Anlin Windows - Anti Obama Signs

[SalviaBlue]

This is the newest:



They make energy efficient windows and have benefited directly from the stimulus, aka, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act since their customers received rebates for buying their product. They have a direct link from their website to the Federal Government Assistance website. Of course, we all know they have benefited from all of the other things our society offers through our government: roads, schools, fire department, police, etc.

After looking at the sign several times, I realized that not only are they hypocrites and disrespectful to the President, addressing him as Mr. Obama... they are using the dog whistle of Psalm 109.8 which says:

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

the next line says:

Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

I know this Psalm has been popular with the right wing crazies on bumper stickers and teeshirts but apparently we are not supposed to take this as a threat to the man; they are just calling for him to removed from office.


They have had this lovely sign up for years, even before President Obama was elected.




Here is the old sign they had when they had a president they respected in office.



Here is the front of their building. I don't have a pic of the the main corner of the property, but there is a huge cross and the American flag along with the flag from each military division.



All of these signs are posted in multiple places so traffic on all streets can see them.

The company is Anlin Windows in Clovis, CA

http://www.anlin.com

I'm pretty upset about the newest sign. What do you think of my neighbor?

[madaboutharry]

1. They're assholes.

[SalviaBlue]

3. You got that right!

I hate having to drive by their propaganda corner every day.

[Cha]

49. Poor thing!

[Monk06]

80. Yep assholes. I can't think of a better word. Generally speaking RW small business owners think they

are geniuses and the world wasn't invented until they showed up. Must have hurt for them to say they owed their success to their employees and customers. BTW Obama never said small business owners owed their success to the government. I repeat....

HE NEVER FUCKING SAID THAT EVER !!!!!!!

[sarge43]

88. You're too kind. n/t

[Jamaal510]

2. I really got a kick out of that Reagan quote

where he says "government is the problem". And this came from a man whose job was inside the government. Do Republicans think people are stupid?

[SalviaBlue]

5. You are almost right...

Republican ---- people are stupid.

[SalviaBlue]

9. Also he was the biggest spender in recent presidential history.

Such hypocrites!

[HughBeaumont]

85. And he wasn't even a goddamned COWBOY.

Why must wing-dings ALWAYS put a picture up of him with that costume hat? What is it about wing-dings and their candidates having to look like caricatures from Sergio Leone movies?

[FightingIrish]

4. Thanks for the heads up

I'm an architect and I specify windows. That shit will never get specified nor approved by me.

[SalviaBlue]

6. That is very gratifying to hear!

I would like to expose them for what they are. They use their visibility in our community to push their right wing agenda.

[Arugula Latte]

7. I contacted them and told them to give back the stimulus money and also to stop using all government

services such as public roads and treated water, because they hate it so much.

http://www.anlin.com/contact-us.aspx

[SalviaBlue]

10. Awesome!!!

Thanks

[freshwest]

36. Good for you!

[WCGreen]

40. Just sent want too...

Added that God hates liars.

[Cha]

50. Thanks! Nice

Add ON!

[SalviaBlue]

66. Good. Thanks!!

[Monk06]

82. That is the best response. RWers think infrastructure was always free and always there. Like nature.

[Darth_Kitten]

87. I contacted them, too.

Something along the lines of: You benefitted from the stimulus and you are anti-government, or is it only okay when you and your family get enriched?

And not everybody gets so much handed to them.

[Guanaca69]

91. Love it!!

[vanlassie]

8. You wanna bet they have some sort of Chrisitian litmus test for employees?

What a sorry bunch of hypocrites. Sorry you have to see them all the time SalviaBlue. They may be "neighbors" but I sure a hell wouldn't call them "good neighbors." They appear willing to let their anti-Obama hatred ooze into the community- and the Psalms 109.8 is a dog-whistle, for sure. Hope you don't have too many crazies near-by.

[SalviaBlue]

15. You should see their July 4th display...

they have all of the neon tanks and fighter jets and banners that say "Freedom isn't Free" and they keep it up for months.

At Easter they adorn their giant cross.

They epitomize Fascism. Corporate-Religious-Military

[krispos42]

11. Dear Anlin Company

The government educated your workforce, so they could build your windows.

The government educated your customers, so they could find jobs that paid enough to afford your windows.

The government built the roads so that your customers could get to their high-paying jobs.

The government built the roads your employees use to get to your factory.

