Here we see a photo of Southside, taken at the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and South Elm Street, just beyond the MLK, Jr. bust. This is such a nice part of town with plenty of new housing. Southside sure gets its share of interesting vehicles (see here, for example). We like the one in today’s photo, the little black car on the left. The rear window reads, “no fracking way.”  Hydraulic fracturing, or… fracking, has been in the news a lot lately. It is a means of extracting shale gas from the earth through the use of pressure and liquids. Much of the controversy stems from the removal of the liquid that was forced into the earth to remove the gas. While fracking was “invented” in 1947, it became popular in about 1980. The pro and anti fracking groups are about as polarized as conservative and liberal politicians. The person in the little black car was against fracking.

In this day and age, you have to have a lot of nerve to tout your philosophy about anything on the back of your car. Some people don’t appreciate the brazen solicitation and will retaliate with a beep, or shout through their car window while driving…… or even worse. What, if anything, would you be willing to write on your car? With school officially out in Guilford County, for the next week or so, Greensboro will be a ghost town. If you are taking a road trip with children, have them keep a journal of all the interesting things they see written on cars, interesting  bumper sticekers, and thought-provoking vanity tags. Encourage them to share the slogans with us at Greensboro Daily Photo. Happy Friday, folks. And, if you have school-aged children, happy first Friday of summer vacation!