Posted on 07/21/2006 9:06:08 PM PDT by kristinn
Once again, the peace activist, free speech advocating hags from Code Pink stole some of the D.C. Chapter's signs outside Walter Reed.
Last week, we debuted Burma Shave style signs in an effort to inform the public that they should not be fooled into thinking the Code Pink demonstrators at Walter Reed love this country. The signs worked as drivers of cars who honked for our patriotic demonstration at the main gate were markedly less inclined to be fooled by the two American flags displayed by the Pinkos and also honk for them.
The Burma Shave signs were having the same effect tonight, much to the frustration of the Pinkos. Around 8:25 p.m., after the signs had been displayed for about an hour, we saw one of the Pinkos stealing the signs off the roofs of our cars. He tried to throw them over the Walter Reed fence and took off running after he realized he'd been found out. He had stolen three of the four signs, two of which he managed to toss over the fence while the third landed right in front of the fence.
A brief scrum took place as both sides rushed to confront each other. Cooler heads quickly prevailed and tempers defused.
The thief explained his actions by saying our signs are "offensive, they're namecalling, they're disrespectful to our women, alright. And we will not have our women disrespected." (This from a man who stands outside a military hospital with people who routinely call our wounded soldiers killers, murderers and war criminals.)
We informed the Pinkos that our use of the word "hags" was not gender specific. We meant it for their "men" also.
Several officers from Walter Reed security went down and warned the Pinkos not to steal our signs again and to not throw things over the fence on to Walter Reed property.
Did you put the signs back on te cars?
-- Burma Shave (c 1965, outside Bloomington, IL)
That is so perfect!
God bless you and the DC chapter!
Yes, I know they were signs 2Fro. I think I mentioned to devolve that I was looking for my Burma Shave signs in my over 6000 graphics.
I discovered I didn't have 'signs' saved but a whole notepad of the Burma Shave verses, so I said, "they weren't signs".
I have many of them, don't know where else they would have come from!
Show Code Pink
That we care,
with no beep or toot
but with a single finger salute
Freeper Shave
Do not tarry
pause or linger
just show the pinks
your middle finger
The Burma-Vita Company was sold to Philip Morris, Inc. in 1963. Shorty thereafter, the executives decided to reduce the number of signs in favor of spending on other advertising media. They decided to take down all signs as soon as possible, and crews were dispatched to travel the country to remove all signs. It is possible a few evaded removal, because completeness of company records was not a major concern. The standard was six signs in all, with BURMA-SHAVE usually, but not always, on the last sign.
One last one:
IF YOU
DON'T KNOW
WHOSE SIGNS
THESE ARE
YOU CAN'T HAVE
DRIVEN VERY FAR.
Superb!
Also superb!
Thanks for the explanation. I imagine a lot of them were stolen, especially when people discovered they were all going to be removed!
End the war they say,
and they want do it today,
what they won't say,
is that the enemy hasn't gone away,
Freeper shave.
That could cause liability.
Setting a trap can be illegal too. Manslaughter is not out of the question.
Don't set traps. Just saying....
Great link.
If you think tear gas is going to kill people then how about an air-horn so it can be noticed when someone is stealing your private property and infringing on the right to free speech?
Or is there something you want to nit-pick in my direction (rather than the perpetrators) about that too?
Yes, and I remember reading the Burma Shave signs, many times, as my family drove from Michigan to Kansas to visit relatives. We made the trip several times and always looked forward to the new "BS" signs!
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