i was at a stop light and a man behind me jumped out of his car

and came running to my window. he was driving a new beamer. a little older than i am, upper fourties. he was wearing a suit, a distinguished man. he puts his hand on my arm that is on the window and i look into his excited and happy face. he says to me " i love ALL of your bumperstickers" and gives me a thumbs up, with the hugest of smiles. my face, too, goes into a huge smile and as he runs back to his car stopped at a stop light... i yell "that is soooo sweeeet, thank you. and have a terrific day". my two kids, my niece and i drove off feeling awfully good as he followed and we pulled into the library..... to pick up books, we wave goodbye to each other.

this is the oh so red, very very red panhandle of texas. we were in the medical complex area. probably a doctor. not bad, to put forth the effort, running out of his car in the middle of a street to let me know he liked ALL my stickers.

:toast:

I always enjoy reading positive bumper stickers!

example. being negative isnt how we do things. first thought seeing him was uh oh. then, well maybe something is wrong with car. i never thought it would be a thumbs up. was cool

car, much less run towards it.

was happy it was not

That's NOT what I was expecting to read after seeing the title of your post.

Bless his heart!

:grouphug:

looks very similar..........thanks, I too got a few thumbs up today!

:bounce:

Glad to hear it was an enlightened and kind soul. :)

No real message, that occurred to me reading the subject line.

Thanks for this great anecdote. That had to be a great rush (right after he probably gave you a momentary second of heart failure, or as it might have me before I knew what was up).

Great pic! :-)

I'll bet you've had to deal with hecklers and rude gestures, responding to your car.

But it certainly does send a signal to the reasonable people, too. I wave and smile at US vehicles (coming into my Canadian city) which have progressive markings, e.g. the Prius with the Texas plates (and "Sierra Club" and rainbow stickers). A friend of mine in Alabama makes a point of telling me, whenever she sees a Democratic sticker in her very pro-Bush town -- she says it makes her feel so less isolated.

on for over a year. i have watched people in my mirror read them and make faces as if in pain, lol lol. but everyone has been very polite. i have had some (all males) ride bumper in aggressive manner and feel "may" be because of stickers, but i don't know for sure, so i pretend not.

i have had a handful compliment the stickers and it is always 40-50 yr old educated type (because of dress and manner) males. you know, the girlie man type.... lol lol lol.suit and ties, or khaki's

I admire your verve!

Because where I live, I'm sure there's plenty of middle fingers and keying going around.

she was outside, and introduced self and complimented her. with the kerry stickers during campaign would drive out of way to give thumbs up, .... for that support

That is great....

Especially love the bumper sticker re: power of love

Had not seen that before

Now I may just get a bit more brave and put some stickers on my car!

:toast:

;)

Seriously, good thinking (covering the plate for the pic). There are some nuts who troll these boards.


I had a similar experience last summer. I have a "No W" (the "W" in the circle with a line through it) on the bumper of my Porsche. After shopping at a local store, I was walking back to my car and saw a kid, about 14 or so, with his mother looking at my car. As I opened the car door, the kid said "Cool car". I said "Thanks". He looked back at me and said "Cool bumper sticker"...

...kinda reaffirmed my hope for the future...

a bastshitcrazy Freeper going to yell at you.

I love all of your stickers! :bounce:

****Just be careful about the popcorn.....the cops n-e-v-e-r m-i-n-d


edit: OH, I GET IT NOW. YOU COVERED YOUR PLATE FOR THE PIC. SORRY FOR ME BEING DUMB :blush:

what a maroon! (martyred looks away and thinks - I'm such a little bitch! cboy4 is gonna kick my ass!)

(cboy warms up leg to kick martyred's ass!!) :)

on the sticker on the bottom right? I like that!

the car. my ldest got that one. it is who he is. but jimi hendrix. isnt it funny. not only liberal stickers but a quote from him

I'm gonna use that quote often. Thanks! :hi:

I just have to have the "power of love" one for my car. TY and awesome story!

i will look it up and give you the site

http://www.donnellycolt.com/catalog/peace.html

it is about the tenth one down. there are a lot of good ones, and new ones at this site. gonna have to check it out myself

Up here in Seattle we have quite a few vehicles with awesome sticker sentiment like that, so it doesn't take the same courage as having them in a red area-- Expecially as red as I understand Texas can be. (Not that Washington State isn't really as least half red especially Eastern Washington)
:hi:

hard for me to see too

I am so fussy, I wouldn't even put a triple AAA sticker on my car, but it's time!

