, since the address and phone number is right there on the advertising.
Hey, Nik – they have Internet in jail? How many years did you get for assault?
“…sound reasons for supporting Obama….” You had me until that line- nice satire Nik.
There are no reasons for people that are conservative and work for a living in any career that pay taxes to support federal government programs that have crippled the economy… hell we started a revolution against a tax on tea to start the form of governing that we had until the liberals/progressives/socialist/democrats started after Lyndon Baines Johnson in the 1960′s under progressive more become dependent on government and poor, while under conservative governing more people become independent (why is the 4th of July called Independence Day) and without the federal government messing things up business and worker thrive, so far none of this has happened with a huge waste of taxpayer funds on cash for clunkers the GM (now owned by the Unions that broke them in the first place, talk about Alinkski) and Chrysler (now owned by Fiat). Yeah with the worst president in American history you still want to support this goon that is a communist/anti American/apologist to enemies of our country/ take from those that succeed and give to those that fail, that lies all the time…this BOY we currently have is needed to be put in an adult prison for what he has already done along with the rest of his crappy administration especially Holder.
You are either a traitor or a GOD DAMN FOOL to support Obama. I carry concealed and fear nothing!
I’m sure that’s true.
Hatred of every principle on which this country was founded is on the list.
Love of all things Karl Marx is on the list.
I’m not sure if, “deliberately mal-educated and don’t know it” would qualify as specific, and it’s certainly not sound. “Lack of any understanding of basic economics” would fall into the same category, as would “Driven by emotions (particularly envy) rather than reason”.
I am thanking God right now that i have not seen any 2012 Obama stickers yet, although I have seen some 2008 ones still on! Only God knows why!
I love your ideas, Belladonna!
I like to use the leftist rhetoric against them.
In 2007 gas prices were Bush’s fault.
Obama demanded the power to throw anyone in jail without trial forever.
Obama and Dodd gave those banksters millions in bonus pay with 99%er money.
Obama enjoys his power to assassinate Americans.
Obama still has not given those terrorists their day in court.
Obama let his buddy Jon Corzine steal $1.6 billion of 99%ers money.
Obama is using 99%er money to give his buddies huge bribes.
Obama is right, he said if he could not fix the economy, he should be fired.
Are you better off than 4 years ago, if you are not a union member or crony?
Hmmmm, Chucky Schumer (D) told Saudi Arabia to increase production, why did Obama say oil production has no effect on prices than?
Why did Obama brag about jobs at the Boeing plant in South Carolina when he tried to shut it down?
Why did Obama not get approval to enter Libya from Congress?
Why is it now patriotic to love our military and just 4 years ago it was not?
To be or not to be a marxist, that is the real question.
So, when are the re education camps going up?
Capitalist must die, but who is going to pay for things?
One more-
If progress is spending so much we go into bankruptcy faster, why didn’t Obama give each of you leftists $100,000 each instead of his banker buddies Trillions?
“Since when did the The Man become cool, hippy lips?”
These are delightfully creative suggestions.
My only quibble is with number 3, actually my favorite: the reading level is way too high for anyone dumb enough to admire or vote for Obama. Maybe about 7th grade would be about right?
Rock on!
FATHER MUST I WORK TO EAT?
Father must I work to eat? Oh, no, my lucky son,
We’re living now on easy street, With dough from Washington!
We’ve left it up to Uncle Sam; Now don’t get exercised.
Nobody has to give a damn, We’ve all been subsidized!
But if Sam treats us all so well, And feeds us milk and honey,
Please tell me Daddy, where oh where, He’s going to get the money?
Don’t worry son, there ain’t no hitch To this noble plan.
He simply soaks the filthy rich, And helps the common man!
But Daddy, won’t there come a time, If we take all their cash,
When they’ll be left without a dime, And things will all go to smash?
My faith in you is shrinking son, You nosy little brat!
You do too damn much thinking boy… To be a Democrat!!!
Author: Unknown
MY BUMPER STICKER READS: FROM:” GTREATEST GENERATION” DUMP DUM”BO”
TO: “DEGENERATION”
what a great way to start a morning!!!!!
