PassiveAggressiveNotes.com » politics http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com funny (if not necessarily "passive-aggressive") notes from pissed-off people Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:51:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 …and F the Polar Bear! http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/12/29/f-the-polar-bear/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/12/29/f-the-polar-bear/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:48:39 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=20035 Jess in St. Louis says this dumpster “is definitely a manifestation of the microcosm of American value clashes that is my block.” Adds Jess: “Hopefully we can all survive the cardboard waste of Christmas in one piece.”

Whoever threw away all that cardboard. Do it again and I'll fill your yard with it. Don't be an Asshole. Recycle. [Response] QUIT Being a Nanny-State, Progressive, Liberal, ASS and try to FORCE me to recycle if I don't want to. FU & F the Polar Bear! And if I catch you in my yard, realize, I support the 2nd Ammendmant [sic]. this was written by someone who choses to recycle.

Whoever threw away all that cardboard. Do it again and I'll fill your yard with it. Don't be an Asshole. Recycle.

QUIT Being a Nanny-State, Progressive, Liberal, ASS and try to FORCE me to recycle if I don't want to. FU & F the Polar Bear! And if I catch you in my yard, realize, I support the 2nd Ammendmant [sic]. this was written by someone who choses to recycle.

related: The right to bear fruit

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/12/29/f-the-polar-bear/feed/ 56 Governor of California to State Senate: “Get Stuffed.” http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/10/02/get-stuffed/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/10/02/get-stuffed/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:36:23 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=19498 Well played, Jerry Brown.

To the Members of the California State Senate: I am signing SB 769 which allows for a dead mountain lion to be stuffed and displayed. This presumably important bill earned overwhelming support by both Republicans and Democrats. If only that same energetic bipartisan spirit could be applied to creating clean energy jobs and ending tax laws that send jobs out of state. Sincerely, Edmund G. Brown Jr.

related: We hope you enjoy these jobs…because we paid for them!

extra credit: “Look at that antelope driving a car!” [via thinkprogress.com]

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/10/02/get-stuffed/feed/ 43 ¡Bienvenido! Mi casa no es su casa. http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/04/21/%c2%a1bienvenido-mi-casa-no-es-su-casa/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/04/21/%c2%a1bienvenido-mi-casa-no-es-su-casa/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:01:49 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=14065 “I pass this billboard every day on my way home from work,” says our submitter from Tennessee. “Apparently, some tax breaks were given for Volkswagen to build a plant here in Chattanooga, which will eventually bring thousands of jobs to this area. This group is upset that not EVERYONE who is involved in constructing the plant was born in the United States.”

Tennessee welcomes all the workers from OTHER COUNTRIES who are building the Volkswagen plant. We hope you enjoy those jobs...BECAUSE WE PAID FOR THEM!

A side note from Ana in Guatemala (fifth flag from the left): “Guatemala is a very beautiful — albeit dangerous — country. Crime rates are through the roof, but in this small American-run inn, hope prevails…mostly.”

BIENVENIDO WELCOME Please leave your your bags here.. They are 99.9% safe BUT... We do not accept responsibility

related: America the not-so-beautiful

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/04/21/%c2%a1bienvenido-mi-casa-no-es-su-casa/feed/ 183 When parking gets political http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/01/31/when-parking-gets-political/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/01/31/when-parking-gets-political/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:28:32 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=12922 One day, Mike in Seattle pulled into his section of the parking garage, where there were dozens of open spaces that never fill up. “Rather than doing a 12-point turn to get right next to a concrete column, I just pulled in and called it good enough. Apparently I had been taking liberties with Mother Earth that day or something, as I was later blessed with this gem tucked under my wiper blade.”

Hey, you selfish asshole (probably a republican) nobody else has a problem taking only one space. I'll have you towed next time.

Trix says her Dad spotted this variation on the same theme while strolling through Portland, Oregon — “a well-known haven for parking-space-hugging liberals.”

YOUR VEHICLE OCCUPIES TWO PARKING SPACES. YOU MUST BE SPECIAL...OR REPUBLICAN.

And of course, the irrational assumptions go both ways. Amber in Whitinsville, Mass. — who happens to be gainfully employed, thankyouverymuch — found this under her windshield wiper one day.

With a crap car like yours, you need one more Democrat social program to help you. so, this GOP'er, who works for a living is helping you out...guess I should pay more taxes! =)

Lara in Arlington, Virginia bore the brunt of an even more retrograde brand of passive-aggressive paternalism when she committed the sin of parking a smidge over the yellow line.

Did you even look at your after you parked it. Seriously, shame on your husband for letting you drive b/c its obvious that you are a woman. Do better next time pumpkin!

related: Herbie Goes to Washington

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/01/31/when-parking-gets-political/feed/ 202 Silent protest http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2009/01/27/silent-protest/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2009/01/27/silent-protest/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:32:33 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=10361 Tara in Vancouver organized a meetup for “progressive, radical and lefty librarians” at a place called Subeez Cafe. It wasn’t until afterwards — when she took a look at the contact sheet she’d passed around — that she realized at least one attendee was less-than-pleased with her choice of venue.

