tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post6831448193962769526..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Bumper StickersAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-50602180364667581142010-10-19T17:28:43.015-04:002010-10-19T17:28:43.015-04:00At the time of Jesus, the Middle East was at peace...At the time of Jesus, the Middle East was at peace. After his death and some say resurrection, various rebellions came up against Imperial rule. Guess how many the Romans crucified in response. And that was only one of 3 or so rebellions the Jews put up.<br /><br /><br />Given the Left's propensity for violence, cruelty, war, and revolutionary fervor... I'm not quite sure why they would want Jesus to be on their side. Because if he was, they would stop fighting. And then they'd have to Judas goat Jesus so they can find a reason to say "Vive Le Revolution", right.<br /><br />Seems kind of pointless.Ymarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-42814656021869688322010-10-13T15:54:43.651-04:002010-10-13T15:54:43.651-04:00OK, try to work your way out of 2Thess 3:10.
Jesus...OK, try to work your way out of 2Thess 3:10.<br />Jesus was absolutely NOT a Socialist nor anything approaching what today's socialist represents.<br />Misleaders of the flocks and 2Tim4:3-4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-58942079825334127322010-10-12T14:55:06.983-04:002010-10-12T14:55:06.983-04:00I too have noticed that it seems to be mostly the ...I too have noticed that it seems to be mostly the leftists that have cars festooned with multiple stickers; giving me the uncharitable thought that the depths of one's thinking might be inversely proportional to the number of stickers on his/her vehicle. :-)<br />-Paul_In_Houstonhttp://paulinhouston.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-79783586187754454972010-10-12T13:19:02.276-04:002010-10-12T13:19:02.276-04:00Dr. X's comment is interesting.
It does seem ...Dr. X's comment is interesting.<br /><br />It does seem to make some intuitive sense. <br /><br />It reminds me of all the in-your-face Christian T-shirts that I have seen, and some of which I wore in my youth. They give the illusion that you're saying something really important and that someone is going to read the witty pun, or the sharp jab and change their mind.<br /><br />Same thing with Jesus fish and Darwin lizards(?).<br /><br />I don't ever have bumper stickers on my boring gray car. Some of us are too vanilla to want to stick out in a parking lot.terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706958844399216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-48993762199842512302010-10-12T11:08:37.107-04:002010-10-12T11:08:37.107-04:00The only bumper stickers I have had on my car in t...The only bumper stickers I have had on my car in the last ten years have been for Bob Wills, the King of Western Swing, and for the Jewish cowboy, a.k.a. Kinky Friedman, for TX governor.<br /><br />A Demo friend of mine- a blue dog type- has his car plastered with Demo party stickers, but he is not a road rage type. When he jabbed me about Karl Rove not liking Delaware candidate McConnell, I jabbed right back about the "bearded Marxist" Demo opponent Coons. That shut him up.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-69977340221216382632010-10-12T09:49:33.027-04:002010-10-12T09:49:33.027-04:00I saw a bumper sticker about 25 years ago that sti...I saw a bumper sticker about 25 years ago that still gives me a shudder when I think of it: "Prosperity Is My Birthright."jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-77752459435042765792010-10-11T22:47:38.673-04:002010-10-11T22:47:38.673-04:00I am always amused by the bumper sticker which rea...I am always amused by the bumper sticker which reads "Stop the Violins: Visualize Whirled Peas".<br /><br />On a more serious front, most of the ideas seen on bumper stickers are too pithy to be deeply-thought. They are either offensive and narrow, or too broad to be useful.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-76580010021085471812010-10-11T19:42:32.310-04:002010-10-11T19:42:32.310-04:00Now that's fascinating, Dr. X. I will certain...Now that's fascinating, Dr. X. I will certainly much ponder it.<br /><br />I sometimes sport a single candidate's bumpersticker, which I remove after the election.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-77876060754564698482010-10-11T18:33:09.690-04:002010-10-11T18:33:09.690-04:00There is research linking bumper stickers and othe...There is research linking bumper stickers and other forms of personalized markings on cars with more aggressive driving and road rage. The more markings, the greater the association with aggression.<br /><br />The authors of the study hypothesized that personalized stickers function as territorial markers and that people who use them react as if they are defending their territory.<br /><br />When the study was published,I wondered if the bumper sticker/road rage link was instead related to narcissism.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/28yolxh<br /><br />Regardless of underlying explanation, the research findings raise an interesting question. Do we intuitively react negatively to cars with bumper stickers? Perhaps we sense an aggressive dimension to these personal displays.<br /><br />I know that, regardless of the content, I tend to have a negative reaction to bumper stickers.Dr Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-2891883083583932422010-10-11T09:30:50.152-04:002010-10-11T09:30:50.152-04:00I love it how liberals think that conservatives th...I love it how liberals think that conservatives think that Jesus would vote Republican (love, as in cynically). Is it really inconceivable to them that someone might think the Repubs are the party to join with just for pragmatic reasons? Do they really think we only vote Repub because we think Jesus is telling us to? <br /><br />Granted, we try to vote with our principles, but voting Repub most of the time does not equate to condoning the actions of every Repub nor does it equate to a commandment from God. <br /><br />These are the same people who say "Jesus was a Liberal", so it is definitely another case of Progressives Project.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05456587175845040114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-10524614109306047922010-10-11T09:14:40.110-04:002010-10-11T09:14:40.110-04:00Whether you interpet his "buy a sword" a...Whether you interpet his "buy a sword" as a metaphor or not, notice that 2 swords for 11 disciples was "enough."jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-74756779331900550002010-10-11T03:00:57.146-04:002010-10-11T03:00:57.146-04:00Jesus COMMANDED his disciples to buy swords, the m...Jesus COMMANDED his disciples to buy swords, the most deadly personal weapons available in HIS time. Luke 22:36<br /><br />Just more church-heavy "Christians" shamefully ignorant of the Bible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-36604375908597555772010-10-11T00:27:31.995-04:002010-10-11T00:27:31.995-04:00All these are good examples of why I refuse to put...All these are good examples of why I refuse to put bumper stickers on my car.<br /><br />Although "ON THE OTHER HAND" might be one I could live with! It is similar to the only t-shirt slogan I've ever considered: "Comment Loading" with a progress bar underneath.Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.com