"Bill" Boards

 

Well, it is presidential election season again.  But, this election season is unlike any other.  I truly believe it is the most important presidential election in my life time; perhaps, the most important presidential election in the history of the United States.   It will define whether America remains a constitutional republic or goes the way of Europe and becomes a social democracy … or something worse. The outcomes are consequential.  Will we continue to see God as the grantor of our individual freedom and inherent rights or will He be replaced by the state?

Such a historic moment deserves special attention. So I and several of my conservative friends have decided to rent billboard space across Hampton Roads to chronicle the failure of the first four years in this new experiment the current President has euphemistically referred to as “Hope and Change.”  Unfortunately, the record is better characterized as “Hype and Shame.”

Now, I know many may not agree with that assessment.  And while I recognize and respect the right of my fellow citizens on the left to their own opinion, their opinion is not consistent with the facts.   As Yogi Berra famously stated, “It ain’t bragging if it is in the record book.”  I assume the corollary is also true, it is bragging if it is not in the record book.

Because the media has chosen to either ignore or mischaracterize the administration’s record, I and my fellow patriots have taken it upon ourselves to bear one more cost  – in essence a voluntary tax –  in order to set the record straight: we are personally funding a number of billboards across Hampton Roads to promote what we believe to be a more accurate accounting of the current administration’s failures.

The billboard advertisements are not cheap, but neither is serfdom.  My messages – one per day for fourteen days – will be appearing on a billboard proximate to Rip Rap Road, in Hampton, just before you enter the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel headed east bound.  Subsequent blog posts will explain the source and background of the message. I hope all those sitting in eastbound traffic, after work, think and reflect on the message they see. For at least 53% of you who pay 100% of all income taxes in America, I think you will find it to be a “Cliff Notes” version (pardon the double entendre) of the price of “Hope and Change.”  For others, it will be a improvisation of the old Dire Strait’s hit but with a new title: “Money Ain’t for Nothing, but the Checks are for Free.”

As for me, I will enjoy my first Amendment Rights, while I still have them.