Yes, I know, it’s after 12 noon. It’s spring break. The kids sleep really, really late and then stay up really, really late to play video games with their dad. It’s like a big party. I’ve been cooking ground beef with worcestershire sauce and dried onions and water,so there’s sort of a gravy, by the pound, with no sides, as snacks. It feels like something Ghengis Khan could get into. beef, football, and killing zombies…
I love these suggestions. It’s a big bumper-sticker town. People have O stickers on their door! of their houses! And in the windows of their cars, in addition to the bumpers! There are cars papered in bumper stickers! Never Republican, though. There are Ron Paul stickers, usually on work-trucks- with the ladder overheads, and the shelves, if it’s a work-van.
Spouse bought a beautifully-maintained, 12-year-old minivan that had driven around a nice neighborhood. and it got messed up within a month, on one side.
I’m still trying to figure out my across -the-street’s neighbor’s bumper sticker: “Vote the Bible” Huh?
Or, all the ” We’re a Pro-Choice Family” ? Meaning what: ” My kid is okay, but yours has to go?” Am I missing a detail? I’ve only seen one. I can tell you, their kid isn’t an übermensch-in-the-making, so I’m not getting why it’s on the family car.
And, yes, liberals do key cars. It’s in Peter Schweizer’s book, Makers and Takers. Not keying, particularly, but the rather flexible notions of respecting private property, held by sincere liberals. And honesty regarding matters of cars — has it’s own section. These are the people who would have hobbled horses, back in the day.
This is one of the funniest columns, ever! So timely! So funny! It’s a great way to light up a morning!!!
This is a little off topic, but your mention of the simmering Genghis Khan feast reminded me of when I missed the chance to ask you what snacks you were serving when you wrote about the pool table…..anyhow, wanted to ask you then so will take the opportunity to do it now…..and also ask if by any chance you’re familiar with Ree Drummond, aka, The Pioneer Woman?
*All* her recipes are excellent—real food for real people–simple, delicious, and they’re the prototypical, “Beef—it’s what’s for dinner” people since she and her husband run a cattle operation in OK with 4 of the most adorable kids you’d ever want to see. She has a thing called “Marlboro Man’s Favorite Sandwich” (that’s what she calls her husband) that guys really go for. I’ve made it with everything from cube steaks to tenderloin and it’s a real winner. Just had a feeling you would like her recipes if you don’t know about her site already.
Thanks! I will go look! It sounds good!
what pool table? I serve scary snacks, usually, though. Popcorn made on the stove. or black-eyed peas with white vinegar dressing. or fruit.
seriously- one house guest asked why I had fresh pears, instead of canned. um. pears were cheaper than canned pears.
or the ones I don’t really get: rinsed canned black beans with melted cheese and ranch dressing, or refried beans and drained rotel tomatoes- both run through the microwave. I’m very lucky to have kids who like cheap food.
canned tomatoes with feta cheese and dried italian herbs is another head-scratcher. no spaghetti, no olive oil, no heat. some vinegar. that one I don’t get, but other kids playing over eat it, too.
tomatoes and basil, when its in season.
white beans,sausage and spinach soup, which is 15 minutes,start to finish, to make. I’m going to chalk that up to growing boys, b/c it’s just a weird after-school snack in my mind, but they ask for it, and they eat it.
potato and leek soup, which is sort of an event, b/c we have to go to the hippy grocery store to get not-wilted, cheap leeks. with radishes. One kid loves it. I don’t understand the appeal. I’m glad- it’s cheap, but I still don’t understand why he likes it.
one kid eats brussel sprouts, which is completely revolting. his grandfather fed them to him, trying to prove some point about “kids these days” I guess. and he loved them. they are so gross. I have to cook them, and they reek. the kitchen smells for two days after, even when I scrub it down. even the microwave reeks, if I try to weasel and use green giant.
and yes, potato chips and chocolate stuff, one week a month. it’s like offerings for the volcano goddess. they used to hand an oreo to me before they’d tell me what they’d broken this time.
and yes, in theory I’m on a diet. We’ve broken three complete sets of cheap dinnerware in under a decade. I’ll restock when they go on sale for college students. It’s $10 for a four place setting pack.
yes, I’m a mediocre cook who cares more if it’s cheap and can be made in 15 minutes and yes, they break a lot of stuff.
Well, you should be ashamed of yourself. Do you know what has just been reported about red meat?… and, aaah, I’m just kidding.
You know what makes people hungry and healthy? Fasting. If you learn about it and try it you might find that all natural food seems good to you afterwards, probably even kids too. In fact, you will lament, with real passion, eating fast food compared to a home-cooked meal after you really know hunger.
