Spoiled rich frat boys were busy last night stealing Kerry signs

[Generic Other]

Some fascist brownshirt drunken sonsofbitchin' spoiled rich college frat boys from UPS were busy little rodents last night. They may rule the night, but I wake up with the dawn and do my work in broad daylight.

My original Kerry sign was up for two weeks. This one has been up for two hours. 10 cars pass by a minute, plus numerous pedestrians. This is a busy street right smack in the middle of town.

I can make more signs than those fuckers can take down in the next month Mr. GO and I are NOT going to back down.

[onehandle]

1. Excellent! Good for you! nt

[noahmijo]

2. That's freakin great man nice lookin neighborhood!

I live in the desert out here I'm just staring at that grass and trees.....ahhhhhhhh how I miss a NORMAL climate where stuff grows!

Those are great signs man keep up the fight!!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Perfect!

I live at the end of a county road, a mile from the highway, so can't put out signs. I do have them plastered all over my car-on the inside-and so far no one has messed with them.

[doni_georgia]

4. Good for you! keep those signs coming

I live at the end of a deadend street, so I haven't bothered with a sign in my yard, but I have one in the window of my car, along with my Kerry sticker, and I wear my Kerry shirt and baseball cap all over town.

[CrowNotAngelGRL]

110. Tomorrow I'm seeing

about getting a bumper sticker for my car and a button for my purse. :D I hope they have some left.

[carrowsboy]

5. BRILLIANT!

Those signs are incredible!

Beat 'em with humor!

[tridim]

6. That's beautiful!

An absolutely perfect response to those idiots.

I almost wish my townhouse complex would allow signs in the yard, as it is my signs are in the upstairs window. Kerry support is about 90% here, so I probably don't have to worry about rocks. There are about 40 instances of Kerry signs/stickers in my complex, and zero for Bush. "They" say Colorado is a red state. ;)

[Cha]

37. Denver..the city

of my birth...Oh man I wish Colorado would go BLUE! :think:

[AmerDem]

7. Nice job

very creative! :toast:

[KC21304]

8. Here's a solution from a fellow DU er.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x958751


Love your sign.

[cheshire]

9. Love the sign, have you thought of a bigger one for next time. I can't

believe they think it will make any difference. What a waste of life to follow this leader (leader my ass).

[Generic Other]

10. Next time it will be on sheetrock size boards

UPS Loggers are pencil dicks.

[blm]

11. SEND THAT TO YOUR NEWSPAPER AND LOCAL NETWORKS.

Excellent reply, patriot.

[Cha]

38. Great idea!

More exposure for those radical signs!

[neoSattva]

12. They got mine too ~

While I was at Al Franken's rally in Boulder on Saturday!

They left the local dem candidate signs, though - go figure. I'll put up "Stealing Kerry signs won't help steal the election." I like it.

[Generic Other]

13. What a great idea!

Done!

I happen to know for a fact that many Kerry signs have disappeared in the neighborhood in the past few days.

[ClassWarrior]

14. Call your local TV stations and tell them about your signs.

Nice job! Now get some extra mileage out of this.

23.

[salin]

16. Better yet,

have someone else call to ask about the story about stolen signs... and then explain about the new sign appearing... (make it seem, what it is.... and unfolding story...)

[Cha]

41. I love your ONE FLOP...

sign..

A woman in the co-op Sat. asked me what Kerry, "flip flopped" on and I said nothing..he's views have evolved over time and the repubs are trying to smear him again because they have no record to stand on..she told me that she was at the farmer's market with her daugther and a woman said that her daughter had on "Kerry shoes"!
I was pissed!

Next time I will say also..bush is JUST A FLOP!

[ClassWarrior]

51. Cool. I can't take credit for the phrase, but I did do the graphic.

Feel free to link to it.

23.

[Cha]

52. Thanks, I like the Nathaniel

Hawthrone quote!

[AmandaRuth]

15. very nice...

stand proud....

[Generic Other]

17. What should my back-up sign say?

Just in case this one gets stolen.

I have put in a request for a new Kerry sign. I hope it's twice the size of the last one.

[txindy]

20. How about...

Our Kerry signs have been stolen by 'Patriots'
or
Our Kerry signs have been stolen by 'Compassionate Conservatives'
or either of the above with a number instead of "Our" and then you can skip the "have been," too. Like:

4 Kerry signs stolen by 'Compassionate Conservatives'

[Generic Other]

26. Not bad...

Nice to give them credit where credit is due.

[salin]

31. How about

Remembering another Kerry sign stolen by anti-constitutional Bush supporters.

