I'm fed up.

Just got a call from my better half. She's on her way to Illinois from Atlanta, stopping over in Kentucky. While asleep, some redneck asshole keyed her car deeply, apparently in response to her "Bush Lied, People Died" sign.

I'm just about sick of this country.

I'm sick of bible-thumping ignorants that get all their info from TV and think that Bush is some sort of hero.

I'm sick of wannabee-macho pricks with penis issues driving their big, slow SUVs and listening to the non-stop hate spewing from their AM radios.

I'm sick of feeling like my intelligence is a liability and that I'd be happier if I was a stupid sheep following the lemmings off the cliff.

I'm sick of a media that refuses to air important stories, and instead floods the airwaves with Laci Peterson, Kobe Bryant, and the Oscars.

I'm sick of being surrounded by war-mongering assholes that believe might makes right.

I'm sick of being treated like a second-class citizen because I realize there is no god and that religion is evil.

I'm sick of watching our law enforcement neglect its duty to protect in order to punish people for ingesting a substance or providing that substance to other people.

I'm sick of the direction this country is going. I'm sick of the jingoism. I'm sick of the holy-rollers. I'm sick of the whole goddamned thing.

Can someone please help me regain my faith in the USA? Can someone please let me know that I'm not the only pot-smoking, peace-loving, intelligently logical atheist left!

Please!

your car that offends redneck assholes and not expect a redneck asshole to act like a redneck asshole. What was she thinking . . . redneck assholes would wash her car for her? Come on. That's just naive.

I feel their pain. This is not the America I grew up in. We're not in Kansas anymore Toto.

I had a "Vote Democratic" sticker and also got keyed. One DUer had an excellent solution. He went to a sign company and got a sheet of magnetic material. Puts his stickers on that then on his car. When he parks his car he is able to take the stickers off and put them in his trunk. Pretty sad when one has to resort to this.

My SO and I are saving up to move to canada. We're already looking at online job prospects - maybe I'll even start a post in the GD forum to see if someone will mail them to us :-) I've given up on this country. I have a sick horrid feeling that it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better, and every day that I go to work I pay to help it along. that kills me.

Not to be a nationalist or anything, but I was led to believe this country stood for a lot more than this bunch petty, self-interested, self-absorbed intolerants bent on getting whatever they can for themselves while they say FUCK everybody else!

that asked what people will do if Bush gets re-elected. There were 25 votes saying they would leave the country. Souds like it might be an option for you as well.

I hate rednecks.

I am disgusted, demoralized, shocked, and ANGRY about the state of our country. I find myself resentful that I am living in this absurd time. Idiots everywhere.

There are millions of us who feel the same way.

The only thing that keeps me going is the hope that sanity and justice will somehow prevail, that the arrogance and sheer stupidity of the Republican party will bring irreparable damage to its cause.

The Bush/GOP forces are shooting themselves in the ass on a daily basis. Stay tuned

Take your supply of stickers with you on bidness trips and put them on the back of your rental car.

Don't know where you rent your cars, but the lessee is responsible for damage to the rental car.

at least kinds like that, which only a minority of even democrats would take kindly to.

Any bumper stickers look tackey to me, unless it's an old car that a kid drives or something. I've put pro-candidate stickers taped to the inside of my rear windshield during election season, and I plan to put my Edwards one on after christmas.

Not that it's ok for anyone to vandalise her car, but she or he should know better. It wouldn't be wise to have a sticker like that in even Cambridge or Frisco, nevermind Kentuckey.

its an 8x10 sign in the window

get yours here:

http://www.onwithyourhead.com/bushlied.pdf

feel as though we can express our thoughts on bumper stickers. Is that the kind of country we want?

at least kinds like that, which only a minority of even democrats would take kindly to.

Any bumper stickers look tackey to me, unless it's an old car that a kid drives or something. I've put pro-candidate stickers taped to the inside of my rear windshield during election season, and I plan to put my Edwards one on after christmas.

Not that it's ok for anyone to vandalise her car, but she or he should know better. It wouldn't be wise to have a sticker like that in even Cambridge or Frisco, nevermind Kentuckey.

at least kinds like that, which only a minority of even democrats would take kindly to.

Any bumper stickers look tackey to me, unless it's an old car that a kid drives or something. I've put pro-candidate stickers taped to the inside of my rear windshield during election season, and I plan to put my Edwards one on after christmas.

Not that it's ok for anyone to vandalise her car, but she or he should know better. It wouldn't be wise to have a sticker like that in even Cambridge or Frisco, nevermind Kentuckey.

hehehe.

(snicker)

The odds of the perpetrator being caught are slim, but that way there is an offical record of the incident. Also, if the local corporate media ignores you, sound out alternative newspapers in the city. Every city has at least one, and with the internet you can instantly have an international audience.

My car had a sticker that said "Don't blame me: I voted for Tony Sanchez"m and I received no complaints, but Rick Perry is not terribly popular here in Austin, and even in the rest of Texas his poll numbers are starting to flag.