If your kids won’t eat vegetables, I say, starve them for few days. Just kidding. Only one day will most likely do the trick. And you will feel good about it in a mysterious way, as well. I garuantee it.
Ms Rogers, this was delightful. I am literally LOL. Dear Abby and her sister Ann got nuttin’ on you.
OBAMA LIED, THE ECONOMY DIED!
I have a “Property of Obama” stamp in red that I use to mark the tops of canned goods in the grocery store when I shop. Don’t know about the reaction it gets, but I live in California so I can only imagine.
I like your first option the best.
In fact, the smartest idea would be to order those inexpensive business cards you see advertised on the web, and print the sarcastic little note there…”I see some socialist put an Obama sticker on your car….”
Then you have them handy to pass around in every parking lot you visit!!!
Some delightful suggestions but all of this is assuming those supporting Obama can read.
Why be negative and put anti-Obama stickers under the wiper blade, why not PRO Romney stickers (the presumed candidate)?
How about “Mitt the Flipper, Change You Don’t Have to Wait Long For”
Or, “Mitt, a Man of Principle (REALLY)”
Or, “Romney, He Only Lies When He HAS to”
Or, “Romney, the Empty Suit That Will Save America”
Or, “Mitt, a Vulture Capitalist that Loves Grits”
So, let’s get positive here, people!
Young Padawan, your head is tightly wedged. Seek the Force (and some Vaseline) and pull it out. You Conservative Americans need to get behind your front runner and run him directly into Mr. Obama. Mr. Romney? Orders of magnitude better than the current Occupier.
The Force informs me that you are likely a mild religious bigot…morever, you do not understand your own extended federal republic: that what might work or be desired at the state level should NEVER be tried at the Federal level (e.g., healthcare mandates). It must be embarrassing to have a foreigner explain your own Constitutional constraints to you. Short version: Mr. Romney EARNED his wealth, not as a trust fund baby or OWS inheritor of your tax money, but by the sweat of his own brow. Now, go and do the same. And buy a jar of Vaseline in the event we need to have this conversation again.
I wonder if you’d think it equally clever if one were to ad-lib your selection with Obama instead, and not see a shred of difference? No, wait, there would be a difference. With Obama the irony is much greater, and therefore more thought provoking and tragically humorous, since he is actually in office. Oh, the last one needs a little something extra. “Obama, a vulture capitalist (socialist) that loves grits”. How’s that?
Actually, the biggest difference is only in who is fooled by each of these subverters of America.
What’s this I keep reading about Willard and Magic Underwear? No, really, this is a real question!
My only objection to Romney, that ranks above the others, is HE IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE. Among the half dozen things that make him a liberal: he’s pro-choice/anti-gun/pro-mandate/pro-big gov/anti-border control/pro-amnesty, and more. Mittens is like a glove: turn him inside out and change right into left, and back again. I do not trust the man, I will not vote for him, and I will vote for any third party alternative. Romney will take the Republicans seeking office across the nation to defeat in November. His nomination will fracture the party, putting any decent third party candidate in at least a Ross Perot position. It is what it is.
Listen, you, and all those who think like you, are in an “internal contradiction”. If Romney is this guy who will do whatever he is told by some “majority” then wouldn’t he favor conservatives at this point? And let’s say the country is evenly divided, and Romney will fall wherever he may fall according to his own disposition. Do you really believe a long-time mormon is a liberal? Do you know nothing about Mormons. I’m not one, and don’t try to cultivate their stock, but they are generally God fearing people. To say Romney is another Obama is hyperbole in the worst. This guy has campaigned for conservative causes explicitly. What kind of devil do you suppose him of being? Obama was obviously only in word, a Christian, a “moderate”.
Listen, the truth is that Big Government may prevail simply as a Coincidence of an escalating population. The key thing is to have a less-”progressive liberal” in place, so that WE, the conservatives, call the shots essentially. Liberals are anarchist, communist, God haters, at their worst (and perhaps best), and it is DEFINITELY better to have Mitt Romney to take over the reigns of president. Even if he has “earned” it. Even if he supported Universal Healthcare at the state level. He is better than Obama.
