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HARTFORD -- Firefighter Mike Di’Giacomo said his SUV is banned from in the firehouse because the bumper stickers he has on it, displays his political views.

"Hope and Change" seemed to be pretty popular in 2008. What do you think bumper stickers will be saying (or should be saying) for the republicans and democrats in 2012?

SNIPPET: "That's right. The ubiquitous blue stickers with the round, red-white-and blue symbol are coming off the bumpers. Even in northern Virginia, which has large pockets of yellow dog Democrats, the stickers are disappearing." SNIPPET: "As Obama sinks in the polls, the absence of triumphal stickers is becoming glaringly obvious." SNIPPET: "America is taking Mr. Obama's measure and reassessing rapidly. From initiating a gusher of spending, appointing a gaggle of radicals, glad-handing America's enemies and targeting our own security personnel, the president has alienated one constituency after another. Pretty soon all he will have left will be the pansexual, Star...

Dan Fuchs said business was just starting to pick up at his kiosk in the Mall at Johnson City. Fuchs’ business, the Graphic Edge, printed slogans and pictures on items such as coffee cups, bumper stickers and T-shirts. He said more than half of his business came from the sale of anti-Obama merchandise. Bumper stickers with slogans such as “SOS: Stop Obama’s Socialism,” “Nobama,” and “Chicago got the party, but the country got the hangover” were displayed around the small stand. Now it appears Fuchs is out of business at the mall, but mall officials say this decision was not...

Here are some great bumper sticker slogans, which can also be used for Tea Party signs!! Apathy A Conflict of Disinterest All Politics is Loco All Weapons Are Boomerangs Ban Censors Don’t Let ___ Stop___ Bread Not Bombs Flour Power - It’s the Yeast We Can Do Bread Not Bombs We Knead the Dough Exercise the First Amendment - Use It or Lose It Guns Don’t Kill People - People Who Teach Violence Do Got Justice - got milk parody Got MLK - Martin Luther King Jr - got milk parody Give Peas a Chance W e.......... A re.........R ight......N...

A man who sells conservative merchandise at a kiosk in a North Carolina mall says he hopes he'll be able to keep pushing "Impeach Obama" bumper stickers after his lease expires on Friday. Loren Spivack says his kiosk, Free Market Warrior, is being nudged out of the Concord Mills mall in Concord, N.C., beacause of political reasons. The hottest sellers at the kiosk, which has been in the mall for roughly three months, are items that are critical of President Obama, Spivack said. They include a “Work Harder, Obama Needs the Money” bumper sticker and a T-shirt that lists the...

Sunday, about 100 people rallied in front of the mall to support Spivack and his right to free speech. He opened his Free Market Warrior kiosk last spring, selling such items as “Impeach Obama” bumper stickers and baby bibs that say, “My parents chose life. Thanks Mom and Dad!” Spivack said he's found other stores in the mall selling T shirts and other merchandise with offensive slogans and feels he's being targeted “purely for politic reasons.” Since the controversy arose, he said his business has picked up.......

Sentiment toward Obama is shifting fast if bumper stickers have anything to do with it: "How's that hopey, changey thing working out for you?" "Bankrupt America? Yes, we can!" The bumper stickers people are customizing and buying are an interesting barometer and that doesn't bode well for Obama: "Barack Obama: A new chapter in American history, Chapter 13." "The Audacity of hype." Before the election Obama's bumper stickers were mostly positive. Six months into his presidency, mostly negative. It's true that Bush initiated the bailout. But Obama used it to do things for which it wasn't intended - such as...

As I was driving to work this morning, I passed someone with an Obama/Biden bumper sticker. Yes, they may have been proud and confident back before the elections, but can you imagine the shame that they feel now. If I were them, I would quickly remove that bumper sticker. He is not my President and I don't feel one bit of pride with him as our President and Commander in Chief.

The other day I was driving behind a car with a “Friend of Tibet” Virginia license plate. That’s great and I’d like to be a “Friend” myself, but with the job and the family and cutting the lawn … Can I just become a “Facebook Friend of Tibet?” If so, am I entitled to the same preening as Tibet’s actual Friends? It got me wondering whether we’d see “Free Iran” paraphernalia anytime soon, and whether we’d see it on the same Volvos and Priuses as those “Free Tibet” bumper stickers. Somehow I doubt it, since Obama could barely fit any...

