The Whole Kaboodle On Bumper Stickers
I have just begun to explore a new way to shop for bumper stickers online: Kaboodle. Kaboodle is a kind of social networking site dedicated to shopping.
The truth is that when I think about shoppers, I don’t think about people who buy bumper stickers. I think about people who go to shopping malls and buy far too many clothes for themselves.
On the other hand, when people want to find a bumper sticker for themselves, how do they find the right one? Well, they go shopping.
Maybe, in order to be more successful, progressives need to think more about how to help people who are shopping for ways to express their progressive political ideas. Maybe, Kaboodle is the kind of place political progressives need to go more often. If we want people to pay attention to what matters to us, turning the huge shopping infrastructure in our favor couldn’t hurt.
I’ve spend a little bit of time this afternoon exploring the bumper stickers that are already listed on the Kaboodle system, and adding a few more of my own. I find that I appreciate the way that the system allows me to categorize bumper stickers into lists and sub-sections. Is this capitalist system inherently anti-progressive, or can it be legitimately turned into a medium for progressive activation of previously apathetic citizens?
The following are a few bumper stickers I’ve put together into a section called liberty.
I’d like to hear from other people what they think about this system, and how they’re using it.
July 20th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
As I’m looking at this, I see that the slideshow widget distorts the graphics of the bumper stickers, making them look choppy.
July 20th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I noticed that, too. It almost makes the text of the liberty bumperstickers illegible. I have to work at reading them, which makes the Kaboodle tool a problem.
July 20th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
We have a website, http://www.nothirdterm2008.com dedicated to democratic
victories in the House, Senate, and Presidential elections. A vote for
John McCain is a third term vote for George Bush, and our great nation
can not tolorate four more years of Republican administation. “No Third
Term” is a phrase that will resonate with voters, and every hat, shirt,
bumpersticker, and campaign button with our message will be a reminder
of the miserable state Americans now find ourselves in, and who is
responsible.