Swamp rat loses car, causes huge bonfire at DUmp

[Kimberly]

Swamp rat's car gets repo'ed

Swamp Rat  (1000+ posts)      Wed Jun-23-10 05:35 PM
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Put your ideology where your mouth is: 2 weeks ago I gave up driving and donated my car to charity
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I NEED a car, yet I gave it up. When I can do so feasibly, I will run my household energy on solar/wind power, and I will continue to recycle clothing, computers, etc.

What will YOU do to help wean America off of oil as a primary energy source?

Followed by a photo of a couple being pedaled around in a rickshaw

I found the choice of photo curious. Does swampie think he's the passenger being hauled around by his never fatigued third world servant?

Anyhow, here's a few highlights:

grasswire  (1000+ posts)      Wed Jun-23-10 05:53 PM
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19. I gave mine up seven years ago and have lugged everything since then.
 I take public transportation when necessary, walk most of the time. I lug groceries several times a week; I even brought a used TV home from the Goodwill about a mile away on a small red wagon. I have a grocery cart that I use when getting kitty litter or something like potting soil.

It has been damned inconvenient many times. I've been soaked, frozen, blistered, annoyed by many aspects of it. I stand on the corner by the grocery store and look at the thousands of cars going by with one person inside.

Wake up, people!! The pelicans, the turtles, the shrimpers and oystermen! Wake up!

Swamp Rat  (1000+ posts)      Wed Jun-23-10 09:03 PM
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167. No, I am not confused. 
 However, I think you might be.

1. My life depends on a car, yet I gave my own car up.

2. I live in New Orleans.

3. Hurricanes are a constant, deadly threat, and the only way out is a car.

4. So, I carpool instead of owning a car.

5. I gave up a level of my own security for the sake of our environment.

What's so hard to understand?

Better Believe It  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jun-24-10 12:15 AM
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239. So your life does continue to depend on a car since you carpool.
 
"I gave up a level of my own security for the sake of our environment."

How is that?

By carpooling in the event of a hurricane?

Thanks for your sacrifice.

pitohui  (1000+ posts)       Wed Jun-23-10 06:22 PM
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49. i went without for a couple years also
 Edited on Wed Jun-23-10 06:25 PM by pitohui
no noble reason, it was a phobia pure and simple, and it made me a nuisance to all around me, pure and simple

an adult in new orleans, who cares about her safety and about not being a burden on others, needs to be able to drive, if for no other reason than to evacuate in orderly fashion during hurricane evacuations

otherwise you live a v. constricted life, bounded by a v. small area

plus sooner or later you get to be a crime victim on top of it

for all i know, swamp rat is a big guy who can walk around at all hours of the night but the majority of people are women, old, children, have some disability, aren't very big, gay, etc. -- all kinds of reason some predator will stalk you, you need your car around you, it has gotten me out of trouble more times than i can count

AnArmyVeteran  (1000+ posts)        Wed Jun-23-10 06:20 PM
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47. What if you're homeless and living in your car?   
 Seriously, I'm starting a garden to cut down on trips to the grocery store and also to reduce the amount of chemicals going into my body. I also consolidate my trips, making one circular trip rather than going to each one separately on different days. I've done that for years. I also have energy saving light bulbs throughout my house. And I planted trees around my house to make it cooler.

BTW, good for you. What kind of solar panel system do you have and how did you integrate it with your house? I've always wanted to do that but thought it would be too costly.

We could have used the trillions of dollars wasted on Bush's wars for solar panels for every household in the country reducing the amount of energy we used dramatically. But that would be a smart thing to do, and Bush is dumber than dirt and completely evil.

