A pair of guys expose the whole war on terror by talking about hair

[The Witch]

I've just now seen the video of the folks in Boston at their press conference and how they talked incessantly about hair. This is about the best example of satire I've seen since Stephen Colbert at the Correspondents' Dinner.

No, really. Think about it.

A major disruption to a city, a possible terrorist bombing, wall-to-wall coverage. We here in the reality-based community know that it's absurd. But the press was incorrigible. And we were told constantly that it was a major, major story.

Until we see the reality behind it: a cartoon and a couple of guys talking about hair.

Isn't this the most perfect metaphor for the entire war-on-terror hysteria you've ever seen? Much ado about nothing. Less than nothing.

These guys had the most perfect opportunity possible. A mike and the world watching. They could have done what I think a bunch of us would have done and called for the impeachment of Bush, for an end to the genocide in Darfur, for action to address global warming. They could have done what I would have done, which is start singing or say 'Hey, I want to be a movie star. Anyone got a publicist?"

Instead, they managed, with their few minutes of fame, to force the world to listen to the same nonsense they've been forced to listen to over the past few years.

And listen to the press in consternation, demanding they be serious. This from the press that's been so hysterical, so easily misled and so eager to misinform. They've covered so much bullshit so seriously that they don't even know what to do with bullshit that's undisguised.

I really love these guys. They have shown us all how ridiculous we've been acting over every little hiccup.

Maybe now the media will learn to be a little more critical, a little more skeptical. Maybe they'll even consider asking Bush one of these days -- "Are you taking us seriously?"

[Ian David]

1. It's all fun and games until the REAL Mooninites come. n/t

[orleans]

103. but are the real mooninites bad? i mean, really. are they really that bad? n/t

[Leopolds Ghost]

109. The Mooninites were provoked by offensive US Apollo missions. n/t

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

128. Is "Reverend" Moon an extraterrestrial being or an earthly loon?

nm

[bananarepublican]

143. He is a worshipper of exposed butts! n/t

[slutticus]

141. No one can defeat the quad laser

The bullet is enourmous, there is no escaping.

[brettdale]

2. agree

agree 100%

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. I haven't gotten to see the press conference yet

Do you know if it's posted on the web?

[Tuesday_Morning]

18. here ya go

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x15017

[Lone_Star_Dem]

33. Thank you!

[nam78_two]

4. I just saw the video of those two guys-they are hilarious

:rofl:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. Where did you view it at?

Was it on the internet? I'm in need of a good laugh. :)

[nam78_two]

9. One of my coworkers pulled it up on his computer...

Let me see if he is around. I will post the link if I find it. I think it was a CNN page.

EDit: Someone put it up below. Here is the other one we saw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G-D0F4Q9yk

[Lone_Star_Dem]

34. Thank you!

:)

[Stephanie]

7. is it online?

where did you see it?

[originalpckelly]

19. Here, it's at MSNBC.com

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=f042e649-a8e1-47d9-8256-5d9db8c950c5&f=00&fg=copy

[Stephanie]

32. thanks!

:hi:

[Stephanie]

36. If only they had decided to talk about Janet Jackson's boob.

THEN the media might have not been so annoyed with them. Why couldn't they be SERIOUS? They should have talked about Janet Jackson's boob, or Britney's crotch. Don't they GET it? It's TELEVISION. Talk about things that are SSERIOUS.

[Bucky]

101. Bookmarking for the mullets

Gotta have them mullets

[malaise]

5. It was hysterically funny

the perfect metaphor.

[KittyWampus]

8. 2 Corporate Tool-Assholes Who Didn't Get Paid Nearly Enough. So DU Loves Time Warner

and its fucked up marketing campaign.

Now you're reading satire into it?

It's unbelievable how disgusting DU can be at times.

Tell me, what lengths can marketing ploys go before you disagree with it?

Strapping electronic crap onto bridges. And you're essentially cheering them on. Yet more crap littering our public space.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. LOL

Speaking of tools...

[KittyWampus]

20. Indeed, look who's happy to defend Time Warner. Why should we hold corporations accountable

right?

Oh, I forgot.

This was 'performance art'. It's covered under free speech.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

22. This was "performance art."

Well, your posts certainly are.