The RW's show their blind devotion, I guess it's time for me to show my eyes wide open devotion.

I will start a thread soon, with help me sticker my car.

Oh, by the way, last week, I was walking home from the grocery store and saw 2 stickers that put a smile on my face. They were (paraphrasing) "Pro America, Anti Bush" and "Pull Bushes Life Support".

My car is a billboard too, and I get great responses as well!!!

there may be hope..................k&r

state. I'm not sure where you live, but if you lived here, you would have probably had no problem if you had shot and killed him.

Sorry to hijack your thread with that, but when I first saw the subject line, it made me think of the law that I just read about in the newspaper today.

Now, back to the subject. I love when I see someone with great Liberal stickers especially in my very conservative state!

gives off a certain amount of security. hubby, different story , lol

a big white sheet with the words "Real Leaders Promote Peace" on it in black paint hanging between two big pine trees. I got so excited the first time I saw it that I turned around and pulled into their driveway. Nobody was there and I haven't seen anybody outside since then. I'm just a little too shy to go knock on the door. This is a very small town and very conservative. In a Connecticut way.

We may be scattered, but we are the ones using our heads. If it weren't for stupidity, I think the republicans would be a small group.

Not as many as you, however.

Someone just recently ripped off the ribbon. I can't seem to keep those on my car.

But it's funny how you can have such warm feelings for a stranger just because he/she has even a simple Kerry/Edwards bumpersticker from the last election. Or cold ones for every Bush sticker.

it looked so pretty on there by itself. you picture reminds me. i cannot wait to be able to put one on again. i like the 08... just grand

love your stickers

fellow liberal. But why didn't you get that guy's number? From the way you described him, he looked like a good catch. ;-)

and.....

cause i have a hubby that was a wonderful catch, loll lol

Thanks for sharing.

I like all your bumperstickers too!

:bounce: :hi:

I live in near you. I was wondering if you knew the last time Dubya visited our little area of Texas. I want to say the man hasn't showed his face around here since he was running in 2000. As far as I have researched, there's no mention in the Globe (local rag) of recent visits to the Panhandle.

It's a little strange that he doesn't say hi to us more often. After all, I believe one of our voting districts contained more Dubya voters per-capita than any other in the nation.

I have been crafting an LTE to ask that very question. The party in charge tends to take our area for granted and I think that's a mistake.

i would remember.

and hey neighbor

from the ocnservatives around me, there wouldnt be a lot welcomin him. how about you out yonder..... bah hahahhaa. i do such good texan talk,

alas i dont get to write any lte.... too many business owners with my married and maiden name. though i am saying more and more i am democrat.

anyway, met keliger's wife the other day. i am saying.... keliger keliger, oh mayor, ya state senator.... ya, they drug me kickin and screamin to vote for your hubby, i am a democrat. first repug i have ever voted for...........with a huge smile. was kinda fun, wink

Well, not technically. I just left the vote for his Dem candidate unchecked. Smithee is a pub but he is a good man.

I really don't know much about Seliger's politics. He used to be a local television anchor as are so many of politicians in our area. Is he fighting T. Boone and is he supportive of the area teachers who are suing the state?

DETAIL: I haven't watched local news for at least three years. Satellite, natch. I don't read the Globe that often. Have your read that new, free city paper? The Independant, I believe. You can get it @ Hastings.

area, someone i know and famiy knows in case i needed him for something. .... my dad knows him. anyway, i was campaigning for carlisle during last spring primary to replace, oh... whats his name, our rep. keliger said he would stay out of it. 3 weeks before election perry put out for everyone to back this other guy. he was going to lose. i was so mad.

this woman was repug on the board of planned parenthood and board of aisd and believes in evolution. sat with her and husband at a dinner. i told her to watch those guys. anyway after that i told her this is why i dont do repug, mean son a bitches and lieeeee.

i just wish we could have a dem or two. my hubby says i will be the dem, but then i have inhaled...

you know who is the worst the dude sells campers. the mayor before mccart. (mind is going blank on all the names) he is at the big church now, does some preachin. i have a friend that grew up with him, the most immoral, rotten, bad dude.

