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'Welcome to Obamaville' Sign At Homeless Tent City, Media Mum
NewsBusters ^ | December 12, 2009 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 12/13/2009 1:18:26 AM PST by Mad Dawgg

A sign reading "Welcome to Obamaville Colorado's Fastest Growing Community" appeared at a homeless tent city in Colorado Springs this week.

You probably didn't hear about it because outside of two Colorado television stations nobody found this newsworthy.

By contrast, when word got out in March of a tent city in Sacramento, California, news media couldn't get enough of the story.

Is it because that happened so soon after Inauguration Day that it could easily be blamed on George W. Bush, and that given the name given to this area that's no longer possible?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoeconomy; bhofascism; bhotyranny; bloggersandpersonal; democrats; economy; homeless; hopenchange; hopeychangey; obama; obamanomics; obamavile; obamaville; unemployment
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How's that Hope-n-Change® working out for you liberals out there?
1 posted on 12/13/2009 1:18:27 AM PST by Mad Dawgg
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To: Mad Dawgg
Here's the sign:


2 posted on 12/13/2009 1:19:28 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Pullin out ma geetar...


3 posted on 12/13/2009 1:22:31 AM PST by allmost
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To: All

The Denver NBC affiliate hasn’t posted the story. They are in the tank for Mr. O and have been since the DNC Convention.


4 posted on 12/13/2009 2:13:38 AM PST by MCCC
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5 posted on 12/13/2009 2:26:24 AM PST by Bon mots
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To: Mad Dawgg

6 posted on 12/13/2009 2:44:31 AM PST by Iron Munro (God is great - Beer is good - People are crazy.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

The MSM is so predictable. Approximately 30 minutes after GW Bush took office in January 2001, homelessness became rampant by the number of news stories suddenly addressing the topic.


7 posted on 12/13/2009 3:20:13 AM PST by NautiNurse (Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Media just doing its job, as usual - getting liberals elected and keeping them in office.


8 posted on 12/13/2009 3:57:54 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: Mad Dawgg
Is it because that happened so soon after Inauguration Day that it could easily be blamed on George W. Bush, and that given the name given to this area that's no longer possible?

I pass this area every day and have stopped a couple of times to bring these guys some things (as much as I can in these terrible times). The area is right near a veteran's center, sandwiched between I-25 and the river. Most of them have been there since last year.

A lot of these people are veterans and are there to access the vet medical clinic nearby. One guy closest to the freeway raises and lowers the American flag each day on a makeshift pole. I doubt sincerely that these signs displayed in the article could have been created or paid for by any of these folks. Likely, they were placed there by people with an agenda other than helping these needy and deserving folks survive what has so far been a brutal winter.

What's needed here are blankets and food and prayers. Not disingenuous crap and lies. These folks have been used and discarded enough.

9 posted on 12/13/2009 4:03:38 AM PST by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

bump


10 posted on 12/13/2009 4:14:05 AM PST by lowbridge ("We may be wrong, but the point is, we believe in what we're doing." - Joe Biden)
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Hi, I believe that you are correct. In one of the other threads posted about this specific "obamaville," there was a posting by an individual familiar with that sign.

At first posters presumed it was a sign costing over a hundred dollars, but later in the the thread, someone said that THIS same identical sign is found at various American tent cities, and that it is available ONLINE to download.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=obamaville

11 posted on 12/13/2009 4:14:36 AM PST by hennie pennie
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By contrast, when word got out in March of a tent city in Sacramento, California, news media couldn't get enough of the story. Is it because that happened so soon after Inauguration Day that it could easily be blamed on George W. Bush, and that given the name given to this area that's no longer possible?

In fact, that was even more obvious gratuitous Bush-bashing than the question supposes. That "tent city" (of about 20 tents) in Sacramento had been there for at least thirty years. The MSM was careful to never take a picture from more than like 50 feet away to show how small it really was.

12 posted on 12/13/2009 4:30:40 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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Hard to tell what the material is. I can tell you that if it's anything other banner canvass, it wouldn't last a day in this weather and climate. In fact, canvass would have a tough time in the wind. I have not seen the sign. Perhaps it's on the other side of the river.

It's been below freezing during the day for a week. I think last night was our first night above zero in the same time. I pass by this place twice a day and it simply breaks my heart. I don't have the means to do much.

You have to admire the resiliency though. The one guy I mentioned, with the flag, found himself a barbeque grill recently...:-)

13 posted on 12/13/2009 4:31:33 AM PST by Types_with_Fist (I want proof, not opinions!)
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Sacramento Tent City self-ping: A source no less than The Nation notes “As early as 1989, dozens of homeless were pitching tents on the precise site of this year’s Tent City in Sacramento.”

Odd that that was never mentioned in the thousands of articles about it this summer. I guess sometimes there just isn’t quite enough space for minor details like that.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090622/ehrenreich


14 posted on 12/13/2009 4:38:32 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: TigersEye

ping


15 posted on 12/13/2009 5:50:23 AM PST by pandoraou812 (time to dump tar & feathers on DC)
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To: Mad Dawgg

‘Obamaville’ - the new ‘hometown, U.S.A.’


16 posted on 12/13/2009 6:17:30 AM PST by cricket
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To: Types_with_Fist

>>What’s needed here are blankets and food and prayers. Not disingenuous crap and lies. These folks have been used and discarded enough. <<

Actually, the guy who made the sign (not the guy who paid the 150.00 to have it made) has replaced the sign with one that says they need food and sterno.

Because you stop there, I’m sure you’ve seen it.
If the Obama sign is still there, a personal photo from you would be nice.


17 posted on 12/13/2009 7:17:13 AM PST by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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To: Bon mots

The signature ... very nice.


18 posted on 12/13/2009 7:20:11 AM PST by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: Types_with_Fist

Prehaps someone who passes by daily dropped it by.


19 posted on 12/13/2009 8:03:04 AM PST by easternsky
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To: Types_with_Fist
"What's needed here are blankets and food and prayers. Not disingenuous crap and lies. These folks have been used and discarded enough."

Well, IF the sign had not been made and displayed, literally Hundreds of Thousands of people would not know about it. And I would venture that out of those Hundreds of Thousands a few will send those folks help. So if you are calling the sign disingenuous then maybe its time for reflection.

The basic rule of advertising is you got to tell thousands to get hundreds to answer your call. The guy who made the sign is waaaay ahead of the game! (I am sure some nice liberals stole liberated the sign to keep Barry Hussein's reputation unsullied.)

20 posted on 12/13/2009 8:52:32 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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