:popcorn:

[kiahzero]

Is that supposed to be even remotely meaningful?

"You're not jumping on the bandwagon to attack a company! You must be a capitalist swine!"

Time Warner didn't do anything wrong. Deal with it.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

27. That's par for the course.

If I knew more about golf, I'd say something about handicaps.

[jelly]

37. Thank you! I feel the same way.

I think there'd be far less people on here so worked up about what happened had it been, say, an advertising campaign orchestrated by a small local business, or the work of kids experimenting with new (and less destructive) forms of graffiti:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH_rQRKCrLs&mode=related...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iC3Lh6XaOc&mode=related...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNSH_AUjths&mode=related...

[bidiboom]

83. LED Throwies Graffiti

I love it. Thank you for the links. And I totally agree.

[smalll]

81. If this had been an oil company instead of Time Warner

strapping up litebrite Tony the Tigers rather than "mooninites"(sp?), you and the rest of the pro-prank people would be screaming with the rest of us about how wrong it was. Deal with it. Adult Swim, Aqua Teen and "ironic" trustafarians with dreads don't make everything OK. So liberalism today is all about lifestyle aesthetics with you guys? I missed that memo.

[frylock]

95. if my aunt had nads, she'd be my uncle

[Leopolds Ghost]

114. Annoying corporate trustafarians DON'T make it OK. Their actions ARE OK

You guys are appealing to the emotions of the crowd in this particular instance to hurt the rights of street artiusts by calling them all terrorists, which in fact Bush created a legal precedent for. (property damage "with intent to disrupt or cause fear" is classifiable as domestic terrorism now.)

As someone said, I don't like these guys, I don't like the service they are advertising (lousy cable TV -- although the show itself is ok) but I will defend their right to do what they did!

[Leopolds Ghost]

113. I don't BELIEVE in holding corporations "accountable". That is regulationist silliness

I believe in Thomas Jefferson's approach, and the approach of the Populist Party of the 1800s, nasmely, eliminating the power of large corporations.

The more punitive regulation you amass designed to "contain and benefit" corporations by "holding them accountable" and "reaching a regulatory settlement that nets the government some cash thru licensing fees", the more monopolies you'll create and the less free speech we'll have. The end result is "state capitalism" where companies have licensing rights to post bills in certain places.

[JacksonWest]

118. Waaaaaaaaaa! Waaaaaaaaaaaaa! the lite brites scare me Mommy!

[tridim]

12. "Strapping electronic crap" would make a great band name

;)

[kiahzero]

13. Awww...

:cry:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

16. It's all so sad.

:nopity:

[americanstranger]

17. C'mon...

You're starting to look really, really obsessed with this.

Really.

- as

[originalpckelly]

23. Oh get a hold of youself.

Come. On. Already!

I don't think these guys look like corporate tools, they looked like some type of modern day hippie. Get over it. If Boston hadn't been a pants-wetter city, this bullshit wouldn't even be in the news.

[Texaroo]

24. Sorry - didn't realize that to be a good DU'er, one has to be ..

a humorless, conspiracy-driven, Luddite. Regardless of how you feel about posting advertisements without proper licenses (or whatever the misdemeanor charge is to which the current felony bullshit will be reduced), it's pretty clear that these guys are a couple of hourly wage-earners that were trying to make a buck. A world of difference between putting up 8 electronic signs and sponsoring a one-minute superbowl commercial that, with air time and production expense, could stock a food pantry in a fair-sized city for a year.

They aren't the pin-stripe suited thugs you make them out to be. They are scapegoats, and should never have even been charged with anything more than a ticket. Boston's Finest and the media are responsible for this frenzy. Go drink a big glass of lighten the hell up. I think these guys have a few gallons of it in their fridge....

[mondo joe]

48. Get used to it. According to some, humorlessness is a major requirement.

And god forbid you want a playstation or iPhone.

[HoneyBee]

74. Is a PS2 OK?

I have one... and I am not humorless. I'd rather be batting .500 than .000 for "requirements"... unless being humorless is weighted. You did say "major requirement".