The government built the roads your truck drivers used to deliver your products.

The government build the roads your customers used to buy your products.

The government built the harbors that your suppliers used to import raw materials.

The government built the roads that your suppliers used to ship finished materials to your factory.

The government insures the nuclear power plants that power your factory.

So, if you believe in what you say, move to Somilia. where the people free of government-mandated basic education and a government-imposed transportation infrastructure can build and buy your products.

Else, STFU.


Regards,
Krispos42, educated person.

[Arugula Latte]

12. ...

[SalviaBlue]

16. Perfect!

[Ikonoklast]

13. You couldn't pay me enough to work there.

In my experience, "Good Christian" employers fuck their employees over so hard they are all bowlegged.

[JoeyT]

19. +1

That's been my experience too.

The louder they are about their religion, the more likely they are to use every trick in the book to rob you of overtime, or even just plain shave off regular hours.

[freshwest]

37. That and get involved with real estate -- fricking unbelievable -- 3 hellish experiences.

Most people would not dare to shaft someone like these folks did me and mine. Because we weren't good enough in their eyes, or not in their church, so anything went. It was beyond unethical and bordering on criminal. Our money was sure good enough, though... Never again.

[MAD Dave]

69. My experience too.

And it's sooooo sad

[riverbendviewgal]

14. I looked at their website.

they offer Energy Tax Credit for their windows....Isn't that a government handout?

I emailed them this and asked them if this is true...

Interesting if I get a answer.

[SalviaBlue]

17. Let me know.

I am emailing them too.

[vanlassie]

18. So it's President Bush, and Mr. Obama?

How very Christian of them.

[HangOnKids]

68. I Pointed That Out To Them In My email

I said they were being very disrespectful of PRESIDENT Obama and that scripture is not to be used as a tool of hate. I also told them I would not be using big words to explain why I will never use their business, but that their business model which sucks of the teat of the government and then bashes said government just SUCKS.

Oh and it is obvious that they hate the BLACK man in the WHITE HOUSE. Get used to 4 more years. Have a blessed day.

[Mnemosyne]

20. Goodness Salvia, I would feel physically ill just knowing the hatred they hold.

Willful ignorance irritates me more than almost anything, otherwise pretty mellow.

[SalviaBlue]

21. Yea it's irritating.

When I first saw the newest sign I was almost hyperventilating.

The Psalm 109.8 really makes me mad.

[Mnemosyne]

33. Here's one if you want your own sign - 1 John 4:20 -

If anyone says, "I love God", but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

Just a thought.

[freshwest]

38. Excellent rebuttal to such craven malevolence.

[Mnemosyne]

83. One of my favorites to make them sputter and stfu. :) nt

[hootinholler]

84. How apropos that it is 4:20! n/t

[Chorophyll]

22. I'm glad I don't have any of their damn windows in my house.

Disgusting.

[SalviaBlue]

23. I guess they don't worry about alienating their customers.

They manufacture there but don't have a showroom or anything.

This area is pretty conservative but still, you gotta think close to half of the people who see their displays are turned off.

[Chorophyll]

25. I guess they're serious enough to not want any nasty liberal money?

It seems like bad business sense to wear your religion and politics on your sleeve like that.

[SalviaBlue]

62. I know. I think that since they don't have a showroom there,

I guess they just ship the windows out to ot here places, they feel free to say what they want.

My husband and I have a SMALL business (2 employees) and we are very careful about displaying out political preferences. We avoid conversations about politics. Its better to be neutral, so as not to piss off any customers.

[Auntie Bush]

34. If I found out I had their windows in my house

I'd have them all removed...if I could afford it. There probably are a few people out there who could afford it. They could toss them all over their parking lot. Anyway...It's fun to fantasize and it's stress reducing. Now I feel better.

[Odin2005]

24. I have noticed that many organic farmers are wing-nuts, too.

I don't get it. One of them is my boss's brother and he's a real nut-job who rails against regulations on food and livestock and is a big anti-vax idiot.

[SalviaBlue]

26. Yea, these guys profit from people who are probably

trying to help the environment and slow climate change by using triple pane windows, but they deny climate change and hate all regulation.

They have probably survived the Bush financial crash and subsequent recession because of the tax credits their customers (and therefore they) receive, yet they hate government.

Go figure.