Mitt Romney is not known for his soaring rhetoric, or convulated visions. He is a normal guy, more conservative than liberal, who is in the place to take it. We all hoped Obama wouldn’t be the dirtbag we thought him to be when he won, but can you imagine Romney following in that stead? I truly doubt it. Stop saying a vote for Romney is a vote for Obama.
twolaneflash – Right now, a bag of dirt would be superior to what’s there now. At least a bag of dirt couldn’t stop the Keystone Pipeline.
I run a much more simple political calculation so I don’t lose sight of the forest, by looking at the darn trees. One guy is going to make Supreme Court appointments for the next four years. Do I want that man to be Obama or Romney? After seeing what/who Obama appointed, it makes my decision far easier.
Put an Obama 2012 bumper sticker on your car, but upside down. The subtle protest will ignite so much contradictory activity in overheated liberal minds that a quite few are liable to melt down before they can decide whether to stand on their heads in salute or key your car in reprisal.
I recall when Je$$ie Jack$on was running for US President that a lot of you Conservative Americans put “Run, Jessie, Run!” bumper stickers on your cars…but on the FRONT bumper. LOL, I thought that witty and to the point.
In my job I walk in and out of retail establishments many times a day. At this time of year I have to run the gauntlet of Girl Scout Cookies every day. I carry no cash and politely say no thank you to the girls. However, after I’ve run out to my vehicle 5 or 6 times I think it is reasonable for them to recognize that I do not want to purchase thier cookies.
At one particular store on my 5th run to grab something from the van I finally told the girl, “I’m sorry, I am still not interested,”
Her mother immediatly said to me, “Well you don’t have to be rude.”
I answered, “I was quite polite the first four times, I think she should start recognizing that I’m here working and not shopping by now.” (this was in less than 10 minutes of my going in and out.)
Her mother said, “Well if you’re working you can afford to buy some cookies and not be so stingy and rude to the girls.”
I answered, “I’m in and out of 10 to 12 stores a day, and every one of them has a girl standing there selling cookies, I do not have the time or the money to buy from every one of them, and I’m not buying today!”
Mom shouted obscenties at me as I headed to the van and ignored her.
Later, when I was finishing up and loading stuff in the van, I saw Mom walking over to give me another piece of her mind, when I noticed “Obama 2012″ on the rear bumper of her car.
Well that explained everything to me:
Doesn’t pay attention, and thinks everyone should act as they see fit.
just tell them you bought some already
I own an older model Prius, have voted Conservative all of my life, and think it odd that people think of other people a certain way, depending on what type of car you drive. or truck. Also have been nearly run over by big pickups, who feel they need to show some muscle.I like not spending so much money at the pump, and feel that I am saving other peoples gass, er..g asses…do you see.? Tired of the labels, except for one,…American. Where have we lost our senses…
Janis,
I appreciate you concern for the environment and wanting to spend less money for fuel. Unfortunately you got suckered.
A Prius causes more pollution in the long run, than a Hummer for example, when you take in the cost of building, using, and disposing of it. You can get better gas mileage than a Prius driving a Corvette. Almost any diesel-powered car gets better gas mileage. Good luck with it, though.
gray man is right. If you want to really be productive you should cover that Prius with Obama 12′ bumperstickers, head to toe, leaving only a fistfull of opening on the front windshield and let it roll off a cliff in some newsworthy fashion. You can tell the insurance company you think it was stolen by some deep-thinking leftist who wanted to make it seem like a conservative car-thief did it. That’s what I would do.
While visiting your wonderful country years ago, back when Je$$e Jack$on was running for President, I recall seeing a “Run Jesse Run!” bumper sticker…but it was on the FRONT of the car. Maybe you all buy “Run Obama Run!” stickers and do the same?
Buy magnets, they are a little more expensive but you can take them off and put them them on as you desire. The back of my pick up sports many. Why be afraid and let the libs have there stickered up cars. Their heads explode when they are behind me especially when it comes to Pro Life….
Vote for Obama
and
starve in the dark.
Maybe a good bumper-sticker scheme is to put an 08′ Obama sticker on your car, and then slap a Nobama sticker right over it, but at an angle, so it is discernable what the one underneath was.
How about “Obama 2012, Help A Brother Out”?
Or “Malcolm X, 2012″?
