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Feds called in to review landowner's sign
http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/articles/2008/11/14/news/doc491bc5ab04e78208338058.prt ^

Posted on 11/16/2008 2:20:04 PM PST by hamburglar

The U.S. Secret Service is being asked to review a sign a Bonner County landowner put up which suggests a "free public hanging" of President-elect Barack Obama and several other political figures.

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho2008; usss
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1 posted on 11/16/2008 2:20:05 PM PST by hamburglar
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To: hamburglar

Just say they are left over from Halloween, where effigy hanging of public figures is perfectly acceptable.

Right?


2 posted on 11/16/2008 2:21:32 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your power dry, folks)
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To: hamburglar

Political correctness is a big pile of bs however this is kind of over the top.


3 posted on 11/16/2008 2:21:38 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: freedumb2003

It should get the same attention that similar implied attacks on President Bush received, but it won’t. It will get much much more.


4 posted on 11/16/2008 2:23:01 PM PST by mrsmel (That one is not my president.)
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To: hamburglar

once again...conservatives can be our own worst enemy


5 posted on 11/16/2008 2:24:24 PM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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To: hamburglar

But nowhere to be found when ACORN steals elections, illegals access welfare benefits while working simultaneously, fruits throw around old ladies holding crosses, Gorelick, Emmanuel and Raines steal over $100 million between them from Fannie Mae after overseeing the implementation of the disaster, etc., etc., etc. Nowhere to be found when any of this happens.


6 posted on 11/16/2008 2:29:46 PM PST by raptor29
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To: ari-freedom

Give it a rest, and please exhibit some recognition of the incredible disparity between each side’s infractions. And until I see you on here blasting every infraction by the left, just shut up.


7 posted on 11/16/2008 2:31:57 PM PST by raptor29
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To: freedumb2003

it was ok to hang sara palin, but not for obama? wow, women are worth less than kenyan nationals?


8 posted on 11/16/2008 2:32:36 PM PST by television is just wrong (obama is going to pay my mortgage for me!)
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For the curious:
Bonner County is apparently located in a place called Idaho.


9 posted on 11/16/2008 2:36:01 PM PST by Repeal The 17th
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To: hamburglar

Good.

Not only will they review that sign but they are also going to search the property with the ATF and call in the IRS for an audit.


10 posted on 11/16/2008 2:39:37 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: trumandogz

>Good.
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>Not only will they review that sign but they are also going to search the property with the ATF and call in the IRS for an audit.

You forgot the Social Services investigation...


11 posted on 11/16/2008 2:45:40 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

When this story first appeared last week here on FR I said:

By the time the Feds are done with this guy he will have to sell his property to pay his lawyer bills.

Thus there is no such thing as “Free” Speech but rather Very Expensive Speech.


12 posted on 11/16/2008 2:51:45 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: ari-freedom
"once again... conservatives can be our own worst enemy"

No, there are some who are worse. Like those who are too genteel to "stoop to their level" or those who criticize patriots brave enough to take a stand.


13 posted on 11/16/2008 2:55:07 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: OneWingedShark

Forgot the FBI sharpshooters...


14 posted on 11/16/2008 2:55:32 PM PST by luvadavi (Important old novel: The Moon Is Down, John Steinbeck, 1942)
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To: hamburglar

So burning effigies of Bush, beheading dummies that represent the president’s advisors, hanging a dummy of Sarah Palin from a noose are all forms of expression.

When conservatives do it to liberal candidates it’s a “hate crime”.

We’re doomed. :(:(:(


15 posted on 11/16/2008 2:56:10 PM PST by Tzimisce (http://groups.myspace.com/nailthemessiah)
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To: Tzimisce

Technically he didn’t do it.
He has a sign saying “Free Public Hangings”.

Those effigies you mention are far more of a “I’m going to do this” (threat) than a “I want to do this”/”This is what I think should happen.”

Do I think the guy’s right, not particularly... but then again, I would be all for legislation making “Conspiracy to Commit Voter Fraud” a capital offense. (That is, if more than one person was involved, as per ‘conspiracy’ definition.)


16 posted on 11/16/2008 3:01:39 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: I see my hands

maybe we should all scratch a B on our faces


17 posted on 11/16/2008 3:05:47 PM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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To: hamburglar

What exactly is the complaint? That it is free or that it is public?


18 posted on 11/16/2008 3:18:19 PM PST by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 12)
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To: television is just wrong

quit acting like kids...who the hell cares about this symbolic BS!!!!


19 posted on 11/16/2008 3:18:37 PM PST by katiekins1
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To: luvadavi

wasn’t that Boundary Co?


20 posted on 11/16/2008 3:43:45 PM PST by rahbert
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