 

pitohui  (1000+ posts)       Wed Jun-23-10 06:21 PM
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48. sorry you'll pry my car from my cold, dead hands
 new orleans is a particularly unfortunate and unsafe place for a woman to be without a car

a man for that matter really, i know of two young men (30s or younger) killed on bicycles and no one ever caught or prosecuted

i'm not willing to die so someone working at a charity who almost HAS to earn more money than i do, i've brought in only a couple thousand this year, can have MY car

shooting oneself in the foot or cutting off nose to spite face helps noone and makes you a burden to your friends, not YOU specifically, but YOU generically, i had to stop catering to car-less friends almost 20 yrs ago, there's no nice way to put it, they were becoming energy and money draining parasites

if you can TRULY do w/out your car in this area, then i stand amazed and i salute you, if what you're REALLY doing is exploiting friends & family then noooo...i guess you can tell i've had VERY bad experiences in this area

when a hurricane evacuation is announced, you are GOING to be in a car, not a bike, and you are GOING to be using gas -- do the decent thing and PAY the person who is already going out of their way to chaffeur you around for the gas

can you tell i've had VERY bad experiences with the "no car" crowd? 99.9 percent of them are losers and users, if you're the exception, then good for you...but i play the odds frankly and once someone starts using me for a ride, i didn't sign on to be their mama, i drop them as a friend -- friendship is about equality not about using

REP  (1000+ posts)        Wed Jun-23-10 10:39 PM
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219. I had myself sterilized without having any children. That trumps "no car"

HEyHEY  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jun-24-10 12:04 AM
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235. But, should you not have destroyed it? It's still out there pollutting
 It's just that it's not you.

 




 

[AllosaursRus]

Good grief Charlie Brown! Insanity at it's most revealing, welcome to the DUmp!

Uh, do ya think China is going to follow suit, idiot?

[Chris_]

I did the without-a-car thing for a couple months.  I figured I was losing two to three hours a day with all the extra time it took to walk somewhere and wait on a bus.

REP  (1000+ posts)        Wed Jun-23-10 10:39 PM
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219. I had myself sterilized without having any children. That trumps "no car"

[AllosaursRus]

REP  (1000+ posts)        Wed Jun-23-10 10:39 PM
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219. I had myself sterilized without having any children. That trumps "no car"

Well, at least it's not polluting the gene pool!

[Randy]

So basically swamp-rat did the equivalent of giving up buying cigarettes. As long as it's someone else buying the smokes it's okley dokely fine.

[mamacags]

So basically swamp-rat did the equivalent of giving up buying cigarettes. As long as it's someone else buying the smokes it's okley dokely fine.

I shot a spotted owl for dinner.  That way the ecologists won't have to drive all of this way to check on it every 6 months anymore.

Instead of using my water wasting potty, I took a dump on my liberal neighbors porch.  It will eventually decompost and feed bugs.

I kicked the guy with the Obama tshirt at Walmart in the balls today.  I kicked him hard enough I am pretty sure he can't reproduce and waste even more resources.

[BlueStateSaint]

I shot a spotted owl for dinner.  That way the ecologists won't have to drive all of this way to check on it every 6 months anymore.

Instead of using my water wasting potty, I took a dump on my liberal neighbors porch.  It will eventually decompost and feed bugs.

I kicked the guy with the Obama tshirt at Walmart in the balls today.  I kicked him hard enough I am pretty sure he can't reproduce and waste even more resources.

 

[Ballygrl]

Swamp Rat  (1000+ posts)      Wed Jun-23-10 05:35 PM
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Put your ideology where your mouth is: 2 weeks ago I gave up driving and donated my car to charity
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I NEED a car, yet I gave it up. When I can do so feasibly, I will run my household energy on solar/wind power, and I will continue to recycle clothing, computers, etc.

What will YOU do to help wean America off of oil as a primary energy source?

I really don't feel like doing anything, I like my car, I like heat in the winter and AC in the summer.

[Mike220]

I really don't feel like doing anything, I like my car, I like heat in the winter and AC in the summer.

 

[Ballygrl]

I kicked the guy with the Obama tshirt at Walmart in the balls today.  I kicked him hard enough I am pretty sure he can't reproduce and waste even more resources.

