TEA Party sends Obama a message
The Danville TEA Party Patriots may not have burned anyone in effigy, but they are still sending a message to Washington.
The group’s project coordinator, Susan Lee, raised funds during the last two months to fly a plane over Washington, D.C. morning traffic today with a nearly 100-foot-long banner reading “OBAMA STOP DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY” in five-foot-tall letters.
The plane is scheduled to fly from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. over interstates 66 and 95 and the circumference of Washington, just outside the restricted zone protecting the White House. The TEA Party originally scheduled the flight for Tuesday, but had to postpone because of foggy skies.
“It was just something that I had this inspiration for and I started looking into it,” Lee said. “It was a lot cheaper than (other options) and it’s much more exciting and novel. We’re excited.”
The message cost the group $1,350 from New York-based Arnold Area Advertising, according to TEA Party leader Nigel Coleman. He said they solicited donations from other TEA parties across Virginia and other states.
“A lot of the time people can’t actually go to Washington when there’s a protest planned,” Coleman said. “But they want to get heard, so we allowed them to be able to get heard without being there.
“We definitely feel like it was simple — we couldn’t put something up there that was a paragraph.”
In a news release, Lee said they opposed health care reform and cap-and-trade legislation, “or any other initiatives of this administration” she felt were threatening the country.
“I understand it’s like a parking lot around Washington,” said Michael Arnold, owner of Arnold Aerial Advertising. “Lots of people are going to see this.”
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you are now wasting my time. dont dodge reality, you have my email chump. lets make it happen
I’ve always wanted a bear skin rug. There you go again making idle threats. Like I said before all you have to do is let me know when you are in town. Since this is the third or fourth time I have said this I’ll take it that you are a grizzly with a yellow steak running down your back. I do enjoy your comedic attempt at being a gansta though. If you ever grow a pair and do want to meet to debate the topics of the day please let me know.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! i had forgotten all about this bs!!! do you think i care that you know my name??? or where i’m from??? or when i graduated???? idiot my screen name IS my name. its not a secret, almost 80% of people over the age of 27 in danville know who i am. congratulations, you solved something that was never a mystery.
I had let you fools off the hook but you both just dont know when to shut up. lets put it all on the table so this can come to an end soon. what do you both want (other than each others saliva in your mouths?) my junk email address is jus_a_buss@yahoo.com. get at me there and we can handle things from that point. keep in mind, it is my junk email and if you spam it, i will just stop checking it. get down to business and let that be that. and phoney, you are one cheerleader thats gonna put yourself in the game real quick if you keep tryin to test me. BUT you are right mommie only lets me come home once a year bc whenever i do, i end up having to bust someones head. you know how those jefferson st “thugs” tend to get. can’t let them go nowhere! you know my name for a reason punk, and soon enough you wll be able to tell people who i am when they ask you… out of respect for her soul i will leave the dead mother thing alone but one more slick comment and i’m running wild with it, its not her fault that her son grew up to become a failure that uses the internet to play the tough guy role he never lived up to….PHONEY. anyway, i’m in va more than you think, seeing that you got so many friends that can tell you who i am, they can probably tell you what i look like… now heres the test, do something about it. you cant call out a grizzly if you are pooh bear at heart. you got my email.
Bigron I think I must have hit a nerve with Justin Hairston. I don’t think he wants to play anymore. Those Jefferson St boys can be kind of sensitive when you know more about them than they think you do. Lets face it 98 wasn’t that great a year for GW graduates
Phoneguy, you’re getting upset for no reason. Until this poor soul takes the steps to cure his common sense handicap, he can’t be held responsible for his offensiveness. And as far as wanting to meet up with him, why? It would be like kicking a dog or slapping a woman. Not very chivalrous to say the least. You just have to feel sorry for the guy and hope he finds his way. I’ve done my part by sending him the step by step instructions for the cure, but it is obvious that the procedure is too complicated for him, his head is too big, or his chocolate starfish is too tight. I would send him the remedial head extraction procedures with the helpful trouble shooting index so he could be made whole again, but that process is much more complicated than the first one I sent, and he will definitely require an in-home care giver or a responsible adult to supervise him as he attempts to use the technique. We wouldn’t want him to suffer anymore brain damage, would we? Until someone accountable for him contacts me for those instructions, I’ll just be hanging out kicking rocks.
Hairy Hello, you’re the one that has to get permission from yo momma before you can come to town. Remember, she has to have time to reschedule all her john’s appointments. All you need do is let me know when yo momma gives you permission to come home and we can set a time and place. What good would it do for me to give you a time and place if you momma won’t let you come home. That’s why I gave you an open invitation. I guess I should have splained it better for you though, I forgot you weren’t the brightest light bulb in the pack. Oh and thanks for visiting my mother’s grave site while you were in. It reminds her of the Boy we used to have do our yard work.
u have it confused phoney, your hairy mother only lets me come at christmas. get it right… but hold up, you are the one inviting me idiot, didnt you say before that the person inviting should provide details. and from your 10:28am post i quote, “The problem is you say you want a face to face but never name a time and place. How Convenient. That sounds like someone who is simply blowing hot air.“ just like you told me to do, drop the details. perhaps you need to know the definition of hypocrite as well. ask your “partner” ron, he will go thru it with you because i dont feel like repeating it. you best just simmer down because i have never had a problem slappin a cheerleader on the behind.
Like I said hairy all HOT AIR no action. I guess you’re not up to the challenge or does your momma only let you come home at Christmas. If you’re afraid maybe you can bring your girlfriend JP. If you are up to it, (which I doubt) I’m giving you an open invite to meet and debate the topics of the day the next time momma lets you come home. Just drop a post and let me know when.
phoney, just shut up dude. stop protecting ronald and let him fight his own battles you “e-bodyguard” if anyone wanted to meet me i would have gladly provided details. just so happened no challengers stepped up. funny how now that i’m gone all of the harcore internet gangsters want a peice. if we ever did meet all i can advise you to do is bring something with you bc there is no easy win here. but its not you i want anyway. i told you before that i dont respect cheerleaders, i want to talk to your football captain boyfriend ronald. speaking of, ronald, you need to get your woman in check and let her know when grown men are talking to shut her pretty lil mouth. i hate havin to tell her for you.
How sad JH is that the best you can do. I guess I’ll have to lump you in with JP and Miles. You can be the Muskatweets. You all three sound like the same broken record. You can still meet me just let me know the time and place next time you are in Danville. The problem is you say you want a face to face but never name a time and place. How Convenient. That sounds like someone who is simply blowing hot air. I can see why you like Obama-nation so much now.
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