Second night Freeway blogging and We got Busted by the Cops!

[Shoeempress]

Putting up a "Draft 2005/911 Bush Knew" Sign (it was 2 sided) on the major route thru town, when up pulls the car, lights flashing. Almost wet myself felt like when the cops would break up the parties in high school. Officer was really nice asked if I was OK. Said yes just putting up a sign, is that OK? He said yes, but what did it mean, so I told him the draft was coming back June, 2005, He said oh, and we left. Still got 5 signs up, but that was our last. After you get rousted by the cops, time to go home. Plan to continue doing this, does this mean I'm addicted to the rush.

[amazona]

1. whew!

I agree, when you get rousted, time to go home. Don't be rude and push it. Tomorrow is another day.

[juliagoolia]

2. Thats too funny

You forgot your invisiblity cloak!

[Shoeempress]

4. You know as we left, I knew I had forgotten something, That was it.

[NMDemDist2]

3. ROFL well if you had to explain it to him, time to find a new message

I'm cracking up over here

GOOD JOB!!

[RaleighNCDUer]

26. Actually that's good advertising.

Kind of like the ad campaigns that start out just saying "It's Coming!"

If a person sees it and doesn't know what it's about, he'll ask someone else and voila! you've got two people talking about it.

[Vickers]

5. Shoeempress, I meant to tell you...we are going out doing this tomorrow!

You have really inspired me, plus JohnyC posting that website...man, I haven't felt this motivated in AGES!

I am going to make the signs tomorrow, plus I need to go out and measure a couple of things to figure out the size bungee cords we need.

:yourock:

[Shoeempress]

7. Good for you. It really is a lot of fun. I found using Chisel Tip

Sharpies is the best for hand lettering. Also noted that my "Where's Osama" Signs stay up the longest. Have fun and post what happens.

[JohnyCanuck]

9. You mean this web site?

www.freewayblogger.com

[Vickers]

11. Yeah!

Man, you guys are making my week, I swear!

[JohnyCanuck]

14. Have fun, be careful

and plant a sign for me while you are at it.

[Shoeempress]

32. Did you do it? Post all about it, and photos if you have any.

[Vickers]

36. Tonight! Post-debate!

I'm kinda hesitant to post photos, though...a couple of the ones I'm planning on are kinda in a grey area as far as if I'm allowed.

I was gonna take pictures of them and send to www.freewayblogger.com, and just say I saw them somewhere :spank:

[Shoeempress]

37. Excellent plan. Give us a heads up when it gets posted. Good luck

and be careful.

[Shoeempress]

38. Did you get to Blog last night? Post and tell what happened.

I got a sign up at an intersection which I've had my eye on for a while. Sign still there today, but knocked down. Will go late p.m. or early a.m to fix it.

[Cha]

6. He didn't sound too concerned..

Another cop might have had a different attitude. That was a lucky "bust".

[Shoeempress]

8. Well the state I'm in is REALLY into politics, and signs are everywhere.

So I guess it can't be a major crime to put them up even if it is a podunk town.

[Cha]

10. I'm glad your State "is really into politics".

I'm in a small town in New York and there are a few "Support The Troops" yellow ribbon stickers but I haven't seen one b/c sign..and just a few Kerry signs..

It's the apathy that gets to me these days.

[Shoeempress]

20. It's a swing state, so I really feel the need to get the facts out

[Comadreja]

13. Minor Crime = "Civil Disobedience"

Hey, SO WHAT? That's democracy!

"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience. . . Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty" : Howard Zinn

[proud patriot]

12. Woo Hoo !

glad the officer was cool :D

[MADem]

27. I think it is very TELLING

...that the cop was cool. Maybe he isn't too happy with weewee gutting the COPS Program or the fact that probably a good number of his coworkers were shipped to Iraq, requiring him to do double shifts and not get overtime for it.

[WLKjr]

15. I plan on Freeway blogging soon

got a big billboard down the road I plan to hit up :D :evilgrin: I just have to walk from my aunts house through a couple of harvested fields late at night.

[SoCalDem]

18. Harvested fields late at night.....ummmm wear heavy/tall boots

snakes hunt for mice in harvested fields..:scared:

[WLKjr]

19. ahh these are fresh cut soybean fields or tilled over ones.

plus there probably arent many around. I am thinking either black paint on it or just foam board signs.

[Shoeempress]

29. Go with the sign, get your message out, don't just be an Ass@$%#

[greblc]

16. Bravo!

[jdj]

17. Bless you.

I think it is great the cop did not say anything.

[JohnyCanuck]

21. Alternet Article on Freeway Blogger.

"The first signs I put up were after the election of 2000. I had been taught as a child that democracy is a place where you count the votes, and when I saw that was not going to happen, I felt cheated," he says in a phone interview.

"The reason I've done this is not because I'm consumed with a hatred of Bush or flaming with political passions," he points out. "The men who founded this country gave us the first amendment as a way of making sure that democracy stayed alive and vibrant. The reason they gave each of us the right to speak out was to sound the alarm if we felt our country or democracy was in danger."

Freeway Blogger is sounding that alarm by encouraging a nationwide sign-posting extravaganza called the "National Freeway Free Speech Day: Driving America to Think" on Oct. 13. The date coincides with the third and final presidential debate.

"I'm getting swamped with emails from people all over the country saying they're going to participate. I really believe there will be a thousand of us by the 13th." Through his website, he has garnered commitments from nearly 700 people to put up signs in 175 cities across 45 states. His web site advises that laws vary from state to state, and taunts, "But you'll have to catch us first."

www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20141/

[Spike from MN]

22. Keep up the good work!

You might have posted this before but just out of curiosity, where are you located?

[Shoeempress]

34. Nh, a swing state.

[rman]

23. doesn't sound like you got "Busted"

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[Room101]

24. I freeway blog also !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHooo.

[Shoeempress]

30. Yeay, will you be my cellmate, I'm afraid I'll get put in with a repuke

and have to serve my time listening to Rush when I have to serve hard time.

[VaYallaDawg]

25. You're my hero!

Great work for doing this, and even better to get away with it from the cop! In this foam-at-the-mouth RW state (VA), you'd be talking thru bars right now, but it's heartening to see there are still some spots in the US where it's OK to have a difference of opinion!

[catzies]

28. Here are my freeway blogger photos from last night & this morning

Stayed up til midnight making it. Up at 6 to go put it up on the overpass. Took pics but it wa too dark & they didn't turn out. Drove past at 8 AM on my way to work and it was still up and it's the last photo. The first one is me doing a Lynndie England impression, the second is my cousin and parter-in-crime.

[Shoeempress]

31. LOVE IT, may I copy or will I have to send you royalties?

[WoodrowFan]

33. good job, i wonder if

I can convince my wife to make one with me for Rt 50 in Arlington. :evilgrin:

[Shoeempress]

35. Tell her plan to do this, and she can drive and bring Bail money.

Go for it, it's actually intoxicating. Watching the debate tonite, so I figure can really only do 1 sign, but I have the spot picked out and it's on the way to the debate watching party. Two birds with one stone.