[Omphaloskepsis]

25. A little board with LED's is better than a huge fucking Billboard.

Shit, if I had seen one I would have stole it and hung it up in my bedroom.

edit: I is not the same as A..

[originalpckelly]

28. I know, they actually looked pretty fuckin cool!

:rofl:

This reminds me of "War of the Worlds".

[KoKo]

57. You couldn't GET MORE "KEWL" than those "KEWL KIDS"

THEY WERE AMAZIN' and did you catch the dreadlocks on that White Guy? TOO MUCH!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

85. Some people are ebaying the one's they've found. If you read the listings, apparently

ebay is pulling some of these auctions. What reason they could possibly have to prevent people selling these, I couldn't possibly know. :shrug:

I want one very badly. Both for what I believe to be their historical significance in the shrubco "war on terror" era as well as for the fact that they are cool and I'd love to have it hanging above my desk.

The two listings below are signs recovered from Atlanta and Philadelphia.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190078792473

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=013&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=230086453528&rd=1&rd=1

[Leopolds Ghost]

115. Ebay is prohibiting the sale of these??? Now THAT'S frightening. n/t

[nam78_two]

29. Have you ever watched Adult Swim?

I would hardly describe it as corporate propaganda..
I love it :).

[uppityperson]

52. Hanging, not strapping. Did you watch them hang them?

On the video, on the right, it shows them hanging these things. No strapping, just hanging.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

65. Shouldn't you be busy complaining about video games?

:eyes:

[goodhue]

73. their press conference was pretty satiric

and clearly they consider themselves artists, corporate teat or not

part of the glitch crew, they are . . . http://www.glitchcrew.com/

[Leopolds Ghost]

111. Corporate tools or Political fools

Who want to ban speech that they find distasteful.

I can't stand the people on either extreme of the issue.

The sad thing is that the Aqua Teens, by themselves, are
a decent cartoon from what little I've seen. (not everyone
has cable, you know.)

If you hate these tools so much, stop purchasing cable.
It is all run by the same people; and stop patronizing
upscale tool-run coffee shops and the like unless you are
interested in making that "scene".

Don't restrict the rights of REAL street artists to (gasp)
post lighted handbills or use taxation and permitting as a
weapon because you disapprove of the message.

[michaelwb]

127. What gets me...

Is that folks seem to forget the cheers for those who were attaching Impeach Bush and other signs to bridges, above highways and on public buildings.

That breaks exactly the same sign posting laws as this does. Yet I don't recall any screams of defacing property and demands they be put in jail.

The hypocrisy is staggering.

If one is against the law so is the other. If one demands hard jail time and penalties, so does the other.

[IronLionZion]

137. I am reading your post because Time Warner connects me to the Internet

which allows me to view your free speech and post messages of my own.

[tridim]

10. Someone needs to check his dreads for bombs

Dreads of terra!

I loved their press conference, it was a thing of beauty. Even Tucker admitted they were basically "flipping off" the M$M because they overreacted.

I hope they expand their collective westward, because I'd join in a split-second.

[gatorboy]

14. Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx2ytr2Oyv4

It's a.....FOX ALERT! :rofl:


Oh, you couldn't create satire better than this if you tried.

[Sequoia]

15. Here it is:

http://alternet.org/blogs/peek/47507 /
AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Update: Cartoon Marketing Ignites Bomb Scare

[Tuesday_Morning]

21. I totally agree.

they were great.

[HoneyBee]

26. Fanfuckingtastic!

:rofl:

[tridim]

30. Keith and Jon will put all this in perspective

But I guess we can't listen to them any more since they both work for giant corporations. :eyes:

[Leopolds Ghost]

117. Not all of us have cable, but you wouldn't know it listning to supposedly "anti-corporate" DUers

Who are not actually anti-corporate, merely old fashioned "Harvard/Pasadena liberals" who believe that as long as
corporations and individuals are both heavily regulated and
watched over, OUR version of morality will be legislated,
corporations will "wither on the vine" and a new breed of
responsible communitarians will rule society, making it OK
to spend all your coffee dollars at one company (Starbucks)
and pay for TV, just like the Soviets did.

Anything that does not involve Sovietization or Clinton-style
Pasadena progressivism, of the sort that led to Prohibition
and WWI, not to mention video game legislation and mandated
HMOs, anything not in line with that is dismissed as
"too far to the left" when it is really not even a left-right issue.

