I stopped this DUer on the road today...check his stickers

[Gabi Hayes]

I talked to him VERY briefly at the Cindy vigil last week, but didn't even notice the DU sticker til I got my pictures back

I saw him driving ahead of me today, and waved him over. he's a union plasterer....for over 20 years.

my dad and grandfather had a decent-sized plastering company for over 40 years, and I learned how to do it myself.....did it and other things like that for about 15, so we talked about that for a bit.

he's very tuned in to things, and is a DUer. he'll probly see this post, I hope.

I recognized the truck right away, and had to chase him down, sorta, for about two miles, but it was worth it

made my day!

I showed him my license plate cover, which I refuse to take off, even though my car isn't new anymore. he was most amused:



PS he's on his way to his union board meeting. we talked about the war on labor being waged by the fascists in power (agreement on the use of that specific term, too). we bonded as 'Union brothers' (NEA)

"Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?"

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nataliemerchant/whichsideareyouon.html

[Gabi Hayes]

1. Union, YES!

even though the NEA can suck hard

Come all you good workers
Good news to you I'll tell
Of how the good old union
Has come in here to dwell

Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?

My daddy was a miner
He's now in the air and sun
He'll be with you fellow workers
Until the battle's won

Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?

They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Claire

Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?

Oh workers can you stand it?
Oh tell me how you can
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you be a man?

Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?

Don't scab for the bosses
Don't listen to their lies
Poor folks ain't got a chance
Unless they organize

Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?

[coffeenap]

2. I recognize his truck too! Hello to both fellow Illinois vigilites!

[Gabi Hayes]

12. NW suburbs? He was right at Arlington Park

I chased him across Northwest Highway, on Wilke

were you at the vigil?

[coffeenap]

17. YEP! With my son and daughter!

[Gabi Hayes]

18. I/m sure I saw you, cause I took a roll of film....did you have any signs?

I'm going to put them all up at flickr.com when I can either figure how to resize them, or when September comes

lemme see.....

[never cry wolf]

34. OMG! we need a nw suburbs get together!

I am typing this in my office at Golf and Algonquin, grew up in Mt. Prospect, sleep in Lake Zurich. I have my DU bumper sticker proudly taped to the rear window of my Civic.

[Independent_Liberal]

3. Kick!

[geomon666]

4. You can tell that stickers been the sun

.COM is supposed to be red. B-)

[Stand and Fight]

5. Well, I have to kick this thread.

I hope that you can find him.

[Gabi Hayes]

7. he gave me his email....I'm sending him this thread, so he can see it

really put me in a good mood, for a change

specially after seeing Leslie Blitzer almost blame Chavez for Robertson's calling for his assassination

he put up a quote from Chavez from February, in which he said that if he were to be killed, you can be SURE that it was Pres. Dumbass' doing.

He then axed the ambassador from Venezuela if he didn't agree that THAT was the reason Robertson said what he said!!!!

if that's the case, why did it take SIX MONTHS for him to do so?

THEN, with utter disdain, he teased the next segment, saying, do we CARE what celebrities like Sean Penn have to say, WRT to Penn's trip to Iran.

EDIT: he was clearly more negatively charged by Penn's actions than by Robertson's words

[jillan]

6. That is the BEST looking truck I think I have ever seen :)

A nomination for the truck!

[Gabi Hayes]

really! that was the first thing I saw when I pulled into the lot at the

vigil


here's some shots:



code pink organizer


unitarian churchmembers (where vigil was held)

[txindy]

8. How can he see?!

LOL And I thought my rear window was crowded! :rofl: Oh, that is priceless! Well done!!

I'll kick this for you and hope you find your new friend again. :hi:

[HEyHEY]

9. Who is it?

If you don't mind

[Gabi Hayes]

11. he told me his du name, but I can't remember it. I'll post it when

he replies to my email, though

and if I have a picture of him, I'll get that up, too

[xultar]

10. I just wanted to say hey to my Homeboy with the red truck!

Hollaback if you see this thread!

