Writing about bumper stickers for progressives
What: NO MILLIONAIRE BAILOUT Protest against tax cuts for the ultra-rich When: December 2, Noon Where: Congressional office of Rep. Pat Tiberi, 3000 Corporate Exchange Drive Suite 310, Columbus OH 43231 Be there or be apathetic like Tiberi… your choice.
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?
In Minneapolis, Obama supporters came together to clean up the riverfront part. “You would be hard pressed to find narry a cigarette butt,” she writes. That tells you a lot about gardeners, and about supporters for Barack Obama. These aren’t the kind of people who sit and think about how things might be. They get up out of their chairs and work to match what is to what things could be. They plan ahead. They care about the world around them.
Irregular Bumper Stickers