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November 23, 2009
Anti-Obama Billboard Stirs Controversy
Anti-Obama billboard stirs controversy
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo.
Call it Freedom of Speech. A billboard recently erected in Wheat Ridge compares President Barack Obama to a terrorist and questions his U.S. citizenship.
The billboard, located at 4855 Miller Road, shows two cartoonish images of Obama wearing a Muslim turban and reads "PRESIDENT or JIHAD?"
It also says "BIRTH CERTIFICATE - PROVE IT!" alluding to the conspiracy theory which claims Barack Obama was born in Kenya rather than Hawaii, which would disqualify him for the office of President.
The words "WAKE UP AMERICA! REMEMBER FT. HOOD!" appear on the bottom of the billboard.
The sign belongs to a car dealership.
"Since Fort Hood, I've had it," owner Phil West told FOX 31 News Friday. "You can't suggest things. You can't profile. You gotta call a spade a spade."
"Everything I have read about Mr. Obama points right to the fact that he is a Muslim. And that is the agenda of what Muslim is all about. It's about anti-American, it's about anti-Christianity," West said.
The Anti-Defamation League condemned the sign, as did AM760 radio host David Sirota, who discussed the sign and interviewed West on his program Friday morning.
"It's out of control," Sirota said. "This conservative hatred of Barack Obama is out of contol, and this brings together all those strands of it: the racism, the anti-Muslim fervor. It's one thing to criticise the president on health care, or Wall Street reform, or immigration. But this is outrageous. And I think it's a fair question to ask why these questions about religion and ancestry are being directed so viciously at the first African-American President of the United States."
While the ADL issued a statement calling the billboard an exploitation of the Ft. Hood shootings that is "divisive and offensive, and perpetuates hateful and harmful stereotypes about Muslims", prominent conservatives have been silent thus far.
"That could suggest that conservative leaders are afraid to confront the extreme fringe of their base," Sirota said. "Or it suggests they actually condone this message. Either way, it's disturbing."
Sirota is an unabashed liberal, but not all self-identified conservatives who drove past the sign Friday disagree with him.
"I'm not concerned with that at all," said Linda Alexander, of Golden, in regard to the dispute over President Obama's American citizenship. "He was elected, he's the president -- that's it, as far as I'm concerned. Some people just can't accept that, obviously."
But Keith Walters, another passing driver, saw nothing wrong with the billboard.
"I can't honestly say he's a Jihadist, but there's a lot of things that are questionable," Walters said. "The whole birth certificate controversy. From what I've read, there's no proof Obama isn't a Muslim. And I don't believe there's any racism [in the billboard]. I think that should be a question asked to any president who -- they have some questionable backgrounds."
Supporters of the birth certificate theory, known as 'Birthers,' believe the Certification of Live Birth produced by the state of Hawaii is a forgery.
Wild Thing's comment..........
I am all for them putting more of these up all across our country.
" the ADL issued a statement calling the billboard an exploitation of the Ft. Hood shootings that is "divisive and offensive, and perpetuates hateful and harmful stereotypes about Muslims"
Shame on the ADL!!!!! We are sick of being PC too along with everything else!!!
I say yessss NEVER Forget Fort Hood, "WAKE UP AMERICA! REMEMBER FT. HOOD!" Obama with his putting more and more Muslims in his administration for one thing. The terrorist that killed our troops at Ft. Hood worked for Obama.
GREAT!
•Agree (1211 responses)
81.4%
•Disagree (211 responses)
14.2%
•Don't Care (65 responses)
4.4%
1487 total responses"
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Here is the POLL it where it asks for a vote.
http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-obama-billboard,0,2153411.poll
....Thank you JohnE PFC U.S. Army for sending this to me.
John
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Posted by Wild Thing at November 23, 2009 02:49 AM
Comments
"Remember the Alamo!"
"Remember Fort Hood!"
Obama, "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You!"
Posted by: SSgt. Steve at November 23, 2009 04:31 AM
That's funny!!! I went to Wheat Ridge Senior high school for my sophomore year (79-80)! Good for them! People are finally sticking up to the bully in the White House! Yay!!!!!!
Posted by: Lynn at November 23, 2009 08:09 AM
Signs and billboards sking about obama's birth certificate are popping up at places around the country. It is free speech. The ball is i obama's court. All he has to do is make public his birth cert. and his passport he used to go to Pakistan.
I believe obama considers himself a muslim. He said so himself once and many times again via his actions and statements.
Posted by: TomR at November 23, 2009 10:08 AM
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/
a_view_of_obama_from_across_th.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCAffMSWSzY The Muzzy
Dear Mr. Grim Reaper,
So far this year you have taken away our favorite dancer and entertainer, Michael Jackson.....Patrick Swayze.....and my favorite actress, Farrah Fawcett.
Just so you know.....my favorite polititians are,
Barack Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, Dick Durbin, Arlen Specter, John Murtha, all of them.
Thank you.
Posted by: Jack at November 23, 2009 12:02 PM
Agree (3063 responses) 88.7%
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Don't Care (119 responses) 3.4%
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This was the poll 88% know what/who, obama is and if they voted for him know NOW it was a huge mistake.
Posted by: Mark at November 23, 2009 12:07 PM
Every time I see a great post on Sarasota Speaks and click on it, it shoots me to Theodore's World. Every single time. And that's no coincidence. I commend you on posting highly relevant and accurate articles, thoughts, beliefs, ideas.
While Comrade Obama is ripe for vilification, he is only a puppet in a grand play. The real puppet masters are the Brzezinski Cartel, a group I've studied for 30 years. If you wish to go after the people who are systematically destroying this country, Great Britain and Europe, not to mention Afghanistan and other unfortunate nations, then please consider targeting them.
In parting, I offer one final thought: how much of this destruction are you willing to tolerate before you do some concrete action that opposes it or seeks to end it entirely?
Happy Hunting,
Aim True,
William Dean A. Garner
"All it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing."
Posted by: William Dean A. Garner at November 23, 2009 05:48 PM
SSgt. Steve, yesssss!!!!
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 23, 2009 06:03 PM
Lynn, oh wow, thanks for sharing about
that.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 23, 2009 06:05 PM
Tom, I agree so much.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 23, 2009 06:08 PM
Jack, thank you so much for those two links.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 23, 2009 06:12 PM
Mark, thanks for the update.
Yes people are learning and waking up.
Not all but an awful lot and more will
come along too.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 23, 2009 06:15 PM
William Dean A. Garner, thank you for the
kind words about my blog.
Regarding your question:
"how much of this destruction are you willing to tolerate before you do some concrete action that opposes it or seeks to end it entirely?"
Many times I have posted the email addresses and phone numbers for everyone so we all can write letters, make phone calls and contact those in power at all levels to let them know how we feel or what Bills we do not want passed and why.
I have gone to Townhall meetings, spoken with my local ( in my State) politicians, campaigned for true conservatives instead of rino's.
Signed petitions regarding issues of importance etc. And of course my vote, all of our voting is a way we speak back to who we do and do not want back in office. All things done have been within the law and I would not want anyone including myself to take matters into shooting someone because they are a leftie, a liberal or even a rino. Worthless as they are, our lives are not worthless and I don't want myself or anyone else I know to spend the rest of the lives in jail for taking out a politician.
I agree with your famous quote absolutely. And the things I mentioned above show all of us have done much to counter the left and try to stop the insanity coming from Washington.
It is very nice to meet you and I hope you drop by again.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 23, 2009 11:52 PM
