Back in the 1980s, we made frequent family trips from Eugene to Seattle and back again, and one of the major landmarks was this huge billboard just off I-5 that always featured these demented, racist, far-right slogans. It was a significant feature — I always checked to see what vileness the old farmer had posted this time. Before Twitter, you had to make a large capital outlay to promote your bigotry.
That’s about to change. The Chehalis tribe has bought the billboard, and I trust that the content of the messages will soon change significantly.
If You Don’t Know
Whose Signs These Are
You Haven’t Driven
Very Far
Burma Shave
Back when I was a student at The Evergreen State College, the college bookstore sold postcards that were sported a photograph of that billboard reading “THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE: HOME OF ECOLOGICAL TERRORISTS AND HOMOS?” One of my favorites. Of course that was back with the original Uncle Sam portrait, and the message on the sign changed on a weekly basis.
They should keep it up and start posting left-leaning messages.
The first should be “Under New Management.”
Oh, and repaint Uncle Sam to be Native American.
Lifelong Northwetter here. I have a soft spot for the Hamilton turkey farm billboard. His stuff was so over the top it parodied itself. Think Ed Anger from the defunct World Weekly News.
My favorite Hamiltonism was TESC Home of homos and commies. Truth be told he wasn’t wrong about my Alma Mater
For the record #2. Brian got it right. Me, not so much
Know that billboard ways from my U of O days in 1988-90. Used to say things like “I love spotted owls fried” and “most politicians suffer from the outhouse effect rather than the greenhouse effect” and things like that. Glad its going.
But it was a landmark in its day.
big grin
I’m pretty sure I saw “FREE ANGELA DAVIS” on one of the old newspaper clipping featured in that segment. Was that the sentiments of the former owner or was it a prank?
Yup see this sign every time i drive up to Seattle or the San Juans. Some of the messages are strangely dated and weird. Was one about WWII a bit ago.
“I’m pretty sure I saw “FREE ANGELA DAVIS” on one of the old newspaper clipping featured in that segment. Was that the sentiments of the former owner or was it a prank?”
It was graffiti.
You wouldn’t expect that billboard had never been vandalized in its history, would you?
“I’m pretty sure I saw “FREE ANGELA DAVIS” on one of the old newspaper clipping featured in that segment. Was that the sentiments of the former owner or was it a prank?”
The top part of the billboard said “POWER TO THE PEOPLE” in its normal billboard font. Presumably there was a kicker-pun following. Someone had papered over the zinger[*] and spray-painted “FREE ANGELA DAVIS” is free hand graffiti.
Actually I’m not sure I understand “How many Americans will we leave behind in Ukraine”
[]I’d *barely be exaggerating if I made the prediction what followed might have been “Give them 50,000 Volts”. The guy was almost that bad an asshole.