[Generic Other]

47. I'm not sure people in my town can read that fast

They go by at 30 MPH. The average reading speed in my town is a wee bit slower.

[Crunchy Frog]

34. How about..

our Kerry signs have been stolen by future military conscripts for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

[Generic Other]

48. What about one of those milepost signs?

One sign points to Baghdad, another to the local recruitment office at the mall, one points to Kerry and the white house, another to Bush in hell.

[CrowNotAngelGRL]

111. Or how about

mentioning something with the word "Christian" in it since Bush is a born-again. You can say something like: "Christian's don't steal, even if they're signs" In someway if you think about it they are taking your money. :eyes: Cause you pay for the sign and then they steal it. It's still considered theft since it's on your property.

[July]

40. How about "Do you believe THOU SHALT NOT STEAL?"

Since the thugs are always trying to tell us how moral they are.

[Cha]

42. That's a good one..one they never think of

when stealing things like elections.

[Generic Other]

46. I'm cutting out the tablets now!!

That one's precious!

[Hot Water]

103. At the bottom.

Steal this sign...say hello. You're on video!!

[krkaufman]

18. Yikes! Is it as humid as it looks in the picture?

Great sign, by the way, "Stealing Kerry signs will not help Bush steal this election."

Marvelous.

[Generic Other]

19. It's either fog or Mt St. Helen's ash

Too early in the morning to tell for sure.

Ha Ha.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

21. Hi this is Everet

wow people are stealing signs now? They are getting desperate...put poison ivy oil around the signs that'll deter them.

[Generic Other]

23. We found a smashed beer can in our shrub, so they may not remember

Dumb fratboys! Mr. Generic Other says "Hi."

:hi:

[CrowNotAngelGRL]

112. Yep, and they

also have been trashing democratic headquarters too. :eyes: And then they go and blame us for laptops being stolen. Of course it hasn't been proven yet (not that I've heard) that it was a dem or not.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

22. KICK

hahahahahahaha!!!

[highplainsdem]

24. Great! Love the sign!

Kerryfan posted the link for another topic here where motion-detector alarms were recommended. Someone else in that thread mentioned a woman who was using poison ivy to protect her Kerry signs; the link for that article is
http://www.fosters.com/October_2004/10.01.04/news/so_1001b.asp .

[girl gone mad]

25. Nice job! n/t

[diabhal]

27. Awesome work

Are you going to get some more Kerry signs like your original? Fill the whole lawn with them. Go really over the top.

[LTR]

28. Have you thought about covering the Kerry signs in some sort of substance?

Slick 50 or Duralube are very slippery and very messy. Some sort of engine oil could work too.

A cheaper option would be Crisco.

Are there any substances that leave a permanent dye on skin?

[girl gone mad]

32. how about..

hot pepper spray?

[Crunchy Frog]

33. There's a substance on the market called tanglefoot.

It's used to trap nuisance birds. As a wildlife rehabber, I've dealt with the stuff, and hate it, but it might serve a useful purpose here. Perhaps selectively applied to areas that frat boys are likely to contact but birds aren't.:)

[faithnotgreed]

35. love for wildlife rehabbers! thank you

[incapsulated]

44. She takes care of a dozen baby squirrels at a time!

:)

[trogdor]

91. spray-on adhesive.

You get it at arts and crafts shops, and it's used to glue felt of fabric on plywood or pressboard. Home Depot or Lowes might also carry it. It's pretty transparent going on, but it's a mess if you stick your hand in it.

[Crunchy Frog]

29. Those rich frat boys

are really going to enjoy boot camp if they end up getting their wish. If we get the draft this time, I think there will be alot fewer loopholes.

I wonder if there's some way of communicating that to them.

[WolverineDG]

30. in the san antonio paper today

they ran a pic someone sent in that showed their sign: "steal this Kerry sign & 4 more go up!"

well, that sign was stolen & 4 more have gone up....thus far 2 have been run over & the stakes have been broken, but the guy is undeterred.

i like your sign too!

dg

[Cha]

43. Love that story, too..

Steal these four and eight more go up!:D

[Cha]

36. Those are some mighty cool.. after the theft

..signs you whipped up, GenericOther!

Way to amuse the Board!:D

[deutsey]

39. But, but, them terra-ists, they hates us fer our freedoms, don't they?

:eyes:

Good retort, BTW!

[incapsulated]

45. "You steal this sign like your boy stole the election"

Kudo's for your perseverance! :thumbsup:

[CrowNotAngelGRL]

113. Oh and another

good one is: "You steal this sign and you're stealing my freedom!"

