Idea! The only way to get rid of these Hypocritical "Support our Troops"..

[Up2Late]

...magnetic SUV "ribbons" is to ridicule them with some LW "ribbons." These RW SUV people "don't get" our criticism of these things, but if all stated getting them with ridiculous statements of hypocrisy (or statements of truth), I bet they would stop thinking they were "cool."

Remember "Baby on Board" signs? Once everyone stated putting other, ridiculous little yellow signs in our windows, they died quick.

Here's a site were you can make your own with whatever you want on it (up to 50 characters):

<http://www.supportourribbons.com/>

Here's one I thought up after reading an article where a environmental scientist summed up what he was going to speak about.



Here's a link to the article: <http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=916>

[tk2kewl]

1. "I support more troops than you"... now that is funny stuff

[BR_Parkway]

2. I love it, that's what it really comes down to for most of these folks

and then they do really stupid public things like post LTTE about why they don't join the Army...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3692462&mesg_id=3692462

[tk2kewl]

4. Oy! More wingnut logic.

I hope she is just young and confused.

[Katherine2]

110. I just ordered that one, and

made a custom one that says "Support our Troops - Join Them". I wonder how long it will last on my car.

[Cha]

140. Take it with you when you

leave it alone!

[cestpaspossible]

128. Hilarious!

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. Okay, I give up. You have to click on the link.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/anunitu/OddsandEnds/ribbon.bmp

[Cha]

141. Bad! Pacifist!

;)

[AllegroRondo]

5. This is fun!

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7430

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7432

[Up2Late]

6. I like that one! "Support Chinese Ribbon Manufacturers!"

That's too true.:rofl:

[The Doctor.]

8. I love it... nt

[Kadie]

15. LOL!!!

:rofl:

[Pacifist Patriot]

24. LOL! Great!

[ComerPerro]

33. Great one. Support Our Chinese Ribbon Manufacturers

[kliljedahl]

75. Here's a good site for that

http://www.antimagnet.com/










Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Zhade]

34. Dude, that first one is HILARIOUS!

Here's mine:

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7546

(before I get flamed: I'M QUEER - bi - and yes, this is crude, but watch the jingoists lose their ribbons really fast!)

[DemBones DemBones]

80. Crude but could be highly effective against RWers.

:evilgrin:

[blondeatlast]

119. No need to apologize; you aren't excluding ribbons from anyone!

I find it very clever, in an "eye of the beholder" sort of way!

:rofl:

Anyone can HAVE a ribbon, you see, and plenty of people already do.

[Zhade]

137. But can the gay ribbons get married?

Is that next on the ballot?

[Ariana Celeste]

78. another chinese labor one-

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7643

[blondeatlast]

121. Actually, I think God may be laughing hysterically at

"One Nation under Ribbons."

I mean, who knows more from hypocrisy than He?

[Cha]

142. "My ribbon can beat up

your Jesus fish"!

[The Doctor.]

7. Here we go;

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7447

Funny, but I was just thinking of doing this earlier today.

[NervousRex]

9. I love it!!!

My contribution:

[Up2Late]

10. What language is the second one, and...

...what does it say?:shrug:

[Walt Starr]

11. Es ist Deutsch!

German. "Work makes you free". It was on the sign above the gate to Auschwitz.

[vince3]

56. Terrific last line

DUers and Healthcare. Your last line says it all. Thanks.

[NervousRex]

13. It's German...

It was frequently found on the gates to concentration camps:


It means "work will set you free"

[acmejack]

43. In our application it has been morphed into "Arbeit Fur Frei*

nt

[Swamp Rat]

22. "Arbeit Macht Frei" - Sehr sehr gut!

Das ist sehr gut. Ich verwende diese Redewendung viel auch, aber die Idioten verstehen nicht. Die Scheißkopfen sind zu understant zu dumm, das SIE die Nazin jetzt sind.

[NervousRex]

63. Jawolh, ausgezeichnet!!!

Herr Schvamp Rat, Ich liebe die lustige Bilder, dass sie...awwww to hell with that...my German is shot. I dig the pic, Man!!!