[Rider3]

27. I wonder...

if these hypocrites will be sending back the stimulus check they received. Let me guess.... NO.

[SalviaBlue]

32. They don't even acknowledge that they are

receiving government assistance.

[Panasonic]

28. I expect Anlin Windows to go bankrupt within the next 6 months

because they push religion to people. It's a major turnoff.

So enters the list of stores not to frequent:

Anlin Windows
Chick-Fil-A
Hobby Lobby

[SalviaBlue]

30. I wish.

They first started posting signs right after 9-11. All during the Bush years they supported the president and troops. Can't really complain about that.

Now we have had the Reagan anti government sign since 2008 and this newest "Dear Mr. Obama"/Psalm 109.8 crap, which I feel is totally over the top.

They seem to be able to use their substantial frontage along two streets to say whatever they want.

[TrogL]

35. Aren't there city or county codes

...about the amount of signage they are allowed?

[Generic Other]

42. May flocks of Starlings poop on them!

and then mysteriously fall from the sky upon their heads...

[The Midway Rebel]

29. I sent them some fan mail.

Not that it will make a diff...they will at least know their products will not be on my home.

[SalviaBlue]

31. Good.

Thanks!

I want them to know how despicable/hypocritical some of us find them.

[freshwest]

39. Thanks for posting this and I'm glad you alerted the Secret Service. Imagine what they are NOT

Putting on signs, conjuring up in private. That's just the overflow. I think it's particularly bad to use such a powerful verse and not care about what that verse says. When Obama is guilty of nothing that they may hate him for. Those are definitely some of the roughest curses there are, truly hateful.

[SalviaBlue]

43. For some reason, they have decided that the reference to Psalm 109.8 is okay.

It's not!

[freshwest]

44. Would they like that scripture turned on them and their families?

[SalviaBlue]

54. Well, that question just indicates that you are a Democrat.

Republicans would never think of walking in someone else's shoes.

[freshwest]

56. I guess so. Kids are kids to me. Doesn't matter whose they are. Don't leave them orphans.

As an orphan, I can tell you, it ain't that funny.

[Nye Bevan]

41. Thank you for quite possibly saving the life of our President.

I hope those people go to prison.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

70. You hope they go to prison

for wishing someone dead? Yes, it's awful and hateful, but now we're supposed to imprison people for ugly, hateful thoughts?

[Deep13]

45. Must be a fun place to work.

...hmmm, the boss's opinions are now suddenly my opinions!

I think they need a union.

[SalviaBlue]

47. I know. If you're a Democrat, or not a Christian

you probably have to keep that on the down low.

[mzteris]

51. seems to be a very clean place

unless they just snapped the pics after opening and before real production took place.

Also seems quite automated with not that many employees. Though most were minorities and/or female from what I could see.

I did see what I think is one safety violation, maybe two more. Anyone with more factory safety experience want to take the video tour of the plant?

[SalviaBlue]

53. They are located next to a couple of residential subdivisions.

When they moved in, we were not happy. But, as you can see from the pictures, their frontage is really well kept. We really don't feel their presence other than the signs that assault us when we leave the subdivision.

I don't know anything about what goes on inside the gates.

[mzteris]

60. hmm, residential?

They're a factory? Do they manufacture glass or just shape it? What do they do with the remnants? Do they use any type of chemicals in their process? If so, what about the waste and runoff? I dunno, maybe a visit by the EPA? Does it smell funny around there when the wind is right? How about suspicious activity - especially after hours? Trucks? Safety? Noise? Canisters? Barrels? Leaking dumpsters?

I dunno. If I lived next to a factory, I'd want to make very sure it was safe and wasn't emitting any type of toxins into the air or groundwater, ya know?

[mzteris]

46. oh. oh. I feel the urge

to contact the company. Only from a skewed angle and not the direct head on one they would ignore. Ya know?

[SalviaBlue]

48. Hmmm. Might be fun.

Let me know.

[mzteris]

59. I used one of my

"throwaway emails" - you know, the one you use to sign up to be able to participate in a survey or something. I 'll have to check it Monday though and see if they responded.

You know good Christians shouldn't hope for the death of others, right?

[LeftyMom]

52. It's Clovis.

[SalviaBlue]

55. Low blow.

[LeftyMom]

58. I was driving through Loomis the other day, and I saw a "GOP women for Obama" sticker.

You could have knocked me over with a feather. If I'd seen a "Obama is a Seekrit Muslin from Kenya!" sticker I wouldn't have blinked.

