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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 11:35 AM
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Funny how the signs are lasting weeks not hours.
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 11:37 AM
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1. Beautiful!
:toast:
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 12:26 PM
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4. Thanks!
:toast: There is another, but haven't had time to photograph yet.
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IWantAChange Donating Member (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 11:51 AM
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2. How sobering is that for the thousands who see it every single day??
Makes me wonder if Joe 6 pack really does give a flyin' hoot??
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 12:14 PM
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3. Joe can't read.
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 06:11 PM
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14. Here's what Joe thinks:

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare
his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some
tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first
swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe
to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety
and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's
medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid
medical insurance -- now Joe gets it, too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs.
Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal
fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his
shampoo.

His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents
because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was
putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and
takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some
environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries and government from
polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his
government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and
transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation,
which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.


Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay,
medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy
liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's
employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.
Its noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills.


Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's
money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.
Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan
because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was
educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his
father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car
is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal
fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third
generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't
want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until-some big-government liberal
stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

Joe is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and
a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take
care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host
keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that Joe's
beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his
day. Joe agrees. "After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of
themselves, just like I have."

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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 12:38 PM
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5. A testament to their staying power, irregardless of what the politicians say Americans want change
and we are going to get it even if it has to be forced upon them. Its the little things like the signs or the chuckles we give out when a re:puke: mentions any of the bushCo* cronies, that made a difference this time and I personally thank you for the effort you put into this. Thank you
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 01:22 PM
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7. Staying until the last dog is dead Madokie!
:toast:
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 01:26 PM
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9. and then the bastard will brag about leaving, I'm just sick of 'im
I want to see him suffer
:toast:
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 01:28 PM
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10. I'm with ya baby!
Said the ant to the elephant, "suffer bitch suffer."
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 06:57 AM
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17. Good Lord, when was the orginal photo for that Photoshop taken?
The camera sure catches that guy with some expression of unadulterated hatred on his face.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 08:50 PM
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18. Hmmm WTF you talking about? I don't see any faces?
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 12:38 PM
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6. I saw a "Impeachment is patriotic"
B-sticker yesterday. Same car had "Just say no: To the corporate media"
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 01:22 PM
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8. Good one.
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drmom Donating Member (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 02:16 PM
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11. Great idea!
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file83 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 04:49 PM
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12. Looks like 60 or the 202 in Phoenix/Tempe
Looks so nice this time of year!
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 06:19 AM
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15. 202 I think Tempe.
I never get the numbers right, a native doesn't need numbers.
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KAT119 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-02-06 06:09 PM
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13. Great Pic...Thanks:-)) K&R.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 06:19 AM
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16. Friend took the pic.
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