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'Obamaville' sign posted near homeless camp
kjct.8.com ^ | 12/10/09

Posted on 12/12/2009 8:00:21 AM PST by FromLori

Someone has put a lot of thought into a welcome sign that may surprise you, it's in front of a homeless camp off I-25 in Colorado Springs.

Its message, "Welcome to Obamaville, Colorado's fastest growing community." Despite repeated calls no one could answer the question, who put up the sign?

To some homeless the sign's message says enough. Mark Limonez, a homeless man living in "tent city", says the sign doesn't make him feel good about trying to get back on his feet. "Guys are trying to work but there's not enough work out there, so they go pan handling or flag a sign" Limonez says, "I've never seen so many camps since I've been out in the streets - there's no money."

There are no logos on the front of the sign and no clues to where it comes from.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: barackobama; bho44; bhoeconomy; colorado; coloradosprings; depression; economy; fourth100days; homeless; layoffs; obama; obamaville; recession; ttiuwp; zero
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1 posted on 12/12/2009 8:00:21 AM PST by FromLori
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2 posted on 12/12/2009 8:01:04 AM PST by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: FromLori

How sweet it is!


3 posted on 12/12/2009 8:01:57 AM PST by stockpirate (Breathing air is a hazard to human's. The EPA)
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To: FromLori

That’s a professional banner...somebody shelled out some money for it...


4 posted on 12/12/2009 8:02:18 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: FromLori

More pertinent is the fact that NOBODY has seen fit to take it down.


5 posted on 12/12/2009 8:03:06 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: stockpirate
Perfect. May they multiply as the needs increase.
6 posted on 12/12/2009 8:03:11 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: FromLori
Should make a standard sign like that for every homeless camp! Complete with the joker image...


I'll have to make one this weekend...

7 posted on 12/12/2009 8:03:45 AM PST by Bon mots
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To: FromLori; Kartographer

Gerald Celente predicted this.


8 posted on 12/12/2009 8:04:18 AM PST by diamond6 (Expose Planned Parenthood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYaTywSDmls)
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To: who knows what evil?

It’s big enough for a one-man tent.

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaah.


9 posted on 12/12/2009 8:04:34 AM PST by sodpoodle (Stop wasting our wealth and start telling the truth.)
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To: stockpirate

How’s that hope and change working out for you?


10 posted on 12/12/2009 8:04:37 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The Second Amendment. Don't MAKE me use it.)
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Probably made by the owner of a small business that made banners and signs, as he went under and moved into the homeless camp. Or maybe by the owner of such a business who’s still barely hanging on, but has had to lay off employees, one or more of whom has been forced to move into the camp.


11 posted on 12/12/2009 8:04:58 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: FromLori

Love it.


12 posted on 12/12/2009 8:05:04 AM PST by Silly ("Okay, I'm getting just a little sick of this bereaved chicken-widow crap!")
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13 posted on 12/12/2009 8:05:11 AM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: FromLori

'Hope' there's a golf course in Obamaville.

14 posted on 12/12/2009 8:05:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“Hoax and chains”


15 posted on 12/12/2009 8:05:44 AM PST by stockpirate (Breathing air is a hazard to human's. The EPA)
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To: cripplecreek

LOLOL!


16 posted on 12/12/2009 8:07:35 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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LOL!
17 posted on 12/12/2009 8:08:00 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Obama, Hitler, Stalin: Who are 3 people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.)
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To: GovernmentShrinker

He might be able to stay in business a while longer...these signs will be in demand for some time to come.


18 posted on 12/12/2009 8:08:37 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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19 posted on 12/12/2009 8:09:16 AM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Flashback: Obama Criticizes Bush on the Economy(March 2008)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405683/posts

“History will not judge President bush kindly,” Obama said...arguing that Bush appeared nonchalant over the potential crisis in remarks last week.

“When I saw the president in his press conference, almost lighthearted and joking about some of these issues, I think it did not instill the kind of confidence in the American people and certainly it didn’t instill any confidence in me that the Administration is taking the situation seriously,” Obama said.


20 posted on 12/12/2009 8:11:08 AM PST by Son House (The Learning Curve for Democrats on Macroeconomics is getting Exponential)
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