For the first time in the 25 years I've lived here, someone stole

[sinkingfeeling]

about 7 Hillary signs from my yard and those of 6 of my neighbors. We had 7 of 10 houses with both Clinton and the Democrat Senate candidate (running against Bozeman) signs.

I made a police report.

[liberal N proud]

1. They destroyed mine in broad daylight

Ripped it up and twisted the wire.

[RKP5637]

2. One place I lived you had to post them in your house windows, the disgusting R's

torn everything down, even large roadside signs. They caught one asshole and he was a R running for office.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

3. The ignorance and lawlessness of Trump supporters is beyond belief.

Hillary was spot on about his supporters. They are indeed deplorable.

[RKP5637]

5. Exactly!!! They need to be called out for what they are!!! n/t

[world wide wally]

4. We are fighting against fascism, y'know

[roamer65]

17. Yes, we are.

That is the definite truth.

[irisblue]

6. kids ripped down a few of my signs last election.

Caught them in act. It's good you made a police report.

[Person 2713]

7. Think of the mentality of someone who would do that

[Warpy]

8. Go to the store for some Habanero peppers

Buzz them up with a little dish soap, some vegetable oil, and water in a blender. Don gloves.

Cover the edges of the signs with the mixture. Put the signs up. Clean the blender, saving any of the hot pepper mixture in a jar in the fridge in case you need it (it's also good for keeping varmints from eating half the garden). Doff the gloves and think about sign stealers and that first trip to the bathroom.

Even if they wash their hands first, that Habanero mixture is going to penetrate the skin and be persistent. They'll be pepper spraying themselves, in effect. The wages of sin are going to be some extremely uncomfortable pink bits.

Or you can put up a surveillance camera and hope somebody recognizes the punks.

[Freddie]

9. Superb idea!

Today I wore my "45"-in-a-female-symbol t-shirt (that I ordered off a link here at DU) to the grocery store. First time in public. No comments or looks (dirty or otherwise). Probably too much thinking involved.

[Trailrider1951]

13. LOL, Warpy, I love the way you think!

That will serve those jerks right!

[womanofthehills]

15. Great idea!!

[awoke_in_2003]

21. Note- make "don gloves" the first step

I make a super tasty Habanero sauce (recipe available, if requested). The first time I did, I failed to wear gloves. My hands burned for hours. Not terrible, just enough to be really annoying.

[panader0]

22. Note--do not forget to wash your hands before taking a leak. (If not using gloves)

I learned that the hard way....

[JanMichael]

26. Oh shit...I did that once...it was HELL on EARTH. Great idea. nt

[niyad]

23. was going to suggest carolina reaper, but why waste excellent peppers?? your idea is fabulous.

especially if one of these thieves actually touches his/her eyes. my. . . . oh. . . . my. . . .

[CaptainTruth]

25. Awesome! I grow my own hot peppers (love em!) & I know all about what they do.

I wear contact lenses & I once had a terrible experience, handled my peppers, THOROUGHLY washed my hands, but, then took my contacts out.

My eyes burned & watered for about 10 hours.

I've also learned that when I dry the peppers & grind them in the food processor I wear a respirator (not one of those cheap "nose bags&quot a real respirator with HEPA/chemical filters rated for asbestos & things like arsenic, just in case you're using one of those old automotive paints that requires a "hardener" that contains arsenic ... like I used to use back in the day when I painted my first cars. (Is that stuff even legal anymore?)

[Warpy]

34. I was once cooking Chinese food for a crowd

and one recipe was very spicy, started off with 8 hot dried peppers sauteed in oil for 5 minutes. Well, there was a hellacious snowstorm so taking the gas ring out onto the deck was out, so I went down to the basement to do that one.

When I got up everybody including the cats were coughing and wheezing and all doors and windows were open.

So yeah, there are some things I do outdoors now no matter what the weather is.

I have to say the food was good and people enjoyed it when they could breathe again.

[riversedge]

27. haha.

[Wednesdays]

30. Hate to be a wet blanket, but

not everyone who might touch the sign is a repuke brownshirt. Imagine if you did that and an innocent child brushed up against it while walking to school. Or somebody's pet. Or your lawn service man moving the sign to mow under it. Or a utility meter reader. You may even be setting yourself up for lawsuits.

Better that you have security cams set up to catch the real crook in the act.

[Warpy]

33. Then the innocent child will have a few tears

Capsaicin hurts but does absolutely no damage.

[NightWatcher]

10. Just like she said, they're a basketful of evil shit heads

[SusanCalvin]

11. That stinks.

But thank you for reminding me to get a sign.

[Coolest Ranger]

12. They be raising holy hell

if we did that to a Trump sign

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Time to put up security cameras at a few houses. Catch 'em in the act.

Get them now before they see the results of Taco Tuesday (Nov. 8).

[womanofthehills]

18. I have some game cameras around my place because they are easy to work and cheap

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Good idea. Criminals would look for security cameras but not game cameras. . . . nt

[rustysgurl]

16. I've Got To Admit ...

I did something I've never done before. Was driving out of our neighborhood and saw a Trump/Pence sign stuck in the bricks of the median at the intersection (totally against our town's sign laws). So, I pulled over into the left turn lane, hopped out, and removed it. Yes, a policeman saw me, waved at me, and drove on.

[MADem]

37. You didn't break a law--you were enforing a town ordinance.

It's not like you stole the thing off someone's lawn.

It was clearly a hazard to navigation.

[deancr]

19. I'll share this one

A tired union steward brother and I were driving down a country road on our way to yet another meeting. We saw a young man, thirty something I guess, stealing an Obama sign. No way. We turned and followed the guy to his house and made him return the sign to us. I left a note for the absentee property owners so they could get to know their neighbors.

