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Anti-Obama Sign Taken Down After Negative Reaction
cbs2chicago ^ | 04/01/10 | cbs

Posted on 04/01/2010 8:00:01 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3

ACAMPO, Calif. (CBS) An anti-Obama sign that had sparked an investigation after being placed near a busy California highway was removed overnight just as local and federal investigators were looking into whether the sign and its almost-obscene phrases was a crime.

The sign along Highway 99 in Acampo, Calif., switched letters between words to avoid outright profanity, reading: "Obama = Niggardly," "Hurts small biz," "Buck Ofama," with a sign on the side that reads "Gone fish'n." It's unclear who took the sign down.

Although the sign didn't display actual racial epithets -- the word "niggardly" is defined by dictionaries as "stingy" -- the restaurant owner who rents the property told CBS station KOVR-TV she was concerned that she will be blamed for its implications.

"We didn't hang the sign," said K&D Brew-Thru owner Claudia Silva. "It probably looks bad because we're closing the business right now."

Economic turmoil forced the coffee and burger shop to close its doors on Tuesday. Employees said the sign appeared sometime after they shut down and before they came back to clean out the building Wednesday morning.

Silva said she acknowledges the sign maker's constitutional right to free speech, but "whether they had the right to come onto this property that we rent and hang the sign… I don't think that was really fair to make us look like we're prejudiced."

Patrons of the nearby Rockin' Robins Diner told KOVR-TV they agreed that the play on words left a bad taste in their mouths, Obama fans or not.

"I don't care what color anybody is," said one diner. "It's what he's doing to our country I don't agree with."

San Joaquin County Sheriff's investigators documented the scene Wednesday night and said they would be contacting federal authorities to determine whether a crime was committed.

The property owner reportedly lives down in Southern California, and investigators have not been able to contact him.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obama; sign
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To: TornadoAlley3

Some of my best friends are niggardly...


21 posted on 04/01/2010 8:12:19 PM PDT by OrangeHoof ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Bend over suckahs".)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Well....the use of "niggardly" is impossible to excuse.

Any one of 20 words could have been used. The pun was intentional.

22 posted on 04/01/2010 8:12:34 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Socialism is for people who've given up.)
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To: Graybeard58

Any doc who would voted for Obama deserves to be his health-care slave.


23 posted on 04/01/2010 8:13:40 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: STONEWALLS

Go to a store and try to find Niger seeds for your Gold Finch feeders.

You’ll only find “Nyjer seeds” now.

I’m not sure if they’re going to rename that big ol’ river, though.


24 posted on 04/01/2010 8:14:04 PM PDT by Salamander (....and I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.......)
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To: TornadoAlley3

If you can’t stand the heat, then leave the White House and go back to Kenya.


25 posted on 04/01/2010 8:14:12 PM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (SPEAK UP REPUBLICANS, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU YET! IMPEACH OBAMA!)
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To: al baby

True which makes t an inappropriate term to be used against him because he sure as hell is not being stingy with the tax payers money the government spends at will & is rarely held accountable for.


26 posted on 04/01/2010 8:14:52 PM PDT by Republic_of_Secession.
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To: TornadoAlley3

More good protest signs are needed on highways all over the country. EFFECTIVE!


27 posted on 04/01/2010 8:16:08 PM PDT by John Leland 1789 (Grateful)
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To: TornadoAlley3
San Joaquin County Sheriff's investigators documented the scene Wednesday night and said they would be contacting federal authorities to determine whether a crime was committed.

If they can't determine that a crime was not committed on their own, they need to find another line of work.

28 posted on 04/01/2010 8:18:48 PM PDT by B Knotts (Impeach Obama)
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To: TornadoAlley3
The sign reads: "If you voted for Obama…seek urologic care elsewhere. Changes to your healthcare begin right now, not in four years."

Needless to say, that really pissed off some of the Urologists patients.

29 posted on 04/01/2010 8:19:23 PM PDT by Enterprise (Dan Rather said Obama is so incompetent he couldn't sell watermelons.)
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To: OneWingedShark

***Keep the niggardly sign. If people are too [willfully] ignorant that they think it’s a racial term then laugh at them.***

Especially since Obama re-nigged on his political promises.


30 posted on 04/01/2010 8:19:33 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Obama's vision for America...Green shoots and skittles, where pancakes grow on fritter trees.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Interesting story. Of course, as a urologist, he has other ways to fight back against Obama voters (hehehe).

There are employers that laid off employees first who had Obama bumper stickers on their cars. That was entirely within their rights and I support the practice.


31 posted on 04/01/2010 8:21:06 PM PDT by OrangeHoof ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Bend over suckahs".)
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To: STONEWALLS

Uh, oh.

Now what are we going to call Nigeria?


32 posted on 04/01/2010 8:22:12 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: OrangeHoof

Thats funny!


33 posted on 04/01/2010 8:24:21 PM PDT by Between the Lines (AreYouWhoYouSayYouAre?)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

reneged. dork.


34 posted on 04/01/2010 8:24:24 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: OrangeHoof

The Foley Catheter is a terrible weapon in the hands of a patient man.


35 posted on 04/01/2010 8:25:43 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (FUBO! FUNP! FUHR! FUBS!)
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To: TornadoAlley3
I'm about fed up with politically correct speech. I've been getting called a baby killer and psycho redneck honky since I came back from the Corps.

Where were all these painfully aware people in 1971? Why was I advised to travel in civilian clothes instead of Dress Greens in 1973?

Screw 'em. 95% of the "coloreds" voted for that Marxist because of his race. If that isn't racist...

36 posted on 04/01/2010 8:25:45 PM PDT by jonascord (We've got the Constitution to protect us. Why should we worry?)
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To: TornadoAlley3
San Joaquin County Sheriff's investigators documented the scene Wednesday night and said they would be contacting federal authorities to determine whether a crime was committed.

So the only crime that is alleged is a possible trespassing charge and/or a vandalism charge (and those are a stretch), so how is this a federal issue?

37 posted on 04/01/2010 8:26:30 PM PDT by Engineer_Soldier (Enough's enough already! It's time to cleanse America of every nonConstitutionalist!)
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To: TornadoAlley3

We’ve never thought the 1st amendment should apply to expressions we don’t like.

-your friends on the American left


38 posted on 04/01/2010 8:30:46 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: mamelukesabre

***reneged. dork.***

Ever played 42? I still like the other spelling better.


39 posted on 04/01/2010 8:32:09 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Obama's vision for America...Green shoots and skittles, where pancakes grow on fritter trees.)
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To: STONEWALLS
...cannot use the N-Word or anything that remotely sounds like it.

Keep away from using *all* words that start with the letter "N" or use "n" at all. Take it out of the alphabet.

Brought to you by the letter "N".
40 posted on 04/01/2010 8:34:05 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (NEW TAG ====> **REPEAL OR REBEL* * -- Islam Delenda Est! -- Rumble thee forth)
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