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A series of signs critical of President Obama may cost the State of Washington its share of federal aid for highway construction. The signs are on private property but can be seen by travelers on I-5 about 90 miles south of Seattle near the town of Chehalis. “Interstate highways are 90% funded by the federal government,” said USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood. “It is improper that they be exploited for the communication of messages opposing the government.” The Secretary added “we’d regret having to resort to withholding funds, but when people don’t show the appropriate respect for all the President is...

Charlotte billboards will rip religion, politicsModified: Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 TAMPA, Fla. A prominent atheist group is using next month’s Democratic National Convention to take aim at the presidential candidates’ religion, putting up billboards targeting Mormonism and Christianity in Charlotte. “Our political system … depends too much on religion and not enough on substance,” said David Silverman, president of American Atheists. “Religion is silly and religion has components that are inherently divisive. … There is no place for any of that in the political system.” The billboards go up Monday and will stay up for a month at a cost...

These new billboards have been popping up along 75 Central in Dallas, replacing the older "paper" billboards. They are bright but unreadable at times. Just asking.

NAACP Denounces Pro-Life Billboards Decrying Black Abortions The NAACP is not happy with a new campaign sponsored by a black pro-life advocate that has new billboards placed in Atlanta, Georgia with the message “Abortion Enslaves Us” and “The 14th Amendment Made Us Members. Abortion Dismembers.” http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/20/naacp-denounces-pro-life-billboards-decrying-black-abortions/

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CBS Outdoor and Clear Channel are cashing in on the disturbing end-of-the-world ad campaign in the Bay State as dozens of expensive local billboards are plastered with a doom and gloom “Judgment Day” May 21 message. Michael Garcia, who is heading the billboard blitz for Family Radio, a California-based Christian network, said the ads are emblazoned on 50 Clear Channel properties in the Boston market and on another half-dozen CBS Outdoor-owned billboards. Between 1,200 and 1,500 of the ominous billboards are strewn around the country, mostly on CBS-owned properties, according to Family Radio. One industry insider estimates the national billboard...

Prompted by a billboard calling Christmas a myth, the Catholic League erected a pro-Jesus billboard Tuesday. MANHATTAN — The Catholic League, upset over an anti-Christmas billboard at the New Jersey entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, threw a "counterpunch" at atheists Tuesday with a billboard of their own on the New York side of the tunnel.The new 26-by-24-foot billboard at Dyer Avenue and West 31st Street features a depiction of Joseph and Mary looking adoringly at baby Jesus, with the message: "You know it's real. This season, celebrate Jesus. Merry Christmas from the Catholic League," according to the Catholic League's website....

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado (AFP) – A billboard depicting Barack Obama as an Islamist suicide bomber, a gay and a Mexican bandit has triggered a storm of criticism in a western US city weeks ahead of crucial polls.

Several community groups Tuesday condemned billboards throughout Milwaukee that warn "Voter Fraud is a Felony," saying they are an attempt by right-wing sources to intimidate and suppress minority voting. At a press conference in front of one of the billboards at S. 22nd St. and W. Morgan Ave., the groups called on Clear Channel Outdoor, the owner of the billboards, to take down the ads and disclose who paid for them. The bottom of the billboards, which show people behind jail bars, the words "We Voted Illegally" and the penalty for voting illegally, disclose only that the billboards were paid...

Jim MacDougald, CEO of The Free Enterprise Nation, appearing on Fox and Friends discussing the launch of the new billboard campaign going up in select major cities across the US. The focus is on bringing awareness to the outrageous issues affecting our economy, and how the hidden costs of government are draining the taxpayers in the private sector.

Someone in Minnesota is on the ball.

A new pair of billboards protesting the Barack Obama presidency and the Democratic agenda have appeared in Minnesota, sponsored by the same group that brought us “Miss Me Yet?” and the reminder of Ronald Reagan. This time, one of the billboard companies (CBS) required an identification, due to the political nature of the messaging, even though no laws require such disclosure. The group of businesspeople who sponsored these billboards have formed Freedom Boards Across America, and plan even more such messages in the months to come:

Sample Billboards Here is video of Tommy Newberry - from BillboardsAgainstObama.com - talking with Neil Cavuto about their movement of small businessowners who are using billboards to state their opposition to what President Obama is doing to America and the free market system. Their movement began with billboards in the Atlanta, Georgia area, but it has gotten so much support and attention, that Newberry said it won't be long before you start seeing the billboards pop up around the nation. They are working on 50 designs that donors can choose from to help pay for. "We are now very well...