[Swamp Rat]

65. So, you like bubble gum stickers?

Remember Wacky Packages? :D

What they eat:




Edit: I posted a lot of these in the Lounge a few days ago. The thread had to do with what rethuglicans eat/what kind of cereal.

[NervousRex]

74. HAHAHAHA!!!

Wacky Packages....Whoah...what a blast from the past.

love this one!!!

[Swamp Rat]

77. I see you found the website!

GREAT! :D

[NervousRex]

84. Yep...

I am hacking up a lung laughing...dialing 911, now.:rofl:

[Swamp Rat]

85. This is one of my favorites, since I was a kid.

[NervousRex]

Love it!

Man...thanks for reminding me of these. I haven't laughed so much in years. Cheers!:thumbsup:

[donco6]

120. We used to collect these all the time.

Takes me back.

WAAAAY back.

[kliljedahl]

88. I like "Support Our Toupees"

VERY!! Clever


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Up2Late]

12. Here's one that the RWers might understand

<http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7482>

or should it read "...Screw the Poor and the Vets":shrug:

[Up2Late]

37. Too late to edit my post so I had to reply to my own post

[jimshoes]

14. If I register the domain name

"enlistnow" and have some magnets made up with the wording.. www.enlistnow.com .. and link it to a real recruiting office then put them under all the ribbons on the suv's and trucks that sport them would that make me an evil person? :evilgrin:

[Pacifist Patriot]

25. Bwa!

[lolly]

36. Evil? No

Honest? Yes!

[acmejack]

44. An evil genius in my estimation.

You could birth a US answer to the the German yellow dog poop flags. A massive coordinated campaign would get noticed quickly...

[thecorster]

115. Do it now!

it's a great idea. you'll kick yourself later for not doing it... although, it looks kinda pricey.

[AnnInLa]

16. kick

[Tux]

17. Mine

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7502

[Blue Belle]

18. Here's mine:

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7504

[Pacifist Patriot]

26. More, sorry they are links and not embedded.

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7524

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7529

ETA: Should be under the OP. I'm working on a severe lack of sleep due to a two year old who thinks the day begins at 2:00 a.m. YAWN!

[flygal]

107. Hell yeah - kick butt and take oil

I like it!

[Up2Late]

59. The people that run that website are going to freak out when...

...they see all the new visitors they got today.

I wonder if they can tell that we all came from DU? Or if they'll make any of these part of their available available designs?:shrug:

[spindoctor]

19. The de-magnetizer gun: shoot the ribbons

Unfortunately it only exists in my imagination, but wouldn't it be fun?

[Up2Late]

21. I think you can do that with a strong magnet

If you rub the opposite pole onto the ribbon magnet:hide:

[Swamp Rat]

20. HAHAHAHA!!!! "Drinking poop...!" Shouldn't it be brown?

:rofl:

How 'bout: "I support the troops more than your sorry ass!"

[Pacifist Patriot]

23. That's funny.

[Up2Late]

27. Maybe so, but I don't see a brown one. How about this one,

It's a paraphrase of Bruce Springsteen, from his lead in, to the song "War," from "Live 1975-1985"


<http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7519>

[Swamp Rat]

28. THAT is a very good one!

I might just take a yellow ribbon and glue my pic (below) on top of it.

[yella_dawg]

38. Hey!

If you turn your head sideways, your sig pic looks like the Virgin Mary.

[Swamp Rat]

40. LOL! Put on your special sunglasses...

:D

[Mythsaje]

109. Oooh

A BONAFIDE "They Live" reference with VISUAL AIDS!

That rocks.

[Swamp Rat]

112. Thanks... here's the follow up.

Not nearly as apparent, but I was thinking "They Live" when I made it.

[Mythsaje]

117. The "Obey"

would have clicked it over to me.

You know, it's funny...I once knew a white supremicist (the father of a good friend) who swore up and down that movie was about the 'Zionist Conspiracy,' but I still think it's a warning about how easily we could be (and are being) duped. Similar arguments, different p.o.v. Even then I thought HIS buddies the Republicans (amazing how that works, isn't it?) were the real threat to freedom in this country.

