did you see that?

i saw something interesting on my way home for camping this weekend. driving along the pennsylvania turnpike i saw this billboard. here is how my thought process went as i read it:

first part read, "welcome to pennsylvania..." at that point i was slightly confused. we never left pennsylvania this weekend, so there was no need for being welcomed to. i briefly wondered why would it say this? never-the-less, i continued to read the rest of the billboard before we passed it. "our puppy mills are a national disgrace." after reading the entire billboard, there was moment where i had no thoughts and i vaguely recalled a picture of a child griping up a puppy in the center of it all.. my mind was 100% blank and i looked at mike, and in a split second, it all clicked. "whoa! did you see that billboard?" i asked him. "yeah," he responds with no emotion.

i guess i was shocked. i know our state is know for its disgusting puppy mills - who doesn't? but it wasn't necessarily the message on the billboard that shocked me. i think it was more the billboard itself, that got me. i have never seen a billboard used to gain attention or awareness for something like that. something so negative. billboards, in my mind, are mostly used to advertise car dealerships, stores, shopping districts, hotels, rest stops, hospitals, medical practices, bible passages ect. but to call attention to such a miserable truth... this was something new to me. puppy mills are shameful and we are the worst state on the east coast when it comes to this disgrace. i kind of like it.

this billboard reminded me of an article i read not too long ago... it was about a man who rented a billboard to call out his baby momma for having an abortion, even though she said that she didn't have one and he actually had nothing to go off of that would say otherwise... it's sort of a he-said she-said thing thing.

**if you want more details about the abortion billboard go here - http://abcnews.go.com/US/abortion-billboard-lands-mexico-man-court-girlfriend/story?id=13783668

the guy in that article was completely out of his mind and way out of line. his use of a billboard was rather tasteless. billboards should not be used for things like that. but the puppy mill billboard is for a good cause and i like it. i feel like there is a new use for billboards growing here... they are not just for drumming up business and sales anymore... if you have money and want to raise awareness, get yourself a billboard!

..............jfk..............