Signs of the times. (At a Glance).

Professional politicians and pundits typically sing the praises of the UN, but grassroots Americans are playing a different tune. Every day many thousands of motorists view this billboard, located south of Phoenix on Interstate 10.

In communities across our land, a movement has been stirring. Amidst the many ads for motels and fast food, signs bearing an old message with a new twist are beginning to appear. Though the designs and wording are somewhat varied, they all broadcast a common message: Get US out! of the United Nations.

Judging from the locations of the signs, the citizen-patriots responsible for them appear to have little in common -- except for their love of freedom.

Their signs are found in (or near) two cities famous for the production of steel: Birmingham, Alabama, in the South (above left) and Pittsburgh in the North (above). Eastward across Pennsylvania, a large billboard welcomes visitors to the medium-sized city of Reading (left).

Though coast-to-coast motorists may not have found the Get US out! signs to be as pervasive as the famed Burma Shave signs of the '30s and '40s, that could change -- perhaps sooner than you think!

"The United Nations Wants to Take YOUR Gun! billboard (above) was posted on 1-15 in Orem, Utah, shortly before the winter Olympics. Undoubtedly, many dignitaries attending the games were exposed to that message -- a message finding acceptance not only in Utah but throughout our great land. (The gun with the twisted barrel is not an artist's conception, by the way. It is an actual photo of an anti-gun statue at UN headquarters in New York City.)

A sign in Victorville, California, graces a stark, yet beautiful desert landscape (center-right).

Are those wheels under the sign with the "stars and stripes lettering (bottom)? Yes indeed. All the better for pulling the billboard around metropolitan San Diego.

The good guys always wear the white hats! At least that seemed to be the case in vintage Western movies. We think that real-life American patriot John Wayne (who once signed a petition to terminate U.S. membership in the United Nations) would have been proud of the man above, standing before a "Get US out! of the United Nations' sign at a fair booth in Boise, Idaho.

Of course, bigger is not always better, and the Get US out! message comes in smaller versions, too. Our brief snapshot shows that in addition to the larger billboards, the message can be found on smaller signs on front lawns from coast-to-coast, like the one at left in Portland, Oregon.

Those who are not the "stay-at-home' type often prefer a message they can take with them on the road -- in the form of a bumper sticker that tells all who ride behind them how they feel about the UN.

And then there are the real "people persons who prefer to deliver their message face-to-face. These gregarious types favor the lapel button to spark a conversation about the UN.