[cajones_II]

76. Think this is too strong?

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7642

[Zhade]

93. That is AWESOME.

Just awesome.

[Cha]

143. Cool!

You can see how far we've come when stuff like this is Necessary!

[Generic Other]

29. Maybe too subtle for the morans?

[Generic Other]

30. Okay, this works too

[Up2Late]

31. Here's a good one for here in Georgia

<http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7544>

[glitch]

32. I want this one

[Cha]

145. That's a good un!

About time we got our own ribbons to talk!

Thank you, "supportourribbons"!

[ryan_cats]

35. How

How did you post the image?
http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7547

[Up2Late]

39. That about says it all

But those are some REAL Fancy words...(said with a Redneck accent):evilgrin:

[Pacifist Patriot]

41. Hey, that's something I can support. Unfortunately, these are

generated as .bmp files. I tried to convert to .jpg to embed the graphic but it wouldn't work. A .bmp file will stay a link. You need a .jpg or a .gif to see it within the post.

I think. I'm not exactly a techie. More like a technie spouse who pays half attention. Which is dangerous.

[Up2Late]

47. Once you make a ribbon on that site, if you have a PC...

just "right click" on the new ribbon (I don't know how this is done on a Mac) then choose either "Save Image As" or "View Image."

If you pick "View Image," all you have to do is copy the http:// address at the top of the browser, then paste it into your post, it's already a JPEG file. You might need to change the file name from .jpeg to .jpg ,it won't change the file, but sometimes programs don't understand .jpeg

If you pick "Save Image As," you can save it to your Hard Drive, but then you have to re-upload it to your ISP server (most ISP's give you at least 10-25Mb for this type of purpose), but you can resize the file or what ever, using this method.

[Pacifist Patriot]

69. I tried that and it looked like a successful change to .jpg

I uploaded it to photobucket where it changed it back to a .bmp file. Oh well.

[in_cog_ni_to]

49. Right click on the image, go down to "properties"

click... then copy paste the URL. :)

[Up2Late]

66. Posting the Image is easy if you have a PC, I don't know how to...

...do it with a Mac. I posted the basic procedure just below at post at #47, sorry, I thought you be asking the poster just above yours.

Also, click the "HTML Lookup table" link (it's in the "Message options" line (just above the "Subject" and "message" windows you use to reply), it has a bunch of useful info (and html code) too.

[deadparrot]

42. here's mine:

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7574

[i have issues]

45. And here's mine...

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7576

[hvn_nbr_2]

130. Reminds me of some old ones

Yours: I support mindless jingoistic phrases
reminds me of some old ones in response to Nancy Reagan:
Just say no to stupid slogans
Just say no to Nancy's astrologer

[XemaSab]

46. My two cents

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7575

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7577

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7579

[NeoTraitors]

48. How about a 'Support the Truth' ribbon?

Combine that with a 'Bush or Truth Pick One' bumpersticker.

[XemaSab]

51. Done

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7583

[NervousRex]

60. Love that first one!!!

Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Ribbon....priceless:thumbsup:

[flygal]

108. Ou est les WMDs?

OH, you guys are killing me!!! That one I just might buy!!

[hvn_nbr_2]

131. Should be "Ou sont les WMDs?" It's plural. n/t

[goodboy]

50. I carry a Sharpie so I can write the total number of dead troops on their

little ribbon, or B/C-04 stickers.

[lilymercury]

100. ROFLMAO(APMP)!! Thank you so much, great idea!

(And Peeing My Pants!!!)

[Astarho]

127. Then here's one for you

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7805

[kerrygoddess]

52. Oh My God(dess)! ROFLMAO!

You just made my day!

This is awesome -

There's a follow-up to the Drinking Poop is Bad for Us story here - http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=921

[Up2Late]

72. Thanks! That's great news, but does this mean...

...the death of my "Drinking Poop..." ribbon?:( Good thing I hadn't ordered it yet, but we've had a bunch of good ideas here.

Was this an intentional pun?

"...The EPA’s proposal is yet another example of the crappy radical policies of this administration, geared towards corporations making a buck and not the well being of our citizens..."

