There are many sites where you can make a bumper sticker (for a small fee.) Back in 2004 (I think), I made one (with an angel) that said, "When did war and unemployment stop being moral issues?" (It was a kinder, gentler time.) I was touched to recently discover that my Australian foreign exchange brother was still hanging on to the one I sent him.
Yeah -- not a bell curve, with "right wing" at one point on the X-axis and "left wing" at the opposite, but more like a pregnant guppy with a really long tail.
Hotter than heckballs in Sarasota, FL, but there were at least 3 very large protests in this ruby red city in a ruby red state. I went to the third and last, downtown. Our local rag estimated the crowd there at 5K! Lots of honking, thumbs-up, waving, and applause, with very few negative reactions from drivers. It was empowering!
My hometown! I was down there in January and randomly ran into a group of protestors on the Legacy Trail bridge over Clark Rd. with a big banner that said "resolve to resist". (It was Jan. 1 or 2.)
Little Red Sewickley, Pa (hometown of Robert Mueller’s wife) had 600 turn out in the cold, but sunny weather. Favorite sign: a drawing of Smokey the Bear with “Only you can prevent fascist liars.”
You are so right, except Emsworth has locks. I went through them many times as a youth in my mom and dad’s motorboat for tubing and waterskiing at the Point. We don’t have lochs, no matter how much our Scottish immigrant success story Andrew Carnegie may have wanted them. 😉
You’re right, of course, but apparently autocorrect is Scotch. Once a year, the Delta Queen would come to Pittsburgh, stop in Sewickley to pay homage to Capt. Frederick Way, then continue into Pittsburgh. We would go to the Emsworth locks to watch it pass through and if we were lucky, we’d get a calliope concert.
My grandparents lived in Sewickley, spent much of my childhood there. It's a different kind of red than MAGA red. Wish that was still what Republican meant.
Certainly worthy of ink: "Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist Nazi POTUS" Which, come to think of it, may point to an Invite-worthy subject. Protest signs that is, not "Mary Poppins."
I was at the Capitol in Sacramento; best was a full-sized skeleton in a wheelchair, wearing a red hat with “Trump was right about nothing” on it and a sign on its lap “I believed RFK.”
In defense of WaPo’s No Kings photo: the Memorial Bridge, as the Post has been telling us, is a part of a heartline of DC, an axis of democracy from Arlington Cemetary to the Lincoln Memorial and on to the Washington Monument and the Capitol—an axis that Trump wants to tromp with his obscene, monstrous arch of triumph. To see it taken over by the people has a symbolic resonance. There is an additional echo with the Edmund Pettus Bridge march, a landmark of the civil rights movement Trump would like to erase.
Pretty sure Boise is in Idaho but otherwise yay for ALL of us who got out there and protested yesterday. It was freezing cold and windy (even a little snow!) in Albany NY, but we persisted
A new favorite sign: FLIP US OFF IF YOU SUPPORT A PEDOPHILE.
Wish someone would carry that at every protest. Thinking about bumper stickers.
I would buy such a bumper sticker in the blink of an eye.
There are many sites where you can make a bumper sticker (for a small fee.) Back in 2004 (I think), I made one (with an angel) that said, "When did war and unemployment stop being moral issues?" (It was a kinder, gentler time.) I was touched to recently discover that my Australian foreign exchange brother was still hanging on to the one I sent him.
I had several bumper stickers printed last year:
KEEP JOBS LOCAL: BUY TERRESTRIAL!
DEVOUT ECLECTIC
SAYING YOU'RE CHRISTIAN IS EASY. ACTING LIKE CHRIST IS HARD.
Soon I'll need more bumper!
Favorite sign: "Not right vs. left. Right vs. wrong." Says it all.
I had a politically oriented blog during the Bush years called "Where Left Is Right."
Along those lines, I would like to think that right solely resides on the Left. It doesn't. But the Right does own bat shit crazy all by itself.
Yeah -- not a bell curve, with "right wing" at one point on the X-axis and "left wing" at the opposite, but more like a pregnant guppy with a really long tail.
Best sign I saw a picture of, trump saying "See you later, alligator" and the alligator replying, " At your trial, pedophile". Lovely sentiment.
Signs seen by a friend in Indiana:
"Grab 'em by the midterms"
"So many wrongs, so little cardboard"
"I'd like my TACO to go"
So far the best laugh of the day!
