Obama brings out the worst in people

As you know, we are huge Obama fans around our house. The "race" speech has convinced me of so many things...

But, it apparently does not bring out the best in others.

For the election, Ryan went to the Obama headquarters and purchased a yard sign for the front yard. We put it out there and enjoyed it until J's birthday when my parents came to visit and absconded with it. Dad claims that telling us afterward that it was in his trunk makes it ok, but this isn't about that.

Mom and Dad took the sign to Canmore, Alberta (where they are "snowbirds who got lost and stayed too long"ing this winter) and put it in the front yard of their house. It looks like it was tough to spot in all the snow!

Earlier this week the sign was liberated from their yard too. This wasn't a real surprise as Obama signs are probably hard to come by in Canmore, but still a shame.

Mom went onto this website and bought two more signs (two for her and one to replace ours) and a bumper sticker and had them mailed to us here in Austin. They arrived yesterday and sat on our front porch until we got home from work and retrieved them. Something about this box (perhaps that it was mostly falling apart and on the front porch un-attended) gave someone the idea to poke around in it. So when we got home it was opened and the bumper sticker is missing.

Sigh, he's the candidate of "hope", right? Guess people don't equate that to personal property.