Dear Ian:
Unless your mom is putting bumper stickers on your stroller, this is probably something you won't even think about or consider for at least another fifteen or sixteen years. Bumper stickers are sort of personal graffiti that you have to purchase because you are not creative enough to come up with something original or funny on your own. Or, they show that you support a cause with all of your heart and soul (for $4.98). For commitment-phobes, there are the bumper magnets, just in case you decide that you really don't support the troops, are in favor of breast cancer, or kind of waffle on the whole evolution vs. creation debate.
We'll talk about the greeting card industry later on, I am sure.
Anyhow, on the short drive home tonight, I was behind a car that sported a "just local foods" bumper sticker. Just local is a fairly recent movement that tries to get people to buy their fruits, vegetables, meats and other groceries from local farmers rather than the big corporate giants (pardon the pun) like Jolly Green Giant, Tyson, Hormel, etc. It is a pretty good cause, even though it comes from the same emotional center as the "Buy American" movement from a decade ago.
I just thought it was ironic that this bumper sticker, so proudly and rather crookedly displayed, was plastered on the back of a Toyota. Hmm. Sorry Detroit.
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