The ‘GLBLWMR’ speaks
Posted on June 20th, 2008 – 6:05 AMBy Roadguy
Because Roadguy likes to hear from all sides (he’s kind of old school that way), he was pleased the other day when he received the photo above and the e-mail below from the holder of the much-discussed GLBLWMR license plate:
Would you please consider posting this for the benefit of the woman who was ‘appalled’ by my license plate: I would really love to visit a world like yours one day where the things you really find concern for are as important as personalized plates. To ease your mind and restore balance to that world you’re in, I will change my plates to something that promotes a smaller footprint and less of an impact on our planet. How about PROABORT.
Regards,
Jeremey
Consider it posted, Jeremey. And thanks for stepping forward.
35 Responses to "The ‘GLBLWMR’ speaks"
Looks like he needs to shovel some global warming out of his driveway, too.
YES!!!!!
If I ever see Jeremey out on the roads, I’m going to give him a big thumbs up because I appreciate a guy who gives a big other finger up to people who are WAY too sensitive to really minor things.
PROABORT! Ha Ha… So wrong and so funny!
Grow up guys. There’s more to life than just solving world hunger. These smaller diversions are needed. I bet you spend time wondering where to go out to eat next. Why waste your energy doing such when you could be working toward global peace? Isn’t that a bit more critical than dealing with your minor problems in life?
Fantastic!
Thanks Jeremy for responding, and thanks Roadguy for posting this up. Really made my morning. I was ‘appalled’ myself to hear that someone would actually take the time to make a big deal out of this. I sure wish I had the free time to complain about an “offensive” license plate when I might not even know the context.
I’ll honk and wave from my scooter next time I see this 750 rolling around (and yes, I see the irony here).
PROABORT has too many characters for a vanity plate.
Hah hah. “PROABORT” wouldn’t even work as it has 8 characters and MN license plates are limited to 7. Good thinking, smartypants.
While in WI last weekend, I did see a H2 with the plate ‘ONEMPG’.
My stepmother knows a urologist with plates on his car that say ‘CME2P’.
Suggestion for his new plates: CARWASH
That plate is preferable to having to look at Wellstone or COEXIST bumper stickers 
In college, whenever I would leave the library after doing my (much hated) math homework, I would think of the day when I would register the vanity plate IH8MATH.
More on topic: well done Jeremy and Roadguy. The problem with the left (for whom I work and often find myself a part of, so I say this with all sympathy and appreciation) is a complete lack of a sense of humor. Lighten up guys! If the world is going to end, you might as well go out laughing.
Morg,
He has snow on his car not dirt!
Thank you, Jeremy, for reinforcing my stereotype of BMW drivers.
Being Dutch, I have quite few BMW stories. I think bsimon would appreciate this one: What’s the difference between a porcupine and and BMW? The porcupines have the pricks on the outside
Nice ride Jeremy, I know you wouldn’t be offened by my joke.
But, if I’m not mistaken, we still don’t know the true meaning of the plates, right? Does it mean “global warmer”, “gay-lesbian-bisexual /glib lawn mower / leg warmer / ???” Please, Jeremey, let us know!
Could be snow, could be global-warming-induced volcanic ash. Can’t tell from the picture.
Global warming is an unproven theory that has made people like Al (Hypocrite) Gore millions of dollars. If we all followed his lead, THEN we may have reason for concern.
I love the plate. A direct jab at liberal fools. Judging by the car, he probably contributes a lot more tax dollars for the economy as well.
I just figured Jeremey was the person behind these Gay Lesbian Bisexual Leg Warmers.
http://www.sockdreams.com/_shop/pages/accessories_detail_ProductID_332.php
I bet he sells them door-to-door and has a trunk *brimming* with ‘em!
“I would really love to visit a world like yours one day where the things you really find concern for are as important as personalized plates.”
Doesn’t Jeremey GLBLWRMR already inhabit this very world just by virtue of having taken the time and effort to get himself some personalized plates?
I’ve enjoyed this trip through the looking glass of a provocateur…
its just a car with just a license plate… nothing more. So Paula, there should be plenty of more pressing issues than this for you to get your undies in bunch over.
“Could be snow, could be global-warming-induced volcanic ash. Can’t tell from the picture.”
LOL, botski. : )
Yeah, what exactly is the point of this reply - we still don’t know what the license plate means. Are you proud of contributing to global warming? Are you trying to make people aware of global warming? Do you think global warming is funny? I’m so obsessed with this topic right now that I’m ignoring all other more important issues in my own life and others until I get an answer.
GLBLWMR = Global Warmer
Cheers!