MY BUMPER STICKER
2008: HOPE AND CHANGE
2012: HOAX AND BLAME
Some adult thinking is needed here! You may want to think about your own safty. Advice from a retired cop (yes,I know everyone loves the Police). Please do not mess with, touch, attach or add anything to anyone’s autooible, truck etc. You could be accused of, or actually damaging a windshield wiper or wiper motor, sctatch the paint and so on. You would not like this to happen to your car. Even if there is no damage done, they are many people who have a problem with anyone touching their cars and you may be lucky person who finds the one psyco, nut job who will see you in action, take offence and act out in an inappropiate manner, causing you insult, harm or injury. Respect private property and be safe out there!
thanks for the advice, however I refuse to live my life in fear.
retired vet.
bill,
thanks for the advice. However, I refuse to live my life in fear.
retired vet.
Bill 60. is right. If you want a legal way to retaliate for a pro-Obama bumpersticker laden car the best thing to do is to get right in front of them and slam the breaks.
Slamming on the BRAKES like that is a good way to BREAK something.
I live in one of the bluest areas of one of the bluest states in the country: Fairfield County, Connecticut which contains the town of Westport. Westport is the aboriginal source of the phenomenon know as “Yuppie Scum” – as in Westport Stupid Yuppie Scum (as the few remaining Americans around here put it). And in Westport in 2008 I encountered bumper stickers that said “Support Bush” next to the image of a hangman’s noose. Remember the outrage? Neither do I. So – what do you suppose the outrage would be like if in 2012 it were “Support Obama”?
I agree that anti-Obama stickers aren’t going to change the (so-called) minds of the typical liberals who are, I’ve found, arrogant enough to think that their deliberate ignorance make them superior beings. I once worked with a Yalie who bragged that she NEVER reads any American history. However, the stickers will work with that great horde of undecideds: just plant something in their minds that hits home in some down-to-earth way and is amusing enough to remember until election day.
Obama voters are living proof that a sucker is born every minute and that human stupidity is the only infinite resource in the universe.
It will be of little comfort to me that these “useful idiots” are destined to spend the rest of their lives in squalor or serfdom once Obama confiscates every cent they have to bail out Wall Street, campaign contributors and fellow democrats then ships them to McGalugs/FEMA camps for slave labor when the economic collapse arrives in 2013/2014.
As a registered libertarian, contributor to Ron Paul’s 2012 campaign and hoarder of gold and silver coins I will be put up against a wall and shot by Obama’s brown-shirts as an “enemy of the state”.
Ari – There are 3 components to the bank bailouts. TARP was 1, the other 2 are on-going under Obama and so far we are in the RED to the tune of over $2,000 BILLION dollars and counting…
Bankrupt America to bail out campaign contributors – Change your getting…
oh, the rest of it is a huge problem! But the private actors- the banks- cleared their papers within a year. The red paper is in the government’s hands.
There is the slush-fund for second-rate green products. There is the political slush-fund! There is the bully fund! There are the two car company funds!
Two years ago there was about 2 trillion dollars in private business money sitting on the edge of the pool, waiting for the candy bar to get scooped out of the White House pool. It’s larger now. And it’s still sitting out.
It’s a pretty respectable hat trick- upset business, upset the military, upset the soccer moms, and upset your own base. That’s really quite a trick. Add in the make old white guys live through “DWB” at the airport, and mimicking the “you can buy anything you find in an empty store” GUM experience, with lightbulbs- a signature American invention- He’s really kind of amazing. I didn’t think you could get a full Indonesian/ Third World dictatorship/ Russian shopping experience- from just three years. The Indonesian Airlines would have glossy articles about investing with the friends and families of the dictator- ridiculous boondoggles- racing tracks, and so on. We got that without the magazine.
Carter tried to invest in solar. When the subsidies got cut, the scientists from one project used their skills making lunchtime yogurt to start up Stonyfield Farms yogurt. I’m wondering if the current crop of solar guys even know how to make yogurt.
Note to Grayman
I don’t live in fear and no one should you included. Good citizenship, civil behavior is not living in fear it is about respect. There are times that lines may need to be crossed and you are free to make your own decision but trivial activities, those done just to piss people off may make some prople feel good but in reality they only piss people off, thats not much of an accomplishment.
And Gray man if you are really gray you might want to think about the example you can / wiil set for your children and grandchildren.
b
Bill,
Not sure what you mean by am I really gray, but I teach my children / grandchildren / nieces /nephews what they need to know.
However, no offense intended, but people with an attitude like yours are the reason we are even in this mess.
We should have “offended” the stinking hippies of the 60 / 70′s years ago, now we have to deal with them in power.