[arewenotdemo]

49. How about giving your local police a buzz?

If this is a common occurrence it needs to be addressed by the law.

A few arrests making the news might just make these thieves think twice.

[DebJ]

50. great job! I just passed this along...

[Generic Other]

53. UPDATE! Stupid Frat Boys steal sign again!

As soon as they could hide under the cover of darkness. One of them climbed out of his hidey hole and filched my sign.

Since I have a JOB as opposed to the beer swilling party assholes who stole my sign, the response will have to wait until later.

WATCH YOUR BACKS YOU BEER SWILLING FRATBOYS. Your college president happens to live down the street, so the next time you keep me up all night, I'll just walk over and pound on the asshole's front door to alert them YOU are disturbing the peace.

FRATBOYS never win against locals.

[Skeet]

74. Why?

Why are all fraternity men considered drunk, spoiled and stupid? Isn't that a stereotype?

[Generic Other]

78. If you listened to them every Friday and Saturday night

plus picked up all their beer bottles...these kids whose daddies pay 20 grand a year to send them to school to learn how to puke on their neighbors' lawns.

I say if the stereotype fits...

[Skeet]

81. So a kid's dad can afford to pay for higher education. Big

deal. Why worry about what they spend their money on? And if the kids are blowing their opportunity for an education by getting drunk a lot, big deal again. The kid will probably end up serving fries to you at McDonald's. His loss.

Either way it was always my experience that the fraternity men were much less spoiled than the football, basketball and baseball players. And the fraternity men give back MUCH more to my college than the aforementioned athletes will ever dream of giving back.

[Generic Other]

83. Then TELL the FratMEN to give me back my sign!

And while you're at it, tell them how to find the recruitment office. It's a mile down the road.

Those recruiters don't see fratMEN with rich daddies too often.

And tell them to stay the fuck off my property. MORANS.

[Skeet]

90. I'll get right on that.

And while you're at it, tell them how to find the recruitment office. It's a mile down the road.

What the fuck does that have to do with stealing a sign? Wait, wait.. I think I've made the connection. There isn't one, right?

And quite a few rich, spoiled and drunk members of my Fraternity are serving their country right now. I can provide a list if you would like.

[Generic Other]

92. I didn't mean to offend pampered little rich kids who steal

I came from a poor family, went to state schools, and don't steal other people's stuff. I guess I just don't understand how hard those frat boys work at whatever it is they do.

[Skeet]

101. I went to a private liberal arts college.

I worked my ass off to get the grades to get in there, I worked my ass of to keep my grades up while I was there, and a worked my ass off every summer to pay for my Fraternity dues. I chose the route I wanted to take and nothing was going to get in my way. Just because somebody goes to a private school doesn't make them spoiled and rich. One of my best friends came from one of the poorest counties in the state. But he must have been rich and spoiled because he went to a private college, because, as you have pointed out, all stereotypes are true.

[thebigidea]

95. so, er - aren't you being a complete hypocrite by stereotyping athletes?

[Skeet]

116. Is it being a hypocrite if I stereotype the baseball, basketball,

and football players that I went to school with and interacted with on a daily basis? I'm merely providing an example from my school. It is not a blanket indictment of every collegiate athlete. Did you miss the words "it was my experience"?

Fraternities get shit on because everybody still has the Animal House perception of the Greek system. Nobody pays attention to the fact that, well let's use my experiences again, we hold a golf scramble for Big Brothers/Big Sisters or participate in Adopt-A-Highway or helped the school grounds crew shovel the football stadium after a snowstorm so it would be ready for the national championship game. But that is all negated because we like to drink beer.

[saygoodnightgeorgie]

100. McDonald's?!

Uh, actually...Such a kid has ended up becoming the President....

(Btw.....I'm a newbie. I've been lurking only a few days, but this post finally prompted me to add my .02.)

[SheepyMcSheepster]

105. welcome to DU!

:hi:

[HughBeaumont]

85. No . . . it's the truth.

[txindy]

75. Sounds like it's time to

build a mini-billboard out of some 2x4s. They can't take it down w/o
deconstructing it -- and SOMEBODY in the neighborhood is going to see or hear that if it happens. I'd also paint the billboard with vaseline or something else to make it super-slick.

Good luck! Keep us posted.

[jwirr]

109. Rig it with

some kind of noise maker to wake the dead. You neighbors might not like it but so what - they ought to be glad that a thief has been caught. I also suggest the slogan "Only bush christians steal signs"

[Freddie Stubbs]

107. Which fraternity is it?

Their alumni would be interested to know what they are up to.

