Because when you put a sign up next to a freeway,
people will read it until somebody takes it down.
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Thursday, July 13, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Abir al-Janabi
This is the only photo I've been able to find of Abir al-Janabi, taken as a toddler. Abir was the Iraqi girl who was (allegedly) gangraped and killed after her family was murdered by, uh... "Coalition Forces".
Although it was known from the start she was only fourteen years old, this caused some confusion in the media.
They grow up so quickly, don't they?
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Really, Really Big Sign
Found this gigantic piece of cardboard, about 7' x 15', in a dumpster outside an auto body shop. Took it home, slapped a coat of latex on it, hit it with the overhead then traced and painted it. The whole process took about half an hour and used about fifty cents worth of materials.
In some respects, big signs are easier to place than small ones as their size and weight tend to keep them stable, especially if there's a bit of a breeze to hold them against the fence. Never try to work against the wind, especially with large signs. Hanging this sign required a twenty foot walk from my truck, placing the sign directly over two long bungees hooked to the bottom of the fence and then simply stretching the bungees up and out to each side. It took literally less than twenty seconds.
Here's what it looked like at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. It was still up an hour later.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Friday, July 07, 2006
New Statue of Liberty Unveiled
They were a whacky but seemingly harmless lot, like hippies with much, much better drugs. They were perpetually on message (Jesus Will Take Care of Everything,) smiled all the time and passed out happy-talk pamphlets with simple prose, cartoons and lots of exclamation points!!! Hard to believe they won.
But win they did, my friend… bigtime. Jews for Jesus morphed and coalesced with others into the “Born Again” movement (which, whatever it does for its adherents, certainly managed to revitalize the Christian Faith,) and now that overfriendly, moon-faced guy in tye-dye handing out cartoons has captured the hearts and minds of over half the nation.
It could’ve been worse I suppose: it could’ve been the Moonies, or those people who used to dress all in red, or the Krishnas (imagine half the country banging on tambourines and an economy based on asking for money at airports.) If history is any guide, however, things are going to get much worse before they get better. Look for further cooption of national symbols, historical revisionism and the discovery of many, many more enemies of the Christian Faith. You, for example.
Unfortunately, fundamentalist religious movements rarely go away by themselves. They usually end up in a sort of national hysteria and purging of non-believers, coupled with disastrous foreign campaigns, economic and social collapse and a long, slow road to recovery spent muttering “Never Again.” And then the whole thing starts all over again. Somewhere further down the road our grandchildren may get to see Lady Liberty with one of those ridiculous ponytails holding a tamborine.