The moronic socialists teaching our children in schools 20 / 30 years ago should have been “offended” by us.
Now we have brain-dead occupiers everywhere. We got bums who refuse to work we have to pay for. We got people who make more in retirement then they ever earned – living of the efforts of others. All of this crap should have been taken care a long time ago and now we have to clean up the mess.
Sorry but you are part of the problem, police who don’t support the constitution. I’m certain you were a straight cop or you wouldn’t be reading PJM, but the people “in charge” are out of control. Retired Veteran
Gray Man are you Tom Hayden or one of his buds?
Readers and citizens are, and should damn well be grateful to the brave men and women of police forces throughout the country.
To dare accuse them of being “part of the problem” is like the yippy-hippy-dippy idiocy from the ’68 Democratic convention in Chicago. Here and now, in cities and rural areas from coast to coast, it is the diligence and personal courage of police officers like Bill who have to listen to the ravings of aging boomers like you and your ilk.
Bill, the majority of PJM readers, Gray Man excepted, salute you and your fellow law enforcement officers whose bravery, alas, makes possible the freedom with which Gray Man complains about the “Police.” In my long experience it tends to be one group and one group only that’s intolerant of the police and that would be criminals, be they graying protestors of a bygone era or the normal range of criminals today: that’s who’s intolerant. The rest of us know that it is you and your colleagues are all that stands between us and the chaos and anarchy of the world of the ingrates, the Gray Men. Thank your brave service and thank you for the excellent advice about not touching the vehicles of citizens who may be as irrational as Gray Man himself.
As you say, better safe than sorry.
out raged,
Sorry, “better safe than sorry’ is the excuse for government to control every aspect of your life. I’m sorry that you haven’t done more research and don’t know what you are talking about. As a citizen in the US you have a greater chance of being killed by a cop, then you do of dying in the military. that is a fact. I didn’t disrespect Bill, if he was an honorable cop, but the fact of the matter is that cops swear to uphold the constitution of the united states just like military people do, and cops today frequently do illegal things, for example: random searches of vehicles etc. If you have been paying attention the TSA is just as corrupt. While your ranting – I SPENT 20 YEARS IN THE MILITARY, AND AM A VETEREN OF A FOREIGN WAR -
what have YOU done to protect this country.
also Outraged,
For your information Cops have no responsibility to protect private citizens – according to the supreme court.
Private citizens have the responsibility to protect themselves not cops. regardless if Bill is a cop or not is irrelevant to the issue. The issue is standing up to the leftist liberals and defeating them. And if any government agency has people in it who refuse to protect the constitution they are the problem!
in fact outraged you’ve pissed me off – don’t you dare question my comments, for your information I’ve had dirty cops steal from me. The next time cops do a non-warrant search of your person, car, house – then you can get outraged.
The next time you fly and a TSA agent fills you up then you can get outraged. I’m sick and tired of this nanny state and if cops are enabling that they don’t deserve my respect.
Second precinct to HQ: At the corner of Gray and Man, enraged subject out of control. Approach with care. Subject may be armed and dangerous. Recommend four strait jackets as backups in the event subject destroys first three. Cause of multiple outbursts appears to be billboard praising courage of local police. Subject harbors deep resentment against all police. Approach with caution and transport to nearest psych ward for observation for minimum three-day stay. Plainclothes officers recommended over unis to reduce chance of counter-attack. Ten-four.
I agree with Grayman. I don’t think most police are the secular saints you make them out to be. The ones where I live spend most of their time giving DARE lectures or running cigarette or liquor stings which often target busy clerks who make a mistake checking an I.D. God forbid, they might have to confront a real criminal in the act of committing a real crime. Traffic tickets are their only reason for being on the street in a city with an almost non existent violent crime rate, mostly due to to our gun owning culture. I also am an armed forces veteran who has served overseas. I think my father, a World War II combat veteran probably disliked the Chicago Democratic Convention Hippie protesters, and the corrupt Chicago Police force almost as much as he despised that piece of scum, LBJ. Isab
I plan on distributing the following message as a flyer.
One very important thing to remember this November, On Obama’s inauguration day, Jan 20, 2009, the average price of a gallon of gasoline was $1.78.
How much are you paying now and how much will you be paying in four years if he’s reelected?