Reducing public liberty in order to "tame" or "get at" corporations
will only create perverse incentives for the big guy and leave
individual freedoms in the dust.

Just look at taxi regulation for a perfect example. Or other
regulations intended to quash corporate excess that have turned
into nothing more than a tax that excludes the little guy.

The way to quash corporate behavior, is to criminalize it.

Or better yet, simply stop giving corporations special rights
while removing the right of individuals (to post handbills,
to not be forced to patronize certain businesses on a list of
approved HMOs or "personal savings" fund managers, etc.)

[tblue37]

31. "That is also not a hair question. I'm sorry." (eom)

[GoneOffShore]

62. That's going into my quote book.

[Reterr]

35. They are hilarious

:rofl:

[jelly]

38. Well said nt

[SecularMotion]

39. I hope we see more of this

It was stunts like this in the sixties that started to get people's attention. Like Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin running a pig for president in 1968.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigasus_%28politics%29

on edit: I'm referring to the interview not the poorly thought out marketing campaign.

[reality based]

41. So that's where the Republicons got the idea!

[Leopolds Ghost]

120. Don't waste breath quoting Hoffman if you think he would have disapproved of the sign campaign. n/t

[Scriptor Ignotus]

40. hold on here

"Isn't this the most perfect metaphor for the entire war-on-terror hysteria you've ever seen? Much ado about nothing. Less than nothing."


Hold on. There are still people in this world who would be very happy if they were able to kill you or I. Let's not act like those people do not exist. 9/11 did happen and it was carried out by Islamic extremists, contrary to the opinions of some on this forum.

The problem with DHS and the Bush Admin is that they went way, way overboard in reacting to these very real threats. Not co-incidentally, they vastly increased their power over all of us in the process.

One of the many reasons I hate Bush is because he has panicked this country and when the next attack happens we will not be prepared because we will have had "Wolf!" cried to our faces too many times to react properly. It also shows how DHS and local police forces are generally clueless about what real terrorists are trying to do.

In the meantime I have to give up my toothpaste and hair gel at the airport checkout, because it might be used to start a bomb. Then I go on the plane and can order an alcoholic cocktail. With one flick of a matchbook I could make my own Molotov. Does anyone else feel like we're being protected by the Keystone Kops?

[GoneOffShore]

64. So you've seen the shoe carnival first hand.

You do know that TSA stands for Thousands Standing Around?

[Bonobo]

42. Wow, Witchie! Great post and great press conference!

You nailed it! These young men gave the finger to the press and ridiculed the War on Terror.

K&R

[TayTay]

43. They will be prosecuted

I thought the press conference was disgraceful. They seem to be self-involved morons and who have no clue that what they did had consequences.

I hope the Commonwealth prosecutes to the fullest extent of the law. I have sent a letter to Gov. Patrick urging this. I also hope they prosecute Turner Broadcasting for this idiotic stunt that was totally avoidable. Corporate negligence at it's wort and most insensitive.

[Robb]

44. I agree

I think we should taser them.

[Union Thug]

58. Yeah, and torture the bastards, too. How dare they? HOW DARE THEY?

The whole damned incident is dripping with sardonic hilarity. I approve of this message.

[JVS]

130. Robb is a genius!

[IronLionZion]

138. That's exactly what a dingbat would say!!!

[Bonobo]

45. Wow. Ever heard of I-R-O-N-Y?

"They seem to be self-involved morons and who have no clue that what they did had consequences."

Do you think maybe they wanted to appear that way to make an statement on the irony of it all? Maybe...? Maybe...?

[TayTay]

46. Who cares.

The people of Boston might want to make an i-r-o-n-i-c statement back that says the same thing. When they go before the judge and prosecuting attorney and make a plea that this was all a joke, maybe the prosecutor should ignore them and start talking about getting manicures.

Sounds good to me!

[Bonobo]

51. So now it should be a federal crime to put Lite Brite's in public places?

I feel so much safer now.

[TayTay]

61. Yeah.

They could have made a phone call and told people. A phone call. I guess that's just too difficult for some of these morons to handle though. Sigh!

