Impeach the MF'er Already - Iowa License Plate Debate

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Carlson: Another license-plate tiff is brewing
By JOHN CARLSON
REGISTER COLUMNIST

August 16, 2006

Glen Keenan got his shiny new personalized license plates on Aug. 1.

The polite, but firm, letter from the Iowa Department of Transportation arrived a week later.

If he would be so kind, the state told him, please "voluntarily surrender" the new plates. Within 10 days. In other words, pronto.

"I don't know what to do, but I don't think so," said Keenan, a lifelong Iowan from Jefferson County. "It's not an obscene message. I really don't understand why I wouldn't be allowed to keep them."

Keenan tells me this is what his personalized Iowa license plates say: ITMFA.

Which makes for a not-so-obvious problem that he had to explain because I was unable to pronounce anything objectionable — or anything at all, for that matter — using the combination of letters he'd chosen.

Keenan directed me to the Web site "itmfa.com".

I could hear him grinning over the phone as I punched in the letters.

Oh.

Without being too specific here, let's just say it is a political statement about what Keenan and some others think America should do with President Bush.

OK, we'll be somewhat specific. ITMFA stands for "Impeach the m----- f----- Already."

The Web site is devoted to that topic and features a picture of Keenan, wearing a "worst president ever" T-shirt. He's standing there with his two children, next to the family PT Cruiser and, of course, its new license plates.

More at link:

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060816/OPINION01/608160362/1036

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1. Kicked - with a better thread title n/t

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2. Dan Savage strikes again

And he should tell Iowa, politely, to go fuck themselves. There's nothing illegal in that.

When I graduated high school, they went over my bio with a fine tooth comb, knowing me. I had my ambition listed as Police Dept./National Guard (this being around the time of Kent State) and in my clubs section, I was listed as President, Young Communist League. I knew those two would never make it, but they missed the UAWMF award, which I guess they thought was something to do with the United Auto Workers. Of course, it stands for Up Against the Wall, Mother Fucker.

Hey, I was BORED in high school.

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3. If folks can drive around with "BLEST" or similar things

Then I see no reason why ITMFA is out of bounds. After all, Fine Arts program at Iowa Tech is wonderful, and someone who earns his master's degree there should be justifiably proud of it.

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4. There's a mention at the link about a F NADER license plate

being recalled by the Iowa DOT.