Bumper Sticker War

After every election, remnants of the battle linger on for years...

I speak of the campaign bumper stickers. After every election there is a sore winner, and sore loser. Obviously, from the last election you can figure out who fits where.

The Sore Winner:
The sore winner parades around with their Obama/Biden 08' stickers in a proud fashion. They have bought t-shirts, buttons, and many other accessories to wear in public to show their overwhelming support of the candidate. They especially love driving by vehicles sporting the opponents sticker.

The Sore Loser:
The sore loser is pissed. They can't believe that they lost, and that a communsocialazi won the last election. Some still sport they're McCain/Palin "Country First" stickers. Others have taken another approach... spin the winners election motos against them. Here are a few examples.











I find the battle between both sides humorous. I wish people on both sides would stop being childish and remove their political crap after elections. Probably won't happen. Both parties play the American people against each other. Political party affiliation is a emotionally charged affair, much like sports rivals (yankees/red sox, blues/red wings, cardinals/cubs) both sides hate each other with a passion, but don't know why...

Speed/Traffic Cameras

I read an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today about the city of Charlock, deploying a speed camera along its quarter-mile stretch of 170. This post will be about my reaction to this news...

This is totally a revenue scheme. I personally don't agree with the St. Louis County Police chief; I think all camera enforced systems should be banned. There is no reason why a camera should be doing a police officers job. Next they'll put cameras in our homes to make sure we're not smoking pot. This is ridiculous.

If caught you get a $100 fine, and no points assessed to your record. You can get the fine reduced by $25, if you attend a four hour drivers ed course, which is complete BULLSHIT! Who the fuck has four hours to spend at one of those? People don't have time for jury duty, let alone traffic school.

My biggest beef to pick with cities that do this is that they bully citizens around through EXTORTION. When you get those tickets, it gets sent to the owner of the vehicle via the registration tied to the license plates. When you receive the fine/threatening letter, you have two choices. You can pay the fine, or you have to rat out who was driving your car that day so they can go after that person. What the fuck happened to your fifth amendment right? Your odds of using that in court are slim to none as well, because 99.7% of camera enforced victims get stuck with the bill, even if you weren't driving (but own the car).

This leads me to the next item. Ask your state representative, and senator to support a bill that will ban all camera enforced systems from being used on highways, and intersections across the state of Missouri.

Lying

I am a guilty of lying. I do it quite often, and generally its over the small things like if my manager asks me if I like her new haircut, or if I filed the paper work I was supposed to.

There are many categories as to why people lie. I'll break down a few.

Cover your ass: I tend to lie when I forget to do something that is asked of me. This tends to happen more at work then any where else. I lie to cover my ass, in this case protect my job.

Appease people/Kissing ass: Sometimes you just don't want to tell someone how horrible they look. I certainly will not answer "yes" when my supervisor asks if she looks fat. I keep my damn mouth shut because I'd rather not face her pregnant woman rage.

Asshole/Bitch: If you have ever been cheated on... we have reached that classification. Why people can't break up then move on is a intriguing question... I can't answer that one. Perhaps its the risk of getting caught.

Cockyness: Guys do this a lot during smack talk. They'll make up all kinds of dumb lies to appear more manly, or to appear more like a formidable opponent.

Stories: Everyone lies when they tell an epic story. The lies are strategically placed to make the story more intriguing.