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Plenty of Schock, Very Little Awe at Mandatory Obama Signage
pajamas media ^ | 7/5/10 | Patrick Richardson

Posted on 07/05/2010 10:02:04 AM PDT by Nachum

Calling the stimulus signs “the height of narcissism,” Rep. Aaron Schock, Republican congressman from Obama’s old stomping grounds of Illinois, is preparing to bring the battle over the stimulus signs to the floor of the House this week. “The constituents in my district look at those signs and see tens of millions of their hard-earned taxpayer dollars being spent, no jobs created, and hardly any infrastructure,” Schock said. “I’ve already had several emails and phone calls on my personal phone from friends back home that are upset about it and say, ‘You gotta be kidding me.’”

Last week, PJM reported that Rep. Darrell Issa sent a letter to to Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, demanding an investigation into the cost of the signs and what he termed the violation of anti-propaganda laws.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mandatory; obama; signage
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1 posted on 07/05/2010 10:02:09 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

The Obama Admin deals more with schlock and “Awwww!”.


2 posted on 07/05/2010 10:07:34 AM PDT by mikrofon (Signs of the times)
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To: Nachum

“Next it’ll be Barack Obama funded your teacher and Barack Obama funded your bridge.”

They have stuff like that in europe


3 posted on 07/05/2010 10:10:45 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: Nachum

I hte the signs that are here. Apparently I’m not the only one because one looked like something had been thrown on it.


4 posted on 07/05/2010 10:13:37 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

These signs are backfiring on Zero. They show the public how our money is being wasted on frivolous projects.


5 posted on 07/05/2010 10:14:19 AM PDT by BigBobber
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To: chris_bdba

It’d be a darn shame if somebody with a paint ball gun messed up those signs.


6 posted on 07/05/2010 10:16:20 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

I see loads of these up here in Massachusetts, and every single one of them makes my blood boil due to the absolute waste and uselessness of them.

Never mind, that I have negative reinforcement from them. Every single time I see one, bad things happen. The road is freshly dug up and I get a rock in my windscreen (a few weeks ago), a decent road is going to be torn all to hell and traffic congested and re-routed in already congested and re-routed areas.

On this one road I travel, it has been dug up nearly continuously (It seems) for the last fifteen years. I start to feel like Michael Douglass’ character in “Falling Down” every time I see one of those reprehensible signs.

And you know...it is only UNION work that is generated.


7 posted on 07/05/2010 10:17:14 AM PDT by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out
Did everyone forget Senator Byrd already?

Europe isn't the first place I'd point a finger at for eponymous signage, LOL.

8 posted on 07/05/2010 10:17:26 AM PDT by agere_contra (Obama did more damage to the Gulf economy in one day than Pemex/Ixtoc did in nine months)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

BHOAce


9 posted on 07/05/2010 10:20:18 AM PDT by FrankR ( If we don't stand up to tyranny, the tyrants win, and we're enslaved.)
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To: Nachum
One of these signs was put up locally, apparently to tout the repaving of a state road.

What it indicated to me is that our local government is so mismanaged that it cannot afford to do the basic infrastructure maintenance that used to be the raison d'etre of local government.

But with 80% of my property taxes going to fund the local public schools that my children do not even use, I'm not really surprised they have trouble finding money for such frivolities as sheriff's deputies, fire trucks and road repair.

10 posted on 07/05/2010 10:20:25 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (I'd rather take my chances with someone misusing freedom than someone misusing power.)
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To: Nachum

I am aware of a road project that has been ongoing for a while. One day, there was a big shiny new sign announcing that stimulus money was paying for the project. That sign must have cost plenty.

Great, I though. That stretch of road is in bad shape, and needs work. The pavement is terrible, and it floods with every heavy rain. Maybe something good will come of this.

Wrong. Ever since that sign went up a couple of months ago, I have seen absolutely no work being done. The road is in worse shape now than when they started on it.


11 posted on 07/05/2010 10:21:14 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (For the first time in half a century, there is no former KKK member in the US Senate.)
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To: Nachum
 No Skimming
12 posted on 07/05/2010 10:22:27 AM PDT by Tawiskaro
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To: Nachum

13 posted on 07/05/2010 10:23:44 AM PDT by Iron Munro (I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take any more beatings)
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To: Nachum

SOP in Chi - Da Mare built dis.


14 posted on 07/05/2010 10:35:23 AM PDT by karnage (Obama is nothing more than a soundbite-emitting hologram)
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To: rlmorel
" I start to feel like Michael Douglass’ character in “Falling Down” every time..."

We're the same. You and me. We're the same.
15 posted on 07/05/2010 10:43:08 AM PDT by laxcoach (Government is greedy. Taxpayers who want their own money are not greedy.)
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To: Nachum

Could’ve been whaty I saw? Not sure if it was mud or a paint splat? I would not be surprised if they all make it through the summer here without any holes. :)


16 posted on 07/05/2010 10:48:06 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Nachum

Could’ve been what I saw? Not sure if it was mud or a paint splat? I would not be surprised if they all make it through the summer here without any holes. :)


17 posted on 07/05/2010 10:48:21 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Nachum
No Cold War this time - just a death takeover by a Thousand Cuts Regulations. Communisim by stealth. And the craven MSM stand on the sidelines and silently applaud.
18 posted on 07/05/2010 11:01:26 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: Nachum
One suggestion...

...buy stock in Krylon.
19 posted on 07/05/2010 11:44:21 AM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova
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20 posted on 07/05/2010 11:46:37 AM PDT by moovova
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