Some valley cities are... unusually blessed with really special people. And by special I mean stupid and racist.

[SalviaBlue]

61. I'm sensitive.

I have lived in either Fresno or Clovis my entire life. Yea, its conservative around here, but, I don't like the liberals to be discounted.

I have seen more Obama bumper stickers than Rmoney. In fact, 1 Romeny to at least 20 Obama.

[spanone]

57. fundies....fuckem

[rhett o rick]

63. Did you notice on their web sit, "tax credit info"? They help you get GOVERNMENT money to

help you buy their products. Can you spell HYPOCRITES?

[SalviaBlue]

64. Yea, I knew that but did you see that they got 6 Ac. for $1.00 through a deal

with the City of Clovis (aka: the Government)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021393240#post23

I guess its okay to get your land free but you people who think you are entitled to food are just Moochers.

[Ilsa]

65. That Psalm is quoted out of context on a billboard

In the town I am closest to in Texas, too. People are jerks, but I dont think the SS sees it as a direct heat, just a wish.

[SalviaBlue]

67. I honestly don't think they do either. But I though WTF, it was worth a try.

[former-republican]

71. Tell ME you're kidding

You called the Secret Service for that.

[HangOnKids]

72. Why Not?

Gotta problem with this? Waiting.

[former-republican]

77. I read the entire thread before responding

I don't have a problem with a private business voicing an opinion on politics.

I wouldn't want it done to the Democrats when Bush was in office.
It's not a threat as per what the op said the USSS told him.

[vanlassie]

73. This is clearly a low level threat against the President.

Do you really think its OK?

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing ..."

[former-republican]

76. Apparently it's not

[BlueinOhio]

74. What is it

With these stupid window manufacturing and the christian and right wing nonsense. There was one in town that had glory to god plastered on it but every time i saw it it looked like glory to gold. They were such good christians that they fired my nephew for going to the hospital to see his dieing father. I will not buy anything from them and now if i see a company using god as an advertisement i will not shop there.

[SalviaBlue]

75. Glory to Gold!!!

You know, if they would just put signs up saying that, I would be ok.

[Skip Intro]

78. Do you think what you did was right? I think it was fucked up.

Because you admitted not doing it out of concern for a life, but more to teach these horrible
people who dare disagree with you a lesson about speaking against Obama, or expressing a belief in God, or disagreeing with you on the role of the government. Those were the pics you posted. And you've admitted you don't believe there was any threat implied, but wanted to make them feel uncomfortable. Your words. You wanted to intimidate them, because they had expressed political views opposite of yours. Fucked up.

And you tie up federal investigators to carry out this small-minded vendetta of yours.

Let me ask you, how plausible is it, do you think, that a DUer who believes our rights and freedoms are far more important than any politician or party, and are worth defending, as many have done with their lives, how plausible do you think it is such a DUer would gather screen-grabs of your admissions and intents and pass those along to the SS and the target of your bs assault? Do you think that is likely? Wouldn't it be ironic if it were true, if such a sneaky little act came back to bite you in the ass?

(yeah, I posted this same response in the other thread, please don't call the ss)

[SalviaBlue]

79. BITE ME

You think it was fucked up? Based on the fact that you have decided that I did not have "concern for a life"?

Pick and choose much?

In my first response I post Frank Schaeffer's opinion as being my guide:

"No, actually it means something more threatening. ...snip..... Really, this is trawling for assassins. And this is serious business. "

Skip Into, yes, I get that Anlin has the right to free speech, but to change that to that I only want to teach them not to "dare to disagree" with me is wrong. What you said was "fucked up."

As to your last paragraph, REALLY????? You are threatening me because I called the Secret Service, REALLY?

BITE ME.

[Skip Intro]

81. You said twice you really didn't perceive it as a threat.

You said twice your intent was to make these people squirm regardless.

I don't want to bite you. But I will call your bullshit.

Done with this thread, if you have anything else to say to me, you can do it here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1394637

[Darth_Kitten]

86. I hate hypocrites.

Pity you for having them as neighbours.

[otohara]

89. He Advertises TAX CREDITS For Purchasing

His energy saving windows.
Fucking hypocrite !

[bluestate10]

90. There are alternatives out there. nt