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Woman Fired Over Air America Bumper Sticker

HeadlineMar 10, 2006

And in California, a woman is suing her former employer after she was fired for having a bumper sticker for the progressive radio network Air America. The woman, Linda Laroca, alleges in her lawsuit that her boss at Advantage Sales and Marketing fired her on the spot after seeing the bumper sticker and then said “The country is on a high state of alert. For all I know, you could be al-Qaida.”

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