"You Stole Our Obama Sign" = A clever answer

[Ichingcarpenter]

From the Author;

"Someone stole our Obama for President sign from our yard last night. They stole nearly all the Obama signs in our neighborhood. The ones they didn't take they spray-painted black. So I made this sign today and staked it in the yard. I fully expect it to be trashed by morning. At least they know the result of their pranks: we give more money to Obama's campaign."

Link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_windchaser/2939110809/

[vanderBeth]

1. Nice.

:thumbsup:

[firedupdem]

2. Good For Them...those mccain people are evil n/t

[livetohike]

3. That's great!

:thumbsup:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. An excellent move!

K&R

:patriot:

[VoodooGuru]

5. Owned!

Well done by the maker of that sign!

[Chorophyll]

6. Well done!

Ah, the McCain contingent. God, country, family… and vandalism. :eyes:

[MrsBrady]

7. great idea! n/t

[cags]

8. Next One " You can steal my Obama sign, but you can't steal my vote!!!"

[Fly by night]

10. If only that were true. They could have ALL my yard signs if they'd leave my vote alone.

But with all the Rethug efforts at voter suppression and election fraud, that is highly unlikely.

[Cha]

9. Awesome! I go to Mohawk Valley for Obama meetings

and they're always asking for ideas about "stolen signs":bounce: :patriot:

[SIMPLYB1980]

11. Sign = Win!

[beac]

12. Brilliant! n/t

[Billy Burnett]

13. So now you're providing incentive for Obama supporters to steal/vandalize your sign.

:snarf:

[Greyskye]

14. As if Obama supporters are that stupid

You have very low expectations.

[AlbertCat]

56. Too low

Stealing yard signs is like writing on the bathroom wall...just too low.

I do have an urge, I must admit, to print up some medium size stickers that say "RATED 93rd OUT OF 100" or just "93rd" and stick them on Elizabeth Dole signs I see here in NC. It's not really vandalism, just an enhancement.

But of course I don't do that.

[wial]

59. there's more than one motive for that

In my town there's talk of Obama supporters stealing signs because they're so hard to get and they want them for themselves. The store downtown that had them for a while ran out again yesterday.

[eagertolearn]

64. I'm sorry but I can't buy that explanation. I don't know one Obama supporter who would steal a sign

At one point a whole pile of them were found a little out of town in a ditch damaged. It takes us for ever to get more signs here in La Grande, Oregon. But every one buys another one when they do come in. I just tell everyone to wear their pins because they can't steal those! I have 60 signs arriving in a few days and I'm putting them everywhere as the mail in ballots go in the mail on Friday. It just makes me laugh. Poor sports those republicans!

[wial]

82. don't get me wrong

It was a real conversation I overheard in a campaign office, but it was said in jest.

All day every day people come into the local Obama office taking our time by asking for lawn signs even though there's a notice on the door that the sign-shoppers admit to having read saying the office does not have them and that they should go down the street to the store that did have them -- until they sold out again. However, those conversations are also good -- people come in and ask for signs as an excuse, but often they can then be talked into phone banking etc.

Much better yet is to go door to door, encouraging sporadic democrats to get out and vote, or at least supporting such efforts, as I try to do.

Having said all that, it moves me to tears to drive through all the neighborhoods around here with Obama signs on almost every lawn, especially after long days struggling with data and the inevitable conflicts that arise in my volunteer team. Those wonderful blue signs give me heart!

So thank you!

[wicket]

15. Love it

:rofl:

[Coexist]

16. I like it.

[occe]

17. Haha, nice.

[davidpdx]

18. This one has been circulating around on email as well

Title is: McCain Supporters Try to Steal HOPE

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJQQaWReMYc

Too bad they didn't get the license plate number of the witch that stole their sign.

[lonestarnot]

26. Excellent video! I am watching for her!

[AspenRose]

28. BUSTED!

I hope they catch her. Did you see in the Youtube comments that the ABC affiliate is going to air their video on TV?

[bushisanidiot]

46. Awesome video! I would love to get a pic or video of the next repuke to swipe my sign!!

and post it all over the internet and all over town!

[Laelth]

19. That's awesome!

Consider this idea officially stolen.

:dem:

-Laelth

[BlooInBloo]

20. hahahah!

[donheld]

21. .

:yourock:

[KathieG]

22. LOL...awesome!

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[WillyT]

23. Absolutely Excellent !!! - K & R !!!

:kick:

[Ian_rd]

24. Stealing signs, fake anthrax, tantrums at rallies. These people are children.

Great sign pic, btw.

