Obama Mural Defaced – Now Reads: "Yes We Can… Lose Our Freedom"
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, October 19, 2009, 6:00 PM
The Houston Obama mural on the side of a Midtown building was defaced over the weekend.
The mural now reads, “Yes we can… Lose our freedom.”
Houston Channel 2 has video.
Vandals defaced the big Obama mural on the side of a Houston building.
39 Online reported:
The mural of President Barack Obama has been on the side of a Midtown building since the Democratic primary, when the president was a U.S. Senator, and the building served as his Houston Campaign headquarters.
Over the weekend someone painted “puppet” on his mural, and the statement “yes we can” now has the statement “loose our freedom” painted next to it.
“This was done in broad daylight, and it just and kind of defaced a pretty good memorial,” said Gerry McGee who works in the building where the mural is located.
The building is now the campaign headquarters for a mayoral candidate, and campaign worker Mcgee is pretty disappointed that someone vandalized a picture of the President. “We’ll move on. This is not going to stop the movement. This is not going to stop the excitement that Obama has brought to the country,” McGee said.
It’s a mural that’s seen tens of thousands of commuters every day.
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Mike W commented:
Bush Did It !!!
C-CS commented:
someone is breaking alinsky’s rule # 5 …make us play by our own rules of honor!! shame
NC Cop commented:
Has it been declared a hate crime yet????
Chris commented:
“We’ll move on. This is not going to stop the movement. This is not going to stop the excitement that Obama has brought to the country,” McGee said.
The excitement, of course, being confined largely to the welfare office and the local firearms store, for opposing reasons.
“The movement” will remain active as long as Obama’s overlords at Goldman Sachs allow it to be so.
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Carol Herman commented:
Okay, Sherlock, pull up a chair. Because of the list of people who could have done this ‘defacing,’ or improvement … depending on your political point of view … Probably saw this mural every day. On the way to work. And, on the way home. So, you tell me. Whose the obvious perp? You think republicans knew this mural was there? I don’t think so.
Broad daylight, too. So I guess the painter was dressed in white overalls. Not to be considered anyone BUT a painter. Just doing his work.
Maybe, even in Chicago there are enough unemployed Obama voters who have caught on that their ship hasn’t exactly docked.
There’s also another reason this keeps making the news. Just like traffic accidents draw attention, how many Obama voters did you think were gonna get screwed?
Actually, in politics, you’re not supposed to turn off voters! That’s why ‘when you step on stage’ you want the audience to like you.
Remember Reagan? People LOVED HIM! It didn’t matter their politics. He was genuinely likable. It was considered a plus.
Remember Eisenhower? He didn’t mind his campaign slogan “I LIKE IKE.” See? In politics if you can create a frame of reference where you are liked, you do better.
Eisenhower did better than LBJ. Did better than Nixon. Did better than Carter. And, definitely did better than either of the Bush’s.
So, go ahead. Show me how having political tin ears works at anything but LOSING customers! You want some advice? If you lose a customer, it’s harder to bring them back into your store. Lose enough customers, and you go out of business.
Kids on trust funds, however, never learned how the trust funds got created in the first place.
Jean commented:
I’m surprised no one has called the vandal a racist.
davidr commented:
It’s interesting that the spray-painter knew enough to spell “lose” correctly, but the so-called “professional journalist” writes it as “loose”.
Carol Herman commented:
Oh, yeah. Keep in mind when you’re running for office people come in on the weekends, too. Because you want to find your potential voters at home.
“Broad daylight,” what a clue.
ar05075 commented:
cool
jb commented:
Looks like the Hopium is wearing off.
ar05075 commented:
davidr
October 19th, 2009 | 6:25 pm
It’s interesting that the spray-painter knew enough to spell “lose” correctly, but the so-called “professional journalist” writes it as “loose”.
GREAT OBSERVATION.!!!
ar05075 commented:
Do you ever typo?
penny commented:
Message to McGee: maybe it’s time to rethink “the excitement” with the mural defaced. Ooops, and defaced in”broad daylight” is pretty is a strong message in and of itself.