‘Anti-Obama’ Billboards Go ViralApril 5, 2010 - 1:19 PM | by: Elizabeth Prann If you have something to say – put it on a billboard. Atlanta commuters are noticing electronic billboards in metro Atlanta posting anti-Obama messages. The idea turns what is normally a staple of commercial advertising into a platform for political opinions - a bumper-sticker slogan aimed at a wider audience. The signs include: ‘Stop Obama’s Socialism.” “If You’re Not Outraged, You’re Not Paying Attention.” “Now It’s Personal! America’s Coming for You Congress! Vote Liberals Out in 2010.” “Stop the Lies.” The billboard sponsors consists of about 12...

Talk radio is no longer the only outlet for metro Atlanta commuters opposed to President Barack Obama's policies.

POCATELLO — One of the organizers of a media campaign that is using billboards in Pocatello and other cities seeking to convince Mormons of perceived errors in their faith says the group is not attacking members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "The reason we do this is that we really do have a love for the Mormon people,” says Mark Cares, president of the group that is organizing the campaign. “Our ministry is to reach out to the LDS people.” He says while the campaign does question LDS doctrine, it is not meant to attack Mormons....

A media campaign has been launched in eastern Idaho against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The "Speaking the Truth in Love to Mormons" campaign was started by the Truth in Love Ministry... Five billboards have been placed in heavily Mormon southeastern Idaho... SNIP The "Feeling Worthy?" message "targets a foundational fact of Mormonism, the need for all Mormons to achieve worthiness in order to receive eternal life," according to campaign literature. The campaign says God's truth is "the concept of free and full forgiveness through Christ" rather than the "earned forgiveness taught in Mormonism." "There is an...

Let us see if we can follow the bouncing ball and comment the dots of atheist propaganda: 1) Atheist activists such as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, etc. condemn the overwhelming majority of parents who have ever lives as “child abusers,” “brainwashers,” etc. for teaching their children their religion. They do this while admitting that they want society to step in and that this will lead to children choosing no religion at all—their goal is to interrupt families in order to encourage atheism in children: evidence here2) Next, they admit that they teach “science” and “evolution” as being synonymous with atheism,...

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WASHINGTON – While millions of Americans every day continue to see "Where's the birth certificate?" billboards, the organizer of the effort says he has a much bigger campaign in mind. As the latest billboard was erected gratis by an outdoor advertising company in Ocala, Fla., Joseph Farah, editor and chief executive officer of WND said he won't be happy until all Americans are seeing them every day – in fact, until Barack Obama himself is bumping into them at every turn. Drivers in Ocala, Fla., see the "Where's the birth certificate ?" message"It should be pretty clear to everyone by...

ETROIT (AP) -- Some members of the Detroit City Council say they're unhappy with billboards throughout the city that boast Colt 45 malt liquor "works every time." The council spent part of Tuesday looking at ways to regulate such advertising after residents complained they were offended by the billboards featuring a cartoon representation of actor Billy Dee Williams. Councilwoman JoAnn Watson says, "This is killing our community." Watson says she's worried the billboards are targeted specifically at Detroiters, calling it "an issue of racism and perversity."

Call it catch and release. Jessica Alba will not face any criminal charges for plastering shark posters all over Oklahoma City on behalf of a conservation group. "The decision has been made to close the case," police Sgt. Gary Knight says in a statement. "The case will not be presented to the district attorney's office." Alba found herself in hot water last week when photos surfaced of her papering over a United Way billboard as part of a guerrilla-style campaign for White Mike, an L.A.-based group aiming to raise awareness of the endangered great white shark. She quickly apologized for...

On April 21, Cindy Sheehan -- known for camping outside President Bush's ranch in 2005 to protest her son's military death in Iraq -- joined representatives from the Coalition to Stop $30 Billion to Israel. Sheehan and representatives of the 12 organizations that make up the Coalition dedicated 10 billboards in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which call for ending American military aid to Israel. The billboard message, "Tell Congress: Stop Killing Children, No More Military Aid to Israel," refers to a U.S. pledge to aid Israel over a ten-year period. The billboard features a picture of an Israeli tank juxtaposed with...

