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Open death threats and virulent hate are rampant virtually anywhere you go. I find it odd that when diesel prices were twice what they are today when Bush was President, there was plenty of griping and sniping but no death threats. I try to debate these guys but you can’t debate stupidity or racism. I have what is called a "big radio" designed to reach out and touch someone. It has a rope starter, and when I key up the mike, sparks fly from my mirror bracket.
BREAKER BREAKER, IT’S MY TURN TO TALK.
Here is part of a typical rant that I heard the other day.
He’s half negro, half Muslim and half terrist, so do the math…
Um, yeah, I did the math and three halves add up to a stupid redneck racist. See CB radios are just like the internet, only no spelling or typing. I think it is a federal crime to threaten the President and I hope someone is paying attention. Does anyone know where I can get caller ID for a CB radio?
On a lighter note, traveling through baja Oklahoma, aka Texas, I found myself easing down highway 317 and into the town of Crawford, TX. Yes, that Crawford, TX. The big, color billboard with Dubya and Pickles’ smiling face welcoming me to town was gone. Indeed, there was no sign of Dubya anywhere. Funny that.
Funnier still was a car parked in front of the local bank with an Obama bumpersticker.
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“but you can’t debate stupidity or racism.” ; yup, or have an intelligent discussion even *G*
Party moved to Dallas: http://www.dallaspeacecenter.org/node/4298 — Monday, 4:30p, SW corner of Preston & Royal
lol!
OFG! great to see you again. please keep these dispatches from the road coming.
my BIL drives his own rig for transport america ..
you be careful and safe out there in the hinterlands ..
The rightwing hate voices [O’Reilly, Rush, Beck, Dobbs to name a few] validate the crackpots and bitter enders’ attitudes…and actions. They hate, they threaten, they act…because the Rupert Murdochs and Roger Aileses of the world give them license to do so.
Thanks OFG.
We had a brief encounter with a trucker who seemed to have been listening to the same propaganda, perhaps via his cb radio. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if there is a paid GOP cb propaganda effort. Why not?
We were returning north on the Interstates, from a winter FL vacation. Because we towed a trailer, we parked with the semis. This trucker approached us to chat, because we had racing bikes on the car, and he was a former bicycle racer, about my age. We shot the breeze about racing in the 1970’s, then he started making racist comments about Obama, parroting Rush, blaming Obama for Bush/Cheney’s transgressions.
We told him that those comments made him sound stupid, not able to think for himself, that he was obviously listening to Rush uncritically and might consider thinking for himself. We asked him how Obama could have made such a mess of things in only five weeks? He was silent. We said ’Don’t believe everything you hear on the radio. There are people paid to fool you into looking the wrong direction.’ We parted on good terms.
Hey OFG, it’s to see you and get your dispatches from the road again. I hope you will consider making this a regular feature. I’d love to know what’s on people’s minds.
Good to know you’re out there too, parsnip, makin’ ‘em think. W need all cylinders firing.
Here’s something re “I’d love to know what’s on people’s minds.” ; ‘they’re’ everywhere including CA.
OFG,
Thanks for the reminder that we have a long way to go. In fact we do. People hate because they’re taught to hate, by their parents, friends, church, etc. People can be taught to not hate, but as the old saying goes “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. The children are our salvation. As CSNY said,” Chidren teach your parents well”.