We must be winning!

[Stuckinthebush]

How do I know?

All of the John Kerry yard signs were taken on my block last night.

They just can't handle it, can they? They can't stand to see Kerry's name because they know deep in their black little hearts that he will win this race!

So, I went to the hardware store, purchased a black, metal sign frame, and two pieces of Plexiglas. I put the Kerry sign in between the Plexiglas, screwed the PG in to the frame. I used an iron mallet to hammer the sign into the dirt almost all of the way to the bottom of the frame. I then sprayed WD-40 around the black frame (I am going to put Crisco as well). Hopefully, the WD-40/Crisco will make it very difficult for anyone to try to pull the whole thing out of the ground. I am considering smashing a few bottles and rubbing double sided tape in the glass pieces, then taping the other side to the bottom of the frame for added protection. My wife says that is over the top...she may be right.

Those bastards will NOT keep me from exercising freedom of speech!

Anti-American Neanderthals!

[shoopnyc123]

1. Where are you?

[Stuckinthebush]

3. Birmingham

Heart of Dixie and Bush country.

However, my neighborhood has a pretty good mix of Kerry and Bush supporters.

[merh]

38. The repukes are worried about the South ...

They have been airing * campaign ads in Alabama (Mobile local stations) and they are now putting it out to the media that the Navy home port in Pascagoula MS is probably going to be added to the base closure lists.

They like to pull this tactic in MS, Meridian Air Base, Navy home port on the short list for base closures. It is a coercive technique, and Lott and Cochran give comments to the press that if the repugs stay in power, they will keep the bases open.

Homeland security my a**, they will close local bases, but build 14 bases in Iraq.

[Bronco69]

2. I say

It's your sign on your property, do whatever you want. When you see a freeper walking around with bloody hands you'll know he was the one who tried to steal your sign. :-)

[no name no slogan]

18. Just hope that person isn't sue-happy

...because you could very well be held liable for her/his injuries. It sounds impossible, but it's not out of the question.

(However, if I were in the same situation, I would probably hook the metal frame up to an electric source, so that any perp gets the shock of his life when he tried to grab the sign. Yeah, I'm going to hell.)

:evilgrin:

[cheshire]

4. Well if that's the best they have I say "Bring it on"

[onehandle]

5. Smaller sign. Smile, you're being video taped. nt

[Jokinomx]

6. I know that you can't do this...but..

wouldn't it be nice to attach an electric jolt to your sign...with a hidden video camera taping the moment they touch it... man... that would be funny....

Good Luck with your signs...

BTW.. I went to a H.S. football game last night and when I came back home... my signs had reproduced. Two more Kerry signs and a guy running for the state house. I was a little miffed that they didn't ask permission..but... I do live on a very good corner lot with a four way stop across from the H.S..


:kick:

[Stuckinthebush]

7. Don't think that I didn't think about that!

I'm still thinking about it...

[LiberalEsto]

There are deer fencing materials

that deliver a slight jolt. Try a feed store.

[crispini]

30. reproduced

that's too funny!

[MAlibdem]

8. Shoot them...

ok, i guess that is over the top.

Maybe start putting up another sign that says: This is my Xth Kerry/Edwards sign b/c they keep getting stolen.

Or post it on your house/front door instead of yard.

[AmandaRuth]

19. i agree - we must not be silenced

put a companion sing up like hey rush fox-heads - i believe in freedom! Why do you hate America? Hands off my sign reThugs!....

If they don't get the message, at least it will be appreciated by those of us that do.

[Julien Sorel]

9. Please be careful that you're not setting yourself up to be sued.

The glass idea seems a little overboard.

[Stuckinthebush]

26. Great...you and my wife!

Voices of reason, damn it!

:evilfrown:

[redstateblues]

10. You Rock- I'm in an area of TN where that is happening

It hasn't happened to me yet, but if it does I'm following your plan!!!

[Philostopher]

11. Poison ivy has been used by others.

Wear gloves! Some DUers and others have smeared the signs with poison ivy leaves and draped the frames with the vines.

[Piperay]

21. That would be really funny

if they ended up putting their poison ivy infected hands on their 'privates', would really give them something to remember. :evilgrin:

[Philostopher]

24. No kidding ...

I also thought of the pure-hot cayenne additive some restaurant supply stores sell. Mix that heavily with some Crisco or vegetable oil and paint it around the edges of the sign, then hope they wipe their eyes or pick their noses -- or, as you say, go to relieve themselves -- before washing their hands. I've roasted peppers before, then reached up to wipe my eyes. It ain't pretty.

[RememberWellstone]

12. More of the same.

I went to dinner the other night, the next morning I noticed I was sporting a new Bush/Cheney sticker. I wish I would have caught them the other night. I would have called the cops and had them arrested for vandalism.

[bigpathpaul]

13. I think they're at least as twice as dangerous when they're running scared

I'd be careful. Kerry is now more of a threat to them. AND they don't have the media to hide behind as much as they did.