[CrowNotAngelGRL]

114. I agree

if you can get some evidance it'd probably help your case.

[JackintheGreen]

54. I WORK for UPS

and 95% of my shop (the Teamsters, by the way, are not known for rabid support of conservative candidates) is liberal.

These yahoos may have worked for UPS, but don't denigrate the entire company for the actions of a couple of buttholes.

* ON EDIT* GOD! I'm an idiot. Sorry people. Wasn't thinking. Cheneyed up on this one. Puget Sound. Duh...

[Generic Other]

56. I think it was a UPS student not a delivery guy who stole my sign

You work for the school? University of Puget Sound?

Or you drive the little brown trucks? I'm confused.

[theorist]

61. I know I was confused.

I knew you were talking about a school, but was confused as to why spoiled frat boys would be working for the United Parcel Service. Now I get it....

[LiberalFighter]

99. Same here and thought I google to find out what it might be...

Checked the profile to see which state and figured it was University Puget Sound or something like that.

[wryter2000]

71. Welcome to DU

I made the same mistake. Scratching my head "United Parcel Service?"

[ktowntennesseedem]

55. Registered because of this thread.

We've seen plenty of sign theft in Knoxville, all of it Kerry signs. When I saw this thread, I had to register to share my wife's idea for how we will deal with our neighborhood cowards.

Over the weekend, my sign and that of two neighbors, (three Kerry signs in a row) were taken; the wire holding the signs are all that are left. We will be putting out another sign today, but with a extra treat for anyone who trys to steal it again: Instead of trying to secure the sign with staples, my wife is planning to insert several straight pins around the sign, so that if our thieves return again, they'll get a handful of pinpricks for their effort.

[Tim_in_HK]

58. Thanks for the post and

Welcome to DU!

Although your solution sounds a bit dangerous! But it's your property . . .!

[Generic Other]

59. I sure wish I had an electric fence to hang one on

ZAP 'em good!

Welcome to DU KtownTennessedem. :hi:


I stayed in Lebanon, Tenn once when I was a kid with people who ran the Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Drive-In. They had roller skating waitresses and an electric fence out back for the hunting dogs. That fence could have kept my sign safe!

[theorist]

65. Welcome to DU!

I hope you enjoy your stay. :hi: :hi:

[Diana52]

84. Just had to say Hello!

I reside West of Knoxville, and I wanted to say Hello, and to ask, don't you think there appears to be much more outward support for Senator Kerry than there was for Vice-President Gore? I just don't recall seeing many Gore signs or bumper stickers during the last election cycle. I have been amazed at the places I have seen Kerry signs.

[ktowntennesseedem]

89. I've noticed the same thing!

I'm on the same side of town, and still can't get over how many Kerry signs are out there. Seems to be running no worse than 50-50 this election. And I've also noticed that the Kerry signs have been out much longer than BC04--seems to me us outnumbered dems are more energized than the repubs. Who knows, we just might not as outnumbered as we usually seem to be! :-)

[CrowNotAngelGRL]

115. Hi

I'm in Tennessee too. Chattanooga. I see some Kerry signs around but more-so bumper stickers and anti-Bush bumper stickers.

[tom_paine]

57. Some things you can do

1) Grease the posts from your signs with WD-40

2) Lay a nice bed of fresh dog shit (or cat shit) around the signs.

When they come THIS time, they will get quite a surprise!

[Generic Other]

64. I have some great piles of possum and raccoon crap I can use

But I thnk I'll try bringing the sign in at night.

The cowards don't touch it in the daylight.

[missjudy6]

60. what's the deal with ups

and Kerry sign stealing?
Our local Kerry campaign headquarters here in New Orleans was out of signs,stickers,buttons for weeks. Heard a rumor I thought was urban myth: delivery was hijacked by ups.
what's the deal? I thought UPS = teamsters?!
teamsters= afl-cio = kerry supporters?

[Bridget Burke]

62. UPS = University of Puget Sound....

I confess, I also thought it would be all too easy to detect suspicious brown vans!

[missjudy6]

63. ooops

thanks

[Northern Experiment]

66. Suspicious brown vans....

LMAO.

[Generic Other]

67. I'm supposed to getting F9/11 tomorrow from one of those vans

I'll have to invite the fratboys over to watch.

The men in the brown vans too. LOL

[wryter2000]

72. Welcome to DU

UPS must be delivering those French debating pens Kerry uses. :)

[oasis]

68. Good idea, don't wait for new signs, take action. KERRY in black and white

works just as well.

[wryter2000]

69. Wonderful

I wonder if they'll have enough chutzpah to steal more signs from you after you put this one up. Yeah, probably...they have no shame.