Midwestengr commented:
Looks like the Hopium is wearing off.
Now that’s Funny!
Jean commented:
OT
Victory against Big Labor: Home health providers reject SEIU, AFSCME power grab
Illinois workers who are paid by the state to care for severely disabled people in their homes have voted down an effort to unionize.
More than 3,000 home health care workers mailed in their ballots this month; the ballots were counted on Monday and most of those workers voted not to join a union, according to Alan Symonette, an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association, which counted the vote.
The votes were counted today and despite Big Labor’s massive coffers, manpower, and out-of-state propaganda campaign, the unionization effort was an epic fail. Here’s an exclusive look at the breakdown:
SEIU – 293 votes
AFSCME – 220 votes
NO UNION – 1018 votes
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/19/victory-against-big-labor-home-health-providers-reject-seiu-afscme-power-grab/
jainphx commented:
Since when is the truth considered defacing. I say put it on billboards and on the side of highways like burma shave signs.
Lily commented:
Actually I like that. Can I get it in a bumper sticker?
Martin commented:
Can someone answer since he has been put in office, what piece of legislation has been passed that has taken a freedom away?
Nahanni commented:
Somebody spray painted “Idiots” on a huge “Vote Democratic” sign that someone had up on his back fence facing Westpark about 6 months ago.
Apparently the home owner never drove down Westpark (a very busy street) because it stayed up for a couple of months before it was torn down.
President Mop commented:
What freedoms did you lose under President Bush? None, but that didn’t stop liberals like you from claiming he was a fascist. If you’re forced to buy health insurance or face a penalty/jail, would you consider that a loss of freedom?
Martin commented:
I never said I lost freedoms. I wake up, go about my day, not much changes. No one freedoms have been taken away.
Jean commented:
Martin
October 19th, 2009 | 7:22 pm
I never said I lost freedoms. I wake up, go about my day, not much changes. No one freedoms have been taken away.
The Tea Party’s and the Town Halls have worked so far in keeping this administration from removing our freedom but the Liberals will never stop until they succeed or they are defeated in 2010.
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
Martin, every piece of legislation that your fellow asshat libturds passed and proposed is a threat to our freedom.
Martin
October 19th, 2009 | 6:49 pm
Can someone answer since he has been put in office, what piece of legislation has been passed that has taken a freedom away?
non_dhimmie commented:
Obama: “I will hunt you down and torture you and prosecute you to the full extent, and more…
No, not you terrorists…the dude who painted the sign.
crystal commented:
This is not going to stop the movement. This is not going to stop the excitement that Obama has brought to the country,” McGee said.
Comments like this truly baffle me.
Hypogean commented:
Martin
October 19th, 2009 | 6:49 pm
Can someone answer since he has been put in office, what piece of legislation has been passed that has taken a freedom away?
The sentence “Yes we can lose our freedom” can describe either the present or the future.
ObamaCare, cap and trade will definitely curtail our freedom by removing many of our choices. As for the present, the stimulus legislation has many strings attached to it. Federal money comes with restrictions which also limit our freedoms.
Just because you refuse to admit it doesn’t make it true.
TheScribbler commented:
davidr ~ Major pet peeve of mine. Nice catch. lol
Lily commented:
Martin:
The debt and government spending will limit freedoms. Our children and grandchildren will be virtual surfs working to fund the big machine of government, with limited rights to their own property and income.
Also, the pending government takeover of our heath care resources will limit our ability to make the best choices for our health and that of our loved ones. (Remember the golden rule: he with the gold makes the rules – government will take your money and then TELL YOU what you get)
And Cap & Trade will make us all poorer without the promised benefits of improving the environment, taxing us heavily and ‘redistributing’ this wealth to others.
I could go on and on.
Wake up and be honest. All this taxation and control – they tell you its for your own good – but its really about their power and control.
Opus #6 commented:
In broad daylight? Hmm. The natives are restless. Honestly, if I had to drive by that monstrosity every day, I’d be tempted to do the same thing.
DAROGR commented:
Wow, I see that mural every day on my way to and from work.
