What’s the opposite of coexistence? Domination. Suppression. Elimination. Extermination. Are these American values? Do we want them represented in Congress? Allen West, the Republican Party nominee for Congress in Florida’s 22nd District, has made a speech publicly railing against the idea of coexistence: As I was driving up here today, I saw that bumper sticker [...]
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As Governor, Paul LePage Would Bring Offshore Oil Drilling to Maine
Have you heard that Paul LePage wants to bring offshore oil drilling to the waters of Maine? It’s true, and the Republican candidate for Governor made it unavoidably plain. When he was asked “Would you support offshore drilling in the waters off the Maine Coast?” in a televised gubernatorial debate in May of this year, [...]
Hutaree Bumper Sticker: Crazed Christian Reconstructionists
Nine members of the Hutaree sect of Christian fundamentalists are up on federal charges of plotting to kill police officers for Christ. It almost sounds funny, doesn’t it? I mean, come on, the group names itself Hutaree, and is led by people named “Captain Hutaree” and “Guhighllo?” What a laugh, huh? And then we remember [...]
Celebrate Maurice Hinchey, #1 Most Progressive in Congress
Support Maurice Hinchey with this progressive bumper sticker – he’s the most progressive member of Congress, after all!
Mark a Winless Season in Sports With a 0-16 Bumper Sticker
The oddness of American culture is exposed by our interaction with sporting. Sports teams around the country are celebrated… for perfect winning seasons. Then “we” won with “our” team and it shows the superiority of “us” and “our city” or “our school.” Losing teams in football, baseball, basketball quickly become “them,” and “they” are ignored [...]
Top Ten Selling Liberal Bumper Stickers, December 1-14 2008
What is on the collective mind of liberal thinkers as the year 2008 draws to a close? One indication is in the choice of stickers liberals choose to decorate their cars with. We’re a pretty sticky bunch, we lefties, and some ideas (Get Your Laws Off My Body, Not all Who Wander are Lost) are [...]
Hey, Governor Blagojevich: [Expletive Deleted] You!
This bumper sticker is for all the infuriated people of Illinois and America, reading their morning paper with disgust. We’ve just learned about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s profanity-laced corrupt phone calls, declaring with such scatalogical glee his intention to milk his office for money that newspapers were forced to insert “[expletive deleted]” into their stories [...]
An End To A Bumper Sticker Era
What will become of progressive activism? Can the progressive grassroots survive, when the White House accepts responsibility for progressive action itself?