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Full-size versions can be downloaded from http://bigpath.net/politics/Voting/VotingStart.html

[skygazer]

14. Times like that, I wish I still had my dogs

I used to have four Boxers. If I was having a problem like that, i would simply leave my 70 pound male Boxer tied out front where his coverage generously included whatever I had to guard. He never would have bitten anyone unless they were actively attacking the family.

But no one else knew that. ;)

[BattyDem]

15. Smear the frame with dog poop

Tell your neighbors to do the same. It won't hurt them, so you can't be sued ... but they'll get the message! :evilgrin:

[TheDonkey]

16. bushwas ranting like a lunatic at his post-debate rally

it was ver unsettling that this screaming loon is rnning the country.

[spooky3]

17. Can you rig up a motion detector light near the sign?

[The_Casual_Observer]

20. You are one dedicated guy.

Regards!

T_C_O

[Stuckinthebush]

27. Thanks!

I've used it as a lesson for my daughters.

They helped me hold it up while I pounded it into the ground.

I used this analogy:

My daughter has discovered H.R. PuffNStuff on TV Land and loves it. I told her that Democrats were like PuffNStuff and Jimmy, while Republicans were like Witchypoo.

My wife quickly interjected that not all Republicans are like witchypoo, only the ones who keep stealing our signs. Then I got the look.

[Guaranteed]

22. Glass shards..NICE.

Maybe I'll do that.

[Kimber Scott]

23. Why don't you just hook it up to a car battery?

That would be rather shocking to a potential thief, don't you think? :bounce:

[West Coast Democrat]

25. There was one * sign in our neighborhood, which went missing right away...

I noticed today that they did get a new sign, and have it hanging down from the front porch, too high to reach unless you had a ladder.

There are no problems with people stealing Kerry signs around here. They are as common as telephone poles.

[NEDem]

28. Glue razor blades to the underside

If they try to grab it from the bottom, they'll leave a little something behind.

Some may say this is wrong, bullshit, they shouldn't be stealing in the first place.

[Stuckinthebush]

29. Thought about it...

Again...my wife vetoed it.

I agree...screw with my stuff and suffer the consequences!

[Dilligent]

31. Sign Idea

I saw a K/E sign hung from a tree limb too high to get to easily but low enough to be noticed driving down the road. I thought this was a good idea.

[newyawker99]

35. Hi Dilligent!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[gordianot]

32. Be careful but insist on your right to free speech

I was talking with some crazies today. NRA types. They are extremely depressed over * chances and I wonder if some are not getting desperate. This is turning too quickly. Go visit Freeperville the fear and loathing is thick.

[Hot Water]

33. No buddy. CRAZY GLUE IS THE ANSWER !!!

[Stuckinthebush]

36. LOL!

You are my hero tonight!

Love it!

[despairing optimist]

34. Get some mousetraps or flypaper

That'll fix 'em.

[Stuckinthebush]

37. I like that!

I just yelled out to my wife, "How about mousetraps?!"

NO!

"Flypaper?"

Maybe

(I like the mousetrap idea the best!)

[despairing optimist]

44. Only a fool would sue you for flypaper

But the bad angel in me says, go with the traps. You could put them so they snap underneath cardboard or something, maybe under the flypaper.

[LiberalEsto]

47. There is some horribly sticky stuff

that organic gardeners paint around tree trunks to stop caterpillars. I think it might be called Tanglefoot.

Try getting some a garden supply store. If you paint this stuff on your sign they are going to have one hell of a hard time getting it off their hands (or gloves, or car, or whatever).

[mourningdove92]

39. put one of those motion detector halloween characters beside

your sign. Maybe that would scare the pee waddle out of them. Especially if you could find one that was really loud. Bet your wife wouldn't mind that.

although, to be honest, I kinda like the glass or poison ivy thing myself.

[liberal N proud]

40. If you have a dog, make sure it dose it's job around the sign.

If you don't have a dog, find someone who does.
Dog shit all over their shoes, they will get back in the car before they know it.

[lwin]

41. I like the poison ivy idea

I've love the idea of the poison ivy. It would also be great fun to catch snapshots or video of the ittle perp stealing the signs...and get them printed in the paper or shown on the local news station! I agree that the they're feeling the heat and getting desperate.

I live in So CA, though admittedly in a county where the Republicans outnumber Demos, and a few days ago, some kool-aid drinker put a Bush-Cheney sticker over one of my Kerry/Edwards stickers on my car. I'd love to catch them doing it next time.

[Stuckinthebush]

46. We have enough poison ivy around the house to make this fun

I am going on an ivy hunt tomorrow!

I'll just make sure I have my gloves, long pants, long sleeve shirt and a lot of that pink crap you put on poison ivy welts.

[NightOwwl]

42. Damn I am impressed...

and jealous. My husband can't even hammer a nail straight. :)

[Barad Simith]

43. Why do they hate freedom?(nt)

[democrat in Tallahassee]

45. somebody took the bumper sticker off my damned car!