![Give War a Chance sticker on a car window Give War a Chance sticker on a car window](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/354405/Give%20War%20A%20Chance.jpg)
I laughed out loud when the NPRs played a bit of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini as bumper music after the spot ended. (If you don't get the joke, I'll explain eventually - maybe.)
![ACLU - Enemy of the State bumper sticker with a hammer and sickle as the C in ACLU ACLU - Enemy of the State bumper sticker with a hammer and sickle as the C in ACLU](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/908886/ACLU%20-%20Enemy%20of%20the%20State%5D.jpg)
Read about public opposition to the war (in Vietnam) including reference to the phrase "it was necessary to destroy the village in order to save it".
![Fuck Terrorism bumper sticker Fuck Terrorism bumper sticker](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/472838/Fuck%20Terrorism.jpg)
And speaking of "bumpers" - these pictures are all vehicles I've seen in Pasadena, my hometown. All owned by people with whom I would have great disagreements.
![On Fire for God - does that mean burned at the stake? On Fire for God - does that mean burned at the stake?](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/400/941846/On%20Fire%20For%20God.jpg)
Tag Surge: surge. . . troop withdrawal. . . Iraq. . . Give War a Chance. . . ACLU. . . Fuck Terrorism. . . On Fire for God. . . Martyrdom. . . Bumper Stickers. . . Pasadena. . . Vietnam War. . . Rachmaninoff
![Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/8164/1603/200/545661/Sergei%20Rachmaninoff.jpg)
I've been a proud member of the ACLU for several decades.
This link ("ACLU, Enemy of the State") is quite a telling indictment of George II's war on civil liberty.
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