Iran's Oil Ministry had reportedly installed giant billboards across the capital to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country's oil industry. But reports say that some of the billboards, which depicted a huge Ahmadinejad standing in front of what appears to be an oil refinery, were removed by Tehran's municipality. The Oil Ministry has said that the removal of the billboards is a "political decision" by the municipality. Yet according to a report by Press TV, funded by the Iranian government, no senior official from the municipality is willing to take responsibility for the removal: The municipality said the pictures...

San Francisco's yearlong campaign to crack down on illegal billboards and collect large fines is running up against lawsuits brought by advertising companies challenging the validity of city sign restrictions. According to city Planning Department officials, a three-person enforcement team has located more than 250 illegal billboards and sought fines against the company owners and landlords totaling about $1.5 million. Only $50,500 of that has been collected, however, . . .

Senior executives of the Texas Department of Transportation can expect some heavy grilling from state legislators when the state Legislature convenes next January, state Rep. Jim McReynolds said Friday. Speaking to the monthly First Friday luncheon of The Chamber, Lufkin-Angelina County, McReynolds said many legislators, especially those from rural East Texas, are unhappy with TxDOT leaders over the Trans- Texas Corridor project and how it has incorporated plans for an Interstate 69 through the region. McReynolds said he attended all four of the TxDOT hearings on the TTC held in his district, which included one in Diboll, and "never heard...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2008 – A troop-support group in a small southern Michigan town is working to raise public awareness and appreciation for troops and their families. “‘Operation Never Forgotten’ bridges the gap between our military and civilian worlds by creating nonpartisan national awareness advertising for our troops, veterans and their families,” Linda Kelly, the group’s president and founder, said. “(The organization) has rolled out over 500 billboards across America on highways and in airports from Times Square to L.A.” The billboards display an unmistakable military theme with phrases encouraging viewers to remember and support the military and their...

Slovak Health Ministry Revokes Hospital Abortion Law in Face of Effective "Right-to-Life" Campaign 500 Centre for Bioethical Reform explicit abortion billboards had powerful effect By Peter J. Smith BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, September 25, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - "Right to Life" defenders won an impressive victory in Slovakia with the Health Ministry rescinding a law that forced all hospitals to provide abortions. Even the Slovak branch of Planned Parenthood attributed the graphic abortion truth campaign of Pravo Na Zivot for the Ministry's retreat over the abortion requirement. Pravo Na Zivot waged a relentless campaign starting in September to awaken Slovaks to the violence...

500 Graphic Abortion Billboards Go Up in Slovakia Marking 50th Anniversary of Legalization BRATISLAVA, September 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This year marks the 50th anniversary of the legalisation of abortion in Slovakia.  In this time 1.37 million unborn children have been killed under the communist legislation.  The current population of Slovakia is only 5 million. In order to show the Slovak people the reality of abortion and to break the conspiracy of silence which surrounds this issue the first phase of a new national campaign, Pravo Na Zivot, was launched this week with the public display of 500 graphic abortion...

An Old Religion Says No to Billboards Published: 6/12/07, 5:25 AM EDT By RAMOLA TALWAR BADAM MUMBAI, India (AP) - Some might see the towering billboards that rise out of a centuries-old Mumbai funeral ground as a message from beyond the grave. But the signs - which exhort motorists to "Rev up your night life" by buying a popular car - have bitterly divided the city's Parsi community since they were erected last week, with many people saying they desecrate the sanctity of the place. Trustees of the funeral ground, who authorized the billboards, say they are needed to...

There’s one billboard that stands out among the crowd advertising health care, car sales and upcoming political figures. It’s completely white with a few black words that read things like “You think it’s hot here?” and “Let’s meet me at my house Sunday before the game.” The advertiser isn’t someone you can directly call or e-mail. The “advertiser” is God. “The messages are often playful but are generally positive in na-ture,” said the Rev. Robert E. Maher of St. Joseph’s church in Edinburg. “I applaud the effort to gently remind people of some of the more important things in life.”

