Comments on: Numerology at the DMV http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/04/27/numerology-at-the-dmv/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 14:34:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: stacey2545 http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/04/27/numerology-at-the-dmv/#comment-12868 stacey2545 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:55:25 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1498#comment-12868 Thank you, Thomas, for the jalonik link! My father and I actually got into a two-hour "heated discussion" after the first Post article and he tried to revive it last night after the follow-up article. Glad to have proof my instincts weren't wrong. ^_^ Thank you, Thomas, for the jalonik link! My father and I actually got into a two-hour “heated discussion” after the first Post article and he tried to revive it last night after the follow-up article. Glad to have proof my instincts weren’t wrong. ^_^

]]> By: Thomas Kent http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/04/27/numerology-at-the-dmv/#comment-12852 Thomas Kent Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:17:47 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1498#comment-12852 According to Jalopnik, it turns out that he really is racist: http://jalopnik.com/5527225/update-non+racist-nascar+loving-truck-owner-actually-racist His favorite book is "The Awakening" by David Duke and he has links to white supremacy sites on his Facebook page (since taken down, but Jalopnik has screen captures of it). According to Jalopnik, it turns out that he really is racist:

http://jalopnik.com/5527225/update-non+racist-nascar+loving-truck-owner-actually-racist

His favorite book is “The Awakening” by David Duke and he has links to white supremacy sites on his Facebook page (since taken down, but Jalopnik has screen captures of it).

]]> By: stacey2545 http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/04/27/numerology-at-the-dmv/#comment-12840 stacey2545 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:16:46 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1498#comment-12840 My favorite part of the Post's article was where his employer told him he can't park at work unless he removes the mural. I'm sure it's been there a few years, but no one noticed until it made the news? Or no one thought it was offensive? Coupled with the other displays on his truck and the fact he's not appealing the DMV's ruling, I'm not sure I buy his nascar defense, even if he has Jewish relatives. The Confederate flag already proves his racial insensitivity. My favorite part of the Post’s article was where his employer told him he can’t park at work unless he removes the mural. I’m sure it’s been there a few years, but no one noticed until it made the news? Or no one thought it was offensive?

Coupled with the other displays on his truck and the fact he’s not appealing the DMV’s ruling, I’m not sure I buy his nascar defense, even if he has Jewish relatives. The Confederate flag already proves his racial insensitivity.

]]> By: Tom Vanderbilt http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/04/27/numerology-at-the-dmv/#comment-12822 Tom Vanderbilt Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:59:37 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1498#comment-12822 It would be more interesting if he said the numbers were in honor of, say, Allen Iverson and Nicolas Batum. It would be more interesting if he said the numbers were in honor of, say, Allen Iverson and Nicolas Batum.

]]> By: Robert http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/04/27/numerology-at-the-dmv/#comment-12817 Robert Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:49:14 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1498#comment-12817 The guy is disputing it. He claims 14 and 88 are the numbers for his favorite Nascar drivers (Earnhardt and Stewart). http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/28/AR2010042805335.html?hpid=moreheadlines Why would people care that he has such a cryptic message on his license plate? If you go to the trouble of figuring out a potential secret code on a license plate to see if it happens to be racists, then you're looking to be offended. The guy is disputing it. He claims 14 and 88 are the numbers for his favorite Nascar drivers (Earnhardt and Stewart).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/28/AR2010042805335.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Why would people care that he has such a cryptic message on his license plate? If you go to the trouble of figuring out a potential secret code on a license plate to see if it happens to be racists, then you’re looking to be offended.

]]> By: Theophylact http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/04/27/numerology-at-the-dmv/#comment-12812 Theophylact Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:29:54 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1498#comment-12812 The guy <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/28/AR2010042805335.html" rel="nofollow">now claims</a> that the "14" and "88" refer to the numbers of his favorite NASCAR drivers, Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr., respectively. <blockquote>He says he doesn't know who took the photo of his truck, in a handicapped parking spot, that became a viral sensation on the Web. "Probably someone who obviously has a soft spot for Islam," he said, pronouncing the word "I-slam," "because if you pronounce it 'Ih-slahm,' it's not disparaging enough." He said he has a permit that allows him to park in handicapped spaces because of injuries he suffered in a 1985 motorcycle accident.</blockquote> The guy now claims that the “14″ and “88″ refer to the numbers of his favorite NASCAR drivers, Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr., respectively.

He says he doesn’t know who took the photo of his truck, in a handicapped parking spot, that became a viral sensation on the Web. “Probably someone who obviously has a soft spot for Islam,” he said, pronouncing the word “I-slam,” “because if you pronounce it ‘Ih-slahm,’ it’s not disparaging enough.” He said he has a permit that allows him to park in handicapped spaces because of injuries he suffered in a 1985 motorcycle accident.

]]> By: Tony Toews http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/04/27/numerology-at-the-dmv/#comment-12802 Tony Toews Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:06:34 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1498#comment-12802 CV and one or two digits can mean the ship number of a US Navy aircraft carrier. For example USS Enterprise is CV-6 and the USS Princeton is CV-37. However according to Wikipedia there is no similar number close to 88. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy Thus this explanation is rather unlikely in this case. CV and one or two digits can mean the ship number of a US Navy aircraft carrier. For example USS Enterprise is CV-6 and the USS Princeton is CV-37. However according to Wikipedia there is no similar number close to 88. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy

Thus this explanation is rather unlikely in this case.

]]> By: Opus the Poet http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/04/27/numerology-at-the-dmv/#comment-12794 Opus the Poet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:29:05 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1498#comment-12794 OK so the guy has a secret anti-Jew, anti-black message coded on the license plate and a great big painted mural that says he's anti-Islam, and the CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) complains about the anti-Jew message? Would that be because under the 1st Amendment they can't do diddly about the mural, but because the plates belong to the state of VA they can do something about that? Not that I agree with the bozo in the pickup truck, I just find the Islamic society complaining about an anti-Jew message hidden in the license hysterical. OK so the guy has a secret anti-Jew, anti-black message coded on the license plate and a great big painted mural that says he’s anti-Islam, and the CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) complains about the anti-Jew message? Would that be because under the 1st Amendment they can’t do diddly about the mural, but because the plates belong to the state of VA they can do something about that?

Not that I agree with the bozo in the pickup truck, I just find the Islamic society complaining about an anti-Jew message hidden in the license hysterical.

]]> By: Joseph Doughty http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/04/27/numerology-at-the-dmv/#comment-12792 Joseph Doughty Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:43:38 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1498#comment-12792 Only in the south, LOL Is there a secret numerological decoder ring to interpret the facial expressions, grunts and gestures of the typical DMV employee who is so graciously processing my drivers license renewal? Only in the south, LOL

Is there a secret numerological decoder ring to interpret the facial expressions, grunts and gestures of the typical DMV employee who is so graciously processing my drivers license renewal?

]]> By: ToddBS http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/04/27/numerology-at-the-dmv/#comment-12785 ToddBS Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:18:32 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1498#comment-12785 Hmm... I recognized the 1488 part from previous runins with some neo Nazis. I had always assumed the 88 represented the year that the 14 words was made. Guess I didn't know mine enemy well enough. Hmm… I recognized the 1488 part from previous runins with some neo Nazis. I had always assumed the 88 represented the year that the 14 words was made. Guess I didn’t know mine enemy well enough.

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