Someone shot my Kerry sign......Incident report all cops can do

[vetwife]

I got kids here...this is getting crazy !

[Robin Hood]

1. THis is what the idiot right resorts to when they are desperate.

Crazy assholes. I would take it down for now, no reason to get hurt over this. No, they haven't won. They did it because we're winning.

[Fridays Child]

2. I imagine the kids will be staying inside now.

Bushworld--we have to end it.

[vetwife]

6. Probably from the Fundie Kitty Killer....can't prove it !

I don't know..I am in Ga and they know what I am about anyway.

I am a pretty good target out here. They hate me for Take it Back Cd and registering voters ! I knew they would harrass me but not shoot at stuff ! I won't stop..I'll just have to keep a reaaaaaaaal
close eye on the kids. The Fundie kitty killer lives next door though.

http://cafeshops.com/focusgroupnow.9200633

[libhill]

3. Repukes are insane -

they`d have been right at home in Nazi Germany. For all thier b.s. rhetoric about "freedom", they sure don`t seem to respect our democratic institutions. A real shame so many men lost thier lives in World War 2, defending our freedom, just to have the country turned to shit by a bunch of rednecks.

[redqueen]

22. Don't blame rednecks

Bush is from CT had acquired his accent after he was grown, for political reasons. People in the midwest and the east voted for these criminals as well.

[elfwitch]

45. Exactly !

Though I will grant that there are a lot of knuckle dragging rednecks in Texas, Georgie didn't pick that behavior up in my state. He was born in Connecticut. Blame them!

We don't all sound like hicks down here in Texas. Some of us can speak English proper-like. If there is a prevalent accent in Texas, it would be a Mexican one. There are a lot more Hispanics in Texas than drawling rednecks.

(BTW - no offense to our Hispanic DUers. I'm from San Antonio, I know Hispanic culture better than any other)

[StayOutTheBushes]

69. Texas 71% white

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48000.html

[elfwitch]

74. Not the part of Texas I came from...

At one point San Antonio was about 70-85% Hispanic.

[Solly Mack]

4. Damn!

You be careful!

[lovedems]

5. I would write a LTTE.

Let the people of your town know what conservatives are doing and how someone in your home, including your children could have been seriously injured.

Maybe the newspaper will follow up with a story.

That is disgusting and I am glad your and your family weren't hurt.

[Lavender Brown]

9. Great idea!

[vetwife]

A combat vet lives here...3 kids a senior citizen and

as far as the newspaper..well he lurks here and writes all kind of stuff about us ..BAD ! I took it on with him in the papers and its his paper. This is gonna get bumpy !

[libhill]

19. Hey now -

that`s just more Repuke "values" at work - they`re showing how they support our troops by shooting up the yard of a man who fought for our country. Fucking lying ass, despicable hypocrite dirt bags.

[lovedems]

20. OMG! He writes bad things about you and your family?

Disgusting. Hopefully you have the support of other families in your town. It sounds like you have a lot of fight left in you. Take the bastards on. I am sure you can kick some conservative butt!

[vetwife]

24. No he writes bad things about DU and Bartcop

[Lavender Brown]

7. OMG! Insanity.

Absolute insanity. That goes way beyond stealing or vandalizing signs.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. Call the FBI then and tell them local law enforcement refuses to

investigate.

[el_gato]

40. The FBI doesn't give a shit about democracy

It would be foolish to call the FBI.

[tom_paine]

10. Did you hear the shot? Did it hit your home?

To be quite honest, I am so SICK of Nazi fucks, if they came to my house to shoot my sign, they better expect some return fire.

We cannot back down from these MONSTERS anymore or the next place we wake up will be in the Arizona Gulags.

[vetwife]

14. It must have happened when firecracers and all were going off

I will call the Kerry Campaign...this will be the 2nd call on Voter intimidation ! 1st time was in the primaries .....

[Walt Starr]

11. That proves that the GOP has devolved into a street gang of thugs

complete with Drive-By shootings!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

12. Did the scumbags use a 22 or a shotgun or what?

This is fucking nuts!

