I’m not sure what it is about my Land Rover that pisses off Austin hippies and Liberals so much.
- First, there’s the fact that it’s a gas-guzzling SUV. That alone ticks off the Al-Gore Enviro-Whackos.
- Add in a Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less sticker — and the enviro-whackos are nearly besides themselves condemning me to hell.
- Then there’s my United States Army stickers — that rankles the ire of the anti-military and anti-war nutjobs.
- Then there’s the Vets4McCain bumper sticker, which again pisses off the anti-military set and the unhinged liberals who are suffering from severe Neo-con derangement syndrome (it’s much more rampant here in Austin than you might be aware of).
- As if that weren’t enough, I had to go add two anti-Obama stickers: Nobama and Stop the Audacity of Hype. Vote Republican.
- The spare tire cover from Alaska? I’ve had that long before Gov. Palin was known by anybody outside of Wasilla (have you ever tried to drive a Prius through an Alaskan winter?) But it seems to tie together the anti-Obama, pro-McCain/Palin, anti-environment, pro-war message that I was going for.
Whatever it is — it’s been enough to get my truck keyed by some “tolerant” lefties at least 4 times so far over the last month (the first vandalism didn’t occur until the Nobama sticker made an appearance).
It’s an old beater truck — I just use it to haul the dogs around and for camping/tailgating. So I’m not that concerned about the key marks. The worst key scratch is deep — all the way to bare metal — and runs from the front right fender, all the way back through both doors and straight to the rear bumper.
But I wouldn’t be surprised to come out to the parking lot to find a smashed window or sliced tires.
My wife asks why I don’t just take the stickers off to avoid the vandalism — and I tell her because it’s going to be so worth it if I catch someone in the act.
Seriously, idiots…why vandalize a vehicle where — odds are — the owner is most likely 1) armed, and 2) trained to use said firearm? (I am and I am).
I told her I’d take off all but the US Army sticker after the November election. Unlike the thousands of idiots I see driving around Austin still with their Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers.
Besides, it’s unfair that the Liberals don’t have to worry about their Obama sticker-emblazoned Volvo getting vandalised because of their politics. Why should I?
Go for some fish-eye cameras in the lower corners of your windows. Motion activated, of course. Post pics of the perps.
Left by Patrick on September 15th, 2008 at 9:47 pm