My marvelous day in Freeperville!

[Quakerfriend]

I live in very RED Montgomery,CO, PA.

This morning as I was taking my son for testing at the local school, I happened to pass a Kerry/Edwards yard sign planted firmly at the curb in front of a tidy house.

As I was driving by I happened to notice a young man (~ 26 years old) raking in the front yard. So, I honked and gave the thumbs up sign. He responded with a smile and a fist pump!

Then while I was waiting in the guidance office at school something else that was wonderful happened. First, I should tell you that it is a large, central office with many school personnel, and students coming and going with the occasional 'stranger', such as myself.

As, I was sitting there minding my business reading I heard the secretary say "Yeah, no child left behind!"... " Thanks to our prez and his brother, Jeb". So, I could 'nt help but chime in with "Yeah, and they are taking the money away (ie, from public ed) just as fast as they can". At this same moment another teacher was walking by trying to hold back a snicker. Then we all burst into laughter! And, the secretary began to gripe about how 'they say all these wonderful things and then turn around and take the money away... but, expect us to do more'. She then whipped out her think blue 2008 wrist band and proceeded to offer me one!! And, she went on and on about how her 16 year old daughter can't wait to vote!

I turned her on to DU and told her she made my day.

Just thought you all might like to hear about the changes occurring in Freeperville!

THE SHEEPLES ARE WAKING UP FOLKS!!

:bounce:

[Blue_State_Elitist]

1. The alarm clock went off a few months too late unfortunately...

[Freedom_from_Chains]

4. There may still be time left

Stranger things have happened.

[jen4clark]

25. You're Wonderful!

I love your attitude! I've been losing my faith lately that anything these guys do will ever catch up with them but you're so right! ANYTHING can happen!!

This is such an inspiring story Quakerfriend! Thank you for posting it!

:applause:

[Freedom_from_Chains]

26. Well recent events having taken a bit of a twist

which could potentially harm some of these people, we'll just have to wait and see. However, people still need to be talking, and drawing others into the conversation, about what is going on in our government. Up until they seal the borders, the game isn't a match.

[foreigncorrespondent]

11. The point is though...

...that while it went off a little late, the alarm did go off. Which in turn could lead to a win for our side in '06.

[TayTay]

14. At least the alarm clock did go off.

After all, these are the good folks that the Dems are supposed to be helping. If they can get the message, then it's all to the good.

[Roland99]

2. Coming out of the bank today...

The guy in front of me was holding the door open and he saw the bumper stickers on my car and said, "Nice stickers."

I smiled and thanked him.


I've gotten a couple of honks and thumbsup and some waves lately, too. Never did during the election.

[Patiod]

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[Patiod]

3. Montco is not so Red, really

We're outregistering Repigs at something like 2:1 rate (according to Montco Dem HQ in Norristown). One of the Freepers who works the polls was "explaining" to me that it's because all the "turncoats" moving out of Phila and putting the good Republicans out of their houses in the 'burbs(???) Well, okay, then. Good for them!

Some areas, like Conshohocken, Whitemarsh and Plymouth Meeting, are actually turning Blue - we're putting Dems on previously all-Republican township supervisor boards at an encouraging rate

Granted, places like Narberth and Lansdale still have a way to go, but take heart!

[drm604]

7. Yep, not so red at all.

Where are you Patiod? I'm in Norristown. PM me (anyone else in the area too, maybe we can all get together).

[Quakerfriend]

8. Thanks for the good news, Patoid!

This occurred in the Colonial School District in Plymouth Twp- servicing Plymouth, Whitemarsh and COnshohocken.

[Patiod]

10. That's home turf!

and we're working hard at reclaiming it for the Dems

It's a shame Friends School (at least the one attached to our Meeting) is so expensive -- not too many Quaker kids at Quaker school anymore.

[Quakerfriend]

12. Yeah, I agree with your take on Quaker schools

Seems that most kids who attend the big Quaker schools in the Philly area come from the upper middle class. However, I will say that they do still hold very strongly to the principles of Quakerism with acceptance and tolerance for all. And, Penn Charter and others do provide an enormous amount of scholarship money for those in need. I think that PC has 80% of the student population receiving some aid.