[kerrygoddess]

89. We Need Drinking Poop Ribbons!

Here I was thinking no one cared about the drinking poop issue and then I found this thread!

Intentional pun? You betcha!

Is the ribbon website yours?

[Up2Late]

98. No, I just found it with Google yesterday

I think the folk who run it are going to be surprised though.

[kerrygoddess]

102. HaHa! I think so!

It's a great idea!

[BrightKnight]

53. Should read: "I Support Theocracy!" - n/t

[Fly by night]

54. Here's mine: can't wait to put it on my 21 year old pickup truck

Most of the ribbons I see here in Tennessee are on overpriced gas-guzzlers. Looking forward to a little bumper theatre balance.

Since I already have an orange ribbon hanging from my rear view mirror, this might make it easier for the Rethugs to get the point.

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7592

(Since I can't figure out how to copy and paste the image, mine is an orange ribbon with the words "SUPPORT HONEST ELECTIONS".)

[Pacifist Patriot]

70. Splendid!

[Liz_Estrada]

55. So maybe I wasn't hallucinating

when I saw a pink ribbon that said "Feed the cats." I thought it was just guilt or the psychic cat network messing with my mind!

[mcscajun]

57. Still my favorite

"Another Empty Gesture"

Pick your color. :)

[Aristus]

58. Here's mine:

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7601

[ourbluenation]

61. Support the Troops, Not the War!

How's that?

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7614

[ourbluenation]

62. Or this...

Support the Troops, Not Illigitmate Wars.

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7620

[in_cog_ni_to]

64. Here's one.

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7622

[Up2Late]

68. I like that one too, but I'd be prepared for a very long conversation...

...and teaching session for all if those who are totally ignorant of the problem.

[in_cog_ni_to]

71. LOL. You're probably right. n/t

[Triana]

81. Here we go...

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7647

[wicket]

67. Chickenhawks 'R us

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7632

[AnotherMother4Peace]

73. I saw a cool rainbow one today. Couldn't see what it said though.

We need "Advocate for our Troops" action going - because the Republicans are sure turning their backs on them.

[Ariana Celeste]

79. "one of us"

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7646

[kliljedahl]

82. This one made by "unhappycamper" on an other thread

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Generic Other]

86. HAHAHAHAHA

:rofl:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

83. I had to play too

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7648

[DemBones DemBones]

87. My favorite is

"My Ribbon Can Beat Up Your Jesus Fish."

:rofl:


I am a Christian who is weary of the omnipresent Jesus fish and the omnipresent American flags and I Support the Troops stickers. My dad was career military so I know how little respect most civilians have for military men or their families.

My dad used to tell of times in the Thirties and Forties, maybe early Fifties, when everyone on base got their pay in cash and all in $2 bills to show the local community how much money the military put into their economy. It didn't end discrimination against the military, of course. I don't believe the people with ribbons on their cars are any different; I think they'd say "Not In My Backyard" to a military base.

Don't tell me with a sticker on your car that you're a Christian or a patriotic American, show me by your actions.

[TahitiNut]

90. A "call to arms" ...

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7666

[agincourt]

91. I'd like to get a yellow "Pray for our troops" magnet,

and place a "neocons are in power" sticker below it.

[TahitiNut]

92. "CHEAP PATRIOTISM is Easier Than Thinking"

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

96. You're getting warm....

[Mr_Spock]

94. I'm starting to see these on cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the idea!!

I saw one that read "Support Our Ribbons"

This is a GREAT IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zhade]

95. I'm really surprised no one's done this yet...

Seeing as how these stupid ribbons are usually on SUVs...

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7686

[Up2Late]

99. If you do that one, you must get the "super sized" one.

I hope you have a blank spot that it would fit.

[proud2BlibKansan]

97. This is great fun

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7691

[RushIsRot]

101. And mine...

[doublethink]

103. Here's mine .......

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7718

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7719

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7720

[prodigal_green]

104. Remind them that the little ribbon twist symbol

was originally used as a perpetual reminder about AIDS, followed by a pink version for breast cancer.

