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	<title>Progressive Bumper Sticker &#187; retirement</title>
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		<title>Retire Dreier!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Dreier should choose to retire himself, or voters, in the primary election or general election of 2012, will choose retirement for Dreier.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes, a political slogan is born out of linguistic happenstance as much as from political need.  That&#8217;s the case with a new slogan that&#8217;s made its way onto at least a couple of congressional campaign bumper stickers.</p>
<p>The slogan, at its core, relies on a simple rhyme: <b>Retire Dreier</b>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Dreier&#8221; in this slogan refers to Congressman <a href="http://thatsmycongress.com/house/repDreierCA26112.html">David Dreier</a>, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 26th district of California, on the marginal hills of metro Los Angeles.  Dreier has run into some trouble recently, given some comments he made in a speech last week, <a href="http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2011/02/20/david-dreier-disrespects-liberty-justice-and-all-that/">saying that when it comes to the Patriot Act, guarantees of liberty and justice aren&#8217;t as important as the desire for security.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/irregularstates.509267114"><img src="http://progressivebumpersticker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/retiredreierblue.jpg" alt="out of touch with our values" title="retire david dreier bumper sticker" width="290" height="116" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-611" /></a>One bumper sticker, with a simply blue and black design, reads: <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/irregularstates.509267114">Retire David Dreier &#8211; He&#8217;s out of touch with our values</a>.  Dreier may want to note that many Republicans value liberty much more than the big government apparatus of a Security State of the sort that&#8217;s been set up under the Patriot Act.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/irregularstates.509249869"><img src="http://progressivebumpersticker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/retiredreier2.jpg" alt="" title="time to retire david dreier bumper sticker" width="312" height="125" class="alignright size-full wp-image-612" /></a>Another manifestation of the Retire Dreier slogan comes on a bumper sticker that advises: <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/irregularstates.509249869">Time to Retire David Dreier</a>, and shows a rather glum-faced Dreier to the right of the slogan.</p>
<p>The message, I think, is that David Dreier should choose to retire himself, or voters, in the primary election or general election of 2012, will choose retirement for Dreier.</p>
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		<title>Bye Bye Buyer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Steve Buyer earned a negative 49 legislative score</a> from That's My Congress.  With his retirement, there is now hope that the 4th congressional district of Indiana can elect a more forward-looking Representative.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This bumper sticker has been on the market for at least a year now, but it became especially appropriate today, with the announcement by Steve Buyer that he will be retiring at the beginning of next year, rather than attempt to run for re-election this year.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/irregularstates.16522951"><img src="http://progressivebumpersticker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/byebyebuyerbumper.jpg" alt="bye bye buyer bumper" title="bye bye buyer bumper" width="321" height="147" class="alignright size-full wp-image-294" /></a><A href="http://www.cafepress.com/irregularstates.16522951">Bye Bye Buyer</a>, it reads, &#8220;Indiana can do better&#8221;.</p>
<p><a href="Http://www.irregularnews.com/states/indiana.html">Indiana</a> certainly can do better.  In the current session of Congress, <A href="http://thatsmycongress.com/house/repBuyerIN4111.html">Congressman Buyer earned a negative 49 legislative score</a> from That&#8217;s My Congress.  There is now hope that the 4th congressional district of Indiana can elect a more forward-looking Representative.</p>
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