I figured that was the end of the matter until my friend shared his further action with me. He was passing by a month or two later and noted a roadkill skunk near the young man's home. My friend toted the skunk to the boy's house and left it out of sight behind the rear wheel of his pickup. He had to back up to get out of the driveway.

Not instant karma but damned fine karma none the less.

[niyad]

24. LOVE your friend!!

[CaptainTruth]

29. The skunk reminded me of my dad. 95 yrs young & still roto-tilling & planting his garden.

Seems like he was pretty straight-and-narrow when younger, but he's told me about 2 pranks he was in on as a kid.

First, the little one-room schoolhouse he attended in the country had an outhouse & a flagpole. He says he & a group of his friends managed to put the outhouse on top of the flagpole. Details are sketchy but based on the way he smiles & tells the story, I believe him.

Later, he moved to a larger high school that had an air intake for the HVAC system. (Back then it was just HV, there was no AC, & it was a cold part of the country.)

Prank #2 was finding a dead skunk, over the weekend, removing the grille from the HV air intake, throwing the skunk as far as possible into the air duct, & replacing the grille.

He says school was cancelled on Monday while school officials tried to figure out why the entire building smelled like decaying skunk.

In spite of these clear lapses in judgment (*stifling bursts of laughter*) I still love my dad.

Dearly.

He's a great man.

[eleny]

28. deplorable

[Travis_0004]

31. Last election I hooked up a tripwire

The trip wire set off a sprinkler system. I should do it again, and add a webcam. I'm sure there would be money to be made posting the videos on youtube.

[oneshooter]

32. You have had Hillary sign out for 25 years? n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

36. LOL. My first presidential election here was in 1992, when Bill Clinton

was the governor and I was elated. I was so happy with the city and state back then. Even during the last 2, no one bothered my Obama signs. Arkansas has gone in reverse since I moved here. Want to leave ASAP.

[HRC_45_81881]

35. Harassment due to Hillary Bumper Stickers

I have 3 Hillary bumper stickers on my car:
#HillYes
Hillary 2016: Yes She Will
HRC 45

Over the past few months, I've experienced escalating harassment over this. Several times I've had other drivers have some sort of road rage melt down as a result, and pass me unsafely, drive excessively close to me, etc. BUT I'm more concerned that FIVE times now, including twice in two days, I've caught people taking pictures of the back of my vehicle. In one case I was able to ID the truck because it was from a local business, and filed a police report. However, due to the sheer volume of people who feel compelled to photograph what I think are pretty inoffensive stickers, and therefore are also getting my plate #, I'm considering getting rid of them, though it really pisses me off to do so. I'm getting concerned for my safety, and that of my daughter, who is often in the car with me. Has anyone else experienced this? There's been so many amateur paparazzi that I'm getting paranoid there's something going on that I'm not aware of, like some call to target Clinton supporters on the road. Probably not, but I just can't believe this many people have felt the need to snap a pic! Though I do live in a predominantly Republican area.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

38. I Lose Yard Signs Every Election

In 2004, I had a single John Kerry bumper sticker on my car that I parked on the street. One morning I came out to find that someone had stuck a Bush bumper sticker over top of it. I called the police and filed a report. About a week later, I came out and found that someone (presumably the same person) plastered about 20 Bush stickers ALL OVER my car (including one on the windshield right where I look to drive), and 4 of the little circular "W" stickers on all 4 wheels. Again, I called the police, but nothing ever came of it.

In 2008, I had my Obama yard sign disappear from my yard overnight. I replaced it and it stayed there until Election Night. Now, bear in mind that I had my sign in front of a tree, in a well-lit area maybe 15 feet from my front window, where I sat to watch the election results that night. I would have been able to see anyone walking up to steal it, and more importantly, they would have seen me. I went out that night around 7:30 p.m. to pick up some dinner, and when I came back, it was still there. When the election was called at just after 10:00 p.m., I got up to go tell my wife it was over, looked out my window, and it was gone. Which means somebody stole the sign AFTER all the polls had closed on Election Night. That just struck me as odd. What purpose could that have possibly served?

Again in 2012, my Obama sign disappeared from in front of my house. Luckily, I had gotten 2 of them at a rally and had a backup. On the replacement, I wrote, "Smile, you're on camera" in letters just small enough to be seen only if you were close enough to touch (steal) it. That one never got stolen.

[raven mad]

39. You're fortunate that it was the first time.

I couldn't keep an Obama bumper sticker, yard sign, or anything else for more than 2 days. Stolen, torn up, etc.

So I went back to campaign HQ and got more. And put 'em up. Many, many times. Until, finally, they destroyed my mechanical lit-up moose Christmas decoration (2/3 life size) and left a note "nigger lover" and a single sign that had been defecated on. Human waste, like the idiots who did it. THEN I called the cops. (It hurts to even type that word, but that's what it said. I'm surprised it was spelled correctly.)

And went back to campaign hq and got many, many, many more and COVERED the front lawn, front porch, side lawn, and put a HUGE poster on the garage door.

Yeah, they busted the assholes. Fairbanks cops pretty much rock.

I've had some Hillary signs, and previously, Bernie signs, destroyed, but not near as many, I threatened to use a NON-mechanical bear!

[sinkingfeeling]

41. Your story 'trumps' mine by a mile. Your thief obviously was a racist.

[Veruca Salt]

40. I stole a romney sign during that election year

I needed it to complete my Halloween costume as mittens (wig, suit and all). You see the local lgbt bar where I used to live in the states had a contest.

My bff went as the binder full of women. I won 2nd place only losing to the Straight Woman who I then offered to put in the binder.

Still, mitt romney won me a 200$ bar tab credit.

I gave the sign to Cpt America after the competition. He destroyed it with extreme prejudice.