Like clockwork. It happens every summer. Just about the point at which the temperature in Fahrenheit + the percentage of humidity adds up to @190. My mind, such as it is at the best of times, is reduced to a near bumper sticker worldview.
All I can say about these are that, yes, they are real bumper stickers; I didn’t make any of them up — I’m not half that clever. And, no, they do not all represent my point of view. You’ll have to intuit which is which.
The most interesting part is to notice what you envision with each message in this bumper crop of advice and commentary … or more importantly, who you envision.
For Christians, reconciliation is about getting all these people – who have all these bumper stickers on their cars – together and able to see in one another the face of Christ. Or at least the face of the same God who created us all. It’s so simple to say that it sounds sophomoric.
So if we’re so much more sophisticated than that, why isn’t this easy? Something to think about as you perspire your way through July, with the even less tolerance-inducing month of August still ahead. Enjoy!!?!!!
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. — Confucius
Well-behaved women seldom make history — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
The Emperor has no Clue
When Guns are Outlawed, I’ll be an Outlaw
One Nation, Under Surveillance
Don’t Be Sexist, Broads Hate It
Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam
God Wants Spiritual Fruits, Not Religious Nuts
Save the Seals, Club a Liberal
Don’t Pray in My School, And I Won’t Think in Your Church
Don’t Follow Me, I’m Going Straight to Hell
Vegetarians Taste Better
Love Your Neighbor, Pre-emptively
Militant Agnostic – I don’t know, and you don’t either
Don’t be a Girlyman
Keep Honking, I’m Reloading
I Never Thought I’d Miss Nixon
Stop Global Whining
He Who Dies with the Most Toys Wins
Be nice to America. Or we’ll bring democracy to your country.
Now let me think, which of you did I have in mind with each of these?