A Louisiana driver has been stopped and detained for having a "Don't Tread on Me" bumper sticker on his vehicle and warned by a police officer about the "subversive" message it sent, according to the driver's relative. The situation developed in the small town of Ball, La., where a receptionist at the police department told WND she knew nothing about the traffic stop, during which the "suspect" was investigated for "extremist" activities, the relative said.

Signs of the Times

DALLAS - Frank Larison is a disabled veteran with more than 14 years of service, including more than a year of combat duty in Vietnam. The 58-year-old former Marine now finds himself under attack by his Dallas homeowners association for displaying seven decals on his vehicle supporting the Marine Corps. "To me, it's being patriotic, and it shows that I served," the veteran told FOX 4. The board says the decals are advertisements that violate HOA rules, and must be covered or removed. Otherwise, the homeowners association for The Woodlands II on The Creek --- where Larimore has lived for...

For decades, drivers have used their bumpers as moving billboards. Bumper stickers show our political leanings, our religious affiliations, where we've vacationed and what type of dogs we have. They offer a glimpse into a driver's sense of humor (Just say no to negativity) or sense of injustice (I had a life, but my job ate it). Historians believe that Forest P. Gill, a Kansas City-area printer, invented the bumper sticker in the 1930s. Gill began experimenting with attaching advertisements to car bumpers with wire, and eventually began working with self-sticking adhesive. The idea took hold, the stickers stuck, and...

You would have known better if you listened to conservative news radio. Jiminy Cricket does a "Doh!" for Obama. Socialism is Slavery, Mr. President. Home mortgage crisis was an inside job - Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac.

Police in Missouri apparently are being instructed to keep on eye on conservatives. According to this AP article the government of the state of Missouri has issued a report "informing" state police that people with third party bumper stickers on their cars or who believe the NAFTA superhighway is an attempt create a North American Union are subversive members of paramilitary militias and potential terrorists.

I'm Barack "Don't Get Rich" Obama, Destroyer of Dreams. Iraq Obama: Troops to Stay Through 2011 (Nelson Muntz says: "Ha ha! You were duped!") The Cost of Change - Dow Jones down from 11.5k beginning 2008 general election to 7.5k in December. Gimme - n. a person who is chronically dependent on the government. Socialist Dictators Agree - Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler - Wealth Redistribution Works. Obama Remake America, Because Freedom is not Enough. And in case you've missed this one:

After detailed maps of local military operations and anti-government slogans were found in a south Minneapolis apartment, federal authorities are now involved in the investigation. The three tenants were evicted from the property this weekend, but what they left behind has caught the interest of the FBI and Homeland Security. A cleaning crew made the discovery shortly before 12 p.m. on Tuesday. One of the workers told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS they noticed maps on the walls with government chains and commands. Inside a closet, they found numerous rolls of maps. Authorities said the details are disturbing. "We ran into a...

<p>Tennessee’s Republican Party is trying to tap into the resentment that some Americans are feeling about the Obama administration’s foreclosure prevention program.</p> <p>Thursday, the Nashville-based organization began selling bumper stickers reading “HONK If you’re paying my mortgage.” In five days more than 4,000 have been purchased, according to Bill Hobbs, the party’s spokesman. He said that this beats the 3,500 stickers the party sold last fall that read YOUR WALLET The only place Democrats want to drill.</p>

I saw this bumper sticker a day or so ago and would like to order a few. Anyone remember where it was or how to order it? Thanks Freepers!

A word of advice. Take down your yard signs. Peel off your bumper sticks. The angry left will be angrier than ever and is looking for scapegoats. Don't be a scapegoat.

A quick little vanity because we have a need to know. In Missouri, the lack of yard signs compared to Bush-Kerry race in simply amazing. We see them here and there but I would say here it is at least 80% less than previous races. Bumper stickers are probably 70% less than before. Is it fear of vandalism, apathy? I apologize in advance for this vanity but it would be an asset to hear what it is like in other states right now. Some of my neighbors who usually are big Dim supporters and always have signs... do not have...

Sorry if this vanity is not appropriate. I am passionate about this election. I know we should be doing a lot more than just this...but, Does planting a McCain-Palin Yard Sign and applying a McCain-Palin Bumper Sticker help the cause at all? What's your experience? Has there been any studies on this?

Anybody know where we can get some Palin-McCain bumper stickers?

