Overpass Sign in Charlotte

AlphaFrog · #1 01-10-2006, 02:21 PM

Read: Pray for Impeachment

Did any other Charlotteans see this??? It was on 485 at South Blvd, I believe...

I was like

CrimsonTide4 · #2 01-10-2006, 02:29 PM

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Originally posted by AlphaFrog
Read: Pray for Impeachment

Did any other Charlotteans see this??? It was on 485 at South Blvd, I believe...

I was like

Have not seen that one but on Independence as you head downtown, there was spray painted: The War Makes Baby Jesus Cry.

I immediately thought of GC.

AlphaFrog · #3 01-10-2006, 02:31 PM

I doubt it's the same person, because the one I saw was almost porfessional looking...but one was probably inspired by the other.

AlphaFrog · #4 01-10-2006, 03:15 PM

It was just yesterday on my way home...

It really sucks living on the southeast of Charlotte and working out by the airport!!!! It did make the ride a tad more interesting.

Phasad1913 · #5 01-10-2006, 03:46 PM

I don't live in Charlotte and I am not sure if I wanted to start a whole thread on this but this thread made me want to ask this.

Do you guys think the nation as a whole is changing it's mood over Bush and the War? Seriously, I know it sounds like a "duh" question, but from where you all live and the things you may or may not hear from colleagues, friends, family, etc., have you all noticed at all that people who were originally optimistic about this administration are now feeling dissappointed? Or not? Judging from this thread and the fact that someone put these signs up, it seems like people are feeling more emboldened to speak out against this administration; almost as if they feel like there is more national support all of a sudden for anti-war sentiment.

I hear the recitation of poll numbers and stuff on the news and according to them, lots of Americans have lost their faith in Bush and his administration but he seems to have gotten the majority of the country's support when he was re-elected. So what do you all think changed people's minds? Do you guys think the polls are accurate? Have any of you changed your minds? I am just curious to see how people feel now about the country's leadership.

Hopefully we can have an honest discussion and no blasting of one another.

AlphaFrog · #6 01-10-2006, 03:58 PM

You know, my first thought when reading that sign is-
I bet Impeachment becomes standard for a presidency. Let's face it, no matter what a President does, someone isn't going to like it, and want to (for lack of a better term) "call him out on it", which is basically what Impeaching is, although I bet the person who put up that sign believes that to Impeach means to remove from office.

I believe whether you like the current President or not, people in general just have less respect for authority figures, and are more willing to question authority.

Rudey · #7 01-10-2006, 04:03 PM

Too bad there are so many Americans that are so stupid that they don't know what impeachment is and when it's used. They should be drafted.

-Rudey

TonyB06 · #8 01-10-2006, 04:06 PM

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Originally posted by Phasad1913
I don't live in Charlotte and I am not sure if I wanted to start a whole thread on this but this thread made me want to ask this.

Do you guys think the nation as a whole is changing it's mood over Bush and the War? Seriously, I know it sounds like a "duh" question, but from where you all live and the things you may or may not hear from colleagues, friends, family, etc., have you all noticed at all that people who were originally optimistic about this administration are now feeling dissappointed? Or not? Judging from this thread and the fact that someone put these signs up, it seems like people are feeling more emboldened to speak out against this administration; almost as if they feel like there is more national support all of a sudden for anti-war sentiment.

I hear the recitation of poll numbers and stuff on the news and according to them, lots of Americans have lost their faith in Bush and his administration but he seems to have gotten the majority of the country's support when he was re-elected. So what do you all think changed people's minds? Do you guys think the polls are accurate? Have any of you changed your minds? I am just curious to see how people feel now about the country's leadership.

Hopefully we can have an honest discussion and no blasting of one another.

interesting thought. Whatever the political calculus on Bush, this typically happens around the mid-point of 2nd term administrations anyway. Previously, it was "Clinton fatigue." Now it'll be "Bush fatigue."

With open presidential primaries and prominent Rs vying for the Repub. nomination, you'll likely see more Republican leaders increasingly begin to stake out their own policy positions, establishing their own credentials independent of the Bush agenda. This will likely make Bush's political agenda (or any president's 6 years in) more difficult to attain, perhaps adding to the "fatigue" and the level of public disaffection that already exists (in some quarters.) To combat the increased difficulty of a domestic agenda, most presidents tend to look abroad, for summits and historic agreements to cement their "legacy." It'll be interesting to see what happens here.

Coramoor · #9 01-10-2006, 04:28 PM

I find it still to be about the same attitude here.

Personally I just don't think that Americans have the stomach anymore. Something about how we were raised and spoon fed everything has caused us to...well, be sissys.

I don't know anyone with even the slightest bit of intelligence that expected the war in Iraq to be over in just a few short years. It's going to take time to rebuild a country, especially one that was a demolished as Iraq.

I think that it is also part of the media's fault. They concentrate on all the negative stuff instead of the improvements. I mean the number of troops we lost really isn't that many compared to all the men and women over there. People also have to realize that the men and women in the service chose to be there, and accepted that they may give their life for their country.

jubilance1922 · #10 01-10-2006, 04:36 PM

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Originally posted by Coramoor
I find it still to be about the same attitude here.

Personally I just don't think that Americans have the stomach anymore. Something about how we were raised and spoon fed everything has caused us to...well, be sissys.

I don't know anyone with even the slightest bit of intelligence that expected the war in Iraq to be over in just a few short years. It's going to take time to rebuild a country, especially one that was a demolished as Iraq.

I think that it is also part of the media's fault. They concentrate on all the negative stuff instead of the improvements. I mean the number of troops we lost really isn't that many compared to all the men and women over there. People also have to realize that the men and women in the service chose to be there, and accepted that they may give their life for their country.

Then there are some of us who don't feel that its our job to police the world. We have our own problems that aren't being dealt with because we have to tell someone else how to run their own country.

Rudey · #11 01-10-2006, 04:46 PM

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Originally posted by jubilance1922
Then there are some of us who don't feel that its our job to police the world. We have our own problems that aren't being dealt with because we have to tell someone else how to run their own country.

What problems would be dealt with if we were not in Iraq? I'd like to know the correlation on this and not just a general list of problems in America.

-Rudey

jubilance1922 · #12 01-10-2006, 10:37 PM

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Originally posted by Rudey
What problems would be dealt with if we were not in Iraq? I'd like to know the correlation on this and not just a general list of problems in America.

-Rudey

The money that we're spending in Iraq could be used on a number of things. I'd personally like to see it spent on education, and making our public schools TRULY equal, but I know that's just wishful thinking.

Rudey · #13 01-10-2006, 11:21 PM

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Originally posted by jubilance1922
The money that we're spending in Iraq could be used on a number of things. I'd personally like to see it spent on education, and making our public schools TRULY equal, but I know that's just wishful thinking.

The money could be used to buy me a brand new Audi. Yes, it's wishful thinking and wouldn't happen but I like to think of the possibility :P

-Rudey
--The only other thing the money would have been spent on would be tax breaks for the super rich.