Yeah, there were yellow ribbons in the past (who can forget the Iran hostage situation of 1979-80?), but they were tied around trees and lamp posts. That particular configuration of ribbon came out of the homersexshul community.

[hvn_nbr_2]

133. Yellow ribbons around trees

That idea came from an old popular song "Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree." (Probably now someone even older than me will remember where that song came from?)

[Up2Late]

135. I was just a Kid when it was popular, but I think it was an original...

...by Tony Orlando and Dawn.

P.S. Dawn is not one person, actually it's his 3 backup singers.:hippie:

[NuttyFluffers]

105. ahh, this is fun, and i am twisted... there shall be evil humor.

perhaps we can start a trend. who wears to the right gives, who wears to the left receives. for those who remember colored ribbons/bandanas tied to your clothes in sex clubs.

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7721

[Sapphire Blue]

106. I like the blue ribbon

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/browse/Ntt-Bring+Them+Home+Now++Blue+Bow_pp-_N-0_pv-home~now~blue.22059064_No-1_Ntk-All_D-Bring+Them+Home+Now++Blue+Bow_Nao-1

[mindfulNJ]

147. I had one of those

It got stolen in less than a week.:grr:

[leftofthedial]

111. here's one

my ribbon

my other ribbon

[Shallah Kali]

113. Another thought - put recruitment fliers on beribboned vehicles

Support the Troops? Enlist NOW! 1-800-USA-ARMY
http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7745

What I would put on more ribbons if my isp wasn't so slow:

Support the Troops? Fully Fund the VA!

Support the Troops? Buy them Body Armor!

How the H*** does a magnet Support the Troops?

[La Femme]

129. recruitment fliers

Do you have a link for realistic looking recruitment flyers? I have been hunting around for a flyer that looks authentic but I cannot seem to find anything.

[oxbow]

114. I thought I made this idea up, too

I made about 30 of these using acrylic, markers and ribbons I swiped. My favorites are "support US empire," and "Support secret torture" "support Rumsfeld" etc. I am glad that someone is doing this commercially though. Maybe it will become more popular.

[thecorster]

116. good work.

this one's pretty to the point:

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7761

[hootinholler]

118. Brought to you by the PNAC

That's mine.

-Hoot

[spanone]

122. This war is not about the troops it's about a fucked up ideology.

World and Oil domination. It's all about power & money.

[B Calm]

123. I like this one! and I like to see more of them!

[Cha]

146. The Freeway Blogger!

Awesome!

[B Calm]

148. The Freeway Blogger should sell his version of the Yellow Ribbon.

[blondeatlast]

124. REALLY support a soldier.

$6.99 could buy a call to the loved ones...

Mine--don't want to register at the site, though, feel free to usethe thought on a ribbon if you would like to.

[Up2Late]

126. Did you read the original post, because I think you're missing...

...the point of the Original.

This is an idea to shame or embarrass the people who buy and put these jingoistic ribbons on their SUVs instead of actually do as you suggest, send money actual troops or troops families. Hopefully this will lead to the quiet disappearance of these stupid magnetic ribbons.

And the website, I think, is NOT a mega Corporation, but some small business people with a great idea.

[Dr Ron]

125. "Bring Them Home" Ribbon

That's what I have on my cars.

It took a little time to find the right one. The first one I found had Bring Them Home Now. I wanted to avoid the debate of leaving immediately versus a meaningful policy geared towards rapidly (even if not immediately) internationalizing the effort and getting most of our troops out.

[Astarho]

132. Support the Chimp King

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7834

[Up2Late]

134. I just thought up a few more

Support True Diplomatic Efforts



Next Time, Support True Diplomatic Efforts

[FizzFuzz]

136. I came up with a couple

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7879

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker_show.php?id=7881

[oasis]

138. Support the Truth.

Let the freepers try to figure that one out.

[Cha]

139. I finally got what I wanted! Thanks!

You have to go to the link though cause I don't have any way to download.

http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7890

[applegrove]

144. Come out with a bumper sticker that says: "Support our troops when

they come home and need government programs too".

[tk2kewl]

149. On for the left side of the tailgate and one for the right