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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums3 Republican Douhcebags busted in Orlando for stealing Obama signs and yelling racial slurs.
Take a look a this story. stealing Stop Signs as well.
Oh---and throw in the fact the driver was 2 times over the legal limit for alcohol.
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The signs were sticking out of the bed of his pickup, video shows. They included two stop signs, a street sign from Lee Avenue and Citrus Street, a day care loading-zone sign, the Lynx sign and a mailbox, according to the report.
Kupp was arrested about 1:30 a.m. on charges of DUI and grand theft after a breath machine measured his blood-alcohol level at .202 2.5 times the legal limit. Kupp, whom a trooper stopped at Gore Street and Parramore Avenue, said he and his friends had come from Stagger Inn bar in downtown Orlando.
David Hatmaker, 23, and Austin Bowen, 22, both of Orlando, were arrested on grand-theft charges. Hatmaker told the trooper the trio was upset because President Barack Obama had been re-elected. Callers complained to Orlando police that the men were hollering racial slurs at pedestrians, according to the report.
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Sgt. Kim Montes, a Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman, said stealing stop signs is extremely dangerous. In 1997, three people were sentenced to 15 years in prison each for removing a stop sign at a Tampa intersection, leading to the deaths of three teenagers whose car was hit by an 8-ton truck.
"It's Russian roulette if a car is coming the other way," Montes said.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-stolen-obama-signs-20121107,0,4629052.story
Buddaman
(503 posts)struggle4progress
(118,332 posts)... after a breath machine measured his blood-alcohol level at ... 2.5 times the legal limit ...
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-stolen-obama-signs-20121107,0,4629052.story
einstein he ain't
kydo
(2,679 posts)where I live, a very red (well used to be deep red more purple now) seminole county fl, in my hood lots of robme signs. one house like 5 robme signs and a jewish flag .. but any way I am regressing ... by wed afternoon most of the robme signs are gone. Obama signs still up (I have spotlight on mine).
the streets were so empty wed and of the people I saw they either had huge smiles or this stunned almost trace like wtf just happened stare.
ps trumad about 8 years ago I ran into you on university & forthysh rd. You saw my DU sticker and we chatted at the light. I just lurk thats why my post count is very low.
Still living here---at least until my kids get out of school.
I may stay---move over to Winter Park from Oviedo.... or---I may head up to the Boston area..
Good hearing from you.
kydo
(2,679 posts)I'm still in Winter Park not leaving if I can help it, kids are in college now. But the Boston thing is my son marches with the Boston Crusaders (5th year - he ages out this year). Actually The Boston Crusaders really should change their name to the Mostly Central Florida Boston Crusaders as half the Corp is from here and all but one of their camps are held here.
yashoo
(55 posts)There will only be like 4 or 5 freepers not in jail by year's end
Javaman
(62,533 posts)republican, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)"In 1997, three people were sentenced to 15 years in prison each for removing a stop sign at a Tampa intersection, leading to the deaths of three teenagers whose car was hit by an 8-ton truck."
They were initially sentenced to 30 years, so the sentences must have been reduced. That was a tragedy all around.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)And Daycare Loading Signs!
Why do my tax dollars have to support signs that make me stop? What if I don't wanna stop?
I should be able to decide when and where I want to stop, dammit! And if people want other people to know where their street is, they can post the name of the street on their OWN property at their OWN expense.
Damn nanny state.....*brip* ....now pass me another beer, Ned."
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)How the HELL did we git all these durn soshullist signs ennywayz?
Our hard-earned taxes, that's how!
Down with signs!
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Bert and Ernie are gay, Big Bird's a socialist, Elmo's, well, Elmo, Prarie Dawn couldn't get a job on FOX to save her, Cookie Monster expects handouts, The Count can do math, Kermit's a frog, Miss Piggy hasn't been turned into bacon yet, and Oscar is the only one on the show that appreciates the GOP trash!!!
And on TOP of all of that - the show TEACHES STUFF TO KIDS!!! They might grow up to be Democrats!!!
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)Make a nice Thanksgivin' dinner.
We Kin serve him on one a them street signs we stold!
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)That's like eating catfish! He lives in a trash can!
But then again, if I steal street signs, I'd probably like the garbagy-essence of Oscar.