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This is my parody design. Anyone who wants to print it up, at CafePress or elsewhere, is welcome to it

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama prepared to name his running mate, perhaps as early as Friday, from a small field o0f candidates that included at least one dark horse.

No kidding. The Spalding group is giving away One Million “NoBama” Bumper stickers. All you have to do is send a self addressed stamped envelope for the sticker. Details on the free offer:

WASHINGTON (AFP) - \Barack Obama is trouncing John McCain in the race for the White House -- at least in sales of T-shirts, badges, baseball caps and other campaign merchandise. "Everyone is going for Obama," a sidewalk vendor whose stand was smothered in Obama and McCain T-shirts, along with garb for visitors to Washington, told AFP. "We sell about 70 percent Obama stuff -- way more than McCain," said the vendor, who asked not to be named. Obama-embroidered baseball caps sat in the center of the stand; the absence of a McCain equivalent was striking. "I don't think our wholesaler...

Drivers who sport bumper and window stickers on their vehicles are more prone to road rage, say researchers at Colorado University. The researchers have released a new study which discovered that motorists with personalized items on a vehicle are more likely to be aggressive drivers. Assessing the behavior of 500 drivers, they found that in the face of provocations such as being stuck in traffic, owners of cars covered with stickers and trinkets -- known as territory markers -- were more likely to act on their anger by flashing lights, tailgating and blocking other drivers. Other major findings: Drivers with...

The Journal of Applied Social Psychology provided a little illumination lately to understanding road rage. In a study by Drs. Szlemko, Benfield, Bell, Deffenbacker, & Troup (which sounds more like a remarkably diverse law firm than a medical study team), researchers found that the more bumper stickers on a car, the more likely the driver is to behave dangerously on the road. Sort of puts that obnoxious “COEXIST” sticker in a whole new context, doesn’t it? The doctors found that things like fuzzy dice, stuffed toys, seat covers, and bumper stickers were all ways that drivers personalize their cars –...

Denver, CO (AHN) - With soaring gas prices, it is not surprising to hear that incidents of road rage are on the rise. A study by a Colorado State University social psychologist said there is a better predictor of road rage behavior among American motorists. According to William Szlemko, in his recent study published at the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, the more a driver has bumper stickers, window decals, personalized licensed plates and other territorial markers on his vehicle, the greater is his tendency to get mad when someone cuts into his lane. The road anger may be expressed...

Three horrors await Americans who get behind the wheel of a car for a family road trip this summer: the spiraling price of gas, choruses of "Are we there yet?"—and the road rage of fellow drivers. Divine intervention might be needed for the first two problems, but science has discovered a solution for the third: Watch out for cars with bumper stickers. That's the surprising conclusion of a recent study by Colorado State University social psychologist William Szlemko.

Looks like them gun-totin' and God-fearing Democrats of small town America have decided to tell the Kumbaya candidate where to put his arugula. Who woulda thunk that them country bumpkins actually have Al Gore's internet and know how to use it. /sarc All this group has right now is a bumper sticker for sale, but it's a start. Please share the link with your Democrat friends who say they won't vote for Obama.

Have a ton of witty sayings floating around your head? Dying to show off your Mad Photoshop Skilz? Can’t stand John McCain, yet refuse to vote for the other guy (girl)? Here’s your chance. Come up with the best bumper sticker for Mr. Default Candidate himself, John McCain and show your disdain for what the Republican Party has become.

I HAVE this visceral dislike of bumper-sticker moralisers. These are people who go out of their way to advertise what they take to be their own exalted moral sensibilities, but do so at no cost to themselves and without the messy business of having to weigh costs and benefits or to choose between stark alternatives where none is particularly pleasant or easy. It's all form and no substance for these people, and there's no shortage of them around. Take those who plaster "Save the Whales" stickers on the back of their cars but miss the irony that it's an upmarket...

This is an Activism subject, but I think a "Laura 2008" bumper sticker would send a great message! Perhaps it would high light the stupidy of a "Hillary 2008" bogus qualifications for being president. How do we produce this kind of bumper sticker is question? I'd definitely put one on my bumper.

I regularly have occasion to drive on Madison’s isthmus, which is home to the worst liberal bumper stickers on the planet. Below, I have listed the top ten most egregious. I originally planned on ranking them from least to most obnoxious, but that was simply too difficult. Therefore, we have a ten-way tie for the title of Most Obnoxious Bumper Stickers I Have Seen In Madison. “COEXIST” (spelled out with various religious symbols) - If some of the followers of the religion represented by the crescent moon “c” on your cute little bumper sticker would stop hijacking planes and blowing...