I can’t condone vandalism, but I can’t really be too upset because it’s true.
Chisum commented:
Honesty and transparency in the Age of Obama.
Baucus Bill Released When It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/10/baucus-bill-released-when-it-doesnt.html
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redc1c4 commented:
its not vandalism: its protected political speech.
(and it’s funnier n’hell too! %-)
Limousine Liberals Stink commented:
0bama:
“I just got off the toilet with Barney Frank when I heard the news. The news is no big deal. I have been trying to Marx-up America for years. It sucks. The military sucks. The taxpayer sucks.”
“I have apologized to every dictator in the world that would listen. America sucks. It always has and always will.”
“That’s why I am not worried at all about losing the American people’s freedoms. I can get by with my big house, my limousine and Jumbo Jet. The Americans can eat crap and die. I cannot answer any more questions. Good day.”
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President Mop commented:
Well, by your measure, since I personally have never written that I lost any of my freedoms—it’s all good, right?
BTW, do you have an answer regarding my question regarding the mandating of health insurance under the threat of penalty/jail? Or do I have to wait for the legislation to pass in order to voice my opinion?
squeaky commented:
crystal
October 19th, 2009 | 8:10 pm
something about being an unwilling passenger
in a car being driven off a cliff.
czekmark commented:
The mural wasn’t defaced but completed.
paul commented:
AWESOME! As a fellow Houstonian, this makes me proud of at least one sane person!. I thought this Commucratic (Democratic) biased big city would never allow this free speech to occur! Just like the Tea Party and Can You Hear Me Now protests never happened!
Perhaps we can borrow their slogan.
“Yes We Can…Overthrow the Communists”
Time is running out people………….
Martin commented:
Lily – your children and their children were going to be paying fro two wars before Obama took office. You might of been blinded by your love and affection for W. It was easy. He was a guy you could have a beer with.
Still though, to this date, not one person’s freedom has been taken away. No one can tell me of one.
Make your world smaller. Gov’t and big biz don’t care about main street and the people that get up and work their a$$ off everyday so control what you can control. They are all bought and paid for, no matter what party it is.
President Mop commented:
Still though, to this date, not one person’s freedom has been taken away. No one can tell me of one.
You’ve still haven’t answered my questions, Martin. Would forcing citizens to buy health insurance under the threat of penalty/jail be considered a loss of freedom? And, do we have to wait for the legislation to be passed to voice our opposition before our concerns are credible?
Martin commented:
I don’t think forcing you to buy health insurance is any different than forcing you have insurance on your house and car. Same thing. You have to have it on everything. I think it is a good thing and if made affordable will make our country healthy and better for the future.
President Mop commented:
You can choose not to own a house or a car without penalty. So they’re not the same thing. And just because you think it’s a good thing shouldn’t dictate whether or not I choose to carry health insurance.
Martin commented:
Well see, I’m dealing in reality. Even if you rent an apt you have to have renters insurance (in some states). The health of our people is important and vital to the work force and the economy.
And if you don’t have health insurance and get sick and go tot he emergency room, the tax payers and the hospitals have to pay for it. Nice…
President Mop commented:
Martin, is it a loss of freedom? Wasn’t that your original challenge? You keep going back to the “but it benefits everyone” theme without regard for individual choice.
Even if you rent an apt you have to have renters insurance (in some states).
I can choose to live in a state that doesn’t require renters insurance.
Barbara commented:
“Mcgee is pretty disappointed that someone vandalized a picture of the President. “We’ll move on. This is not going to stop the movement. This is not going to stop the excitement that Obama has brought to the country,” McGee said.”
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Ok, he admited it…”a movement.” Well we don’t want Obama’s movement or Mcgee’s movement!
Martin commented:
It is not a loss of freedom. You can always choose to break the law.
President Mop commented:
Even if you rent an apt you have to have renters insurance (in some states).
And then go to jail, which is a loss of freedom.
President Mop commented:
Oops!
It is not a loss of freedom. You can always choose to break the law.
And then go to jail, which is a loss of freedom.
