ANOTHER GENIUS HEARD FROM

By his or her own admission, this person is one of the 99% of Americans who are not among the 1% of our wealthiest and most successful citizens. I wish the bumper sticker were a little more specific.... as in... where in that 99% are you? The bottom 50%? At 99% just below the cutoff? The bottom 1%? Inquiring minds want to know. If the driver is at least in the top 50%, which means he actually pays taxes at all, then that's one thing, perhaps the pontifications expressed might have some value. Regardless, why would someone trust the bumper sticker on a TOYOTA that expresses these sentiments proudly? Isn't it a bit like "My child is NOT an honor student at Ashton Elementary School?" I am ordinary and common and a part of the herd? Simon and Garfunkle sang about 50 years ago that "the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls" Today I guess they are written on bumpers of Hybrid cars. Sure, the PRIUS is driven by some folks (Spielberg I hear) who are IN the 1%, the Limo Liberals of Hollywood who wear Vintage Valentino gowns and Harry Winston diamonds to the Oscars, and have one of these in their Bel Air driveway. But mostly they are the car of choice of the Whole Foods crowd. I hear that Toyota is coming out with one next year that runs on TOFU.