He's a peach. He was nothing more than a high-dollar used car salesman. He accidentally set one of his motorhomes on fire and burned his own house down. That was fun.

Now, when you say rep, do you mean Thornberry? He's a big old rich kid that got hisself a government job!

i am not kidding. something happened to brain a month or two ago, i remember nothing. (and it is siliger.(sp) i changed it to keliger, thought i was wrong. seliger) and it isnt from the inhale. trent burnt down his house? it was an insurance scam or something i am sure. he preaches out at san jancinto church that changed name to THE CHURCH. coffee is the minister. so.... coffee.... flaming hot red bikini briefs.... bah hahahahaha. a whole nother story. every time i think or see the man i see him inthese hot red bikini briefws, unfortunately.

and it is swinford. the state rep. carlisle was running for state rep wanting to work on the education problem

thornberry the fed rep.

now i need to know what you were taking way up about the education thing????

referred to Swinford as "Swinebutt."

Church at Quail Creek. I know folks who go there. I'd rather not.

oh.... i know so many. that church is the one that feels like it is connected to dobson and bringing his crap down here. i amhearing about the 40 million? church they built over on soncy. have you seen that thing. just so sad.

As I recall, the TSTA is trying to fight school financing based on TAKS test scores n stuff. If you PM me, I can send you some links from the local paper.

that i really have issue. they are already putting os much pressure on kids, to have it wrapped up in bonus money bothers me.

i am doing pta this year and am going to work my way up on hte board so i can learn more in this issue

Thanks for sharing! And thanks for the smiles! :)

:thumbsup: :yourock:

the world will know peace. I couldn't read who said that but what a great sentiment. I was thinking the Dali Lama or Ghandi. Imagine my surprise to find out it was Jimi Hendrix who said it.

Great story and thanks for sharing. Love yr stickers too.

Amarillo, too! In, 1978 (or so) I interviewed for a job in Armadillo (as I call it) with a fellow named T. Boone Pickens. He had a tri-motor Falcon-jet 50 and a few other planes. The big problem for me was the area across the road from the Amarillo airport .. PANTEX. Nuclear weapon assembly and storage. Nope, not for me.

Mac

in '57 (at age 8) I called it "armadillo" too. Moved away for most parts in '66 (college) then to FL. Missed the Pickens era. Back in '04...

have you found he democrats yet, lol. if so invite me. when i sat and calculted i had been here 12 years (16 NOW) my heart started racin and eyes huge i asked hubby, how long do i live here before i am a texan.... he said "baby, you will never be a texan"

why i love my man so

Grew up in the Panhandle, left for college in 1953, went back every year or so to visit parents, back in 2003 for 50th class reunion, wasn't surprised that the invocation before dinner gave thanks for our wondrous leader, think the Plains are far more conservative than the South (and I lived in the Deep South from 1959 until we retired four years ago). I've never understood the source of the Plains conservatism - I listen to Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Blues, hear the anguish the people went through then and wonder how the memories of those hard times got lost. Maybe they think they survived on their own, but they didn't. At an impromtu class reunion in 1968 I ended up arguing with my entire class, will never forget the very rich woman who was on goverment welfare herself (oil depletion allowance, etc.) who said she'd let a three-year-old starve to death before she'd give the parents welfare. So much racial discrimination there, when the nearest black must have been at least 48 miles away in Liberal KS.

Anyway, so glad to hear that there are one or two liberals in this reddest of all red parts of the country.

you betcha. and i was raised in calif. soooooo.... that like almost makes me a saint. dontcha think. lol lol lol

I've felt that way here in my red rural corner of NC - Great story!