I'm glad you're ok

You should definately go to the media!

[yankeeinlouisiana]

13. With a real bullet!!

Not just like a paint ball, but a real bullet! Damn! that is crazy. I'd make another sign just for the idiot that did it and put it next to your Kerry sign. Let everyone know what happened. Tell them someone shot your sign and mention something about Freedom of Speech.

Good luck!

[Redleg]

15. Scary stuff. I would be tempted to take it down- even though that's

what the Freeper terrorists want you to do.

[vetwife]

17. Looks like a 22 hole.....

I won't take it down ! I will put it in my window but I expect broken glass next time.

[Caution]

30. probably not a good idea...

if someone happens to be standing behind it you could be looking at injury. Put it on the lawn, buy yourself a webcam and set the webcam up to take shots based on motion. (you can do this for under $50 or so). then if someone shoots it again you should have a picture. A little research on google will get you all the info you need on this...or if you dont mind spending a little money (and considering someone is firing weapons at your property you might wish to consider it) you can buy a cheap Surveillance camera and time lapse video recorder from www.smarthome.com

[funkybutt]

51. Set a trap

or put up a camera or something...also please take a picture of the sign and show it to us!

[Mojambo]

16. This is exactly why, as a lefty, I'm not nearly as anti-gun as I once was.

The way things are deteriorating we are going to need to be able to protect ourselves...

[vetwife]

23. I think I will put a sign that says..This house and sign protected by

a combat Vietnam Vet 101st.....Sharpshooter..Don't try this again !
I know I am just mad but ..My God !

[tom_paine]

28. Go ahead. I'd also have vethubby oil up his guns.

Even if he doesn't need them for this incident, he almost scertainly WILL need them or your kids will.

I HATE Nazis in all their virulent forms and that is what these Busheviks ARE!

ENOUGH!

[w4rma]

41. Actually, I think that's a fantastic idea. (nt)

[Misunderestimator]

18. SHOT it?!? Jeez...

It probably is your neighbor. I hope you told the police that you suspected him.

Sorry this happened... unbelievable.

[geniph]

21. Expect more brownshirt thug violence

the worse things get for the fascisti, the more they will resort to violence to try to intimidate us. Do what you need to do to be safe, but make sure you still get out the votes in November. That's all that will save our republic from this increasing madness.

I'll never understand the mindset of people who think they're defending the American way by suppressing other people's free expression. Disagree with me all you like, put up your own signs, but remember that I have the right to mine!

I have all my political signs inside a front window, where they can't be stolen or vandalized. We'll see if the window gets broken, closer to November when things start to go really badly for Il Duce and his thugs.

[dsc]

25. I am glad no one was hurt

but I am at a loss as to what you expect the police to do. You didn't see or hear the incident. You don't have a bullet. You have no witnesses. You evidently suspect someone but it would be very dangerous for the police to be able to arrest people on the say so of their neighbors with no collaberating evidence at all.

[vetwife]

26. You are right..Just an incident report. They really have nothing to go by

I won't let them take my sign. COWARDS ! whoever did this is a bunch of chickenhawk Cowards ! Just like the ones who ran me off the road !

[tom_paine]

42. They ran you off the road?

Please tell me you're joking!

[vetwife]

44. No I am not and had by 13 year old in the car when I went to vote

Had Kerry on my car....They are nuts out here !

[tom_paine]

52. My dear God in Heaven, they ARE MONSTERS

And when they can murder us or beat us without fear of investigation or prosecution, a la KKK of 1930s, they will do so.

I am UTTERLY convinced. I study my history and I listen to people like you (mostly women, for they are cowards who would not dare to assualt someone who might FIGHT BACK).

I know. Our only hope to stop that is to rescue the American Republic, with all it's Checks and Balances.

Otherwise, well I don;t need to tell you what these monsters will do when they stop fearing criminal prosecution...

[libhill]

73. Think I should drive

down there, just to show `em a little road rage. Plaster Kerry stickers on my car, then let `em "bring it on", in the words of their hero. They aren`t the only ones with guns. Hee hee.

