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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...opponents, all veterans of previous races, include Afro-dude Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson), the neo-Nazi Pachenko (Max Ryan), an ex-NASCAR, now NAStyCAR driver named Travis (Justin Mader) and the martial-artistic 14K (Robin Shou). When they're not playing bumper cars, they're taunting one another or spitting in a rival's food - animals marking their turf. Each driver is given a navigator, a babe on loan from a nearby women's prison, and Ames's is Case (Natalie Martinez), who has pneumatic skills of her own. Sitting next to him in their two-seater Ford Mustang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Race: Worth a Test Drive | 8/24/2008 | See Source »

...serious environmental risks. (That last point was underscored by the timing of McCain's visit - his rig trip was delayed because of a hurricane and oil spill in the Gulf a month ago.) The Democratic National Committee spoofed the Republican candidate's infatuation with drilling by distributing Exxon/McCain '08 bumper stickers to his traveling press corps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting US Energy in the Wrong Place | 8/20/2008 | See Source »

...thousands of other interns in DC heading to work. And if the babushka ever wants help with a petition or to organize an event, I’ve got her back. But for now I’ll put on that blazer. I smile at her. Behind her, a bumper sticker: “If you want peace, work for justice...

Author: By Rachel A. Stark | Title: A Walk Past the White House | 8/8/2008 | See Source »

...closing days of the 1992 presidential campaign, President George H.W. Bush took to waving a bumper sticker with the slogan ANNOY THE MEDIA/RE-ELECT BUSH. Four years later, Senator Bob Dole asked voters to "rise up" against media that were trying to "steal this election." Complaining about the liberal media is a signature of losing Republican campaigns. It doesn't work because whining doesn't look presidential and because annoying the media tends to be pretty low on voters' to-do lists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crushing on Obama | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...stealing is gone, but so are the shoppers.'' The harshest criticism comes from Juarez, where hundreds of protesters chanting ''We want to work!'' demonstrated on two bridges last month before they were dispersed by Mexican police. Business leaders have urged a boycott of U.S. stores, and cars are sporting bumper stickers reading if you want to be respected, stay away. ''The blockade's message to Mexicans was 'We don't like you,' '' says Pablo Cuaron, president of COPARMEX-Juarez, a business association. ''Feelings have been hurt.'' The furor could have an impact on the NAFTA treaty, whose boosters have showcased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SLAMMING THE DOOR | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

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