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usg353d Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:59 AM
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Great idea!
Saw this on another site. It's called Sticker Shock. You can place labels above the price per gallon on gas pumps. I love the little messages they put on them. I can't wait to see the faces of * voters who see's them!

More info:

http://www.dubyad40.com/html/stickershock.html

The stickers:



A picture:

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Skinner ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:00 AM
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1. LOL
That's pretty brilliant. :thumbsup:
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:02 AM
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2. Sad they are charging for them. Within the week someone will have a free
download (PDF, jpg, MS Word, etc)....
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usg353d Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:04 AM
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5. Oh well, for $3.99...
It's worth the laugh.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:07 AM
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6. I'll make my own. I have better comments anyway.
Probably need some that are white text on black background.

Don't want the gas station guys to notice (& remove them) right away....
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usg353d Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:09 AM
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7. TRUE.
Just getting the message across is all they're asking for.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 12:15 PM
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15. It is a good idea
;)
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 07:14 PM
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25. Wanna share your ideas? :)
It would be fun to make some of these, have the post-it glue ready, etc.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:02 AM
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3. That's a good one!
Brilliant!
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unsavedtrash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:02 AM
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4. love it, going to do it.
:woohoo: :bounce:
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lavenderdiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:09 AM
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8. Welcome to DU, unsavedtrash!
:hi:
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Kota Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:24 AM
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9. This is a great idea. I hope it catches on.
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usg353d Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 11:04 AM
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13. How cool would that be!!
Let the revolution begin!
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:27 AM
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10. No effin' way will I ever acknowledge that bush is "president"
I just can't do it, I can't put those two words together. It's like saying "I love you" to a pile of horsesh*t, or to someone who beats me up every day and steals my money after a long hard day at work.

The other stickers are okay, though, especially the "Mission Accomplished," but isn't it funny how out-of-date that photo already is. $2.09 a gallon for regular? Ha! We'll probably never see that again.

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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:34 AM
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12. How about a simple, "Thanks, George" or "Thanks, W"?
Edited on Tue Apr-05-05 10:35 AM by rocknation
That's what I'm going to put on my stickers.

In 2000, I vowed never to refer to Bush as president or his thugs as an adminstration. Depending upon the kind of company I'm keeping, it's either "George Bush" and "the Bush White House" or "President Mightymouse" and "the Bush Empire."

:headbang:
rocknation
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 12:16 PM
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16. Maybe they can make another one
that can say "Thank you Bush" for those who don't like calling him president (I don't either).
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:28 AM
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11. excellent. I'm printing some off for myself and friends. But would like
Edited on Tue Apr-05-05 10:31 AM by unhappycamper
to offer a suggestion: use pResident Bu$h or pResident Bush

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checks-n-balances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 12:18 PM
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18. I share your sentiment! But the GOPpers would identify better with "W"
Edited on Tue Apr-05-05 12:19 PM by checks-n-balances
since so many of them have "W" stickers on their cars. I think it's the one nickname we could all agree on. Otherwise, it's a red herring that makes them focus too much on the name and not on the real issue.

Just my $.02.

BTW, at any rate, I LIKE the sticker idea!
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 12:09 PM
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14. Wish regular was as low as 2.099 here
Its $2.219 here in Northern Virginia
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GiovanniC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 12:18 PM
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17. $2.439 in Michigan Right Now
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usg353d Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 01:16 PM
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19. Holy Crap!!
$2.439!!!

This is theft folks!!!
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Oreo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 04:10 PM
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20. I couldn't resist... print this out and head to the gas station!


Of course I wouldn't expect anybody to deface public property... that would be WRONG!
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 04:35 PM
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21. I think we'll see a lot more of this by this summer - the price is just
going to keep rising folks.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 04:43 PM
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22. No, no, damn it, it's NOT a good idea! Those pumps don't belong to you!
Edited on Tue Apr-05-05 04:45 PM by Redstone
Slapping a sticker on a gas pump that doesn't belong to you isn't activism, it's vandalism.

Is it fair for you to make the people who work at the gas stations put in extra time to remove your stickers (which don't belong there)?

If you owned a store, would you want freepers and republicans to feel free to put their stickers on your front window, just because it's a place where a lot of people would see them?

I bet you wouldn't.

How about a little respect for other people's property!

Redstone
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JamboGuide Donating Member (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 07:11 PM
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23. This is FRIGGIN Awesome!!
But couldnt we get in trouble!?? I mean what if someone SEES?
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 07:20 PM
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26. Normally, I'd agree with you, Redstone. But these are desperate times.
I hear what you're saying, but IMO, it's time to take activism up a notch, and maybe inconvenience some folks here and there.

In weighing that inconvenience against what's being done to this country, and the urgency of the need to stop the rightward drift, the inconvenience factor is going to lose out.
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 07:13 PM
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24. I've wanted something like this so many times.
When I see pictures of soldiers on magazines, they always look so weary. I've thought about putting a word balloon, saying, "Thank you, President Bush."

Hmmmm.
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