‘Dying for Work’: Dummy on a Noose Appears Hanging from Unauthorized Nev. Billboard
- Posted on August 8, 2012 at 3:28pm by
Erica Ritz
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(Photo: KVVU)
About 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nevada highway patrol began receiving reports of a shocking billboard with the words “DYING FOR WORK” and what appeared to be a man hanging by a noose along Interstate 15.
Police soon established that the figure in the suit was a dummy, but it remains unclear if a company paid for the stunt, or whether it is an act of vandalism.
Fox affiliate KVVU has the unusual video:
A woman at Lamar Advertising Co., which owns the billboard, told the Associated Press that the sign was not authorized and is being removed but declined to provide her name.
KVVU added that later in the morning another billboard with a similar set-up was reported.
(Photo: Fox News)
Though both have men in suits hanging from nooses, while the first said “Dying for Work,” the second reportedly read, “Hope You’re Happy Wall St.”
Fox News soon picked up the story as a Fox News alert– here is their take on the matter, via Mediaite:
(H/T: Gawker)
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Posted on August 10, 2012 at 7:16amWall street supported Obama in 2008.. That was a bad call on their part..I hear that’s changed this time around.. We have a Socialist Administration in office, no one can deny that at this point.. The answer to the problems they created is unsustainable spending, bigger government, and dependency.. I would say wake up liberals and smell the coffee.. Big Government is monkey on your back not a solution..
Report Post »fishb8
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 8:36pmThis picture is worth a thousand words.
Report Post »cleancutstudios
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 8:08pmhelp your fellow man and be your brothers keeper BE APART OF THE SOLUTION
STARTING A NEW MOVEMENT CALLED MAKE A PLATE MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHICH I PACK EXTRA LUNCH KITS AND SUPPLIES FOR THE HOMELESS AND MY NEIGHBORS AND CARRY THEM AROUND IN MY TRUCK AND I AM READY TO BLESS A NEEDY PERSON THAT I CROSS PATHS WITH KIT INCLUDES VARIOUS ITEMS TO HELP THEM LIKE RAIN PONCHOS, MOSQUITO REPELLANT SOAP CRACKERS Q TIPS TOOTH PICKS GUM HARD CANDY CAN MEAT NAPKINS, PLUS A WONDERFUL MESSAGE HOW GOD LOVES THEM AND HAS A PLAN FOR THEIR LIFE
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Report Post »*********
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 6:02pmThat damn George Bush! (just kidding)
Report Post »Arshloch
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 12:55pmOne big reason that Vegas is hurting is that, as soon as ‘little berry davis’ moved into the Oval Office, he began bad mouthing people going to Vegas to gamble. Nothing to do with Wall St. but lots to do with the stupidy of Nevada voters when they returned a cheap shyster to the Senate and, as a result, are suffering unemployment. Hi Ho The Harryo the old Nevada louse. OLE!
Report Post »Man-On-A-Mission
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 11:39amThere are millions of jobs out there….they may not pay a living wage….which Neo-Cons don’t believe in, but there a number of jobs out there if you want to work. Problem is….most American’s stance on that is…..I’m not going to work a minimum wage job….that’s for the illegals……Don’t act like there are not jobs….Most American‘s are either not qualified or won’t work for the low wages.
Report Post »jamestoms
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 7:22amWall Street?, Hell thats Obamas street, this should be displayed for his reelection campaign.
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 8:49pmI hope I don’t offend any elephants.
Report Post »BUT HEY DUMBOS- IT’S NOT WALL STREET
……..IT IS THE FEDERAL RESERVE THAT IS RESPONSIBLE
MBA
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 6:22pmWow has harry reid brainwashed the people of Nevada? Yes, some wall street CEO’s have been butts but it is the politicians in Washington including harry who have put this country in the economic mess we are in. Wake up you mental midgets–start learning stuff for yourself. Politicians are only doing what’s best for themselves not you or this country. Geez!
Report Post »QuincySmith
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:53pmI want to know who failed to authorize the billboard.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:29pm“dummy on a noose”????!!!! Wait a minute…did someone hang barney Fwank???
Report Post »Dr. Joel Fleischman
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:29pmStay classy, Occutrash.
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:12pmThis is some really really good propaganda. It‘s incendiary enough for me to stop my car and make sure that’s just a dummy hanging and not a person.
Did you know OWS is referring to itself as the Other 98% now? I guess their last slogan got a bad reputation. Wonder why. I think the blaze should do a story on the group “The Other 98%”, like an exposé on them.
Feel free to google them, their viral meme images send a chill through my heart. I think they are, as Van Jones described, “ready to drop the radical pose for the radical ends”
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:30pmI know people are looking looking for work and all, but they have to stop hanging around!
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:14pmThis is a slap and spit in the face to all the victims of real lynching throughout history! This is a slap and spit in the face of real justice. Equal justice not social justice. OWS is un-American, ignorant, and are disgusting vile people.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:16pmReplace OWS with Bain Capital and I’m in agreement with you.
