The Seventh Sign
[tbill informs me that, right after the article came down, they tore his sign down again. he’s up to #7 now. -Thomas]
Santa Cruz Metro Nuz Column, June 16th, 2004
Turf Wars II
Political activist Thomas Leavitt advised Nüz that his buddy TBill “has had four, count ‘em four separate Kerry for President signs torn down, apparently by rabid local Republicans, and is now so pissed off that he’s threatening to retaliate in equal measure for every sign torn down in the future.”
Indeed, TBill, who usually signs his emails as “TBill in the forest,” is now signing off as “TBill raised sword in the forest,” while warning that with the fifth Kerry sign comes an edict of retribution.
“Any Bush-Cheney sign or symbol is now fair game. No Republican banditry should go unanswered. We must all raise our voices in the eternal vigilance of freedom and democracy; for when they destroy my voice in public, they prove they do not love America and our liberty.”
Noting that it’s illegal to tear down political signs in an election year, Tbill was especially pissed off by the fact that these signs also had a Veterans For Kerry logo on them, and that having his voice silenced as a veteran on Memorial Day “rankles far more than I can possibly express. Add in the fact my best man died last year from Agent Orange cancers and Don Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney are still alive says more to the fact the good do die young, and again the feelings are beyond mere words to express. As a veteran, three Purple Hearts, a Bronze and Silver Star, commanding a boat, means far more to me than Bush’s dental cavities and a failed flight physical, which happened the month I was sent to Vietnam.”