[vetwife]

27. Thanks ya'll No one was hurt THIS TIME !

[Ready4Change]

29. Dictators talk with bullets when their lies fail them.

When facts can't support a dictator, they resort to lies. When lies fail a dictator they resort to bullets.

Your shooters actions label Bush as not only a dictator, but a losing dictator at that.

Hope everyone stays safe.

[TexasSissy]

31. Some compassional conservative, no doubt.

[libhill]

36. Indeed -

and as I said, a real troop supporter too - trying to deny freedom of expression to a vet. That`s fukkin` infuriating. And they're so stupid, they don't even see the irony of what they`re doing.

[vetwife]

32. Hey Kids..this is rural Ga. they share our values..... HA !

Folks are getting desparate. Not one Kerry sign within 6 miles !

[Mari333]

33. Goddamit vetwife!! You dont need this shit!

((((((((vetwife)))))))))
those assholes. Frigging assholes.

[vetwife]

34. No Marianne I sure as heck don't ! Calling Kerry HQ they made a report

They already had my name on file. From the last time I called.
They were not happy !

[sandnsea]

37. Contact these people too

Every state has a Veteran for Kerry campaign in place. Here's a couple of names out of this article, contact them and raise holy hell. We can't let them keep doing stuff like this to silence our voices. Good lord, I just cannot believe somebody would do that, not even in rural Georgia.

Anyway, here's a couple names:

One supportive vet is Augusta resident Leon Meyer, who served in the U.S. Navy at the tail end of World War II and now heads the Richmond County Democratic Party's political action committee.


Another veteran is state Sen. Mary Squires, an Augusta native who's running for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. She's a freshman member of the state Senate representing Norcross now, but she served 10 years in the Georgia Army National Guard and Reserves.

Squires is the chairwoman of the North Georgia Veterans Affairs Council for Kerry and is trying to win the seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, a former Marine drill instructor.

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/clips/news_2004_0420b.html

[funkybutt]

53. YEAH...more signs! more signs! n/t

[vetwife]

66. I met Mary at the Kerry Rally. will do Thanks

[Tsiyu]

35. Could even be a cop who did this

From what I remember about the hell years spent in Ga., I wouldn't be surprised if a cop or trooper did this on a nightly patrol. I decided already that when I get signs ( hard to come by in these parts just yet) that I will get plenty of replacements. Though my area is pretty Dem controlled, it only takes one wacknut to try to erode my right to free speech.
Sorry Vetwife. And don't put the sign in the window. But do put up another sign about the Vet, the kids and the Guns.

[guitar man]

38. Shoot back!

It's the only thing these apes will understand. If you catch them shooting at your home, put a round in their ass.

I had problems with the local wildlife running over my signs last time. This year, I have a plan. I'm going to sandwich a couple of old cast iron cylinder heads standing up on end between two signs. If they run over thm this year, it's going to tear the living shit out of their car!

[porphyrian]

39. Put Up Three More Kerry Signs

If people mess with those, put up ten more. They'll stop once they realize you won't.

[Swamp Rat]

43. Yes there are crazy people out there. My crazy response to this

kinda thing would be to get a bucket of blood red paint and pour it on the sidewalk and paint blood streaming from the holes in the sign, dripping into that red pool of hatred. Invite local media and budding film artists from the local university to come film it. I'd also loudly play John Philip Sousa in the background - backwards!

[vetwife]

47. Update..looked around and it looks like a match...

The hole and some sort of hard metal..not BB was shot from air gun
Enough to penetrate the sign and I have no idea what they used. Funny thing, they had to be pretty close to make that hole. Now my former FDLE experience knows the laws are such. anything and I mean anything fired aimed at inside a home and that sign was where it could have gone inside the home is considered a missle firing. Beleive it or not anything that goes in a car or a house is condidered dangerous missle. No matter if its a bb, a 22. an egg, or a real missle. It did not go in the house or car so that does not apply but trespassing and damage to private property does apply. But no perpetrator known or witness so there goes that. an incident report is all that can be done unless they are brave enough to come back.

