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    Bill and Bob and the Billboard of Shame

    So where I live in the sub-sub-suburbs, there are often political billboards in the farm fields. (Mostly speaking out against abortion, like the “I had fingerprints at two months” kinda stuff.*) But there’s one right where I leave my neighborhood in the morning. They started about a year ago, maybe two. It’s always some political message in the form of a letter, and signed “Sincerely, Bill and Bob”. The message is always some trite phrase like “Dear Mr. President, LEAD, don’t follow” and “Dear Congress, Political correctness is NOT correct”**. But this most recent one broke my camel’s back. And keep in mind I’ve got to stare at this every…