Monday, August 28, 2006
Message of the Day – Three Signs
So, with camera in my lap, my friend Penny Pullen drove us back across South Dakota from Cedar Shores, a resort on the Missouri Rive where we had attended the pro-life referendum planning session of the Vote Yes on Referral Law 6 group.
It had rained the day before--the day we arrived--and water was in low lying fields and some ditches next to I-90.
I had seen some big electronic signs designed to alert drivers about the danger of starting fires, but not taken any pictures until I saw the first one here. I figured it would make a good message of the day.
The sign had a rotating message. The first part said,
I almost missed the next electronic sign with the “Extreme Fire Danger” message.
Here’s the text of the next screen:
It was still light when we reached our meeting point in Souix Falls with State Rep. Roger Hunt, who sponosred the bill in South Dakota. We discussed how the bill is designed to set up a challenge to Roe v. Wade in the United States Supreme Court.
I was pretty amazed at how a legislative study committee had prepared a 72-page report based on hearings at which proponents and opponents were given the exact same time to testify. Many testified by telephone.
Hunt said that they had over 2,000 pages of affidavits from women who had been aborted. He noted they could be used as evidence in any trial.
After a two-hour meeting, we drove straight through the intermittantly foggy Minnesota and periodically very bumpy part of I-90 in Minnesota and much smoother Wisconsin portion.
The sun was rising in Marengo when we arrived back in McHenry County.
For more McHenry County Blog, click here.
It had rained the day before--the day we arrived--and water was in low lying fields and some ditches next to I-90.
I had seen some big electronic signs designed to alert drivers about the danger of starting fires, but not taken any pictures until I saw the first one here. I figured it would make a good message of the day.
The sign had a rotating message. The first part said,ExtremeOne of the next billboards was startling in its contrasting message:
Fire
Danger
And there's a picture of a pirate with arms folded.3 for 1 Special
BLACKJACK
FIREWORKS
BUY ONE GET ONE FREE
NEXT EXIT 1 MILE ERROS ROAD
I almost missed the next electronic sign with the “Extreme Fire Danger” message.
Here’s the text of the next screen:DON’T THROWThe messages do seem to fight each other, don't they?
CIGARETTES
FROM VEHICLE
It was still light when we reached our meeting point in Souix Falls with State Rep. Roger Hunt, who sponosred the bill in South Dakota. We discussed how the bill is designed to set up a challenge to Roe v. Wade in the United States Supreme Court.
I was pretty amazed at how a legislative study committee had prepared a 72-page report based on hearings at which proponents and opponents were given the exact same time to testify. Many testified by telephone.
Hunt said that they had over 2,000 pages of affidavits from women who had been aborted. He noted they could be used as evidence in any trial.After a two-hour meeting, we drove straight through the intermittantly foggy Minnesota and periodically very bumpy part of I-90 in Minnesota and much smoother Wisconsin portion.
The sun was rising in Marengo when we arrived back in McHenry County.
For more McHenry County Blog, click here.