Despite ardent opposition to Gov. Rick Perry's Trans Texas Corridor transportation plan, the political arm of the Texas Farm Bureau has decided to endorse Perry's bid for re-election. "It's not just about the corridor. We will continue to oppose it, and will kill it if we can," farm bureau spokesman Gene Hall said Friday. "(But) the farm bureau is not a single-issue organization." Perry, the son of West Texas tenant farmers, has worked well with the farm bureau on other issues such as water rights and the government seizure of private property known as eminent domain, Hall said. Officially, the...

ROADSIDE distractions ranging from advertisements featuring scantily-clad women to Christmas lights are ruining motorists' concentration, with a quarter admitting to veering out of their lane while driving. A survey of 2,000 adults in the UK showed that one in four had admitted veering out of their lane because their attention had wandered to an off-road object. Advertisements, flashing signs and Christmas decorations caused a third of motorists to lose concentration, the poll found. Many motorists said that they were distracted for up to five seconds, which equates to the length of a football pitch if the car was travelling at...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - They're probably not going to see the movie, either. Activists in a south Los Angeles neighborhood staged a rally to protest the billboard for the upcoming 50 Cent film "Get Rich or Die Tryin'." Paramount Pictures is removing some of the billboards as a result. The billboards depict the rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, holding a gun in his left hand and a microphone in his right. At least two were near schools. A studio spokesman said Friday that Paramount was evaluating the locations of the billboards and taking some down. He declined further...

Anchorage, Alaska - A campaign to boost Alaska tourism is getting national media attention, and that attention has piqued the curiosity of thousands, if not millions, of people. It was Monday when Alaska B4UDIE billboards were unveiled in Seattle, Los Angeles and Minneapolis, as a way to promote Alaska tourism. “We're hoping they do a double-take, but not too long of a double-take while they're driving,” said Ron Peck, president, Alaska Travel Industry Association.

As President Bush addressed the United Nations Wednesday, a new advertising campaign blasting the world organization was going on just outside the UN's New York City headquarters. While the UN began celebrating its 60th anniversary, signs reading "Broken Promises: The United Nations at 60" were plastered on locations surrounding the Turtle Bay building. The advertisements for a new, in-depth documentary on UN failures were purchased by the Citizens United Foundation (view the trailer here). The ad campaign was timed to begin Wednesday as 170 heads of state gathered in NYC for the United Nations World Summit. The ads are located...

Check the map! Are we in Vermont yet?By SHAWNE K. WICKHAMSunday News Staff Jeannie Johnson actually groaned aloud when she heard they had to cut down New Hampshire trees for two Vermont billboards that are quickly becoming infamous. The story just keeps getting worse. Johnson is the coordinator of the governor’s highway safety program in Vermont. That agency paid thousands of dollars to put up two billboards in the middle of New Hampshire that have been turning heads and sparking conversations. Trees were cleared to provide a view of a new billboard on I-293 promoting seatbelt use in Vermont. (BOB...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government does not want billboards in space. The Federal Aviation Administration proposed on Thursday to amend its regulations to ensure that it can enforce a law that prohibits "obtrusive" advertising in zero gravity. "Objects placed in orbit, if large enough, could be seen by people around the world for long periods of time," the FAA said in a regulatory filing. Currently, the FAA lacks the authority to enforce the existing law. For instance, outsized billboards deployed by a space company into low Earth orbit could appear as large as the moon and be seen without...

During the past three decades, Clear Channel Communications of San Antonio has amassed a mammoth media empire, but now it's breaking up into three separate billboard, entertainment and radio companies. The restructuring — announced unexpectedly as Clear Channel released its quarterly earnings — came as the company's profits fell 59 percent during its first quarter, primarily from sagging radio advertising revenues and a downturn in its live entertainment business. “(The restructuring) will provide a springboard for meaningful growth and enhanced value in each of our businesses,'' Clear Channel CEO Mark Mays said during a conference call with analysts. After the...

Some in Hollywood are so angry with a conservative group for posting pro-Bush billboards in their town that they have vandalized them with graffiti – including a Nazi swastika. For a long time, Hollywood claimed it was for diversity – but that apparently does not include someone expressing a conservative or Republican viewpoint. The Hollywood billboards posted by the conservative group Citizens United certainly express a viewpoint. "W. Still President!" shouts one. Another taunts: "Four More Years!" Both, tongue-in-cheek, jeer: "Thank You, Hollywood!" Depicted beneath a smiling and triumphant President Bush, in solemn dejected ranks, are Martin Sheen, Chevy Chase,...

