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Huge Protest Sign to be Taken Down
Rocky Mountain News ^ | August 26, 2008 | Joanna Nasar

Posted on 08/26/2008 12:45:29 PM PDT by Lesforlife

Huge protest sign to be taken down

By Joanna Nasar and Kristi Morhbacker Special to the Rocky

Originally published 12:43 p.m., August 26, 2008 Updated 12:43 p.m., August 26, 2008

GOLDEN - Officials are working to remove a gigantic protest sign unveiled this morning in Golden that is visible from downtown Denver.

The American Right To Life Action unveiled a sign on North Table Mountain with dimensions the groups says set a new record for protest signs as measured by the Guinness Book of World Records. The group hopes delegates, journalists and convention-goers will be able to see the sign which reads, "Destroys uNborn Children."

The sign measures 530 feet tall by 666 feet wide, according to the press release. It has the letters D-N-C in huge yellow capitals arranged vertically.

Former Colorado Republican Party chairman and ARTL Action president Steve Curtis said the group began to hike up the mountain at 1 a.m. and finished erecting the sign at 8:30 a.m.

"The protest sign weighs more than 2,700 pounds and was sewed together with more than four miles of seams connecting 2,400 sheets and backpacked onto location and is being unfurled by 44 letter carriers with spotters a mile away to ensure proper letter placement," said Curtis. Curtis did not return repeated phone calls today.

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; abortion; billboard; denver2008; dnc; infanticide; protest; protestsign; shame
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1 posted on 08/26/2008 12:45:30 PM PDT by Lesforlife
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2 posted on 08/26/2008 12:48:13 PM PDT by Lesforlife
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It’s in a public park for cryin’ out loud. Stop calling it a protest sign and just call it one dam big picnic blanket.


3 posted on 08/26/2008 12:49:49 PM PDT by diverteach (http://foolishpleasurestudio.com/eyewool/slap_hillary.html)
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To: Lesforlife

No room for free speech in Denver.


4 posted on 08/26/2008 12:49:58 PM PDT by hershey
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To: Lesforlife

5 posted on 08/26/2008 12:50:50 PM PDT by B4Ranch ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you"--John Steinbeck)
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To: Lesforlife

That is AWESOME. Pro life rocks Denver and JeffCo


6 posted on 08/26/2008 12:51:30 PM PDT by grammarman
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To: Lesforlife; edzo4

ping!

Mega bummer!


7 posted on 08/26/2008 12:53:53 PM PDT by shove_it (and have a nice day)
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To: Lesforlife

That’s awesome! Are they going to fight the order to take it down? If not, why not?


8 posted on 08/26/2008 12:57:55 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (I was born with nothing. So far I have most of it left.)
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To: abigailsmybaby

bttt


9 posted on 08/26/2008 12:59:41 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (Obama is the Democrats guy. They bought the ticket, now they must take the ride.)
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To: Lesforlife

Thanks for posting this. I’m glad we got the opportunity to see the lettering.


10 posted on 08/26/2008 1:02:14 PM PDT by syriacus (Barry schmoozed with public housing developers as his constituents bailed sewage from housing sinks.)
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To: Lesforlife

That was hugh!


11 posted on 08/26/2008 1:05:25 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: Lesforlife

You can bet if it said KEEP ABORTION LEGAL, there would be nothing but silence.


12 posted on 08/26/2008 1:06:51 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic ("And how can this be? For I am the Kwisatz Haderach! " - Barack Obama)
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"Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech"

There was a time when people valued that right. Actually, I suspect that the law enforcement officers who are enforcing the demand to remove the sign are sympathetic. I don't see any sense of urgency in the comments. From the article:

"They had not brought enough water and food. They came down to get water and food. There was a rumor that they went to lunch but it's not true. They are just taking a break," said Andrea Burns, the community relations manager with the Jefferson County Sheriff's office. "Our intention is to take it down as soon as possible, once they are re-hydrated," she said .... Currently, the park is working to have the group remove the sign as soon as possible.

It would be nice if "as soon as possible" turned out to be right after the convention wraps up. I approve of free speech, especially political speech, whether or not I happen to agree with the message.

13 posted on 08/26/2008 1:08:28 PM PDT by RogerD (Educaiton Profesionul)
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To: Lesforlife

Outstanding!


14 posted on 08/26/2008 1:09:30 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck)
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Destroys
Negro
Children

also works equally well and equally truthfully.

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15 posted on 08/26/2008 1:09:35 PM PDT by polymuser (Taxpayers voting for Obama are like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.)
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To: Lesforlife

It says DNC Destroys uNborn Children.

“set a new record for protest signs as measured by the Guinness Book of World Records”

Beats pogo stick pole vaulting I suppose.


16 posted on 08/26/2008 1:12:55 PM PDT by weegee (The higher taxes that Obama demands of Americans are 'Above my Pay Grade'.)
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To: polymuser

Yesterday we had Alan Keyes, Jessie Lee Peterson and Rev Clenard
Childress of www.blackgenocide.org at MLK Park a block from
Denver’s new mega PP baby death camp.

Of course the media overlooked our Power in the Park rally,
but Michelle Malkin gave it nice coverage prior to the event.

Will post some photos in a bit.

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/08/20/black-pro-lifers-to-protest-at-dnc/


17 posted on 08/26/2008 1:16:18 PM PDT by Lesforlife
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To: The Shrew; Nick Danger

Ping.


18 posted on 08/26/2008 1:17:17 PM PDT by Interesting Times (Swiftboating, you say? Check out ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: Lesforlife

MOAB! MOAB! MOAB!


19 posted on 08/26/2008 1:31:16 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Rest In Peace, Capt. Ed "Too Tall" Freeman (1928-2008))
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To: RogerD
If they do take it down without a fight I hope they do it with a lot of loud statements about freedom of speech and attacks on freedom of speech by the oppressive democrat party.
20 posted on 08/26/2008 1:33:06 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (I was born with nothing. So far I have most of it left.)
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