"Driving a gas guzzler is unpatriotic"
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"Driving a gas guzzler is unpatriotic"
So, I come out to get into my 750 Horsepower V12 S65 Renntech'd car today and I find this guy next to me...
Look at the sticker on the car.
LOL
Look at the sticker on the car.
LOL
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Unpatriotic my *** this is america baby if you can afford to roll around in a big benz then its nobodys business to tell you otherwise. That guy needs a new car but it appears all he can afford is a bumper sticker.
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What had me was that on their shirts, they had Jesus is the answer and loves all. Then another part said Islam is a lie. I stopped reading the rest.
On topic, if a gus guzzler is unpatriotic than a great deal of US citizens are unpatriotic. Perhaps some people should get a life.
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Gas-guzzler or not, people have a right to drive whatever they want! Nobody should be telling me or anybody else what to drive and how much gas do I or others waste! It's my car, and if I can afford to drive it, I will!!!
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I have found that drivers of cars like this are usually pretty pissed off at how their lives have turned out. As a result, they feel the need to justify their misfortune by trying to make people who have actually accomplished something feel bad. It usually doesn't work. Rock on!
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not stock.
I have found that drivers of cars like this are usually pretty pissed off at how their lives have turned out. As a result, they feel the need to justify their misfortune by trying to make people who have actually accomplished something feel bad. It usually doesn't work. Rock on!
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I agree.
You're probably right.
How does this final statement match your opening sentence?
How does this final statement match your opening sentence?
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Can you please explain to me why it is unpatriotic? Hell, if we start drilling for oil like we should, the "gas guzzlers" will be providing jobs that the lefties keep telling us are going over seas. And even if we don't, how does using gas mean that you don't support your country? Once again proof that liberals really don't think at all. And to E55 PWR, the ones that "waste" and are the most conspicuous consumers are the very people that want us to believe BS like that bumper sticker. Just saying. 
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Something on 4 wheels..
Can you please explain to me why it is unpatriotic? Hell, if we start drilling for oil like we should, the "gas guzzlers" will be providing jobs that the lefties keep telling us are going over seas. And even if we don't, how does using gas mean that you don't support your country? Once again proof that liberals really don't think at all. And to E55 PWR, the ones that "waste" and are the most conspicuous consumers are the very people that want us to believe BS like that bumper sticker. Just saying.
I won't comment about liberals not thinking at all (
), but I can assure you that patriotism is not their top priority (uhhh, shame on them!). The United States MIGHT be the greatest nation in the world, but liberals tend to have fewer difficulties in getting the picture that we're not alone on this planet - as our current President believes.Just my 2 cents...
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Do you honestly believe that these stickers and BS-talk about "patriotism" are coming from the liberal political end? Now who's voting liberal? The poor and uneducated or the wealthy and educated? IMO, 'Patriotism' is a word chewed over and over again by republicans, NOT liberals. If you want to be patriotic, you have to watch FOX news (aka. republican-news) rather than CNN or CNBC...
I won't comment about liberals not thinking at all (), but I can assure you that patriotism is not their top priority (uhhh, shame on them!). The United States MIGHT be the greatest nation in the world, but liberals tend to have fewer difficulties in getting the picture that we're not alone on this planet - as our current President believes.
Just my 2 cents...
I won't comment about liberals not thinking at all (
), but I can assure you that patriotism is not their top priority (uhhh, shame on them!). The United States MIGHT be the greatest nation in the world, but liberals tend to have fewer difficulties in getting the picture that we're not alone on this planet - as our current President believes.Just my 2 cents...
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This is the greatest country in the world, what are your other candidates??
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exactly, do as you say > travel and soon you will realize why this is the greatest country in the world. I'm speaking from experience and traveling/living abroad. maybe some day you will realize that the opportunities made possible here which one can't even fathom in other parts of the world.
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Do you honestly believe that these stickers and BS-talk about "patriotism" are coming from the liberal political end? Now who's voting liberal? The poor and uneducated or the wealthy and educated? IMO, 'Patriotism' is a word chewed over and over again by republicans, NOT liberals. If you want to be patriotic, you have to watch FOX news (aka. republican-news) rather than CNN or CNBC...
I won't comment about liberals not thinking at all (), but I can assure you that patriotism is not their top priority (uhhh, shame on them!). The United States MIGHT be the greatest nation in the world, but liberals tend to have fewer difficulties in getting the picture that we're not alone on this planet - as our current President believes.
Just my 2 cents...
I won't comment about liberals not thinking at all (
), but I can assure you that patriotism is not their top priority (uhhh, shame on them!). The United States MIGHT be the greatest nation in the world, but liberals tend to have fewer difficulties in getting the picture that we're not alone on this planet - as our current President believes.Just my 2 cents...
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Travel is highly inefficient and has much sampling error....one doesn't need to waste time/money to travel to all 50 states of US or to RoW to realize most of these places are economic wastelands....so much useful data is readily available on any computer linked to the Net...
Suspect the country and the specific urban regions that consistently attract the smartest, highest-achieving guys....for their college education and/or for their career/start a business...will prove to be the most economically powerful regions w/the highest std of living....
But even in high-achieving regions, will always face bitter/jealous people who resent, esp visible, success of others...after all, commuting via new 65 is beyond affordability of 99%+ of people in even the richest US urban regions, let alone EU w/its lower std of living and higher costs....and the resentments become more visible when the 65 driver is <40yo...
Darwinian selection is ultimately healthy for society....would argue the most wasteful carbon footprints are those of people who are economic underachievers, not those of high-achievers who choose to commute via 65....
Suspect the country and the specific urban regions that consistently attract the smartest, highest-achieving guys....for their college education and/or for their career/start a business...will prove to be the most economically powerful regions w/the highest std of living....
But even in high-achieving regions, will always face bitter/jealous people who resent, esp visible, success of others...after all, commuting via new 65 is beyond affordability of 99%+ of people in even the richest US urban regions, let alone EU w/its lower std of living and higher costs....and the resentments become more visible when the 65 driver is <40yo...
Darwinian selection is ultimately healthy for society....would argue the most wasteful carbon footprints are those of people who are economic underachievers, not those of high-achievers who choose to commute via 65....