Three officials of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Ohio admit to going unannounced to a man’s home to confront him over a bumper sticker on his car – a testament, they claim, of their tolerance and moderation. The incident occurred last year, but the CAIR trio involved – Ahmad Al-Akhras, CAIR national vice chairman, Asma Mobin-Uddin, CAIR-Ohio president, and Abukar Arman, CAIR-OH board member – have recently recounted this incident to the local establishment media as an example of how they “invite dialogue”. Others, however, believe the incident is additional proof that CAIR regularly resorts to threats, intimidation...

I THOUGHT I'D share a little political adventure I had in Vermont recently. My in-laws were in town and we decided to take our daughter to Billings Farm. As we pulled into the parking lot I noticed three cars with anti-Bush bumper stickers. "Welcome to Vermont," I told my in-laws. I joked with my husband that he should back our car into the parking space because of my conservative bumper stickers. "My car could get keyed," I said, half-jokingly. We decided to live on the edge and park with the bumper stickers showing for the world to see. One bumper...

I was waiting for a bus this afternoon right next to the biggest grocery store around here, deep in the liberal heart of South Whidbey Island WA. I waited about 15 minutes, and while I waited I noticed something seriously missing. Something which nearly 1/4 of all cars had just a few days ago. It was John fk'n Kerry bumperstickers! There's still hope for our republic. Steve B.

Here's the ones I have thusfar: And my first and best: Click on my name to learn how to make them at home with your printer and 'puter.

Hopefully to be a regular feature on HowieCarr.com. Anyone got some to add? I know there's that Ford Taurus that was covered with Kerry stickers...or the one that was covered with stickers like "Your Hatred Becomes You" next to the "Bush is Hitler" one, or something like it, next to it...

You might want to keep a an eye on what gets stuck on your vehicle. I came home the other night, and out of the corner of my eye I noticed a small red, white and blue sticker on the back of my wife's car, just under the "Bush/Cheney 04" sticker and near the big "W The President" sticker she has on there. This onerous sticker was placed on our car in Charlottesville, Virginia, a liberal outpost in the otherwise conservative enclave of Central Virginia. Of course, I'd love the chance to confront the obnoxious coward who presumed to use...

Bumper sticker just seen in Beverly, People's Republic Of Massachusetts: 1/20/09 Bush's Last Day They can't wait, can they? Will have to figure out how many days of torture are left for the moonbats. Let's see, I have a calculator on my cellphone here. 2 days left in July, counting today as a full day 153 days left the rest of this year 365 days in 2007 366 days in 2008 leap year and the first 20 days of January, 2009 906 days left of the Bush administration, moonbats! Enjoy! Then the next GOP president will take office.

"Making them legal doesn't fix the open border. Build the wall. Enforce the law. Call your state senator at 202-225-3121" "I am a white American citizen. If I commit a federal crime, I go to jail." "A vote for a Democrat is a vote to quit the war. Paint America red! Vote in a strong Republican majority in 2006!" "I don't like Democrats because Democrats are gonna get me killed!" "Privacy for terrorists in America. Vote Democratic." "The House of Representatives is being run like a plantation! Know what I mean, Vern? Racism abounds? Republicans are oppressing Democrats? Hillary thinks...

Great Bumper Stickers for 2006: DEAR WORLD WE TRIED OUR BEST -- HALF OF AMERICA BLIND FAITH IN BAD LEADERSHIP IS NOT PATRIOTISM IF YOU'RE NOT OUTRAGED, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION IF YOU SUPPORTED BUSH, A YELLOW RIBBON WON'T MAKE UP FOR IT SUPPORT OUR TROOPS; IMPEACH BUSH AT LEAST IN VIETNAM, BUSH HAD AN EXIT STATEGY SEND THE TWINS POVERTY, HEALTHCARE & HOMELESSNESS ARE MORAL ISSUES REMOVE BUSH'S FEEDING TUBE FRODO HAS FAILED; BUSH HAS THE RING SUPPORT OUR TROOPS; BRING THEM HOME NOW! BUSH LIED, AND YOU KNOW IT! RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM: A THREAT ABROAD, A THREAT AT...