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christmasInCambodia · Seaman Recruit Joined: 06 Nov 2004 Posts: 1

I spotted this at snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/signs.asp

I KNOW I READ THIS ON HERE BEFORE....CAN'T REMEMBER IF SOMEONE HERE WROTE IT OR QUOTED IT.

Dear Friends,

Last Thursday I put out one of my Bush/Cheney signs in my front yard. Between midnight and 3:00 a.m. someone stole it. On Friday night I put out sign No. 2. Since I didn't have to get up early, I thought my dog and I would "stake out" our sign. This time I put the sign a little closer to the gate leading to my backyard. With my dog on an extra long leash, I planted myself on a lawn chair and read "Unfit for Command" by flashlight until about 1:00 a.m.

Here comes the fun part . . . I noticed that the car coming down the street was slowing down and pulling over to the curb right next to my yard. Sure enough, he gets out of his car and heads right for my sign. Just as he was about to uproot and desecrate it, I opened my gate and let my dog make the initial introduction!

As he ran to hide behind the rear end of his car, I promptly moved to the driver-side door, which was still open. It was a fairly nice car with power everything and still running. While my dog continued to "introduce" herself, I rolled up the window and hit the power door lock button. With that, I slammed the door, grabbed my Bush sign and headed into the back yard.

And now for the "rest of the story." About 40 minutes later, I heard a knock at the door. I opened the door to one of our city's finest . . . the Vancouver (Wa) Police Department. The officer asked me what was going on and when I told him, he could not stop laughing!

I followed him out to the perp's car and stood there while he asked the guy a few more questions. Upon learning that the guy lived a couple of streets down, I — knowing what was about to happen — asked him, "Why do you have Oregon plates on your car if you live just down the street (here in Vancouver, Wash.)?"

Now, Oregon has no sales tax, so often Washington residents will buy and register cars in Oregon to avoid paying sales tax . . . it's a crime and the fine is pretty stiff. Here comes the best part . . . The look on this guy's face told me he knew he was about to get busted. When the officer asked for his license and registration, the "Democrat" mumbled that (his license) was suspended.

Just for kicks and giggles I asked the officer if he smelled any alcohol coming from the guy! The officer looked at me, smiled and promptly gave him a field breathalyzer test. Guess what? You got it, he blew a .10, legally drunk in the state of Washington.

DUI, illegal registration and the brand of "MORON," all 'cause he hates Bush![url][/url]

Navy_Navy_Navy · Admin Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777

Someone here passed it on - I'm not sure if the URL was posted with it, (which we try to encourage people to do) but it's a pretty good story. Smile

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LewWaters · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:24 am Post subject:

I first heard this on the Larry Elder radio show and thought it was hilarious.

As for truthfulness, I have no idea. Some things stated are true, such as living here in Vancouver and having Oregon plates, but I didn't hear it on any local programs, either.

Oh, did I mention I live in Vancouver, Washington? Wink

My experience here was that someone did indeed steal my Bush/Cheney 04 sign, but I got replacements for it. Just before the election, someone else placed a Kerry/Edwards sign in my yard and using the ever wonderful duct tape, I remodeled it to say TRAITOR underneath and put it back out in the yard. Laughing

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P. Aaron · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:51 am Post subject:

I do remember reading about this incident here at Swiftvets.com first. If someone wants to take the time and do a SEARCH of the forums here using some key words from the post/article, one could possibly find the originator.
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jwb7605 · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 3:42 am Post subject:

http://www2.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=89911#89911

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search term was Oregon AND plates AND car

Digger · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 8:29 am Post subject:

Interesting. It wouldn't happen around where I live. This here is Mountain William country. Folks around here shoot first and ask questions later Laughing

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MrJapan · PO1 Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Posts: 465 Location: Chiba, Japan

Speaking of signs... I wonder what would have happened here if I had a sign out... I have only met 1 other conservative person here in Japan.. and ironically he is a Brit... all ofthe other foreigners are moderate to mostly radical... (you can usually see the radicals smoking some illegal stuff)..
MJ

Snipe · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:56 pm Post subject:

I read that on here a while back. Maybe it's an urban legend, but it
is very do-able in a practicle sense. It COULD happen just like the
story went. I think that I'll believe it. Oh, I have a brother-in-law
who lives in Vancouver Washington. He's retired Air Force and probably
wouldn't think twice about doing something like that.

Very Happy

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