“They didn’t complain to me directly, they didn’t even write it on the front of the paper,” seethes Tara. “Were they hoping for a bucket of hummus at a squat?”

Subeez is neither radical or progressive!

related: a matter of taste

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2009/01/27/silent-protest/feed/ 101 A little bit of shameless gloating http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/11/05/a-little-bit-of-shameless-gloating/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/11/05/a-little-bit-of-shameless-gloating/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:02:41 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=9932 About about a year ago, Coco says, “while visiting home (Charleston — South Carolina’s lone bastion of remote liberalism) — I left my ‘Is it 2008 yet?’ sticker-adorned car in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond district for friends to babysit.

Upon my return, my friend presented me with this note, which had been left on my windshield. I would expect this in Charleston, but in San Francisco?  I blame the patrons of the golf course my car was parked next to.”

No Asshole. It is not 2008 yet. And you liberal cruds will lose then as well. Look at the idiots that you've elected (Clinton, Reid, Pelosi, Boxer, Kennedy, etc.). Clearly you have no shame - and no brains. Note also that a new administration takes office in 2009

related: When mavericks attack

Herbie goes to Washington

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/11/05/a-little-bit-of-shameless-gloating/feed/ 69 When mavericks attack http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/10/15/when-mavericks-attack/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/10/15/when-mavericks-attack/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:56:52 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=9806 Joe Six-Pack in San Francisco never actually got this note, because our own passive-aggressive pit bull secondsout swiped it from under his windshield wiper. Again, my understanding is that he recused himself,  but I don’t want to talk about that: I’d like to talk about energy.

when mavericks attack

And also, too, under the umbrella of job creation, therefore:

PALIN HATE POLAR BEAR

related: Herbie goes to Washington

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/10/15/when-mavericks-attack/feed/ 133 Herbie goes to Washington http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/08/24/herbie-goes-to-washington/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/08/24/herbie-goes-to-washington/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:56:09 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=9552 You say you’re politically engaged, but do you know where your candidate stands on…vanity license plates? Are they:

a) a bombastic example of the first amendment in action

b) a potent symbol for the reductive nature of America’s two-party political system

c) unwise at any speed

Still undecided? Take a look at the tags Rachel has on her car in Austin, Texas:

yes you can park here

And the note she found recently on her windshield:

Obama sucks!

Meanwhile, in blue-state land…

courage and decency

Which led to this note posted in the office parking garage (and documented for us by Melissa in Long Beach):

courage and decency

related: the audacity of theft
extra credit: license plates and the first amendment [nytimes.com]
extra extra credit: rock the vote!

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/08/24/herbie-goes-to-washington/feed/ 233 An Inconvenient Threat http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/07/21/al-gore-knows-you-drove-when-you-could-have-taken-your-new-bicycle/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/07/21/al-gore-knows-you-drove-when-you-could-have-taken-your-new-bicycle/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:52:25 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=9301 Kendall was waiting for her peach perfection at the Jamba Juice in Elmhurst, Illinois when she spotted this note on the napkin-holder. Writes Kendall: “I guess it’s their passive-aggressive way of saying, ‘take fewer napkins, a**hole!’”

Al Gore knows how many napkins you take

A tip for would-be internet meme-mongers: as of this writing, algoreknowshowmanynapkinsyoutake.com is still available. (What are you waiting for? apparently, these days they’re handing out book deals to any idiot with a blog!)

UPDATE 10/12/09: A copycat is on the loose in Milwaukee, Wisconsin! (As spotted by Paul in Nebraska)

Al Gore knows how many napkins you take

UPDATE 9/24/10: Another real-world homage!  This time, from an office in Los Angeles. (It took two years for this to spread to the West Coast? Really?)

AL GORE KNOWS HOW MANY NAPKINS YOU TAKE

related: The audacity of theft
extra credit: isyournewbicycle.com

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/07/21/al-gore-knows-you-drove-when-you-could-have-taken-your-new-bicycle/feed/ 239 The audacity of theft http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/06/06/the-audacity-of-theft/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/06/06/the-audacity-of-theft/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:54:19 +0000 kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=5643 Writes an anonymous submitter in Houston: “A neighbor in my building put up an Obama yard sign on the door of her apartment around the time of the Texas primary. When it disappeared, I assumed she took it down herself.”

Then up went this note — a cheerful bit of propaganda that oh-so-subtly disproves all those ugly stereotypes about “self-righteous Obama supporters” with a colorful blaze of moralistic tsk-tsking and First-Amendment flag-waving. (Woo! Obama ’08!)

the audacity of theft

]]> http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/06/06/the-audacity-of-theft/feed/ 152 Gentrification is insanit(ar)y http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2007/05/28/gentrification-is-insanitary/ http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2007/05/28/gentrification-is-insanitary/#comments Tue, 29 May 2007 01:46:52 +0000 Kerry http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/?p=116 This sign (spotted by Seamus in Noe Valley, San Fran) is sort of a West-Coast version of this, no?

Liberal loonies take notice. Please do not spit on my windows because your liberal looney views are different than mine. It is not the American way, also it is insanitary [sic] to spread your radical germs in Looney Valley.

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