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Raise A Purple Finger For Freedom !
http://chrisdickson.blogspot.com/2005/12/raise-purple-finger-for-freedom.html ^ | 12/505/2005 | Chris Dickson

Posted on 12/09/2005 10:33:03 AM PST by Chris Dickson

Raise a Purple Finger for Freedom - Show Solidarity with Free Iraqis in Their Upcoming Election

www.purplefingerforfreedom.org

On December 15, the people of Iraq will do what no American should ever have to contemplate. They will risk their lives to vote. For the third time this year, the brave people of Iraq will go to the polls to determine their future. This time they will do so to elect a new government under the constitution that they approved in an October referendum.On January 30, 2005, AP photographer Andrew Parsons took this iconic photo to the left of an Iraqi woman flashing a "V" for victory after she voted. Her finger stained purple by poll workers to show that she voted became a symbol of defiance to the terrorists, a symbol of pride, and a symbol of freedom.

Last January, 10 year-old Shelby Dangerfield from Montana demonstrated her solidarity with the freedom-loving Iraqis by inking her finger.

Join Bill Bennett and other radio hosts who are encouraging radio listeners to follow her example by asking them to ink their right index finger purple from December 12-15 to show support for the freedom loving people of Iraq as they prepare to vote on December 15th.

Here are some other things you can ask your listeners to do to show support for a free Iraq:

From December 12 - 15 ask your listeners to ink their right index fingers purple or wear a purple ribbon.

Tell them to encourage their family, friends, and neighbors to do the same.

Ask them to email photos of themselves flashing their "Purple Finger 'V' for Victory in Iraq to radio station websites and Pictures@PurpleFingerForFreedom.Org for posting to the http://www.purplefingerforfreedom.org/ web site.

Ask them to visit www.purplefingerforfreedom.org

Encourage local schools to download the Purple Finger for Freedom Model Lesson plan from http://www.purplefingerforfreedom.org/ and ask teachers to teach a current events class about the upcoming Iraqi election based on it.

Post the "SHOW SUPPORT for FREE IRAQIS" graphic above on your website with a link to www.purplefingerforfreedom.org.

Tell us that you want to be listed on http://www.purplefingerforfreedom.org/ as a Supporting Organization.

"Look at how long it took us to move from independence to the Constitution. Well, let’s see 1776 would be a good place to start with independence. It was 1788 before we had our first election under the constitution. So, we should take such pride in what’s going on in Iraq because it was the process we’ve gone, we went through as a new nation that has set a model for the world. And the Iraqi people of course we should very proud and supportive of what they’re doing, but we should notice that it is the American example that has led people to the idea of constitutions all around the world, the idea that you need a plan of government, a framework for governing. And, gosh, it makes me almost want to be a teacher, you know, on December 15th to be in classrooms across this country and talking to kids about what’s happening in Iraq and how our own history is reflected in it.”


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1 posted on 12/09/2005 10:33:04 AM PST by Chris Dickson
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Purple Finger



Quite a few excellent Purple Finger designs here (click on any image):

Viva La Purple Revolution!

Fidel Castro Is My Bitch
Fidel Castro Is My Bitch
Fidel Castro Is My Bitch. To hell with Castro, Che, the UN, Che shirt wearers, humanities professors, TV anchors...

Che Who?  Purple Finger Revolution!
Che Who? Purple Finger Revolution!
Che who? Join a revolution of real purple fingered revolutionary radicals who actually change the world for the better.

Dubya is the Real Dissident -- Not Che - Purple

Dubya's Not Che's - Purple Revolucion!

Winston Churchill Purple Finger 3

Winston Churchill Purple Finger 2

George W. Bush Purple Finger

Winston Churchill Purple Finger 1
Winston Churchill Purple Finger 1
You know Winston Churchill would have flashed a Purple Finger for Freedom if he was here, today!

D-Day - purple finger sign language for freedom
D-Day - purple finger sign language for freedom
In American Sign Language (ASL), the raised right finger means the letter D. So the Iraq election was a D-Day of sorts, celebrated with raised purple and blue inked fingers.

D-Day blue and purple fingers for the Arab World
D-Day blue and purple fingers for the Arab World
Arabs incapable of Democracy? Says WHO? In American Sign Language, a raised right index finger equals D. The Iraq election was D-Day, celebrated with raised purple and blue inked freedom fingers!

Give The United Nations the Finger
Give The United Nations the Finger
I want you to give the United Nations the finger!

Give Tyranny The Finger
Give Tyranny The Finger
I want you to give tyranny and religious oppression the finger, blue and purple freedom fingers!

Two Fingers Bush and Left
Two Fingers Bush and Left
The purple / blue inked finger is a gift from President Bush and the brave U.S. soldier. The other finger is a message to Michael Moore, MoveOn, the U.N. and the Democratic Party.

