Here are some miniprotesting MAIN SIGN INSCRIPTION SETS on a variety of topics, and some good slogans

[Todd Telford]

Here is a collection of potential miniprotesting main sign inscription sets. WARNING:  the longer ones should ONLY be used where traffic bogs down significantly during commute hours. The best places are one-way streets leading to bridge or freeway onramps, particularly if motorists often have to wait for two or more traffic light cycles. Another good choice in a rural area is a location that has three four-way stop signs in a row.

Some are the traditional three-part main sign sets, and some are four and five part sets where sign inscriptions are far shorter. The latter are best used where traffic doesn’t grind to an actual halt. There are even a few sign sets that use the rhyming style of the Burma Shave roadside ads that inspired this approach. Many of these inscriptions have come from fellow miniprotesters, so feel free to add your own as a reply to this post.

I’ve grouped things together by categories in this order:

-Union busting

-Ad lies

-Walker’s 1% bias

-ALEC/Koch brother ties

-Privatizing deer hunting

-Walkergate

And bear in mind that you can craft your own, copying any parts of inscriptions you like and pasting them onto your own. Got a Walker lie you want to debunk? Start with this first sign:

Corner #1:  Walker Thinks GOP = FFF:  Freedom From Facts

with the second sign in sequence pointing out the falsehood. Then cement the truth into motorists’ memories with a catchy slogan like “Walker Putting Wisconsin on the FAST TRACK to MEDIOCRITY” or “More Proof Walker Only Cares for Millionaires” or “Walker is Clearly on the 1% Privilege Posse.”

For evidence of hypocrisy, that first sign can be:  

Corner #1:  Walker Thinks GOP = FFH:  Freedom From History. 

And miniprotesting is “fast-acting activism.” If Walker spouts another whopper or an ad comes out that begs for a truth makeover, get it out on the streets in a couple of hours if you’ve got folks at the ready. See the bottom of this post for details on how.

And now, on with the travesties:

Walker’s Union Busting

Corner #1:  Why Would Gov. Walker Vilify Teachers and Other State Employees?

Corner #2:  GOP Wants to Cripple Unions Because Their Money, Manpower Helps Dems

Corner #3:  Walker Union Busting Sought Middle Class Pain for Political Gain

1- There’s Video Proof that Gov. Walker’s Union Busting Legislation was for Political NOT Fiscal Reasons

2- Walker CREATED Budget Shortfall to Go After Unions with $137 Million in Corporate Tax Giveaways

3- Walker Says to Future $500K Donor:  Anti-Union Legislation Will “Divide and Conquer”

1- Walker Took $2 Billion From Public Schools. More Families Devalued

2- Walker’s War on Unions Cutting ALL Wages. More Families Devalued

3- Why Don’t Walker’s “Family Values” Apply to Actual Families?

Walker Ad Lies

1- Walker Recall Defense Plan:  Big Lies and Corporate Ties

2- Walker Claimed Job Growth but Wisconsin Lost 30,000 Private Sector Jobs Under Him

3- Ad Paid for by GOP Governors’ Assoc. Claimed Walker ADDED 30,000 Jobs

4- Don’t Get PLAYED AGAIN by Walker and His 1% Agenda. Vote for BARRETT.

1- Walker Ad Claims Job Growth But Wisconsin Has WORST JOB LOSSES in Nation

2- Walker Can’t Win on Truth or Policies, Only Lies and Fear

3- Make Walker a PTG:  Partial-Term Governor. Vote for Barrett June 5th

1- NRA Ad Spouts Unfounded Claim that Barrett Will Restrict Your Gun Rights 

2- But It’s Walker That is the Sportsman’s Foe

3- Walker Hired Dr. Kroll Who Privatized Public Deer Hunting Lands in Texas

4- Walker Plan:  You Will Pay His Cronies to Hunt

Walker’s 1% Bias

1- Isn't Gov. Walker's Support of the Ryan Budget Favoring BLUE BLOOD WELFARE?

2-  Ryan Budget Drops Top Tax Tier by 14%, Gives Every Millionaire $140,000 For Each Million He Makes

3-  Walker's Support for Ryan Budget Proves He’s on the 1% Privilege Posse. Vote for Barrett.

1- Ask Yourself:  Just Who is Gov. Walker Looking Out For, CEO’s or Average Joes?

2- Walker Gave $2 Billion to Corporations and Increased Taxes on Seniors, Low-income Families

3- The Verdict is Clear: Walker Only Cares for Millionaires

or

3- Walker Takes From the Needy and Gives to the Greedy

1- Barrett:  For the Good of All. 

2- Walker:  For the Good of a Select Few

3- See Through Walker’s Crafted Facade

4- Walker is Pious With a Corporate Bias

1- Job Creation Losses

2- Wisconsin is Dead Last

3- More for Corporate Bosses

4- Our State is Sinking Fast

5- Blame Walker

ALEC/Koch Brother Ties

1- Gov. Walker’s 1% Agenda Driven by ALEC:  American Legislative Exchange Council

2- ALEC-penned Legislation Includes State Employee Union Busting, Voter Photo ID Laws

3- Big Oil Koch Brothers Founded ALEC. Do You Want THEM Running Wisconsin?

1- Walker is an ALEC Puppet

2- He Dances to Their Tune

3- You and I Can Stop It

4- Vote the 5th of June

5- Stop Walker. Elect Barrett

Privatizing Deer Hunting

1- Repealing Wetlands Protections Was Just the Start of Walker’s War on Outdoorsmen

2- Walker Hired Dr. Kroll Who Privatized Public Deer Hunting Lands in Texas

3- Walker Plan:  You Will Pay His Cronies to Hunt

Walkergate

1- Walker:  Only Governor With a $100K Legal Defense Fund

2- 15 Felony Indictments for Six Staffers in Walker’s Milwaukee County and Governor’s Offices

3-  How Many Honest Politicians Have a Legal Defense Fund? Elect Barrett

So, there are a few for starters. To make any of these into full-size miniprotesting main signs, copy them into your text editor and expand your margins to the full width of the document in portrait mode. They should be in Arial, with lines spaced about 1.5 apart. Use no more than four lines per sign. The less text for each individual sign, the larger the font can be.

Email the main sign inscription sets to your local FedEx Office store (formerly Kinko's) and have them print out your main signs on their 36" roll paper, enlarged to take up as much width as possible, usually about 400% of original size. The 30" x 40", 1/4-inch thick foam core signs are sold at Staples in convenient packs of three. Just cut rectangular hand holds in them near the top, tape on the inscriptions, and you're ready to live out the miniprotesting motto:  On the Streets WE ARE HOPE.