[Bonobo]

66. Huh? A phone call to who? When? The police, like this maybe:

DUDE: "Ummm, I'm like watchin' the news now and I, err noticed everyone's flippin' out about these bomb things... wee, err ya see, actually it was like a little job we did promoting a cartoon. No, no, really! I'm serious. It's just Lite Brite. Honest!"

POLICE: "Oh!!! Is that all!? Jeez. I'd better call the mayor. Hang on.... OK, it's all settled. Nothing to worry about. We called off the operation. Thanks, citizen."

DUDE: "You're welcome, sir!"

[TayTay]

94. OR like this

We have these devices that we would like to attach to public infrastructure around town for an ad campaign. Is that legal and okay?

I guess this really is rocket science for some people. They put these things on public property, which is against the law. What part of that is so hard to understand?

[Leopolds Ghost]

122. Give the cops the right to regulate speech, and they will do one of two things.

1. Flat out denial ("the signs are obscene and violate our overly restrictive, suburban-style zoning and subdivision ordinance which was put into place in the 1950s.")

2. Turn all handbills posted in the public square into advertising revenue for the police department and city, shutting out the average citizen. Saturation advertising in the form of corporate-sponsored bridges, etc.

[KenHodson]

139. No friggin' chance

They were mocking the press, not the courts. It appears they are making fun of the process, because they blatantly ignore questions. But that is only because we have never seen anything like that before.
My guess is that the judge advised them not to talk about the case to the media at this time. My guess is that the judge smiled when he saw the stunt.

[kiahzero]

49. Too bad the law's on their side, right?

The felony charge will not stick, as it requires an intent to cause anxiety or panic, and they're not going to be able to prove that. The prosecutor's abusing the law to look good.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

50. It'll be thrown out of court.

The judge said as much today, but apparently he's going to wait until some hearing.

"I hope the Commonwealth prosecutes to the fullest extent of the law."

Oh, you mean a ticket for littering?

[nam78_two]

63. And tarred and feathered!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[goodhue]

78. if so, they will be acquited

they did nothing wrong

and their press conference ably revealed the absurdity of it all

[frylock]

96. they should be tarred and feathered..

I won't be satisfied with anything less.

[Leopolds Ghost]

121. Yep, more regulationist center-leftists who want to punish speech they disagree with

Corporate greed-heads and fear-mongering politicians are the enemy, not the right of individuals to post signs in public. The fact that you're willing to punish them merely because you find them "distasteful" tells me you wouldn't belong on a jury.

[KenHodson]

140. AHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Surely you jest!

Have you forgotten these two were contracted by a Corporation?

[here_is_to_hope]

47. I snarfed, laughed and

tossed pillows around the room when I saw these two!
OP, dead on and thanks for this outlook!

[lonestarnot]

53. And the best fucking part, the cartoon is flippin' the birdie!

bwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaa :rofl:

[KoKo]

55. Flippin' the BIRD! OMG! You are KIDDING?

:rofl:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

56. Birds can be quite frightening.

Especially the racist penguins.

[lonestarnot]

59. No not kidding, haven't you seen the pics?

[KoKo]

54. Yeah...they are REAL AMERICAN HEROs....You said it.....

:applause:

:rofl:

[symbolman]

60. They made a laughing stock of the Media

giving them RIGHT BACK what they've been using as basically Propaganda techniques against the AMERICAN PUBLIC.

These boys FRAMED THE ISSUE in the interviews, and REFUSED ANY OTHER QUESTIONS besides 70's hair.

THey MOCKED the Media AND PRESS CONFERENCES.

It was Beautiful and I want to see more of it.

They EXPOSED THE MEDIA WHORES IN ONE FELL SWOOP, and DAMN but I wish I'd been there :) They could have done a better job, but the CONCEPT of what they were doing was Glorious.

Thanks for the Post, you've Nailed it :)

[Bonobo]

67. The Symbol Man said it! It was terra-licious!

I'm just surprised it wasn't you.