I disagree. I think people should consider the Media. How they bow down to Obama as some ordained king compared to the exact, the EXACT same circumstances that they reacted to George Bush. That in itself reveals a conspitorial, escalating hypocrisy that is very very suspect. Suspect of what? Maybe, evil, but let us deduce. We can expect some spin from media outlets, but liberals have gone beyond that. They are completely opposite on issues that they hammered George Bush over compared to when it comes to Obama. We may not be able to discern the truth of the whole matter, but the truth we CAN discern is that the media is duplicitous, AND, favors a certain direction for societal norms and morality. Even if you are unsure about yourself, you can still say, at this moment, “I will not go with the liars”. And that will guide you.
yeah, yeah, I know you’re not supposed to mess with someones bumper sticker but, many years ago National Lampoon had bumper sticker sabotage kits, One was a picture of a screw. You placed it over the heart on stickers such as “I “heart” my dog”. I’m sure a little creativity could go a long way. Not that I’m condoning any of this just saying I’d love to see it. I’d love to see it make the news even though I’m not condoning it. IT”S ILLEGAL but, potentially hillarius.
I have anti-obama stickers on my car and I work for Montgomery County Government in Rockville,MD and I have gotten several comments from an obama supporter.Today I had two pieces of paper covering my signs, and if that is not so bad, I have been accused of drinking on the job, which is totally false, that I have been at for almost 20 years. I guess people will do anything to shut you up!! What ever happened to First Amendment Rights and Tolerance??
Chris – You asked: ‘What ever happened to First Amendment Rights and Tolerance??’ The answer is in George Orwell’s Animal Farms: All Animals are equal, except some are more equal. For leftists who believe in a ‘living Constitution’ (which is really a dead constitution) the common man cannot know what the Constitution really means. Only they can interpret the Constitution, and when they do, the first amendment says only Leftists have free speech rights. (As another example – what about the Second Amendment? It says, the right of the people to keep (as own) and bear (as in carry) shall not be infringed. What part of that is unclear? Leftists have wanted to read that right out of the Constitution. It has taken many lawsuits to get us to the keep part; the bear part is still in judicial never-never land.)
Guess I should turn myself in. Some buddies and I did this for Halloween 1964. On Nov. 1 all the neighborhood LBJ supporters found they were for Goldwater and vice-versa.
BTW, you can get static-cling bumper stickers. those come off without damaging anything.
Belladonna Rogers – Thanks for the column. I really enjoyed looking at some of the stickers you put up, and enjoyed reading many of the suggestions put forward here.
I’ve started to see Obama bumper stickers here. I’ve been considering making address labels to leave on gas pumps that say, “Hope you have change left.”
Hey! Mayberry Lady!!!
Whee-hoo thanks!!! Ohmygoodness, that Pioneer Woman site looks good!!
Wow!
Thanks!!!!
to give you an idea of how lame a cook I am, I was trying to approximate a koreatown after-drinks meal. (1) I’ve never been to a Korean restaurant and (2) the only reason I had worcerstershire sauce around at all was b/c costco put it on sale- this is the second bottle I’ve owned since we got married- my mom sent a bottle once, for Christmas. Yeah- I was reading a restaurant review, for a restaurant I’ll never go to….everyone was shocked that dinner tasted good. it looked weird. dinner had rice and boiled squash cubes with cinnamon and salt and sugar, b/c that’s what’s on french brasserie carrots, except they boil carrots, not squash, and then pan-fry them, instead of mush spices onto them. really mediocre cook.
and then meat for their man vs zombie spring break party.
The oldest boy has taken to making eggs, pancakes, waffles, sausages,grilled tomatoes and salads, in self- defense. he’s a much better cook than I am. I’m going to see if he’ll make pioneer food!
So glad you like it!
I’ve always been heavy into cooking, but I’m so with you on cheap! Fleecing the populace on survival items is something to which I’m fiercely opposed, and as far as food prices are concerned, I declared war long ago. So when I evaluate keeper recipes, the first thought that crosses my mind is, How many of these ingredients can I buy at Aldi’s, and how perishable are they. I’ve learned to freeze stuff I never dreamed of doing that to before.
You’d probably also like George Mateljan’s World’s Healthiest Foods site. It includes a list of the top 100, with wonderful monographs on each one that are replete with citations to the research. Great simple recipes with high nutrient density, made of ingredients within reach of just about everybody.