Войска ПВО commented:
Carole Herman writes: “Eisenhower did better than LBJ. Did better than Nixon. Did better than Carter. And, definitely did better than either of the Bush’s.
So, go ahead. Show me how having political tin ears works at anything but LOSING customers! You want some advice? If you lose a customer, it’s harder to bring them back into your store. Lose enough customers, and you go out of business.”
Carole, while I agree with you in principle, I must respectfully disagree about George W. Bush. You can say many things about him but you cannot accuse him of of having a thin skin. He was leader and made decisions and endured an incredible amount of abuse from the media and the left beset with BDS. Hell, they are still obsessed with hatred of him.
If the Pantload had to endure 1% of what Bush endured with grace and equanimity he would be reduced to a grease spot.
But you are absolutely correct about his losing customers. Obama’s are the independents who are fleeing his store in droves.
Martin commented:
No, it is a choice. You chose to break the law and live in jail.
Reasoned Thought commented:
Martin
October 20th, 2009 | 7:34 am 42
I don’t think forcing you to buy health insurance is any different than forcing you have insurance on your house and car. Same thing. You have to have it on everything. I think it is a good thing and if made affordable will make our country healthy and better for the future.
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If you own your car (without a lienholder having the title) you only have to have liability insurance. That way, if you cause an accident, you are covered for your responsibility to make it right to the other driver. It is the lienholder that makes you get better than liability insurance.
Same thing with home owners insurance. If you own your home, you don’t have to have any insurance.
If you really want health insurance to be made affordable, then going down the public/government/coop option path is exactly the wrong way to go.
PNP, OP commented:
Heh…I lived right next door to this building for a month (Holy Rosary Priory). Every time I drove by I wanted to jump out and scrawl something very naughty on the mural…maybe I did it in my sleep…hmmmm…naw, I’m in Rome, so prolly not, but a friar can dream.
Fr. Philip, OP
cjb commented:
Pretty weak, Martin. Pathetically so.
ic commented:
“Mcgee is pretty disappointed that someone vandalized a picture of the President.”
Oh, my! They actually have his picture on a building? Like Saddam’s on every building of Iraq of days passed? Like favorite philosopher Mao’s on Tienneman Square? Or like Il Duce’s? Stalin’s? Something creepy is creeping onto our politics.
Oh, and that praise the Dear Leader children’s song tuned to Jesus Loves All Children. Creeeepy!!!
Harry commented:
Crystal #25
This is not going to stop the movement. This is not going to stop the excitement that Obama has brought to the country,” McGee said.
You and I and a lot of other folks have gotten pretty excited about all that Obama is wanting to bring to this nation. It’s like standing at the bottom of an avalanche. Dang that’s exciting! Unless you do something – you are going to be buried. That is movement
rufus commented:
We knew there were Republicans in Texas. Now we know that racism is alive and flourishing, too. Connected? Obviously!
Joe Blow commented:
The reporter didn’t write “loose” as a mis-spelling. That’s an intentional error, to make it seem like the grafittist is a “moran.”
Carol commented:
It is stunning to me how quickly all of our best wishes for this young president were dashed by his poisonous actions.
His first major “triumph” was that power-drunk debauchery that posed as a stimulus for the economy, but instead enslaved us with debt and threw a few bones to pay down his union tabs.
Obama, his graceless administration and his corrupt Congress have only gone downhill ever since.
In 2 weeks, it will have been only a year since his historic election victory, and everything has changed. So fast! It looks like that night will be recorded as the highpoint of Barack Obama’s disastrous career.
john mcmahon commented:
What was Pelosi doing out in braod daylight?
john mcmahon commented:
Sorry, no bra for this broad!
Real American commented:
every time the government confiscates the wealth AT GUNPOINT that you are I or anyone creates through our own efforts and gives it to someone else who hasn’t earned it, it’s a loss of freedom. Every time the government grows more powerful, we lose freedom. The more government we have, the less freedom we have. We’re losing our freedom to live how we want every day and just because Obama hasn’t been 100% successful in taking our freedoms away (yet), he’s trying his damnedest to do so and real Americans won’t stand for it. If you want the government to tell you how to live your life – what kind of car to drive, where you can drive it, what food you can eat, what light bulbs to use, what cable news to watch, what talk radio to listen to, whatever – Then be my guest. Be a slave. Be addicted to welfare or govt health insurance, but pay for it your own damn self! Don’t tell everyone else to be a slave just like you so that you can be a piece of human crap.