Two Fingers Thanks USA
Two Fingers Thanks USA
Thank you, dear USA, for allowing us to give freedom the finger. The other finger is for the leftists, liberals and appeasers who delayed this day.

Voting Finger - Democracy is Job #1

It's the Democracy, Stupid!

Divine Purple Freedom Finger - Michelangelo - 8th
Divine Purple Freedom Finger - Michelangelo - 8th
Democracy is not a monopoly of the USA. Americans believe freedom is a divine gift and we fight to help others benefit from that gift. Purple finger "On the 8th day, man voted..."

Divine Freedom-Michelangelo Hands-8th Day Text

Freedom is a Divine Gift - Michelangelo Hands
Freedom is a Divine Gift - Michelangelo Hands
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel hands of Adam and God.

Updated with the purple finger of freedom.

Freedom is a Divine Gift - Blue Fingers
Freedom is a Divine Gift - Blue Fingers
Look for the purple / blue inked finger of free will and freedom.

Freedom and rights aren't from governments, not in the United States or Iraq.

First Iraq, Then...
First Iraq, Then...
The purple and blue fingers of freedom march on, despite France, the United Nations, etc.

Stickers, shirts, mugs and more.

Give the Finger to Iraq, Castro is Next

Give the Finger to Iraq, Next Mainstream Media
Give the Finger to Iraq, Next Mainstream Media
The media outlets of CBS, ABC, CNN, NBC, The New York Times all conspired to thwart the vote in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Give them the finger!

Drinkware and stickers.

Give the Finger to Iraq, Hollywood Next
Give the Finger to Iraq, Hollywood Next
Drinkware and stickers to show your love of freedom and disdain of the appeaser's and pacifist's wet dream of limosine liberal guilt known as Hollywood.

Give the Finger to Iraq, France is Next
Give the Finger to Iraq, France is Next
Drinkware and stickers to show your love of freedom and disdain of the appeaser's and pacifist's wet dream known as France.

Give the Finger to Iraq, Next the U.N.
Give the Finger to Iraq, Next the U.N.
Drinkware and stickers to show your love of freedom and disdain of the "democracy of despots" known as the United Nations.

Victory for Democracy in Iraq
Victory for Democracy in Iraq
Purple finger and blue fingers ... in the eyes of despots and leftists who haven't advanced freedom, ever.

Two fingers
Two fingers
Purple finger and blue inked fingers ... in the eyes of despots and leftists who haven't advanced freedom, ever. A finger from Bush and the other in the eye of Hollywood and mainstream media.

Muslim Man Voter

Blue Inky Finger Iraq Woman

Purple fingered Iraqi woman

Thanks for nothing, feminists.

Do the math!

Give Up The Vote?  Are you CRAZY???

J'Accuse Feminists and Apathetic Western Women
J'Accuse Feminists and Apathetic Western Women
Feminism does what for women outside the US? Can African & Arab women vote, drink, drive or even walk in public? When was the last NOW protest against female genital mutilation?

Freedom Graph Republican vs. Democrat

Hey Liberal!
Hey Liberal!
What did today's liberals do to help bring about the first real elections in Afghanistan and Iraq?

MoveOn, Soros, Michael Moore, Hollywood, Academia all were part of freedom's problem, not it's gro

Liberal Pacifists Delay Democracy & Freedom
Liberal Pacifists Delay Democracy & Freedom
Thomas Jefferson understood that there is a price to freedom and liberty.

You don't get human rights without fighting for them.

Dear World
Dear World
Dear World,
What have leftists ever done for you?
Just asking...
Sincerely yours,
The USA

Guaranteed to frustrate fans of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Castro, Che, Ho Chi Minh and the Democratic Party

Itchy Inky Finger

Finger Me - Arab / Arabic
Finger Me - Arab / Arabic
Freedom and democracy are not a monopoly of the West. Many liberals think that the world of Islam is incapable of democracy. Show them you think otherwise!

Finger Me - Asia / North Korea
Finger Me - Asia / North Korea
Freedom and democracy are not a monopoly of the West. Many thought that Hirohito's Japan, having no democratic tradition, was incapable of democracy. People now say this about Korea, China and Vietn

Give Castro the Purple Finger - Cuba
Give Castro the Purple Finger - Cuba
Che? No way! Be a real "purple revolutionary" by spreading freedom and democracy.

Again With The Finger!
Again With The Finger!
Our military are true Sunshine Boys, except they spread freedom and aren't cranky geezers. If you remember that film you'll love the line.

I Love It When You Finger Me!

Soldiers Give Me The Finger - Mmm...
More Purple Finger coverage.
2 posted on 12/15/2005 9:44:32 AM PST by rantblogger (Aaron can be seen http://aarons.cc)
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