Milwaukee Freeway Banner

[Me]

[scubadiver]

Maybe we should sneak on to motorway bridges here in the UK and do the same. The Americans have a knack for doing this kind of thing.

[Me]

[scar]

[flamesong]

Having done a few motorway bridge banners I'd suggest that if possible a more permanent solution should be devised.

The adrenalin rush of putting up a banner in the dead of night and seeing it in the light of day can soon be replaced with a feeling of emptiness when it is found to have been removed within hours by a huffing farmer or some apron wearer.

Take heed of the Hari Krishnas - their motorway messages last for years and are either glued onto the understructure or painted.

Also, I should point out that this is a dangerous occupation. Dropping a banner onto a motorway could feasibly lead to a long stretch in prison for manslaughter. Attempting to glue or paint under a bridge could lead to an even longer stretch underground or in a wheelchair.

If you know any climbers perhaps they can be persuaded to do it. If not, their expert knowledge would be extremely useful.

Another option is the back of motorway signs.

I really don't want to sound like a killjoy but a photo of a bridge banner lasts a hell of a lot longer than the banner itself.

[Me]

What about billboards? If someone with enough money like Jimmy Walters wanted to could he fund a billboard or two supporting the 9/11 truth movement? I'm sure that some dubious regulation would prevent it considering the subject matter.

[Me]

Not exactly what I had in mind. Defacing a pre-existing billboard. How about an actual 9/11 Truth billboard though?

http://indymedia.us/en/topic/911investigation/archive.shtml

[flamesong]

Personally, I love subvertising (as creative defacing of billboards is known). You might like to check out Adbusters at:

http://www.adbusters.org

You need to act pretty quickly. At the time that Richard Reid had been arrested for attempted 'shoe bombing', Nike had a billboard advert which (unbelievably) depicted their latest shoe with a drawn on fizzing fuze attached to the heel. Before I could find the perfect words to add it was replaced by something else.

You can make fairly simple devices to extend your range so that you can reach high billboards with spray cans (which have an exemption from the wrath of environmentalists when used this way!).

[dookie]

[Spectre]

I suggested this idea to somebody a while back. Advertising is the answer.

Are there any site posters who work within the printing industry who could get large (locktite adhesive backed) posters or banners made to be strategically placed on motorway bridges and main traffic thoroughfares through our cities? The kind of poster that is very difficult to remove. Even if it were covered up within a day or so - thousands would have seen it.

Any such poster needs to carry the words ... "9-11 was an inside job" - that "Bush and Blair are liars" (I think most people know that anyway - it would strike a chord) - "don't believe the newspapers" and the main U.S. and U.K. web addresses.

It is the only way to spread the word quickly and en masse.