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December 21, 2005

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couple of weeks ago, Is That Legal reported on an an attempt by a group seeking a change in North Carolina driver's license law to put up a racist billboard in Raleigh. Today Raleigh's News & Observer reports:

A group that feels the state has lax standards for issuing driver's licenses has backed off plans to put up a billboard with a picture of an Arab clutching a grenade and a North Carolina license.
The decision was made after Lamar Advertising, a national advertising company based in Baton Rouge, La., refused to put the image on one of its billboards.

newsobserver.com | NC News Wire

The article also tells us that "[c]oalition spokesman Bill O'Reilly said the charge [of racist fearmongering] was ridiculous." Is that the Bill O'Reilly? I just can not believe that, given the man's love for falafel, Bill would harbor such ill-will towards Arabs. You just never know, I guess.

Posted by at December 21, 2005 11:49 AM

Comments

People have every reason to falafel about this group's racist fearmongering.

Posted by: David Marshall at December 21, 2005 1:19 PM