[HillbillyBob]

81. I have said since way before booshed that these folks were like big

wicked and selfish 3rd graders. that should know better, but don't give a sh .
Then again if anyone had acted out like this rpukes in my third grade class would have
had a paddle applied equal in force to the offence. Mr Principal (his name really) would have
smacked their ass up over their shoulders.

[RTFirefly]

25. You know how I can tell these people are Obama supporters?

They can spell. :rofl:

[Occam Bandage]

27. "YOU STOLE MY MCCAIN SINE"

[youthere]

36. Correction: You STOLED my McCain SIne

:rofl:

[MagicKenny]

47. Correction Pt. 2: "We couldn't afford a McCain sign for you to steal!"

"See, we can't even afford groceries and our house payment. Yet, we're still ignorant enough to vote for this Bush clone and his dimwitted VP candidate."

GOBAMA!

[POAS]

48. They maybe could get a cuzzin to cosine a lone to buy a sine.

[awoke_in_2003]

73. please don't go off on a tangent

:)

[1corona4u]

29. And look, everything is spelled right....imagine that.

:rofl:

[Lucy Goosey]

30. Hee! Good point. Take that, morans!

[dave29]

31. "You may have stolen our sign, but you won't steal our vote"

:)

[stoge18]

32. Awesome! K&R

What a grat idea and a clever way of turning this into something positive.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

33. I feel ya - the pricks stole mine too.

[KoKo]

34. My whole Neighborhood in NC had all Obama signs stolen....

I thought about doing what you did...but figured the Repug Tricksters would steal that one too.

GOOD ON YOU for doing that, though. :applause:

[protect our future]

35. Obama signs are being stolen from all parts of my city.

"Victims" keep coming into our Obama office to buy replacement signs, and I've recommended that they make their own sign and post this message:


Dear Republicans:

If you steal our sign again, we will just buy another one. That means even more money will be going to the Obama campaign.

Thank you for your contribution!

[JDwho]

37. Hilarious

It seems every single thing the McCain campaign and repubs do backfires!

[bongbong]

38. asdf

In this day of cheap webcams, I would'nt want to be a vandal of any kind. ANYBODY can set up surveillance on all four sides of their house, with 24x7 monitoring to a hard drive, for about $200 + freeware.

Motion-detector activated solar-powered floodlights are cheap too.

Just set this stuff up, especially if a raft of it is happening in your 'hood, and press charges when they are caught.

[bongbong]

39. asdf

In this day of cheap webcams, I would'nt want to be a vandal of any kind. ANYBODY can set up surveillance on all four sides of their house, with 24x7 monitoring to a hard drive, for about $200 + freeware.

Motion-detector activated solar-powered floodlights are cheap too.

Just set this stuff up, especially if a raft of it is happening in your 'hood, and press charges when they are caught.

[azureblue]

40. how to stop sign stealing

1- Get a tube or can of roofing tar. The patch type is best because it flows better and stays gooey longer. Put a bead of it on the frame of the sign, or the back. Since it is black, it won't be visible at night. The stuff is messy- it takes kerosene to remove it. It will get all over the thief's hands, his clothes, his steering wheel, and can leave clear fingerprints if he touches anything flat.

2- get some stakes and small wire- single strand wire works great. Put the stakes in a circle around the sign and the attach the wire to each stake, then to the sign itself. Run the other end of the wire into the house or a box. the sign thief will not know if the wire is electrified or a trip wire for an alarm or camera.

[bongbong]

41. Careful

Be careful of laws if you "boobytrap" your sign in any way.

At the very least, put up a "No Trespassing" sign in front of the Obama sign, although, depending on the jurisdiction this may or may not buy protection.

We all know how republicans hate lawyers, except when they feel that they are a victim .... they feel like a victim 100% of the time if one of their idols aren't in Total Control. They'll sue in a microsecond if their fat, worthless asses get scratched.

[Alcibiades]

66. The tar idea is a good one

If it gets on their hands or car, there's no reason to complain--they had no reason to touch it in the first place.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

42. If you expect vandalism, stay up all night and get the perps. Police nabbing around country.

A DU writer had two signs stolen and saw the thieves stealing the third. Police were called and they nabbed them with 50 signs in their SUV.

Interfering with elections is a serious crime.

[tigereye]

85. a friend of mine north of here has had several signs stolen over the years

her husband has chased people down the street.


I don't understand why people are so childish. Do they really think what they do will dissuade anyone? :crazy:

[trickyguy]

43. Damn brilliant move. But those slime bags are stealing signs all over the place.

Even here in Wisconsin which you would think would be a place

where people respect other people's property. But nooo.