Glad he appreciated what you believe. My daughter and I saw a bumper sticker a few weeks ago about impeaching Bush. She gave this old man a thumbs up when we came to a red light and were next to them. He gave her a big smile. Probably because it reassured him that the next generation is awake.

and you are right. my boys do too. roll down windows and yell, love you stickers.

it's a good feeling ain't it?

The other day, I was out in my yard, when this lady walked by with her dogs. She stopped and said, "I love your bumpersticker."

... I've been doing this when passing other's with these types of bumper-stickers, and passing protesters - folks I'm seeing more and more in small towns on my Saturday day-trips. It gives one a powerful, not-a-lone feeling, trust me. I beep, wave, give the peace sign, you name it. Gives one hope.

:thumbsup:

Luv the stickers!

... what are the chances?!?

:rofl:

(that's 2/3 joke)

Love!

??????? :)

said they don't want to appear being democrat or republican when they're trying to get a certain message out with their bumper stickers. apparently thinking that if someone sees that VERY eye catching DU sticker first, they'll ignore the rest of their messages... there's some serious bomb throwers on this site, so fairly or not, this is known as a very liberal website, but I'm thankful that everyone can be heard, and I understand their concern... it's all about what you're trying to do. the OP has a lot of messages on her car that don't necessarily say she's independent, dem, green, or rep...



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I do agree with you. I've found that there are many different approaches to the matter, and it all depends on how you, the aggitator, present yourself. I, for one, tend to be a very "in-your-face" type of person, but partially non-confrontational, and people can't help but respond to me. I personally have found that people with opposing viewpoints tend to get confrontational with me, ie- they ask me those very glib questions that people are prone to ask, like "where's your proof?" and "what are the dems gonna do about it?" (one note- people don't hesitate to harass a 'young little punk kid with tattoos' despite the fact that I'm 23, have a bachelor's degree in psychology, am going for another, and have been teaching for a while now). I use my ability to catch people off guard with a plethora of knowledge and information to quickly overcome opposition.


I'll have to post a picture of the back of my car someday. :)

and include you in it (lol... MY lil gay heart is all excited by the tats and psychology degree)

rock on! I love you're in the face of mean pukes who try and throw those tired ol lines on you!

God bless...

I talk to them every day (will be talking to one in 2 minutes) and they're seeing that the health care system is broken, and they're seeing the results of having so many people uninsured ("..about 10% of my practice, and more and more every day" -- some I interviewed yesterday)

because they are not hateful or condescending in any way - so get the message across incredibly loud and clear.

:thumbsup: :kick:

DemEx

:applaud: this a.m.

when I lived in Nebraska. Back in 2001, I still Hillary and Gore stickers on my car. I was driving in downtown Lincoln, which is about as liberal as Nebraska gets, but it's still pretty red...particularly in 2001.

I stopped at a red light and a guy in the car next to me motioned for me to roll down my window. The guy was large, and I couldn't read whether he was pissed/happy/confused...but for some reason I rolled down the window anyway.

Him: Where'd you get that bumper sticker?!
Me: What??
Him: The Hillary bumper sticker, where'd you get that?
Me: The internet... (I still couldn't tell if he was pro or con, so I was thinking oh crap...the Hillary one, this should be interesting, since she doesn't really poll well with men in Nebraska)
Him: COOL!
Me: uh...what??

He proceeded to spend the rest of the red light, as well as the NEXT red light talking about how he loved Hillary, thought she was totally underrated, hated BushCo, etc.

I do, however, have more than a couple stories about times I got flipped off/screamed at/made fun of/called all sorts of nasty names for having the same group of stickers on my car. :shrug:

I <3 your car. Like alot. :D

When I first saw the title, I thought it was going to be another 'love notes' story. But it wasn't and I am pleasantly surprised.

But to tell you the truth, I'd be scared to do it in my area of Texas. :scared:

it's short - I pulled up to a light, and the lady in front of me had as many stickers as you and had the W with the slash through it (NO-W), and so I ran up to her and she was smiling as I ran up I could see she knew I was excited about her stickers, and I gave her one of the handful of No-W Buttons I had. She said, "aw, thank you!" and off we went! hehe...



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I was expecting the opposite kind of story when I clicked on this thread. I'm so glad to hear otherwise. :)