[USA4ME]

REP  

I had myself sterilized without having any children.

Thank you.  You're a model for all liberals everywhere to follow.

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[Revolution]

Instead of using my water wasting potty, I took a dump on my liberal neighbors porch.  It will eventually decompost and feed bugs.

I kicked the guy with the Obama tshirt at Walmart in the balls today.  I kicked him hard enough I am pretty sure he can't reproduce and waste even more resources.

 

Both were hilarious, mama, but the middle one had my sides bursting.

[AllosaursRus]

Where ya been Mama? Haven't seen ya for a while. We always miss yer humor!

[Chris_]

Swamp Rat  (1000+ posts)      Wed Jun-23-10 05:35 PM
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What will YOU do to help wean America off of oil as a primary energy source?

We can burn liberals instead of coal.

[Gratiot]

We can burn liberals instead of coal.

Hmm... I suppose the hot air and methane would burn nicely 

[mamacags]

Where ya been Mama? Haven't seen ya for a while. We always miss yer humor!

Thanks!  Kids sports keep me busy.  Plus I was beating the ever loving shit out of some liberal turdmuffins on a couple of other boards.  I have finally found a site that makes DU look like sweet little Sunday school children. 

[Revolution]

Care to share with the rest of the class, or are you trying to spare us the idiocy?

[chitownchica]

Thanks!  Kids sports keep me busy.  Plus I was beating the ever loving shit out of some liberal turdmuffins on a couple of other boards.  I have finally found a site that makes DU look like sweet little Sunday school children. 

Do tell- is it OET?

[chitownchica]

I read this thread and laughed at the hypocrisy.  People want others to give stuff up, but don't want to do it themselves. Of course, one person giving up a car isn't going to do much, but if those losers are going to preach it, they should follow suit.
I gave up my car after the first year of living in Chicago. Definitely not for a noble purpose though. I work from home if not traveling, so I was paying for a garage and wasting money. Bus stops right in front of my apartment, and the el is down the street. If I need a car, I'll rent one.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Swamp Rat  (1000+ posts)      Wed Jun-23-10 05:35 PM
Original message
Put your ideology where your mouth is: 2 weeks ago I gave up driving and donated my car to charity
 Advertisements [?]
I NEED a car, yet I gave it up. When I can do so feasibly, I will run my household energy on solar/wind power, and I will continue to recycle clothing, computers, etc.

What will YOU do to help wean America off of oil as a primary energy source?

I promise to eat more beef to help kill off those big daggone methane generators as quickly as possible!

[PatriotGame]

Swamp Rat  (1000+ posts)      Wed Jun-23-10 05:35 PM
Original message
Put your ideology where your mouth is: 2 weeks ago I gave up driving and donated my car to charity
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I NEED a car, yet I gave it up. When I can do so feasibly, I will run my household energy on solar/wind power, and I will continue to recycle clothing, computers, etc.

What will YOU do to help wean America off of oil as a primary energy source?

Followed by a photo of a couple being pedaled around in a rickshaw

What will *I* do?

Rid the world of oil powered ambulances and fire engines and replace them with the DUmmy rickshaw powered models.
When dispatch calls me at 3 AM saying you are in a full blown heart attack, I'll tell them I am too tired to peddle across town to your hovel and transport your Cheetos fattened ass to the emergency room. Get back with me tomorrow around 11 - I like to sleep in.

[NHSparky]

I'm already doing it, DUmmies.

Ever heard of nuclear power?

[JohnnyReb]

I kicked the guy with the Obama tshirt at Walmart in the balls today.  I kicked him hard enough I am pretty sure he can't reproduce and waste even more resources.

Indian take revenge....remove scalp and ugly wart from down low.

[Freeper]

Now if the dope would give up photoshop.

[Chris_]

Someone please take away his green fill tool and red monster font.  It seems to be the only part of the application he's mastered.