BTW, what Meeting do you attend?

[Patiod]

21. Plymouth

I'm officially a full member as of this summer after something like 10 years as an attender!

No disrespect meant to Friends Schools - our Meeting has one (Pre-K thru 6th), and it does indeed provide an enormous amount of scholarship money for those in need. A friend of mine's little girl started going there, and when my friend died, the school made sure she could finish out the remaining 4 years -- they provided counseling, the whole works. She was not a child that made life particularly easy for her classmates, but the school stuck with her.

One of my girlfriends, God bless her, is a hard-core materialist, and is sending her kids to Friends school this year because it's the most prestigious school (and expensive) in her area. I considered warning her about how they would poison the kids with Quaker values, then thought "nah".

[adwon]

5. NCLB

really seemed to piss off a horde of people who'd be nominal Republicans otherwise. When I was in undergrad, in an army town, fairly conservative people couldn't wait to light into W on the whole shebang. I really didn't know, or care, much about it then (or now) but I found it curious how many self-described conservatives absolutely loathed conservative ideals put into practice.

[Dr.Phool]

6. As I was leaving the Masseuse office the other day

A guy in the waiting room asked, "Is that your yellow truck out there?"
I said yeah.

He said I love those bumper stickers, especially the one about Col. Sanders. This is in Pasco County, Florida.

The sticker says, "Any working person who votes for a Republican is like a chicken who supports Col. Sanders.

[safi0]

9. Sounds like

Bad news for Manondog

[Lugnut]

20. And...

Any bad new for Manondog is good news for PA. :)

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[jsw_81]

13. I admire his spirit...

But it's just plain silly to still have Kerry/Edwards signs in your yard five months after we lost the election. Imagine how we would have made fun of Republicans who still had Dole signs up in the spring of '97.

[leesa]

15. I disagree. It states quite clearly that they do not accept a fraudulent

outcome. I see Kerry and Dean stickers on cars all the time.

[missouri dem 2]

16. I saw a car with both Kerry/Edwards and Gore /Lieberman

bumper stickers the other day. My Kerry sticker will not be coming off my car.

[Quakerfriend]

23. I feel the same way. It makes a statement!!

It's quite powerful, really.

This is how revolutions (velvet revolultions, of course!) get started.:P

[LittleClarkie]

17. I had an experience like that last week

Big van goes by with a rectangle K/E sign, Stronger at Home/Respected in the World I think. I give her a smile and a big thumbs up. She was high enough up that I think she could see my Real Deal sign if not my bumper stickers, and so she gives me the thumbs up back and a fist pump. We both drove away smiling. And I live in a very Red city in a very Red county in a marginally Blue state.

I do appreciate every last damn sign and sticker I see.

[Sparkly]

18. Yesss -- I think most teachers do get it.

I, on the other hand, passed an SUV on the beltway (apparently a Texas transient -- "Dallas Cowboys" rim around the plates) with "Support the Troops" and "God Bless America" ribbons and something shaped like a little heart that was no doubt a slam at Kerry and a "W 04" oval.

Those symbols do NOT work together!!!!

[tsuki]

19. Thank you for the heads up!

[rockymountaindem]

22. I went back to my old high school over spring break

and talked with some of my teachers, who I knew or suspected were conservatives. They were very unhappy with NCLB. Specifically, they didn't like the fact that they can't fail people without going through a bunch of extra hurdles. One said "if some kid is determined not to do his work, and not to learn, making them do math at lunch isn't going to turn them around".

[Auntie Bush]

24. Well at least they're rubbing the sand out of their eyes.

Pretty soon they will open. I hope in time for the 06 election.
I can't wait! Won't it be nice if bush* has a Democratic majority in Congress? I just hope all won't be lost by then. :scary:

[radfringe]

27. on a side road by my house

we saw just about every house sporting a bush*-cheney sign... this was during the campaign season

I quipped to my partner that this must be a "troll road"