[symbolman]

108. Oddly enough

I'm well versed on 70's hair styles, could have talked for hours.. that was the problem with these poor kids execution, they're too YOUNG to have BEEN in that SCENE - I was THERE, still am in a lot of ways.. :)

Altho when it comes to Dreads I always have the feeling they grow them in case the owner runs out of weed, they can smoke their hair.. yummm THAI HAIR :)

[tblue37]

97. Notice, though, that the same media whores that refuse to

ask follow-ups when the misadministration or one of their henchcreeps is being interviewed or holds a press conference were downright relentless in their attempts to force these boys to answer their questions. WHy can't they at least try to quiz Bush and his henchcreeps like that?

BTW, I laughed my fanny off when I saw that some TV stations are censoring the Lite Brite cartoon image by disappearing that middle finger!

[symbolman]

110. Yeah

If only they'd hound BUSH like a pack of pitbulls.. ASK HIM if HE'S SERIOUS about ANYTHING.. Roving Packs of Mini Cams as Doonesbury once put it..

A good mantra for the Press with BUSH the LIAR, "ARE YOU F*CKING SERIOUS? Or are you just NUTS?"

Yeah, censoring something that vaguely appears to be the finger, but they can show dead 'insurgents' all day long on CNN.. sick, sick world of Media famine..

The best pic so far has been the entire Prosecuting team and cops holding up the Mooninite and they're all SO SERIOUS, I still can't stop laughing, and it's NOT CENSORED.. AHHHHH!

[ClassWarrior]

98. Never underestimate the power of a symbol.

:hi: Bro...

NGU.

[symbolman]

105. Hey Brother

Full moon out here, and the Whales are jumping all around.. my birthday's coming up, so thinking of going for a moonlight whale watch, but it's been raining cats and dogs and blowing them over to the next Island :)

Hope all is well with you and yours :)

[ClassWarrior]

136. Sounds wonderful...

It was a year ago this week, in fact, that I met the whales. All is well here. I trust that all is well with you and yours. Happy B-Day S-Man!

Never Give Up.

[Norrin Radd]

104. Your post makes me think of this quote, for some reason:

Reporter: Are you a mod, or a rocker?
Ringo: Um, no. I'm a mocker.

;)

[symbolman]

107. LOVE that press conference

"How did you find America?"

"Turned Left at Greenland.."

I can watch that over and over, sure miss the WIT, fun loving, irreverent without the MEAN, something severely lacking these days, when too many people think that COLD is COOL.. :)

[Norrin Radd]

135. Exactly how I feel. n/t

[malaise]

112. That's why this entire boo boo

is so damn funny.

[symbolman]

116. I think the actual BOO BOO

is the Chain of Command that allowed a major City to be shut down like that..

If they are looking for someone to pin the blame on they might start there.. look for the guys with the 50's HAIR :)

The "Hairistocracy" as it were :)

[malaise]

129. Agreed and LOL n/t

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[Bonobo]

69. What was the crime they committed?

[nam78_two]

70. I would like to know too

Yeah -they are "criminals" :crazy:.

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[uppityperson]

80. Sure, go ahead and tell us what your list is.

Or even better, post them at this link too:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=105859&mesg_id=105859

[JacksonWest]

119. What state are you in? I'm in MIchigan!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

71. Guttertrash?

You got that based on their chee-whee hairstyle, eh?

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[HiFructosePronSyrup]

89. Then why'd you bring up their hair at all?

You're husband worked for the department of corrections, eh?

Did it have something to do with making license plates?

[Chomskyite]

99. Oh man

. . . is this one of those Jesus' General kind of posters?

[goodhue]

75. what crime?

did you miss the 70s entirely? punk rock and all that
how did the beatles mop morph into the mohawk?
these are serious guys, pretty bright and articulate

[Bonobo]

77. Figures. No one can answer.

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[HiFructosePronSyrup]

90. A truly smart person...

would be able to specify which law they've broken.

[PunkPop]

92. And spell 'truly'?

eom

[goodhue]

91. truely smart, no! truly smart, yes!

:+

[uppityperson]

76. Wow, you got quite a mouth on you.Yup, press was right in instigating panic.

You just never know.

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[uppityperson]

88. I guess I must have misread the posts by Will and the media coverage

of how parts of the city were shut down and lots of people were scared and the calls poured into the Boston police dept after this thing first started. Nope, no panic. And you do have a certain way about you, expressing yourself, that is rather, well,

[americanstranger]

84. (Sniff....Sniff....)

