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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:35 PM
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How to stop people from stealing Obama yard signs.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:37 PM
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1. Well, that's one way.
I generally recommend bear traps.
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:37 PM
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2. Love it. To those patriots:
:patriot:
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:38 PM
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3. Duplicate of my post from this morning
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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:41 PM
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7. Thank you for sharing. nt
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:40 PM
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4. I still prefer 120v and a metal poll
:rofl:
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honkydonkey Donating Member (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:41 PM
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5. Bwaaa ha ha ha! LOVE IT! n/t
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:41 PM
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6. I always thought razor blades were a good answer.
Edited on Tue Oct-14-08 04:42 PM by antifaschits
along each edge on the sides and bottom.
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:51 PM
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9. I considered attaching a cane off my rambler rose around the back
of mine. These thorns are VICIOUS!! Curved in the perfect way to hook ya and not let go. I didn't do it, just considering it.
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texastoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:55 PM
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10. It's your land they are trespassing on, no?
Your land, your roses. And now you have given me an idea. Our new wild blackberry canes have some wicked mean thorns.



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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:56 PM
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11. Nettles and/or poison ivy! nt
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texastoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 07:13 PM
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18. That's some bitching itching
And deservedly so.
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 05:54 PM
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14. Okay, I just did it. Now I'm thinking I'll maybe outline the top and sides with the canes off my
old world Moss rose bush. I've never even got close to this one without protection, it's so wicked looking.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:46 PM
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8. Put another sign nearby ...
Edited on Tue Oct-14-08 04:59 PM by lpbk2713



PREMISES
GUARDED BY
ROTTWEILER










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kingcody64 Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 05:41 PM
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12. my grandmas sign
my grandmas mccain sign keeps getting stolen which is a bad and good thing i should show her this


shes NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obama 08 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fly by night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 07:33 PM
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20. I know of no one in TN who has had a McLame sign stolen -- no one.
Our side doesn't believe in suppressing your right to your own political opinion. We expect the same courtesy in this democracy.
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4_TN_TITANS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 09:30 AM
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25. In fact,
I'm in red Putnam Co. TN and have had the same Obama signs for months. I bought 25 thinking I would be replacing them every other day, gave the extras away at a rally over the weekend. The campaign mood is very subdued here as people realize they have been taken by the Repubs, but don't want to openly commit to Obama.
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texastoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 07:45 PM
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21. Sure wasn't a Dem who did that
We believe in freedom of speech within Constitutional constructs.

It's probably one of the covert pukes who are trying to paint the party of freedom in a dim light and doing this kind of bullying shit.

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spotbird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 12:37 PM
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34. That's so rare it is hard to believe
Tell her to put some vaseline on it.

Truth be told, I doubt her sign is being stolen. Maybe she is a drama addict and lies about it.
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 01:01 PM
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35. Eh, both parties have their assholes
Republicans have way more and "better" assholes, I'm convinced, but that doesn't mean we're entirely bereft.
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 05:46 PM
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13. hooray for you.
that's some great thinking.

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ProgressiveFool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 06:14 PM
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15. unfortunately, the lack of glaring spelling or grammatical errors
means it will be illegible to its intended audience.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 06:16 PM
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16. Great picture, great sign, welcome to DU! n/t
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sasori Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 06:52 PM
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17. Nice thinking.
The cool thing is,you don't see many McSame signs,or any ads for McSame anymore!BTW,when WAS the last time he made a public appearance? It's so fun watching him get confused and repeat his questions.:popcorn: :popcorn: he's probably still hiding. he knows he has no chance.:yoiks: :hide:
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Fly by night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 07:29 PM
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19. Habanero paste works for me
Edited on Tue Oct-14-08 07:35 PM by Fly by night
This is the first year I've grown habanero peppers (along with six other varieties). After trying to put a few of those squat, orange napalm peppers in my food (with a very unpleasant sensation during the meal and the next morning), the only useful purpose I have been able to find for these peppers is to use them as chemical warfare.

So I grind up about a dozen peppers with a little olive oil, create a pouch running the length of the top of my Obama yard-signs and fill the pouches with the fiery paste. (I also coat the sides where Rethug election thieves might grab the signs.)

I have had only one sign stolen and then no more. I sincerely hope that I cauterized the nose hairs and pubic areas of any sign thieves who scratched their noses or their nether regions with paste still on their hands.

Blinded by the light. You betcha.

Instant karma's gonna get you, Rethugs.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 08:36 PM
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22. I bow my head, generally in your direction.
Now, to be honest, I eat habaneros, and love the squat orange napalms. Love the heat, the sweat, the pain, and the taste.
hell, I'd come and visit just because!
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Fly by night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 07:29 AM
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23. Hey, come on down!!
It looks like we won't have a frost for a while, so the squat, orange napalms will be waiting for you.

Me, I really like the poblano peppers I'm also raising for the first time. The plants are almost seven feet tall, the green and red peppers are beautiful and their heat is quite bearable. Reminds me of northern New Mexico, where a big piece of my heart lives.
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slor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 11:54 AM
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29. Have you had this pepper yet...
the Naga Jolokia? Over 1 million Scoville units !
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 12:08 PM
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31. methinks I will avoid that like some plague.
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 07:47 AM
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24. Nice!
:)
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KillCapitalism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:34 AM
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26. I've thought of this...
putting a sign like this next to my Obama sign that says...

This property protected by:




I've found that freepers are VERY intimidated by liberals who are armed & don't take crap from anyone.
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:37 AM
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27. Buy something called Deer Fence
spray it on and around your sign everyday.....
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:38 AM
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28. Creative solution
n/t
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 11:57 AM
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30. I think Obama is so popular that folks are stealing them since they want one
those signs are actually hard to get - they keep running out.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 12:14 PM
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32. Sometimes I think they are stolen because they want one and too
cheap (or not able to) to contribute to the campaign. So they just swipe your sign. :)
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ItNerd4life Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 12:32 PM
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33. Just by the headlines my thought was 'shoot em'.
But I guess this is a better approach. maybe. :)
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 01:08 PM
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36. Take a look at the troll(s) in the comments at the Livejournal page.
OMG. :puke:
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