OOOh–that’s a neat site! Thank you!
exchange? soup recipe? That sound fair? It’s imprecise enough for pantry cooking.
a can of broth, a can or two of white beans, a pound of sausage- and really, the cheap turkey sausage works best- and a package of spinach- are the only main essentials. chop up the sausage and cook it, add celery and carrots and onions if you have them. If not- don’t worry about it. I usually have dried onions on hand, anyway. add broth, and pepper. If you have italian spice, use it, but thyme or thyme and rosemary work just fine: I’ve got a splotch of thyme on my front lawn, and I’ve had rosemary, except the dog killed it. add rinsed beane, bring to boil, drop to simmer 10 minutes. Stir in handfuls of spinach and serve.
It goes well with cheese toast, if you’re feeding kids. Breadsticks, if you’ve got them on hand, which I just about never do.
It is really unbelievable how good this tastes.
I’m with you on the price of things. Spouse is in financial services, so I’ve learned to cook things that my MIL, who lived through the Depression in a slum, gripes about as “poor people food.” Um. yeah. That’s sort of the idea. Except I think I do a pretty good job of it. One friend invited me over to dinner, once, to show me that it was easy to cook a delicious meal, right when I was learning, and, seriously, she had three ingredients that cost more than I spent on entire meals. Each ingredient cost more. Yeah, I could make some fine jewelry if I was mixing up gold, platinum and diamonds, too. Sha-ahh. Dad sent recipe books, and would insist I try things. He didn’t get that it literally hurt my stomach to think I’d spent $4 on meat for what was on the plate.
I could tell you the price of a bowl of popped corn, down to the pennies. My kids were happy to go over to their friends’ house in the projects, b/c the food was nicer- packaged chips and microwave popcorn. 4 cents, if you used generic salt, and the big commercial bag of popcorn, sold at Sam’s. I had one bag that lasted two years. 6 cents if you added oil. 10 cents if you added brewer’s yeast. Grated cheese made it expensive.
Dh has survived this far, and built a business. I tell my kids they are lucky to see how it’s done, so it doesn’t surprise them when they grow up. I know the wife of the local cardiologist. He went through med school on a 25 cent roll of biscuits each day. Date night was Friday night, where he split a $1.25 deli leftover sandwich and soda with his girlfriend. His kids have no clue what their parents went through. Nice, sweet, good kids. I’m not hacking on them. They just aren’t getting a ring-side seat to the building of his business.
So, it’s really kind of cool getting to be extravagant-ish with meat on party nights.
Or, oatmeal or hulled barley, in the crockpot. The barley was chewy, so it held up better: 25 cents per serving, if you added milk, sugar and raisins or nuts.
Will give this a try, it sounds good. Thanks, ari!
I drive an ’85 diesel Chevy pickup. The front plate is a Gadsden. Rear window has “NRA Patron member” sticker on one side, and Skywarn sticker on the other. And there’s a big honkin ham radio antenna on top.
Same decor for each of my cars, an old Mercedes and an old Saturn.
People just leave them alone. Dunno why.
Purple Heart Veteran tags do the same thing in this neck of the woods!
I just looked through bumper stickers again and noticed a mistake-
The Tooth Fairy Exists,
Santa Claus is coming,
and Obama will fix everything.
The last line should read- and Obama will fix anything, on purpose.
I thought the Cash for Clunkers program had gotten rid of all the Obama bumper stickerss!
Belladonna at her political very best! Brilliant summary of Obama failures! And LOVE the Yes We Can’t slogan.
alfred e neuman has called every election since mad started publication, right? I live in an O town, so I get nervous. It’s good to see daisies of hope.
“I would love to sport an anti-Obama bumper sticker on my car, but a typical liberal in my neck of the woods, while proclaiming his belief in the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech, would readily vandalize my car…”
Same where I live. I would NEVER put a bumper sticker on my car.
Is it just me, or does Alfred E. Neuman look like Mark Zukerberg?
As far as anit-Obama, or whoever he is, bumper stickers go this is my favorite: POP the Pimple Nov. 6.
HEH!!
Highly unusual! Only is there an bona fide explanation? I love laptops and need to enjoy items experience together with you.
I had two cars with Obama 08 stickers keyed during the 2008 election. You can scratch my car, but you keep putting up losers like the Godfather of Obamacare, the one, the only, Etch-A-Sketch” – “let GM Fail” yes – (let’s not forget dog-lover), Mitt the Twit Romney. Guns. Pathetic.
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