The Scarlet Pimpernel, of the Freeway Blogger, asks you to join him in a very visual get out the vote effort. Those of you familiar with this blogger's banners, which are posted above and beside highways, realize that his is a very effective form of expression. A problem with just blogging is that only the comparative handful of people familiar with the blogosphere even know we exist. The Scarlet Pimpernel breaks that barrier. He believes you can, too.
Freeway Free Speech Day: Driving America to Think
October 13, 2004
On
October 13th, hundreds of activists nationwide will post signs
critical of the Bush Administration on area freeways, reaching
millions of voters in states from Maine to California. The Freeway
Blogger has posted more than 2000 such signs over the last year.
In addition to coordinating activists, we will launch a nationwide
media campaign to promote the fact that hundreds (if not thousands)
of these signs are going up across America on the same day, and to
highlight this newest, and oldest, form of civic dialog. We
anticipate wide-spread news coverage about this powerful grassroots
effort.
The ultimate goal is to increase voter turnout and defeat Bush.
We also hope to stimulate the democratic process in the way it was
originally intended--with each citizen being able to express their
political views directly to their fellow citizen.
We are asking for your help in posting signs and recruiting
activists, especially in the following states: Arizona, Arkansas,
Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia, and Wisconsin.
If you plan to post freeway banners, please email us to let us know so that we
can include your numbers in our media outreach. If possible, please
also take a digital photo of your banner and email it to us on
October 13th. We will add it to the visitor’s gallery as a resource
for reporters and fellow freeway bloggers.
Please also read the How To and the frequently asked questions
sections to learn how to safely post your message, and for other
important information.
Last, tell your network of friends and activists to join us.
Together, we can drive America to Think again.Continued on the next page Page 1 — Page 2
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Article comments
1 - Big Time Patriot
I was driving down an arterial street in a nearby town and somebody had put up a handmade sign near a small burned area on the roadside. The sign warned people not to through cigarette butts out their window. It was near an intersection. While reading the sign I rear ended somebody at the intersection.
So I have some small safety concerns about people on the freeway trying to read these signs. :-)
2 - Mac Diva
Good point, BTP. I've also reminded the Scarlet Pimpernel to be careful while putting those signs up.
People who check out the Freeway Blogger's site, be sure to look at recent photos in the archive. One of the funniest is of a sign being destroyed. Beats me how he got it, but it, and the story behind it, cracked me up.