My new sticker will say: Support the Troops, Don't Vote for Politicians Who Cut Veterans Benefits.

I just have to ask: If you are sick of jingoism, why have a bumper
sticker on your car?

It's NOT a bumper sticker, it's an 8x10 sign.

And protesting jingoism is hardly jingoism.

And btw, drdigi, are any more MEN like you in the South? I need one.

When I was on the road I used to listen to NPR almost all day long. I remember a ttime when the NPR news came on and talked about how the Clinton Administration had signed agreements with N. Korea, talks with Israel and palestine were beginnig to bear fruit, employment was up, the gdp was up. That was one good feeling afternoon.

I drove around all day thinking "Is this a great country or what!" It was a great feeling.

I WANT THAT FEELING BACK! No neocon, cheap labor conservative, "I've got mine-screw you", Republican is going to stop me from getting it back.

That's why I came to DU.

Outside the Perimeter highway, expect more keying.

I lived in Midtown until Last December when I moved out Ponce a bit to the druid hills area.

This is as far out as I like to go.

The incident happened in Kentucky, tho.

but, have to tell you, more and more Democratic signs showing up. I was amazed at the number of Gore signs and War is Not the Answer signs in our neighborhood. I did almost give this elderly gentleman, who was campaigning for Sunny whoever who ran against Cynthia the time before last, a heart attack. He knocked on my door, started his rampage against Cynthia (didn't even mention his candidate) and ended with a rant against abortion. Yes, I almost killed that poor guy. He told me I didn't "belong around here". Guess I'll have to move to Midtown.

It will not change. If you stay, you must cloaque like a klingon... no bumper stickers, no visible piercings or tatoos... short hair and business smart clothes nobody will touch you, even if you're stoned to the gills.

I felt like you did, and leaving america has been the most positive thing in my life... truly, all the frustration in your post is how i used to feel in the nazi states of repression... I spent today working outside near the ocean with people who are not violent and not afraid... i was invited for a coffee this evening by a neighbors house in the lovely twilight... we smoked a joint... it was sweet.

America is a very sick country, and you are healthy... best you find non-cancerous cells to bond with, as the malignancy america is not that.

Your post reeks of hopelessness. You were wronged and you won't feel better unless you do something that can counter the stupid action against your SO.

So do something. Turn this into a positive. Be a catalyst for change, even if it's only one mind you open. Here's my suggestion:

Write a letter to the editor of the local paper where this occured. Avoid paining the whole town with a broad brush, in fact, avoid any speculation about who did it, merely state that you suspect it was done because of the sentiment expressed on the sticker.

From there, go on to explain just what is meant by Bush lied, people died. Make the case and leave it at that. The rednecks who would just as happily keyed your car won't change their minds, but there may be one or two (or more) people in that town for whom your letter might serve as a catylist for a little thinking.

Because your rant about summed it up for me. I don't put stickers on my car for that reason among others. I have seen stickers that offended me greatly, however, I would NEVER think of doing anything to one's car because of it. No respect for others is what it amounts too. Sickening! Don't you wish you could just once catch one of these assholes in the act? Cowards do this when no one is looking!

You're not alone. Your rant spoke for me. keep on keeping on dude. There are more of us than the powers that be would like.

I was in a bad spot this morning, but now I feel better.

I had an elderly woman give me the 'power fist of approval' when she read my sign today.

There is hope.

We'll fix this country.

I feel much the same. I think the problem is that Americans are disengaged, and have not thought much about the dangers Bush represents. My feeling is that you should try to do everything you can to put Bush out in 2004 (his election is not a foregone conclusion), come up with some time and $ for the Party if you can, and then maybe consider leaving the US if the Dems fail. That is what I am going to do. I looked at Italy this Spring, and will check out Vancouver this September. In Italy not having to look at Bush's ugly face and hear his ugly talk was heaven.

how does she know that it was a "redneck asshole", and what his/her motivation was?

Did he/she leave a note?

because of that sign qualifies as a redneck asshole.

:shrug:

If she was sleeping, It sounds like people are just making assumptions.

since no other cars were keyed and hers was the only anti-Bush sign in the lot.

Vent, breathe, take up arms again and carry on.

....he has some explaining to do to me because if I was god and had the like of these repukes trying to associate with me I'd smack every last one of them with a bolt of lightening the likes of which they ain't never seen before. In fact it has been repukes that caused me to give up what faith I had left.

It's very frustrating trying to live a good life, and not be allowed to express our emotions. It sickens me to see what the Bush Gang has done to this wonderful country. They have lowered the bar so badly, his followers have become a pool of ignorance and violence.

Will your insurance pay for it?

Also, if you're "fed up, then why don't you do something about it?

What should he do about it?

Volunteer for a campaign, run for office, register voters, make phone calls, talk to neighbors.

I fight the good fight 24/7. I make sure I bring it up with family, friends, even people in line at the bank.

Insurance will cover it, but that's not the point.

Don't ASSume that I'm not fighting back just because I ask for help.