What's that smell?

Oh yeah. Snobbery.

How dare the dirty fucking hippies make a living? Throw them in jail - and cut their hair!!!

Damn. Isn't this supposed to be a liberal web site?

I have a pony tail. Am I still allowed to hang here? Just askin'

- as

[PunkPop]

93. Oh, your husband the corrections officer!

Well, that's a completely different matter. If he finds no humor in it then by god, I don't either.

You're obviously confused. It's the officials and the press that are the morons.

[JVS]

131. Drat. I missed it!

[goodhue]

72. I agree, these guys rock . . .

70s hair is indeed as serious matter

[Old and In the Way]

100. I only wish I had all of my 70's hair....

:cry:

[otherlander]

82. That's it.

I'm changing my sig line.
Goodbye, Parisian grafitti slogan.
:rofl:

[mile18blister]

102. Future White House Press Secretary Material

Bet these guys are on the short-list when Tony Snowjob can't take it anymore.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

106. Weren't they ordered by court not to talk about the case and so they talked about hair instead? nt

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

124. The whole point of the "hair" thing was to illustrate how ridiculous the media frenzy & "bomb hoax"

scenario was, and to mock the reporters for feeding this. They may well have been instructed not to talk about the case too, but they could have just said "no comment". This was much better IMHO for the reason I have stated.

Really they are pointing out, indirectly, how ridiculous the whole "terror scare/FOX NEWS ALERT/lunch bag found on subway/boogabooga" thing of the last several years has been.

And I applaud them for doing it.

[Leopolds Ghost]

123. Dirty Hippies.

No, actually, they are upper-middle-class trustafarians living in a wealthy city posting handbills for a movie.

That is not a crime and trying to make it a crime by associating them with "underground punks" who actually have LEGITIMATE ARTISTIC REASONS for hsanging art in the public square, and attempting to label all handbill artists, guerrilla marketing flacks, and wheatpasters as low-level terrorists is even worse than calling it a crime.

[Caretha]

125. This thread just screams for the song

It's been rolling around in my head since Thursday and the media circus surrounding this funnier than hell episode. This is for "you alls" and especially for all the uptight AH's and the screeching "hang em! Perverts! Justice needs to be done!" types. Enjoy :)

She asks me why
I'm just a hairy guy
I'm hairy noon and night
Hair that's a fright
I'm hairy high and low
Don't ask me why
Don't know
It's not for lack of bread
Like the Grateful Dead
Darling

Gimme head with hair
Long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming,
Streaming, flaxen, waxen

Give me down to there hair
Shoulder length or longer
Here baby, there mama
Everywhere daddy daddy

Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair

Let it fly in the breeze
And get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas in my hair
A home for fleas
A hive for bees
A nest for birds
There ain't no words
For the beauty, the splendor, the wonder
Of my...

Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair

I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty
Oily, greasy, fleecy
Shining, gleaming, streaming
Flaxen, waxen
Knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, flowered, and confettied
Bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied!

Oh say can you see
My eyes if you can
Then my hair's too short

Down to here
Down to there
Down to where
It stops by itself

They'll be ga ga at the go go
When they see me in my toga
My toga made of blond
Brilliantined
Biblical hair

My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah I adore it
Hallelujah Mary loved her son
Why don't my mother love me?

Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair

[Jeanette in FL]

126. Excellent

Now I will be singing that song all day long.

[Caretha]

133. I can see by your sig line

that it's your nature to also connect the 60's - 70's music with the world around us. At least I won't be alone now, it will be a duo I hear singing insync. ;)

P.S. Whatever you do, don't think about Arlo Guthrie's "litterbug" song....Alice's Restaurant.

[Jeanette in FL]

134. "And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,".....

Now I have a new song in my head. Thanks Caretha. I'm always up for a song.

[Swamp Rat]

132. "FIRE IN THE THEATER!"

Who are the assholes that started the panic over the Lite-Bright displays? THEY are the ones who should be in trouble.

[Neoma]

142. They are now my heros.

They remind me of the southpark guys.