I like gay lesbian bisexual leg warmers better. And if my legs looked like they did 20 years ago, I’d buy the legwarmers in BarryS’s post.
Just so I understand you global warming deniers: The recent stretch of barely below normal temperatures is proof that global warming does not exist. Following your logic, the last couple of above average days is proof that global warming IS happening. Glad that’s cleared up.
For all those who have asked, global warming is the latest concern that the left is trying to exploit so they can control our lives.
It used to be nuclear war. It used to be zero population growth. It used to be Freon 12. It used to be recycling. It used to be powerlines, and microwave radiation. Now it’s global warming.
But in order to make it stick, they need something else - “a carbon footprint”.
By this means the left hopes to sieze control and punish us more affluent countries, ruin our economies, and reduce our standard of living to that of Bangladesh.
I’ve got news… the earth has been warming for the last 12,500 years. 30′ under the English channel there are ancient ruins of civilizations - which points to the fact that there was such wide spread glaciation, that sea level has risen over 30′ in the last 12,500 years.
So the warming trend may continue. So what? It’s nature. Man is a part of nature. So are his machines, so are his use of the available fuels on this planet. Man is not unnatural, and neither is global warming.
It’s not the fact of global warming that’s troubling, its the rate of increase that’s the unpredictable bit. It’s perfectly natural for the planet to go through warming and cooling cycles.
The question is what effect humans and industry have had on the way the planet does that. My understanding is that it’s generally accepted in the scientific community that we HAVE had an effect on the cycle, but the problem is that we don’t know the extent of that effect, because this is an unprecedented event in global history.
Based on records recovered from ice cores of glaciers, we can know that our atmosphere has contained similar levels of CO2 in the past, but what’s different now is how quickly we’ve achieved those levels. With approximately 150-200 years of industry producing substantially more greenhouse gases than previously done, we’re running an experiment on the planet that’s never happened before - and THAT’s what cause the fuss.
There are huge changes happening in a relatively short (geologically) timeframe that are introducing alot of energy (heat) into a complexly balanced system (weather and ecosystems) that may or may not be able to handle it.
And that’s the scary part - we just don’t know. Past events don’t help because this has never happened before. Prediction models are only that - predictions based on our limited understanding of how the factors involved interact.
So…yeah.
.117% of atmospheric carbon dioxide is directly attributable to human technology such as automobiles.
If humans ceased all technological activity, we would still see 99.883% of the carbon dioxide remain in the atmosphere, assuming all other factors remain stable
Studies of Antarctic ice show that the Earth would get warmer, and THEN Carbon Dioxide levels would increase.
Carbon dioxide is more effectively dissolved in liquids in lower temperatures. Normally, air will hold more water when warm, but carbon dioxide will escape from solution as the temperature rises.
Dr Sami Solanki, the director of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Gottingen, Germany, who led the research, said: “The Sun has been at its strongest over the past 60 years and may now be affecting global temperatures. The Sun is in a changed state. It is brighter than it was a few hundred years ago and this brightening started relatively recently - in the last 100 to 150 years.”
I can show you global warming articles from 1922, and global cooling articles from 1975.
Man made global warming is not a generally accepted fact.
Even if we don’t affect climate at all, we can still minimize local pollution in the present and in the immediate future:
We got smog alerts; lakes that your dog can’t go into; rivers that smell like poo… piles of plastic crap all over–we still have to be a little responsible, right?
If someone wants to design a car that runs more efficiently, or wants to power his house by windmill, hey, I’m all for that!
I agree with Barry - How can reducing waste and pollution be a bad thing?
If I want to live my life in a way that reduces the engergy I consume and the waste I produce, who cares?
So I’m a tree hugger? That’s okay, I like trees. (Well except Sivler Maples, so sick of helecopters in my yard!)
Ummm,… that would be “Silver Maples” and “helicopters”… wish I’d spent a tad more energy on spell check for that last post…
Even if global warming were to be found to be a completely bogus concept, what’s the worst that could happen if we believe what the vast majority of scientists tell us now, and begin taking corrective actions? We’ll use our resources more wisely, have cleaner air and we’ll have become better stewards of the planet. What the heck’s wrong with that? When it comes to our home, I’d rather err on the side of the planet.
I always thought “CALCULS” (calculus) on a Nissan Maxima would be a great combination. (Only the math nerds would understand…)
Thanks for the explanation Jeremey! I look forward to seeing your new plates!
But as previously noted - are you for global warming or against it? What is the story behind why you chose these plates? That’s what I really want to know. Or are you just a porcupine?
