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Can Drupal Save the 76 Ball?

savethe76ball.com — The oil men at ConocoPhillips want to replace a classic gasoline sign design with a boring piece of crap. Can an online petition and a Drupal website harness enough public outrage to make them think twice? Well, it almost worked for Howard Dean... and EVERYONE loves the 76 Ball!

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  • Fieldmarshall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Let's save this American icon before they all get smashed!
  • efarthing1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Bring back the antenna balls! I loved those when they first came out (Oops, I guess I just let folks know I'm over 29).
  • FilmReelGirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you have a logo that is working for your company... why change it? Please preserve America's history and keep the balls!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • CounselorBeep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Save the balls! Powered by MOI!
    ;-}
  • mozillamonks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Save the ball :)
  • susanferrell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If the 76 colors are going away as well, does this mean that the Halloween jack-o-lantern painting of an oil tank in the 76 oil fields every year is also going away?
  • NextGenXbox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dugg.
  • mlminvista, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Save the 76 ball! Use a new sign for new stations, if you must; but keep the original landmarks standing.
  • pccromeo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is like when Kentucky Fried Chicken removed their rotating buckets...
  • anwarwashington, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0THE "76" BALLS ARE THE AMERICAN ICON AT GAS STATIONS OR OVER 40 YEARS AND WE SEE IT ON ROADS ACROSS AMERICA, ConocoPhillips DOING A WELL DONE JOB FOR DONATING THE "76" BALLS TO DIFFERENT MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE "76" BALLS WILL NOT DIE!!
  • anwarwashington, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0WE NEED TO KEEP THAT "76" BALL, IT'S AN AMERICAN ICON, THOSE NITWITS FROM ConocoPhillips TRYING TO GET RID OF THE "76" BALLS AND MAKE NEW SIGNS FOR "76", SO ConocoPhillips WANTE TO DONATE THE "76" BALLS INSTEAD OF DESTROYING THEM TO DIFFERENT MUSEUMS ACROSS THE U.S., SO THE "76" NAME LIVES ON IN STATIONS NATIONWIDE!!

    SHAME ON YOU ConocoPhillips FOR REMOVING AN AMERICAN ICON LIKE NONE OTHER THAN THOSE ORANGE-COLORED "76" BALLS!!
  • microbreak, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1L.A.M.E.
  • Chapter80, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Remind me, who cares?
  • tempusrob, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Why do people keep submitting sites with some sort of "Powered by ________" hype, as if that somehow makes it relavent?

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