[JayS]

49. Sounds like a .22 caliber pellet. You sure it is not just kids out...

...farting around? Signs are good eating you know. :)

[vetwife]

56. Could be but still..Trespassing...and to me still dangerous !

[JayS]

65. Is your property posted?

[TX-RAT]

67. Trespassing laws hard to enforce.

Unless you have no trespassing signs up.

[vetwife]

70. I should have remembered that from property management ..Thanks

[AlFrankenFan]

46. Down south that ain't nothin' new

I have relatives in North Carolina that get their cars rammed because of their Kerry stickers.

[StayOutTheBushes]

64. The southern way...................

[TreeHuggingLiberal]

75. It's not the "southern way"

It's the ignorant rednecks that inhabit certain areas of the southeast more than others. I live in a very rural Tennessee town, have two very anti-bush stickers on my car, and the only harassment that I have received is being chased by a woman that didn't enjoy my parody of her Man + Woman = Marriage bumper sticker. I have been around areas like VetWife is describing, and they can have some very bullying horrendous characters. But, it is not the "southern way."

On to the original post, I'm very sorry for everything that you have been through VetWife. I now what it is like to live in a neighborhood where you are surrounded by bigots and imbeciles. I used to live in central Mississippi in a small town, and I was constantly harassed until one day I totally lit into one of the local Bush fans in public and gave him the chastising of his life. I was never bothered again after that. Bullies have trouble bullying those they are afraid of.

[Pallas180]

48. VW- hang out your American Flag w Kerry Sign on it - then lets

see them shoot at the American Flag. That ought to solve something.

The next thing I would do is call tv stations. They might like the
story - careful not to accuse anybody like kitty killer by name -
don't want slander suits - but tell them what's going on....you could
say - well it must be someone in this neighborhood cause they knew
my kitty.....

best way to get rid of cockroaches is to shine a light on them -
and publicity does that.

Best of luck and hang in there!

:kick:

[Wind Dancer]

50. I am sorry to hear that!

vetwife, please be careful, I'm worried that your crazy neighbors may have done this - take care of yourself.

[vetwife]

54. Thank you all..I scanned the sign..I don't know how to make it bigger

but you can see where I highlighed it on my scanner the hole above the h on John

[vetwife]

55. Look at that hole and tell me what it looks like to you guys !

[neuvocat]

57. Definately some sort of hole.

It could be a bullet hole.

[vetwife]

58. And perfectly round ....

[a kennedy]

59. *hugs* vetwife.....

D*mn....I am so thankful your family is ok. I knew this election was going to get really ugly, and this stuff is just part of it. Take care vetwife.

[vetwife]

61. More signs going up..Vet in bed and don't know yet. Oh Lordie!

He is gonna have a fit. He will probably line the yard with Kerry signs ! At least the driveway !

[StayOutTheBushes]

63. Please, keep your kids away from them!

[vetwife]

72. Thanks...I needed it I was so mad ! What most folks don't understand is

I live with a disabled combat VN vet and this kind of stuff can set him off. I mean, I may have to take down the sign because he could wind up on the VA mental ward over this kind of stuff. Its like we are under attack and they tend to attack back. IT upsets me and that is why Marie knew I was gonna have some crapola to deal with.
Its triggers something to a combat vet and especially one with 100 percent PTSD.

[rabid_nerd]

60. I've had signs with holes

from stones falling off stone trucks....

Did you find the bullet?

[vetwife]

62. Found a round object that matchs but not a bullet or bb.....metal though

It is not a rock...everyone says its shot...just don't know what by.

[Orangepeel]

68. my god! and I thought it was bad that my sign was stolen!

Take care, vetwife!

[fryguy]

71. what is this country coming to???

i thought they were the party of compassion? (sarcasm)

i agree with the earlier post...take the sign down for now, no sense making it a continued target....just imagine the a-hole(s) who did it getting liquored up, seeing it, and deciding that, since putting a round through the sign was so fun that pulling off a few shots toward your house would be sheer hillarity.....no need risking it

keep safe