Because President George W. Bush has "ignored the threat of global warming," Floridians can expect to be hit by increasingly destructive hurricanes, a new billboard campaign says. The billboards, going up along Interstate 4 between Tampa and Orlando -- a week before the presidential election -- read, "Global warming equals worse hurricanes. George Bush just doesn't get it." The billboards show a photo of a hurricane swirling toward Florida. The campaign is co-sponsored by Scientists and Engineers for Change and Environment2004. The NAACP National Voter Fund is also involved in the effort to blame Bush for ignoring global warming. more...

One of the pillars on which the alarmist case for doing something about global warming rests is the contention that the 20th century was the warmest in the last thousand years. This proposition is most dramatically expressed in the "hockey stick" graph.............. ************ They found numerous and worrying errors. As they put it, the data "for the estimation of temperatures from 1400 to 1980 contains collation errors, unjustifiable truncation or extrapolation of source data, obsolete data, geographical location errors, incorrect calculation of principal components and other quality control defects." They used the original source data to correct these errors, after...

BILLBOARDS now seen in at least 10 key states show a prancing French poodle, its fur fancily clipped for show, wearing a pink ribbon and a blue Kerry-for-president sweater. The text says: "That dog don't hunt." And: "For 20 years John Kerry has voted against sportsmen's rights." As Election Day approaches, the National Rifle Association is clearing its throat, ready to roar. By now, most of the persuading has been done and attention is turning to mobilization — getting intense constituencies to the polls. Few are more intense than the NRA. If New England is Red Sox Nation, the NRA...

Upset by the message on ProjectUSA billboards in Kansas City, KS, a small group of race-identity activists held a news conference yesterday in front of one of them to complain and demand their removal. Tino Camacho, reports the Kansas City Star, president of the local chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), called the billboards “racist.” "We want the people (ProjectUSA) held accountable because of all the fear that they have created," said Mr. Camacho. "This is very, very … insulting to our community.” A reporter for the Associated Press called ProjectUSA yesterday looking for a response...

Actor Calls for KFC Boycott Over Cruelty to Chickens Nashville — PETA’s brand-new anti-KFC billboard, which shows Pamela Anderson next to the tagline "Boycott KFC—Live Scalding, Painful Debeaking, Crippled Chickens" and steers motorists to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com, has just gone up along I-65 at Cement Plant Road, south side, facing west. img src =

<p>Billboards, posters and drink coasters will deliver a state campaign to try to dissuade older men from having sex with underage girls.</p> <p>The Health Department will bring the campaign to Northern Virginia, Richmond and Roanoke this month and next. The campaign is modeled on a pilot project that ran last July in Hampton Roads, which the department deemed a success.</p>

[snip]The billboard worker owed money he didn't have, so he found a way to erase his debt: He let his creditor cover six billboards with a biblical passage condemning homosexuality. That deal backfired spectacularly, at least for the employee. Billboards are meant to be seen, after all. When sign company executives saw them a few weeks ago, they promptly fired the worker and papered over the unauthorized messages. [snip]

New billboards are getting attention in Arizona.. Here's a list of some of the variations of the "God Speaks" billboards. The billboards are a simple black background with white text. No fine print or sponsoring organization is included. Tell the kids I love them. -God Let's meet at my house Sunday before the game. -God C'mon over and bring the kids. -God What part of "Thou Shalt Not..." didn't you understand? -God We need to talk. -God Keep using my name in vain, I'll make rush hour longer. -God Loved the wedding, invite me to the marriage. -God That "Love...

McMINNVILLE - Retired Air Force Maj. Wes Carter could probably use a lesson or two from anti-war protesters. The disabled Gulf War veteran had hoped to get arrested this week to show his anger at giant new billboards proposed in McMinnville. To accomplish this, he planned to block the doorway to Pogy's Sub Sandwiches, one of five businesses that have signed leases for the billboards. Nobody would arrest him. ``The police said I could stay out here all day if I wanted to,'' he said. Carter was largely responsible for his own inability to get arrested. He chose to protest...