I love Texas! And miss it so. I'm from Amarillo. On Aug 28, 6:05 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Texans are Right! > > B > > http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6586390.html > West Texas field reads: ‘Say no to Obama!' Associated Press Aug. 25, 2009, > 10:57AM > > [image: photo] > KCBD-TV > > Former art teacher Sam Bates used his West Texas field to carve out a > protest about the Obama administration's proposed health care system > overhaul. > > LUBBOCK — A former art teacher used his West Texas field to carve out a > protest about the Obama administration's proposed overhaul of the health > care system. > > Sam Bates recently plowed some weeds and left behind the message “Say no to > Obama!” that's best viewed from the air. > > Bates said he had some “free time” and wanted to offer his unhappiness with > what's been going on in Washington. > > “This is a sign of frustration,” Bates told KCBD-TV on Monday. > > “You know, it's not so much Obama, but just some of the things he's done > recently with the health bill he's trying to pass through, and it's just as > much Republican and Democrats fault in the House and the Senate that won't > stand up to some of the things. That's basically what's frustrated me,” > Bates said. > > The Obama administration has been pushing its proposal to reshape the $2.5 > trillion health system. > > Bates said he dug out his message for the benefit of pilots flying in and > out of Lubbock. > > “I thought, maybe some pilots flying from here to Dallas would get a good > chuckle,” he said. > > Bates said his friend who is a crop duster helped him put aerial photos of > the field on the Internet. > > The sign in the lake bed will disappear when the season changes. > > “Once winter hits it will kill these weeds, and who knows, maybe next year > I'll have something else,” said Bates. > > __._,_.___ > > Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional > Change settings via the > Web<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grendelreport/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJnc3RqbjV...>(Yahoo! > ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily > Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>| > Switch > to Fully > Featured<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Fully+Featured> > Visit Your Group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grendelreport;_ylc=X3oDMTJldWxocWJwBF9T...>| > Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>| Unsubscribe > <[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > __,_._,___ > > 260xStory.jpg > 9KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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