They're just ripin' em out of the ground.

Might just use your idea if mine gets stolen. :evilfrown:

[RBInMaine]

44. GOOD ONE !

[bushisanidiot]

45. Brilliant!!

repukes are such frickin' morons. And they keep shooting themselves in the foot with every desperate act. We just keep getting stronger!!

[DirtyDawg]

49. Just thought of one...

...they sell battery-powered motion sensors that sound an alarm when said motion is detected...and best of all they are available with the sound of a shotgun blast. Wouldn't that be special. Now if they could include the sound of a pump-action just prior to the blast, you might very well have some DNA left in your front yard as well.

[Tigress DEM]

67. And in their getaway car. Phew!

[HillbillyBob]

83. Simple record it and fix the alarm to turn on the ipod recording

patched thru an amp ...then again we have a pump 12g, shoot off in the air of course.
An old favorite of farmers where I grew up was loads of bacon rind and rock salt.
I have used that before but it was a more dangerous prop the kkkonservatives were trying to set up and light a cross on my yard, if they had succeeded it would have burnt my home too, as the front yard was about 6x6feet.

[asdjrocky]

50. Clever, very clever.

[BlueDonkey08]

51. Very funny

You'll give those Repukes a scare.

Very clever sign.

[Twinguard]

52. Well played!

Do the thieves think that you will vote for someone else if they take your signs?
Hell no!
More money for "That One!"

My hat is off to you.

[Indenturedebtor]

61. You assume that they think heh. Awesome sign OP n/t

[Stump]

53. Awesome...

I'm gonna copy this when mine gets stolen.

[GreenPartyVoter]

54. Love it!

[JuniperLea]

55. And unlike signs made by Republicans...

Yours is spelled correctly! I'm series!


:rofl:

[DeadManInc]

57. Excellent!!

[salguine]

58. Why not cover the ground below the sign with plastic sheeting, and attach another

sign reading, "to keep your blood off my lawn when I shoot your sign-stealing ass"?

[yorkiemommie1]

60. AlRIGHTY NOW!!!

:headbang:

[sweetroxie]

62. At least 5 signs were stolen

from my community--including mine-- and there weren't many to begin with because we've had a hard time getting them

[minnesota_liberal]

78. Homemade signs work too

They don't need to look professionally done.

[Politicalboi]

63. Let your animals say something

Put their poop around the sign. Or stick the stakes of the signs in it. Land mines LOL!

[jmpnfool]

65. I nailed mine

to a tree in the front yard and to the fence in the back yard so no one could steal them. Its worked so far.

[lisainmilo]

68. I love it!

Ours signs all over town being stolen, my parents alone 3 signs! More dough for Obama!!:applause:

[BobTheSubgenius]

69. Terrific!

Just an excellent response!!!!

[jeff30997]

70. Lol.

Brilliant.But usually peoples who steal signs have the IQ of a rock so I'm sure they won't get it.:)

[nam78_two]

71. ...

:D. Very nice!

[HopeFor2006]

72. I like it!

:loveya:

[barack the house]

74. Always good to buy spares it's a given they will take them in some areas. Great work.

[ContinentalOp]

75. That's cool but I wish when people made signs like this they would say "Somebody" instead of "You".

I always get offended when I read a sign like this. I feel like I'm being personally accused by a crazy person. That's just a minor complaint but I have a lot of crazies in my neighborhood who post weird signs like this. "You stole my garbage can" or "You're driving too fast" etc.

The reasoning behind the sign is funny and right on though.

[1Hippiechick]

76. I say electrify the sign, post a warning, but leave a camera running. The "shock" would be hilarious

imo. n/t

[minnesota_liberal]

77. If mine gets stolen or trashed, I'm replacing it with a bigger version

I like the roofing tar idea.

Another good one is protecting signs from vehicles with U-channel posts. Cut to extend 20" above ground, they'll protect boulevard signs from car doors. Cut a little shorter and they'll cost the vandal a new exhaust system when they try to driver over. 11-12" works well for most cars. If you have lots of rednecks (pickup trucks), go longer.

[Dinger]

79. Awesome : )

[Butch350]

80. I'm gonna give right - thanks for posting the picture!

$50.00 bucks to Obama. DONE!

[mikec11]

84. Which Party is BEST for the Stock market? You'll be shocked!

got this passed to me this morning - I knew democrats better but by this much?

http://www.buysellshort.com/dow.htm