Report Post »Disabledvet
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:31pmYou are both idiots, it is good advertising making our leaders take notice, it has nothing to do with people being hung in the past, we need to bring back public hangings for the worst crimes and let the criminals see what will happen to them, it might slow down the leeches, parasites and moochers from stealing. and if you did your home work on bane capital you could see they saved more job than were lost, Bane capital buys companies that are about to fold completely so lets say there are 400 hundred jobs going to be lost, when Bane buys the company and restructures it maybe only 100 are lost, sorry for the 100 that lost their jobs but at least they saved 300, now you will probably say those are not real numbers your right it is an example.
Report Post »iblvingd
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:52pmThe people of Nevada should be looking at their Senator Harry Reid. They should vote him out and it will make things a lot better for Nevada and the whole country.
Report Post »SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 1:04amWhat people are getting wise with their money and not spending it in Vegas ?
Report Post »Looks like the people of Vegas should look for a honest job and stop swindleing people out of their money.
But then again it‘s getting harder to launder money ain’t it Harry ?
Hrothgar
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:17amUnfortunately Reid is far too good at playing the game in the state, so good that he is always electable. How? He knows how to pander to every industry in my state and can garner support from gaming, mining and agriculture. He is known for making the comment “Mining works for Nevada” but he denies any construction or maintained operation of coal power plants in Nevada. Reid tries to replace them with solar, geothermal or wind, all of which provide less jobs than coal, gas, nuclear etc. Pander to mining, green-energy, agriculture but damn fossil fuels, construction and brothels.
Report Post »Reid has a unique way of getting the minority groups in his pocket, especially in Las Vegas. Reid is the state poverty pimp and needs to go, but when he can muster all of Vegas to vote for him the rest of the state is screwed.
pap pap
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:05pmWall Street didn’t bail itself out that would have been the Demorat regime aided and assisted by some RINOS as well as the Fed. Big government always strives to get bigger and more important in our lives but it can only get more important in our lives if it goes away.
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:04pmObama and his troops are doing a GREAT job…….. . . . .
Of dividing this nation into different classes.
And at the TOP of the food chain – (in their eyes) – is the Chicago Thug.
TIME FOR A CHANGE people – time for a change
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:02pmIt’s those Build-a-bear guys — it’s their fault.
Report Post »Disabledvet
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:32pmTell the truth they didnt build those bears, the government did just ask Obama
Report Post »neiman1
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 3:49pmQuit waiting for someone to PROVIDE you with a job. Get off your duff and start your own business or service and show those evil Wall Street types up. If your so sure the current businesses don’t know how to do things right then compete with them and run them out of business.
Report Post »Goldline_scam
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:02pmAnd where do you expect people to get the start-up capital for that? A bank won’t lend to anyone without a job or some kind of steady income. And very few people actually have the talent and skills to run a business … people just want a job that suits their experience and skillset. But due to Wall Street excesses, without any government regulation, we have a massive recession sparked by a housing bubble bust. If you think Wall Street has nothing to do with this, you’re either blind or ignorant.
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:17pmOH, HAHA HERE WE GO AGAIN, WALL STREET IS REPRISING ITS ROLE AS THE MUSTACHIOED TYCOON VILLIAN IN THIS SUMMERS NEWEST THRILLER CALLED “AMERICA”. HOW WILL OUR HERO ESCAPE FROM THE NEFARIOUS CLUTCHES OF WALL STREET MAN AND HIS SECRET BANK CABAL OF DOOM? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT!
Oh wait, that’s not a sequel. It’s just a rerun. Again. You are as predictable as the sun rising. Go read your precious Matt Taibi. You both seem fond of chasing shadows, or fabricating tabloid journalism.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 3:44pmmake a sign about the Fed or the Bankers like that.
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 3:43pmYeah Wall Street is responsible, along with the tooth fairy!
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 3:36pmWall street didn’t take those jobs, the ****** in this nation that bought cheap made Chinese crap that was selling for the exact same price of well made us goods. If people had simply just said no, we sure wouldn’t be where we are today.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 3:33pmOWS freaks strike again,here’s an idea all of you OWS freaks hang yourself for real.
Report Post »Disabledvet
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:35pmThat is a good idea, at least the islamists kill themselves for the cause, but for the OWS hanging your self mught be considered work.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 3:30pmWall Street? Huh? If you’re out of work, you have obama and his dim-O-rats to thank – not Wall Street.
Report Post »girlnurse
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 3:53pmaren’t they one and the same!?
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:36pmYou forgot to mention Bain Capital and the rest of the thieving vulture capitalists that wrung the last remaining dollars out of struggling hard working businesses before tossing them into the garbage heap.
Report Post »It’s absolutely amazing that you people have been so thoroughly brain washed to believe that the answer to our problems is to give the already wealthy more power, bigger tax breaks, a bigger piece of the nations pie AND get rid of regulations and laws that provide a level playing field that allows small businesses to fairly compete against global conglomerates. Wow, what a snow job.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:53pmEspecially those that pushed and signed the Community Reivestment Act into law, then added to it. You also have ACORN to thank.
Report Post »WEBWITHDEB
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:23pmHere is a SIMPLE TRUTH: Those people who have the money to invest in job making, would be adding VOLUME to the amount of middle class taxpayers, thus upping the middle class tax intake. Oh, MY, “raising” taxes by increasing the VOLUME of taxpayers, such a SIMPLE TRUTH, it’s too bad some people thrive only on lies.
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