Huge "God Bless America" billboard vandalized again (CA)

and was just thinking today that we need more civil disobedience!! And billboards are a great target!!

:D

Also, I think use of the word "vandalized" is inaccurate and inappropriate here, since it looks as though the billboards were covered rather than actually defaced.

I thought about weather or not to use the word "vandalized", and decided I would, just to see what kind of reaction I got.

Please note that I'm also not disapproving, just reporting.}(

It looks like the owners are getting ready for a whole new sign. Hopefully beer or something.

Although I would not approve if it was set on fire. Covering rather than destroying is a better way to go.

Then it's fine by me.

By the way, I hope the Flying Spaghetti Monster forgives America, too!

That I don't agree with. I still believe in this guy's first amendment rights.

Protecting the rights off others is very hard.

in the first place? :wtf:

but it's just off highway 101 - and you can only see it heading north.

It's actually a few miles south of town... but in the territory of Petaluma..

http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=11054&c=130

peace

:rofl:

You can peta a lama... but ya can't pet a luma... ;)

proud of my home town, for nearly 30 years.... :applause:

I want one of those west Petaluma ranches so bad!

Maybe one day....

Howdy neighbor.....I'm in west Sonoma Co. on the Russian River.:hi:

:hi:

I used to live off of Ely Road - north west of Petaluma like on the way to Pengrove..

it sure has changed..

anyway, i can't figure out how to send a private message...

how is that done on this message board?

:hi:

i just came back from down town petaluma, last minute xmas shopping..

wish i knew about this earlier, i would have made a special trip and the extra miles just to do the U turn to see this.

I'm heading down to Oakland tomorrow and I'll be watching for this on my way back home... Hope it will still be up...

thanks for posting..:toast:

n/t

:hi:

I liked the "Fire the Liar" Freeway blog on the Hwy 101 overpass in that area (Nov. 2004).

I love this movement... we don't have access to cable, but we can find creative ways to communicate to a captive audience!

Freeway blogs, like progressive boards -- reminders that we're not alone in our distress and outrage.

I like the simple "IMPEACH!" signs.}(

I liked these "Bush Cheated" stickers. I found pics of them posted -- maybe in Ohio?

OJ murdered his wife in Brentwood (SoCal), I believe.

like about 355 miles or so... Petaluma is north of San Francisco.

and start some good threads as well as some excellent opinions. One thing, what is a "progressive"? How does
that differ from a "democrat" like me? Are you a radical group? DNC or DLC ? please, enlighten me.

a progressive is someone passionately concerned about all the basic issues shared by most rank and file dems.

from matters of war and peace, to universal health care, education, labor issues and so forth. Essentially progressives believe that good policies are about nurturing family, community and the environment. Developing policy with socio-economic justice and equality in mind.

Check out the progressive democrats of american website (pda): http://www.pdamerica.org/ this should be fairly helpful, and you can locate a local chapter if that should interest you.. ;)

PDA was the first org. to endorse Howard Dean as DNC chair, because we see ourselves as advancing the progressive wing of the Democratic party, and no we are not fond of the policies of many members of the DLC to date.. (per se). One could say that the PDA and DLC do not meet "eye to eye" on a lot of things, most especially on the matter of the War in Iraq. That issue by far and above all others has kept us pretty divided. But there are other problems too.

The term "Radical" is subjective to how one defines that. the Freepers think that Hillary Clinton is a radical leftist. Well, that's pretty absurd as anyone here can attest. Speaking for myself, I think that the Clintons' with the DLC have taken this party too far to the right and that it needs to get back to it's basic core values and principles. And that is actually the meaning of Radical.

(Radical essentially means "getting at the Root", or "Root".)

I embrace the term Radical in it's true nomenclature, but unfortunately too many people in the Corporate Media and elsewhere have distorted it's meaning beyond recogonition, much in the same way as what was done with the term "Liberal", largely used to demean and smear one's political opponent.

Happy Holidays!

:toast:

an explanation. I hear that term often these days and wasn't sure of the politics. I will visit PDA and make
some opinion. I'll see you around. You post often..

thanks again..:hi: :dem: :thumbsup:

Maybe...

:shrug:

that was a terribly tragic time in this community...

in fact in the entire county, and state. I guess it went national too..?

of changing a few words.

Think I'll go hug her.

:D

The ones that are always interjecting God into anything political, as in, "God bless America", are the same ones that adore the death penalty being used and tell you that if innocents die, oh well, that's life, the same ones that vote for politicians who want our tax money to end up in Cheney's pockets rather than helping homeless vets, and the same ones want abortion banned but don't give a rat's ass about homeless children.

Their billboard is evil, it's a lie, and it's therefore foul.

I don't condone this activity, but here's hoping this billboard gets more attention than the famous missing Bolinas roadsign. ;)

Heck, most everyone living there knew where a few were stashed away. I wonder if any of the signs ever made it to ebay? :rofl:

I'd have to do that if it was near me. I saw one in a store in the mall and pointed at it then "turned it up" flipping the bird. God Bless my arse - murderers...

:shrug:

thanks for reporting!

I gotta say, I hate that fucking billboard.

It is irritating.

:thumbsup:

I absolutely love it.

It wasn't me, really, I have been in Vietnam since the 12th. That sign might now even be in Petaluma now, or soon, as they annex property south of the river for more sprawl development.
Besides the Polly Klass tragedy, Petaluma is best known for being where the actress Winona Ryder lived as a child. Historically Petaluma was the home of the wrist wrestling championships, and before that, for the beginnings of the early stages of the poultry industry with the invention of the egg incubator and hatcher (my grandparents had a hatchery biz on what is now my farm).
A lovely area, the desirability of which is reflected in the outrageous cost, many hundreds of thousand dollars for even the smallest, meanest rural property.
Our rep in congress is Lynn Woolsey, we are truly blessed as she is among the most progressive Dems there.
Happy Holidaze

Hey neighbor!

Welcome to DU:hi:

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

and the underlying billboard has suffered no damage.

As to the upgrade I wholeheartedly approve of the sentiment, though I don't believe in God.