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Man Plows "Say No to Obama" Into Texas Field
NBC ^ | Aug 26, 2009 | HOLLY LAFON

Posted on 08/26/2009 12:26:21 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

A Lubbock man took out his frustrations with the Obama health care plan recently by plowing his protest into a field of weeds. The plan could cost taxpayers trillions of dollars over the next several years, MSNBC reports.

Sam Bates, a former art teacher cut down some weeds and left a large message visible from the sky: “Say no to Obama!”

"I thought, maybe some pilots flying from here to Dallas would get a good chuckle," Bates said.

But with the Internet and television, the message has reached far more than the few pilots and birds he expected. Bates had a friend help him put aerial photos of the field online, sending the images to people around the world.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: justsayno; noyoucant; obama
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1 posted on 08/26/2009 12:26:21 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Patriotism is alive and well.....just not with the dims.


2 posted on 08/26/2009 12:27:47 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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3 posted on 08/26/2009 12:30:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: All

GO TEXANS!!!


4 posted on 08/26/2009 12:32:27 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: Red in Blue PA

I love my State!!!


5 posted on 08/26/2009 12:34:50 PM PDT by highnoon (Forget the Birth Certificate....try finding the damn Constitution!!!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
When Far Leftist Obama starts to lose the art teachers then you know things are going bad for him
6 posted on 08/26/2009 12:35:34 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Kennedy complained at 2:55 am to the hotel owner that he had been awoken by a noisy party.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I’d like to see Buck Fobama too.


7 posted on 08/26/2009 12:35:44 PM PDT by HerrBlucher
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To: MeekOneGOP; ValerieTexas; txhurl; basil; SwinneySwitch; austinaero; lormand; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; ..

Pingin ya’ll to the picture.


8 posted on 08/26/2009 12:36:42 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Jimmy Carter - now the second worst POTUS ever. BHO has #1 spot in his sights.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It looks like he has plenty of room for “Where’s the birth certificate?”


9 posted on 08/26/2009 12:38:49 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! FairTaxNation.com)
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To: BenLurkin

my screenshot-to-jpeg wigged out. how did you get that?


10 posted on 08/26/2009 12:39:40 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the revolution has happened; the revolution will happen; the revolution is happening.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s a sign...a mysterious message from the aliens above!

Hope it shows up on all the crop circle web sites. ;)


11 posted on 08/26/2009 12:41:18 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Arrowhead1952

Excellent!


12 posted on 08/26/2009 12:41:24 PM PDT by Allegra ( Socks)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Proud to be a Texan (even though I live in CA now).


13 posted on 08/26/2009 12:42:20 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Allegra

Give that man a cigar and a six pack!! This is soooo cool.


14 posted on 08/26/2009 12:43:26 PM PDT by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: BenLurkin; Arrowhead1952

That is WAY cool! I should drive up to Lubbock just to
shake the man’s hand! LOL!


15 posted on 08/26/2009 12:46:18 PM PDT by luvie (We want freedom; obama is giving us tyranny--all across the board! ~Michael Ledeen~)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Guys there is a poll on the right of the story, it is the thing that says xy% laughing, bored, intrigued, and so forth, everyone vote now.

Also I hope making crop circles is not illegal.


16 posted on 08/26/2009 12:46:33 PM PDT by ronnietherocket2
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To: SaraJohnson; JoeProBono

Crop circle ping


17 posted on 08/26/2009 12:46:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: the invisib1e hand
I searched the story on Google news and then cut and pasted from the Houston Chronicle web report.
18 posted on 08/26/2009 12:47:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Berlin_Freeper; Army Air Corps
When Far Leftist Obama starts to lose the art teachers
then you know things are going bad for him

Well, it's a TEXAS art teacher! LOL!

19 posted on 08/26/2009 12:49:42 PM PDT by luvie (We want freedom; obama is giving us tyranny--all across the board! ~Michael Ledeen~)
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To: patriot08
GO TEXANS!!!

GO ART TEACHERS! (We're not all leftwing wackos!)

20 posted on 08/26/2009 12:52:10 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength". Orwell)
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