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David M. Debartolo and Anthony S.A. Freinberg’s recent commentary, though high on bumper-sticker worthy phrases, is vacuous ( Op-ed, “Stealing America’s Civil Liberties,” April 21 ). They never bother to consider that the content of our “civil liberties” is precisely the question at issue in the debate over how best to combat terrorism...
...ones who waited in line to pay $4 a gallon for gas after 9/11. While Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein are cowering in a cave or living in a bunker, the majority of Americans are living their daily lives without fear. On a recent trip, I saw a bumper sticker that sums it up best: AIN'T SKEERD. CURTIS TAYLOR Muncie...
...morning--ideal weather for SUV hunters to stalk and tag their prey, since the vehicles' owners are likely to be indoors. One tagger, who says her name is Wendy, girds herself for the hunt with two layers of sweaters, a silky orange-and-cream scarf and a handful of bumper stickers. "I feel like I should be putting on camouflage," she jokes, "to Pink Panther music...
...neighborhood of well-kept brownstones for half an hour before they choose their first target: a deep green Toyota Land Cruiser (estimated city m.p.g.: 13). Alex, 39, an avid cyclist and musician, peers up and down the street before peeling off the protective paper and slapping the Toyota's bumper with a sticker that proclaims, "I'm Changing the Climate! Ask Me How!" and gives the website address of Changing the Climate changingtheclimate.com) based in San Francisco. The group has sold 40,000 of the stickers in two years. "We are using ridicule and social embarrassment to change the habits...
...responsibility for an arson attack in January at a Ford dealership in Girard, Pa. Self-described E.L.F. members also slashed tires and splashed chemicals on some 30 SUVs parked on streets in Richmond, Va., last fall. Wendy and Alex condemn such vandalism. "That's ecoterrorism," says Alex. Slapping unwanted bumper stickers on SUVs, he claims, "is just fighting the good fight with a sense of humor...