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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"Yes, Columbus..." The mother of all bumper stickers

San Francisco, 1939. Photo by John Gutmann
It looks like the writer was 'talking' about Proposition 1. For or against, I can't determine.
http://ballotpedia.org/California_1939_ballot_propositions
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"Yes, Columbus..." The mother of all bumper stickers (Original Post)
Special Prosciuto
Nov 2015
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. Placards in the windows say "Vote Yes"
Also, on the rear spare it says "Yes on 1 means more jobs."
dixiegrrrrl
(60,159 posts)2. "the international bankers have taken it all away from us"
Car would not be too out of place today.
clarice
(5,504 posts)8. I agree 100%....funny thing is.....
Every time I mention The Fed...or International Bankers...people
look at me like a I'm a right wing conspiracy nut. IMO..it is one of
the biggest problems that the world is facing.
Special Prosciuto
(731 posts)4. A simple "VOTE YES PROP 1" would have sufficed, I would think.
"MUD BATTERIES" and "DIRTY PRESS!" on the engine cover... WTF?
Still trying to decipher the message...
aidbo
(2,328 posts)6. They may be using the definition of batteries as in..
..gun emplacements.
2. a fortified emplacement for heavy guns.
an artillery subunit of guns, men, and vehicles.
synonyms: emplacement, artillery unit; More
cannonry, ordnance
"a gun battery"
an artillery subunit of guns, men, and vehicles.
synonyms: emplacement, artillery unit; More
cannonry, ordnance
"a gun battery"
So a mud battery might fire mud? Today we would say mud slingers.
Definition of MUDSLINGER. : one that makes malicious attacks especially against a political opponent. mud·sling·ing \-ˌsliŋ-iŋ\ noun.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)3. K&R
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)5. ...Despite his hot rod getaway car,
Woody Guthrie could never figure out how the law always managed to catch up to him...
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)7. That dude has more truth written on his car
than we've heard from the entire 2016 campaign so far...
Find his descendants and put them on the ballot
Bucky
(55,334 posts)9. "These Money Coyotes"!!
at first I thought it read "honey coyotes" which still could describe the banksters