Ken Falkenstein, over at Bearing Drift, has a great post about a bumper sticker he saw the other day. Our friends on the left will attempt to dismiss such observations; but for those of us who truly believe in the principles upon which the world’s greatest nation was founded, Ken’s observations ring true:
Obama 2012 Bumper Sticker: “It’s the 21st Century, Not The 18th Century”
Today I saw a car with a bumper sticker that said “Obama 2012: It’s the 21st century, not the 18th century.” In fairness to Obama, I checked his campaign web site and did not see this bumper sticker in the campaign store, so it does not appear to be an official Obama campaign bumper sticker. Nevertheless, from the other bumper stickers in support of Obama displayed on this car, this bumper sticker clearly was meant to be supportive of Obama and reflective of his worldview.
So, what does this pro-Obama slogan mean? Well, the reference to the 18th century clearly is a reference to the American Revolution and founding of the United States of America. And the only possible meaning of this bumper sticker is that Obama believes (or at least his supporters understand him to believe) that the principles on which this country was founded are outdated and irrelevant to 21st-century America. It further means that Obama’s governing principles are different than and supposedly superior to those founding principles.
So someone reads a bumper sticker, does not know the origin of it so he interprets it to fit his own worldview, and assumes that (to continue his line of reasoning) whoever made the bumper sticker AND the person who put it on their car hate America.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is news because?
it's news because Joe posted it. If you do not like it you can click on the red X in the top corner.
ReplyDeleteAnd you think we care what you think why?
It's not news, it's speculation of the pandering kind directed at tunnel vision fans like anonymous 9:36. Haven't you learned, Dan? I wonder how many hours a day G.A. scans the internet looking for blogs on Obama that will rile up the viewers. News would be to investigate the source of the bumper sticker and ask what it means. Maybe they're right, but actual evidence is not usually a priority here.
ReplyDeleteAt least G.A. labeled it OPINION. People, don't you read the small print? News, it ain't.
ReplyDeleteSo Dan, what do you think the bumper sticker means?? Please grace us with your uber Liberal [sic] intelligence on the subject matter if you will.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what the bumper sticker means, and since the author of the piece did not take a picture or do anything at all in regards to research on the matter (excpet for glancing over the Obama 2012 website) I do not even have any proof that such a bumper sticker exists.
ReplyDeleteBut, before you guys get your panties in a bunch, I was saying that, even as an opinion piece, this is a junk article. The title of the piece is soley designed to antagonize and enflame passions. The entire piece is base on an "idea" a guy had base on a bumpersticker we are lead to believe exists. If this bothered him so much, why not seek out the internet and see if he can find it, flesh out the sourse of this "outrage," or give his readers something other than pedestrian, imaginary, garbage?
Like Obama or don't like him ladies, I don't care. But just because some guy with a blog tells you "hey, here is another reason to hate Obama" does not mean he has any sense in the head that sits under his tin-foil hat. Zip up your cardigans, kids. We are going to the land of make-believe.
Really, though, the sticker makes no sense at all. What if it is an anti-Obama message after all? Then what will you do?
Seroiusly. If only my liberal teachers in my publically funded schools would have taught me how to spell instead of figuring out ways to waste good taxpayer money that they should not have been receiving anyway, because they probably hated America:
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Again, apologies all around.