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lolamio Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:23 PM
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Drove behind this "lovely" (note saracasm) bumper sticker today...
"Work hard! Millions on welfare are depending on you." Along with that little gem was a red, white, and blue "support our troops" ribbon, and a New York State Terrorists Hunting Permit.

Nice, huh?

Honestly, I've seen some mean-spirited bumper stickers on the road, but that one has got to be the worst I've seen. What kind of person would put something like that on their car? That's a rhetorical question, obviously; however, it was terribly unsettling to think about what type of person the driver might be. I am a peaceful person in general, but I'll tell ya', it was all I could do not to rear-end her.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:25 PM
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1. Very full of hate, aren't they? I detest
the blivet, but these kind of people are making it really hard for me to like them, and my tolerance is on the wane as well. :eyes:
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NAO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:52 PM
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8. "If you want to get back on your feet, get off your ass"
that one has always seemed extremely mean spirited to me.

I also see quite a few "Annoy a Liberal: Work Hard, Be Successful, Be Happy".

These people are either extremely naive and/or very lucky, or they are just mean.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 09:05 PM
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10. I'll go with the naive, but add ignorant to the mix. nt
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:25 PM
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2. Yeah, that sounds like a car that some unemployed "enterpreneurs"
...need to take apart carefully and sell the parts...all except that bumper, of course. Leave that shit where they found it!!
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:26 PM
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3. Some hate and resent the poor and needy.
Yes, it was ugly and mean-spirited.
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artfan Donating Member (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:33 PM
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4. i saw
you can't be catholic and pro abortion

stupid no one is pro abortion just pro choice
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:36 PM
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5. Fascists view Poverty as a VICE poor R poor because they R immoral. Link:
This is a MUST READ for ALL ANTI-FACISTs

http://www.indybay.org/print.php?id=1719333


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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:41 PM
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6. That bumper sticker was right
Exxon, big pharma, big dairy, ADM, the meat industry, Lockheed Martin and of course, Haliburton.

They all needs us to work very hard so they can collect our money via welfare.

It just seems to be getting worse, doesn't it?
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mia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:42 PM
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7. Could be a bumper sticker for the latest Bush Social Security plan.
As he moved into the home stretch of his 60-day Social Security road show last week, it became clear that President Bush had saved the worst for last.

Mr. Bush endorsed a proposal that would take a huge bite out of the Social Security retirement benefits for the middle class, claiming that would close some 70 percent of the system's financing gap. That figure is almost certainly overstated. Under the proposed reductions, young workers who now earn about $36,000 would face a 16 percent cut; those earning about $58,000 would face a cut of 25 percent, and those earning $90,000, 29 percent. People not yet in the work force would face even larger reductions.

Mr. Bush says these cuts would enable the system to continue paying benefits at the current level to the 30 percent of recipients who now make less than $20,000. But fully two-thirds of retirees rely on Social Security for more than half of their income. Moreover, the Bush plan gives the false impression that the wealthiest beneficiaries would bear the most pain. That's not the case. The wealthier one is, the lower the percentage of retirement income coming from Social Security, so even a big cut has little impact. By 2075, an average worker's benefit cut would equal 10 percent of pre-retirement income; a millionaire's reduction would be only 1 percent....

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/opinion/03tue1.html
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:59 PM
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9. I park next to a guy's pickup at work who ha a pee boy decal peeing
on the word liberals in his back window. Next to the pee boy decal is a NRA sticker. I went out and bought a pee boy decal myself and my pee boy is pissing on the word G.W. Bush.. ha
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