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These bumper stickers were compiled by Jerry Paull, a former

Methodist (those radicals!) minister in Lakeside, Ohio, who writes: "The following actual bumper stickers are now on cars. I didn't write any of them. I'm only the

messenger. If they make you laugh, good. If they make you cry, good."

 

 

THE RAPTURE IS NOT AN EXIT STRATEGY

 

AT LEAST IN VIETNAM, BUSH HAD AN EXIT STRATEGY

 

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

 

*POVERTY, HEALTHCARE & HOMELESSNESS ARE MORAL ISSUES

 

OF COURSE IT HURTS. YOU'RE GETTING SCREWED BY AN ELEPHANT

 

BUSH LIED, AND YOU KNOW IT

 

RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM: A THREAT ABROAD, A THREAT AT HOME

 

GOD BLESS EVERYONE (No exceptions)

 

BUSH SPENT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY ON HIS WAR

 

PRO AMERICA, ANTI BUSH

 

WHO WOULD JESUS BOMB?

 

IF YOU SUPPORT BUSH'S WAR, WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE? SHUT UP AND SHIP

OUT

 

FEEL SAFER NOW?

 

I'D RATHER HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO SCREWED HIS INTERN THAN ONE WHO

SCREWED HIS COUNTRY

 

JESUS WAS A SOCIAL ACTIVIST - THAT IS A LIBERAL

 

MY VALUES? FREE SPEECH. EQUALITY. LIBERTY. EDUCATION. TOLERANCE

 

IS IT 2008 YET?

 

DISSENT IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF PATRIOTISM -- Thomas Jefferson>

 

DON'T BLAME ME. I VOTED AGAINST BUSH -- TWICE!

 

ANNOY A CONSERVATIVE; THINK FOR YOURSELF

 

VISUALIZE IMPEACHMENT

 

HEY BUSH! WHERE'S BIN LADEN?

 

CORPORATE MEDIA = MASS MIND CONTROL

 

STOP MAD COWBOY DISEASE

 

GEORGE W. BUSH: MAKING TERRORISTS FASTER THAN HE CAN KILL THEM

 

KEEP YOUR THEOCRACY OFF MY DEMOCRACY

 

DEMOCRATS ARE SEXY. WHOEVER HEARD OF A GOOD PIECE OF ELEPHANT?

 

CORPORATE MEDIA: WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION

 

Wisdumb

 

DON'T CONFUSE DYING FOR OIL WITH FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM

STEM CELL RESEARCH IS PRO LIFE

HATE, GREED, IGNORANCE: WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

HONOR OUR TROOPS - DEMAND THE TRUTH

REBUILD IRAQ? WHY NOT SPEND 87 BILLION ON AMERICA?

FACT: BUSH OIL

1999 - $19 BARREL

2006 - $70 BARREL

 

THE LAST TIME RELIGION CONTROLLED POLITICS, PEOPLE GOT BURNED AT THE

STAKE

HOW ON EARTH CAN 59,411,287 PEOPLE BE SO DUMB?

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DON'T CONFUSE DYING FOR OIL WITH FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM

STEM CELL RESEARCH IS PRO LIFE

HATE, GREED, IGNORANCE: WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

HONOR OUR TROOPS - DEMAND THE TRUTH

REBUILD IRAQ? WHY NOT SPEND 87 BILLION ON AMERICA?

FACT: BUSH OIL

1999 - $19 BARREL

2006 - $70 BARREL

 

That's one big ass bumper sticker...probably saw it on a HUMMER.

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It said in the Al Gore movie that the Arabs will wait until people invest a bit in alternative energy and then drop oil prices so the investors in alternative energy will all lose their money. Then they will raise oil prices again.

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It said in the Al Gore movie that the Arabs will wait until people invest a bit in alternative energy and then drop oil prices so the investors in alternative energy will all lose their money. Then they will raise oil prices again.

Possibly, but I doubt people will lose their money. Alternative energy is needed no matter what -- not because we need to cut our dependence on foreign oil, but because we need to cut our dependence on oil itself.

 

If you believe the "peak oil" crowd, there's not much of the stuff left anyway. With China increasing its demand exponentially, and western demand continuing to rise, it won't be too much longer before we've simply exhausted the world's supply. Now, does that mean five years, a decade, twenty-five years? Well, what's the difference? Either way, we are going to need a reliable non-petroleum-based source of energy that will let us run our vehicles and power plants and factories and everything else, and that fact won't change if oil prices happen to plummet at some point.

 

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go gas up my car. :hmm

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this chart shows the adjusted price from 1946 to June 2006 (you have to click on the chart in the link)

 

Oil Prices

 

Bush took office in January of 2001 correct? It appears, at least from this chart (I'm certainly no petroleum analyst, so if this chart is a piece of crap, please provide a more accurate one--just the first one I came across) that in January of 2001, in adjusted dollars, the price of crude was in the mid-$30s.

 

Crude today is at $66.70.

 

I just thought the numbers seemed a little off... not trying to start a big thing.

 

I need to add the disclaimer that I think Bush has been a total moron on spending and fiscal policy, so I'm no Bush apologist. I just think it's a bit shortsided to blame the oil prices solely on this man... From what I read, it appears that we're experiencing a $20 to $30 "political premium" on oil today--under the logic that if, let's say, a war broke out between Iraq and Iran or Iran and pretty much anyone, oil may shoot up to over $100 (like the early 80s), so therefore buyers are buying now at this "inflated" price. No question that Bush's foreign policy has contributed significantly to this.

 

Anyone on this board experienced/well-read in this field. I'd be interested in opinions re same...

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