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     If you recognize the above statement, then you too have said to 
yourself, "What the f*ck is THAT up there for?!"  For those of you who 
don't recognize the statement, let me fill you in.

     On I-295 northbound just before the Howard Road interchange there is
an overhead electronic message board that has had the following message
displayed for probably four years now:  "Turn your lights on for a kinder
and gentler beltway."  

     Now, right away the more astute of you are saying, "Hey, wait a 
minute--isn't that a 1988 campaign slogan of former President Bush?"  
Bingo!  You're right-o!  And the REALLY swift ones among you, and we're 
talking rocket scientists here, will realize that this signboard is a good 
five miles or more from anything like a beltway.

     If you get the chance, it's worth the drive.  It would appear that
the sign is no longer functional, judging by the ever-increasing number of
little white round pixels that are now flipped which ever way their little
hearts desire, gradually breaking up this classic.  My liberal heart just
knows that when old Georgey-boy said, "...a thousand points of light..."
he meant to count each and every little dot on this sign! 


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	~c--oo	  Jonathan
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