Thursday 16 February 2012

Bumper Ribbons

      It really bugs me seeing Joe Somebody driving his truck with one of those magnetic support our troops ribbons. When in actuality they have most likely purchased it from their local gas station. No money goes to the association for veterans or anything of the sort.  It goes to the gas station they may have paid like 5 cents per magnet from the distributor, but in all truth are you really supporting your troops you’re putting money into a multi- million dollar corporation just to say you support you’re troops how about supporting them by voting for a government that doesn’t send our troops out to fight in a war that the united states government is responsible for. Stop sending troops out to fight imaginary threats and dying for oil that wasn’t yours in the first place. Bring them home or help out and volunteer at a non-profit organization for the veterans. Don’t go pay 5 dollars or whatever they cost to stick a magnet on your vehicle. 
               
     Giving your support makes no difference if all your doing is buying a piece of sticky plastic, so stop patting yourself on the back because you feel like you’ve done something to make the world a better place. Get off of your ass and do something to help rather than slapping this magnet on your car, truck, or van just to make yourself feel like things are getting better or your making a real change in the world with this magnet. Your no hero the guy putting his life on the line so we don’t have to that’s the guy who deserves a pat on the back or how about the thousands who have died to protect our rights. Not some jackass with a bumper sticker, what are you really doing?  Well by purchasing this product from a gas station and not from a veteran organization you are supporting the gas company/industry which is why we are at war to get more gas and oil. Why do you think Stephan Harper was supporting them and then shortly after we send out more troops. I mean come on let’s get someone in charge who actually cares about the little people and not the big industry in charge. 
          
      Most likely the people who buy this dumb-ass bumper stickers or magnets aren’t going to vote for change but for whatever they know and makes them feel safe because it’s a routine. Let’s help our troops for real. Stop feeling so good because you put a damn bumper sticker on your car and stop the war, and stop letting industries push our government around. Educate yourself it's your responsibility to be an informed citizen take a stand and make a change.

1 comment:

  1. My least favourite ones are the "My child goes to [insert prestigious private school here]"

    It's so tacky. It might as well be "I want you to think I am better and richer than you with more successful kin, but really my house is going up for foreclosure to afford to look wealthy and send my children to this academy"

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