On edit: I just put the first picture on my computer wallpaper :bounce:

[Generic Other]

76. They stole this one by 9:30 last night

I am going to bring the sign in at night from now on.

I am a lot more stubborn and persistent than any of those fratboys.
Plus I have a whole bunch of old tag board I need someone to take off my hands. Saves me a rtrip to the dump. ;)

[Rambis]

70. Good for you!

:kick: :kick:

[Cheswick2.0]

73. Isn't there some way you would lay in wait for them with a garden hose?

That would be hysterical.

[Generic Other]

77. Another great idea

Even a super soaker from the upstairs window would be funny...

[DesEtoiles]

79. Wipe the sign generously with Poison Ivy leaves

[Throckmorton]

87. Roofing Tar,

works wonders.

[KharmaTrain]

80. The Most Popular Sign In My Neighborhood...For Sale

Two of my neighbors have Bunnypants signs on their lawns...the only two that I see in my daily drive through "the hood". On faces down my cul-de-sac rather than facing down the main street it fronts (dumb, dumb, dumb).

Last week one sign down on the lawn and the others were leaning and looks like one had been kicked. I asked my son if this was handiwork, and he said no, but he had a real good idea of who it was...kids from Repugnican families who know if this regime is re-elected, they're gonna be drafted.

Late last week, the signs went back up, but today, I noticed one was down again. Oh well.

Kudos go to my village, where the local patronage park district goons usually spray Repugnican campaign signs all over the place on public property, but thanks to several of our calls and a non-partisan board of elections, those signs get taken down as quickly as they pop up.

The leading yard sign in my neighborhood is more telling than any Kerry or Bunnypants sign..."For Sale"...lots of outsorced jobs in this area.

[Greyskye]

82. Dave's Insanity Sauce

Dab a little Dave's Insanity Sauce around the edges of your signs. At some point they'll rub their eyes - I've done this accidently before; and I tell you, it's about 5-10 minutes of pure hell.

[DesEtoiles]

88. wipe sign with chili peppers (broken to release oils)

[DesEtoiles]

86. put doggy doo-doo on your lawn all around the sign

[bloom]

93. I love your signs!

:loveya: :thumbsup:

[Generic Other]

94. WTF???? HOLD THE PRESSES! OH MY GOD!

Got your attention. I just checked my messages and it was Mr. GO who said he was at the chiropracter's because someone knocked him down (unrelated to the sign), BUT that he had our stolen sign and a story to tell me when he got home.

That was not a very nice phone message, Mr. GO. Bad. Bad.

:spank:

[phish420]

96. Hell yeah!

Stick it to the little theifs!

[LiberalFighter]

97. If you know which frat stole the signs report them to their national

Could also name the frat on your sign

[blue sky at night]

98. I just lost two signs and I'm mad as hell.

I realized this morning I lost a Kerry sign and its partner: Support Our Troops: Vote Bush OUT!. I am heading to the local DNC Headquarters for as many signs as they will give me, and I am going to go door to door to find folks to put them in their yard. I am going to beef up my signs and may light them at night so the assholes will not have it so easy. I live on a major artery here in Stow, Ohio. This means war!!!
DUMP BUSH!!
PS, how would red paint-ball paint look on the SHRUB signs?

[mitchum]

102. Stupid piss ants digging their own sandy graves

[Penndems]

104. Have 'em arrested

Here in Virginia, stealing campaign signs is considered destruction of private property. Don't know the law in your area, but I work on political campaigns here and that's exactly what we do. (You might think about having 'em arrested on trespassing charges, too.)

Here's the rub: You have to catch them IN THE ACT of stealing. Take photographs or, better yet, get their license plate numbers and file a report. They'll think twice about doing it again. Having something on your police record doesn't look good if you're trying to get one of those high-paying, high-powered jobs in a Fortune 500 company (or in the U.S. Government) after your college graduation that requires a security clearance.

When Hubby and I lived in Pennsylvania, a fellow Dem was having the same problem, and we advised her to file a complaint just like we do in The Old Dominion. She sat up all night and, sure enough, the little goons showed up to rip off her signs. This lady picked up the phone receiver and dialed the number of the local precinct. Then, she and her husband went outside and LITERALLY grabbed the thieves by the scruff of their necks and waited for the cops to show up.

It works, BELIEVE me. ;)

[Generic Other]

106. The continuing saga of this sorry episode can be found here

It turns out the ROTC stole my sign

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x968262

[CrowNotAngelGRL]

108. I love

those signs. Great slogans and so true!