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VANITY: folks tying tea bags to rear view mirrors?
Posted on 04/17/2009 7:28:27 AM PDT by gogulls
I searched the site before posting this: are folks tying tea bags to rear-view mirrors? Just tied two on my SUV (separated by my tree air-freshener, that is)
TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: protest; taxday; teaparties; teaparty
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To: Constitution Day
What an idiotic law. Why, pray tell? Because it's endemic throughout our entire system at all levels of government that we've forgotten about the idea of 'Limited Government' and we've allowed public servants to think of themselves as public masters. It's time to push the reset button...I wonder if Hillary has a spare?
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posted on
04/17/2009 10:26:52 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
To: Fresh Wind
Some people insist on hanging vast quantities of crap from their mirrors. The general idea is to avoid having drivers with a major blockage of their forward vision.He's got bigger problems, such as the steering wheel being on the wrong side of the car. LOL.
Either that or they reversed the negative or they're in Europe somewhere.
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posted on
04/17/2009 10:28:25 AM PDT
by
library user
(Rod Blagojevich should have been TIME MAGAZINE'S "Person of the Year.")
To: FReepaholic
Just wow.Any more pet peeves you'd like to see enacted as law?
To: P-Marlowe
That tells me that if it ain't materially obstructing your vision so as to constitute a safety hazard, it ain't against the law.Sounds awfully subjective.
To: gogulls
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posted on
04/17/2009 10:37:02 AM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: sunny48; fellowgeek
What if all the pickup truck owners hung them off their trailer hitches.
Along with a bumper sticker saying “Big government taxed my other pair off.”
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posted on
04/17/2009 10:40:55 AM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: Fresh Wind
If that dangler happens to make a political statement that the cop doesnt agree with, especially now that DHS has branded all of us as subversives, a tea bag would be a perfect excuse.
That's reason enough for me. If exercising my liberties gets me on the enemy's "terrorist extremist watch list", then by all means, sign me up. One rearview-mirror tea bag coming right up!
It's a political war. If they want to skirmish in traffic court, I'll be there. Toe the line, and let's get it on!
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posted on
04/17/2009 10:49:03 AM PDT
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: BattleHymn
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posted on
04/17/2009 10:49:48 AM PDT
by
NordP
(CONSERVATIVE AGAIN IN 2010 ..... Now, is it 2012 yet ???)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative; Dustbunny; xzins; enat
Sounds awfully subjective.Whether or not it is a "material" obstruction would be an objective standard. If it hangs in such a way that it would interfere with your ability to see other vehicles or pedestrians on the road, then that would be a material obstruction. If it merely blocked your view of the moon, then that would not be a "material" obstruction since your view of the moon is not necessary to your ability to safely drive your vehicle.
I would dare say that a tea bag hanging from your mirror would under no circumstances be a "material obstruction" so as to "constitute a safety hazard."
I would love to take one of these tickets to trial.
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posted on
04/17/2009 10:50:59 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(Somebody stole my tagline)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
"So...because some people hang a lot of crap from their mirror, we need a law that also punishes people who hang items that don't obstruct the view at all? " Ahhh... the 'lowest common denominator' theory. Like why my daughter can't take a bottle of water to school... because someone at one time put vodka in their water bottle.
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posted on
04/17/2009 10:58:56 AM PDT
by
sweet_diane
(embracing Him.)
To: Corin Stormhands; Jim Robinson
I lived in PA, moved to VA...darn, I am stuck with that law. And, I have heard of people being fined. We can't even keep our handicapped sign up while driving. We have to only put it up to park. The powers that be say that anything hanging is a distraction. Might be so.
I am sure there are bumper stickers out there we can use. Soon I hope someone comes up with a teabag pin we can all wear(like the ribbon pins, flag pins, etc.) I'd be happy to design one if any FReeper knows how we can get it manufactured. Jim, can you help? This would be a great FR project!!!
Also...for women...we can tie teabags to the handles on the outside of our purses.
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posted on
04/17/2009 10:59:12 AM PDT
by
CitizenM
("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
To: Texas resident
Why you right-wing extremist you!!! LOL
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posted on
04/17/2009 11:00:48 AM PDT
by
sweet_diane
(embracing Him.)
To: CitizenM; Seeking the truth
To: evad
How about a pirate hanging from a noose?
That depends. If it is a Caucasian pirate, then that is fine and actually welcomed and encouraged by the Democrats because they are all for hanging "scary armed white guys". If its a heavily armed Somali pirate with RPG's, heavy machine guns and stolen ships full of Main Battle Tanks - then you are automatically a racist. No good reason why. You just are. To the Democrats any situation in life and the reaction to it is predicated by the skin color of all involved. Their primary focus is skin color and how to reverse discriminate accordingly.
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posted on
04/17/2009 11:09:04 AM PDT
by
FTL
To: gogulls
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posted on
04/17/2009 11:09:18 AM PDT
by
blam
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
...Any more pet peeves you'd like to see enacted as law?...Sure.
To: gogulls
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posted on
04/17/2009 11:15:05 AM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(Pit bulls - the SUVs of the animal world.)
To: Dustbunny
I have a financial problem that keeps me from breaking laws. Go ahead and do it. If you get a ticket, just get a PayPal account. I'm sure several FReepers would chip in to pay that ticket for you, myself included.
It's for a good cause. :)
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posted on
04/17/2009 11:15:16 AM PDT
by
Allegra
( Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.)
To: USMCPOP
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posted on
04/17/2009 11:24:20 AM PDT
by
sunny48
To: FTL
How about a pirate hanging from a noose? ... If its a heavily armed Somali pirate with RPG's, heavy machine guns and stolen ships full of Main Battle Tanks - then you are automatically a racist. No good reason why. You just are.
Good point...and after all, they were just a coupla teenagers out having fun.
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posted on
04/17/2009 11:34:30 AM PDT
by
evad
(YES!! I WANT Fub0's Agenda TO FAIL!!!)
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