[theHandpuppet]

13. Damn, and I need a plasterer, too!

I'd love to hire a union plasterer (and union bricklayer) for some repair that needs to be done in my home (water damage) but finding a plasterer around here is like trying to find a contented chicken in a fox den.

Anyway, go unions!

[Gabi Hayes]

15. You in WVa? I go there every summer

know where Waiteville is?

[Gabi Hayes]

16. this cat isn't a protester, but his 'dad' is a former jarhead who LOATHES

DubyAWOL.



he served in Vietnam....behind 'enemy' lines, in circumstances very similar to Ollie North

doesn't like to talk about it, but came home totally against the war, and all subsequent fascist warmongers

[grasswire]

29. the cat was AT THE VIGIL?

Damn! My marmalade tabby will be leashed up and in attendance next time. What fun! He loves crowds.

[Gabi Hayes]

14. more pix

they're holding 'my' signs. I printed those up


I have plenty more, but my flickr.com account is almost filled up for the month

[Gabi Hayes]

19. just uploaded this

[Gabi Hayes]

20. this one, too...picture quality really suffers when resampled

[ultraist]

38. Oh, my

Look at those radical dirty hippie drug addicts! :eyes:

The anti war protestors are all fringers. NOT.

Thanks for the pix!

[Gabi Hayes]

21. Here's the man of the hour....I bring you:

Bob, the Plasterer! Hard working union brother, DU supporter, upholder of the FLAG, all you freepukes!



unfortunately, this was the only decent shot of him I could find

PS too dark for film speed.....

[grasswire]

28. mebbe...........

....the wimmen of DU would prefer the indecent shots. Just sayin'.

[Gabi Hayes]

32. hey! where have YOU been? don't you ever go to that "other" place?

what's new?

[grasswire]

35. no time, no time

Haven't been to the other place in many moons.

[truebrit71]

22. I love the one sticker that says "bush firing rove...

...would be like the dummy firing the ventriloquist"...

Absolutely classic!

[Gabi Hayes]

23. yep....other people remarked on that when I posted it in one of the vigil

threads

first time I'd seen it.

he had some good ones on his bumper, which I saw for the first time today, but I can't remember what they said

he had a very cool license plate, but I'll wait for him, to see if he wants to say what it is

[wli]

24. dangerous excess of stickers

I approve wholeheartedly of the messages, but he should really allow his rear view mirror to serve a useful purpose.

[applegrove]

25. There are stickers on more than just union cars. I would imagine Cindy

has a few.

[Generic Other]

26. So who is Bob the plasterer man of mystery?

Step forward please.

[BobMorr]

27. Truck with the stickers!

The truck is mine. I've added the stickers through the years with this idiot in office. Changed a few at times. A simple way to vent some of my outrage:mad: at this administration. Glad to meet a fellow DUer while driving. I do get alot of thumbs up:thumbsup: on the road. Should have a DU meetup in the Chicago area sometime.

As for blocking my view, thats what side mirrors are for!

[Gabi Hayes]

30. hey, bob! it's your flagger.....I just got a call from a woman in one of

the pictures.

she and her husband go to the church in front of which the vigil was held.

they have discussion groups at the church, and she's going to email some stuff about some that are coming up

email me if you're interested

Church! what a concept

Unitarian, that is

[Gabi Hayes]

31. just noticed....here's my license cover, which no longer seems to work

in the header

[tkmorris]

36. You're my kind of people Bob

Love the truck. :hi:

[never cry wolf]

37. WTG Bob!

Shyte, I worked as a construction laborer for a year as a youngster at Alexian Bros. Hosp. Spurred me back to school in architecture. I've done apprentice facilities for the carpenters, laborers, sheet metal workers and of course the painters and tapers. Go union, go BOB!

[Judi Lynn]

33. Wooohoooooo for Bob Morr's truck signs! Wonderful.

Your license cover is totally cool, in its own right, too.

I'd dearly love to see some signs like that around Kansas City. It'd make the place look downright civilized!