My favorite sign was “CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT CRIMES GET YOU DEPORTED AND WHICH CRIMES GET YOU ELECTED PRESIDENT? IT’S SO CONFUSING.”
Hotter than heckballs in Sarasota, FL, but there were at least 3 very large protests in this ruby red city in a ruby red state. I went to the third and last, downtown. Our local rag estimated the crowd there at 5K! Lots of honking, thumbs-up, waving, and applause, with very few negative reactions from drivers. It was empowering!
My hometown! I was down there in January and randomly ran into a group of protestors on the Legacy Trail bridge over Clark Rd. with a big banner that said "resolve to resist". (It was Jan. 1 or 2.)
My favorite sign at the Houston protest was "Does this ass (arrow pointing to pick of Trump) make my country look small". Sadly, yes, yes it does.
Little Red Sewickley, Pa (hometown of Robert Mueller’s wife) had 600 turn out in the cold, but sunny weather. Favorite sign: a drawing of Smokey the Bear with “Only you can prevent fascist liars.”
This reminds me of one of my favorite lyrics in "Monongahela Sal" as sung by Pete Seeger:
He swore that he always would love her
As they locked through the old Amsworth dam.
But that night, overboard he did shove her
And then Moat Stanley took it on the lam.
Well, no one could say our Sal was sickly.
She didn't even take time out to bawl.
She just high-tailed it out for Sewickley
Slappin' out a fast Australian crawl.
And I got to see Gene edit in real time! Just as I finished reading this, Souickley changed to Sewickley.
I know it says Amsworth, but I actually live in Emsworth where we have lochs and a dam. We’re on the Ohio, not the Monongahela and so is Sewickley.
Yeah, I think I was copying a phonetic version!
You are so right, except Emsworth has locks. I went through them many times as a youth in my mom and dad’s motorboat for tubing and waterskiing at the Point. We don’t have lochs, no matter how much our Scottish immigrant success story Andrew Carnegie may have wanted them. 😉
You’re right, of course, but apparently autocorrect is Scotch. Once a year, the Delta Queen would come to Pittsburgh, stop in Sewickley to pay homage to Capt. Frederick Way, then continue into Pittsburgh. We would go to the Emsworth locks to watch it pass through and if we were lucky, we’d get a calliope concert.
pronounced "Swickly"
My grandparents lived in Sewickley, spent much of my childhood there. It's a different kind of red than MAGA red. Wish that was still what Republican meant.
Unfortunately, Sewickley is now MAGA red.
That saddens me.
Saw a photo of a sign that said “you can’t spell ‘hatred’ without ‘red hat.’”
Saw one of those live in Houston.
Certainly worthy of ink: "Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist Nazi POTUS" Which, come to think of it, may point to an Invite-worthy subject. Protest signs that is, not "Mary Poppins."
Although very fun, that's pretty old. I have a FB photo of that sign from the first round of Dumpf.
Classics are always in the mix.
My favorites "Imagine hating immigrants more than pedophiles"
and the Ann Telnaes cartoon of a pink GOP elephant with its trunk under a little girl's dress.
There was one in Houston that said "Imagine being more outraged by pronouns than by mass shootings "
I was at the Capitol in Sacramento; best was a full-sized skeleton in a wheelchair, wearing a red hat with “Trump was right about nothing” on it and a sign on its lap “I believed RFK.”
In defense of WaPo’s No Kings photo: the Memorial Bridge, as the Post has been telling us, is a part of a heartline of DC, an axis of democracy from Arlington Cemetary to the Lincoln Memorial and on to the Washington Monument and the Capitol—an axis that Trump wants to tromp with his obscene, monstrous arch of triumph. To see it taken over by the people has a symbolic resonance. There is an additional echo with the Edmund Pettus Bridge march, a landmark of the civil rights movement Trump would like to erase.
Also, a favorite sign in Albany said "Roses are Red, Money is Green, Time to Bring Back the Guillotine"
Pretty sure Boise is in Idaho but otherwise yay for ALL of us who got out there and protested yesterday. It was freezing cold and windy (even a little snow!) in Albany NY, but we persisted
YES FIXED.
I was wondering if there was another city by that name in Iowa... 😂😂😂
Trump Sandwich-white bread-Full of BaloneyW/Russian Dressing and a Small Pickle
THIS NOT HOW I ENVISIONED MY MIDLIFE CRISIS