Rob commented:
The graffito says “lose” our freedom, not “loose.” Why are you so damned determined to misspell “lose”?
john mcmahon commented:
Does the artist get a tax break for this masterpiece? Did it occur to anyone that it could be covered with WHITE paint. OOPS, that isn’t racist is it? I guess it could be BLACKED out. OOPS, there i go again. YELLOW or RED would do for OB.Never mind just leave it.
Carol Herman commented:
There are lessons to be learned in politics. And, just by tuning in we get to see different people handling the Oval Office. Eisenhower, for instance, not only handled it well. He was the desired nominee by both parties. But Eisenhower didn’t like the way there were insiders who controlled the democraps. And, he’s on record of claiming he didn’t want to be their puppet. Where he’d gain the office. But powers behind the curtain wouldn’t really let him make decisions.
Again, it was Eisenhower’s choice to run as a republican. He had not been political while in the service. He certainly didn’t belong to the ‘other party’ while FDR was in office!
And, Eisenhower, though he was used to being saluted by soldiers each and every day, still ran as a man with a ‘common touch.’ Hence, not only the slogan “I like Ike.” It was designed to appeal, for a reason.
We’ve also seen men who became presidents who really lacked warmth. (Dubya’s not one of them! To the Secret Service detail, as expressed by Ron Kessler in his book, Dubya was two different people. RELAXED among others! Fun. And, funny, to boot. But if you put a microphone in front of his face, he froze.)
And, like it or not the republican party began shedding voters back in 2006. Sure. With tricks. Nancy Pelosi’s bag was full of them. (That’s how people get elected.)
Why was LBJ such a dog? Why did Nixon revert to paranoia? Why was Jimmy Carter so fake? But got in, the same way Ross Perot climbed in the polls. People were LOOKING for ‘change.’
Obama capitalized on republican mistakes. You just can’t fool me. McPain, it seems, isn’t even liked by republicans. But for some reason these stinkers think they know what democraps like! So McPain was a menu item served up to satisfy opponents. Beats me how anyone even pays their staffs money to come up with research. You’d do better plucking ideas out of a hat.
And, as long as Obama accomplishes nothing? He could get re-elected. Because Americans, in the majority, trust NO ONE in politics! They’ll split their tickets if they have to, just to deny the ‘trifecta’ to any one particular party.
Like finding hollywood stars, we fall short. When once it was so easy! John Wayne. Marlon Brando. Came from nowhere. But, somehow, the chiefs knew what worked. And, now we only get what doesn’t.
Gringo commented:
Houston is the city where the Obama campaign worker with the Che poster in her office is located.
pst314 commented:
The spelling-challenged author of the article is named Spellman.
Malishious Intent commented:
It is good to see vigilantes following the truth in advertising laws. Too bad they were a little too late on this one.
JB commented:
It’s time to shove truth down power’s throat.
Shifty1 commented:
Martin….
How about the Magic Marxist’s very FIRST act as President? Signing an Executive Order overturning the Mexico City doctrine (which banned taxpayer money from funding abortions in other countries) pretty much took away a bunch of kids FREEDOM TO LIVE!
ChrisMc commented:
Must have been a conservative graffitti artist…they actually used the word “LOSE” unlike TV Channel 39, who wrote that the scrawl said “…“loose our freedom” …” see the text from their article….jeez, its right there on the wall…LOSE not LOOSE…what a bunch of idiots…
jdkchem commented:
“And if you don’t have health insurance and get sick and go tot he emergency room, the tax payers and the hospitals have to pay for it. Nice…”
Really? What part of reality do you reside in? If I get sick and go to the emergency room I get the bill. If I do not pay that bill goes to a collection agency. In what moronic reality is insurance the only way to pay a medical bill?