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i.a.cnn.net — Honestly, God Bless these guys, the picture says it all. This thing was harmless and the Boston authorities over reacted, the news stretched the truth (what panic exactly?), and these poor guys get charged. Digg this to the top in support of Sean and Peter.

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  • welvis, on 11/02/2007, -5/+633Even better, the caption for the photo:
    "Sean Stevens, left, and Peter Berdovsky are charged with placing a hoax device that causes panic. They told reporters they would only answer questions about hair."
    • Alfdog, on 10/12/2007, -10/+599More proof that the government still fears hippies.
    • cmscott, on 10/12/2007, -15/+269...and rastafarians.
    • playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -189/+27Come on, who doesn't fear rastafarians? You can get lung cancer hanging around them.
    • Nitrodist, on 10/12/2007, -11/+84Sweet dreads!
    • MarkCiccone, on 10/12/2007, -14/+5831-31-07 Never Forget!
    • coreyb, on 10/12/2007, -16/+32But, thats not a questions about hair...
    • da_bradler, on 10/12/2007, -22/+3170s hair styles are the real villians here
    • interiot, on 11/11/2007, -4/+361Hilarious. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/01/boston.bombscare/

      In a news conference, Rich told reporters he had advised his clients not to discuss the incident. Stevens and Berdovsky took the podium and said they were taking questions only about haircuts in the 1970s.

      When a reporter accused them of not taking the situation seriously, Stevens responded, "We're taking it very seriously." Asked another question about the case, Stevens reiterated they were answering questions only about hair and accused the reporter of not taking him and Berdovsky seriously.

      Reporters did not relent and as they continued, Berdovsky disregarded their queries, saying, "That's not a hair question. I'm sorry."
    • dgh1973, on 10/12/2007, -46/+6"You can get lung cancer hanging around them."

      Yeah but at least you'll go out with a drug induced smile.
    • corywingerter, on 10/12/2007, -1/+433youtube link to their interview, it's pretty hilarious.

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

      "That's not a hair question"
      "are you afraid if you go to prision you'll get your hair cut?"
      "that's a very good question."
    • metasin, on 10/12/2007, -5/+292"Beware, foolish Bostonians, for we will hold your city hostage with our light emitting diodes."
    • solo81874, on 10/12/2007, -44/+33The thing that went wrong here was the city and state were never notified so you see an electronic device hanging on the support beam of a highway, over a bridge (over the water where it will never be seen) and in a subway station it is something that will startle some pople.
      Had they notified local officials they may have had to pay to put these up BUT it would have prevented all of this from happening.
      It also did not cause the wide spread panic they are reporting because it did not hit the press until late in the afternoon from what I could find and then shortly after they announced what the device were.
    • AssProphet, on 11/11/2007, -48/+193Whenever people say stuff like "Digg this to the top in support of Sean and Peter." it just makes me want to bury the article because the poster is such a douche.

      Digging doesn't support jack *****. It may raise awareness, but being aware that they smiled in court doesn't support them. Stupid Karma whore
    • playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -26/+7Apparently lung cancer is a touchy subject on Digg.

      I guess I should quit smoking then.
    • hoppdawg, on 10/12/2007, -3/+346and in other news... a Light-Bright depot was discovered in Iraq, putting to rest all doubt Saddam had WMDs.
    • xmattitudex, on 10/12/2007, -82/+13They didn't do it to express themselves or exert their first amendment rights - they were PAID to promote a CARTOON.
      Don't pretend like these are political prisoners or even artists, they are corporate shills, who even in front of a judge, are still shilling for corporate media.
      I hope they get put away, just for being dumb asses.
    • bovilexia, on 10/12/2007, -22/+3the press conference was the press conference i have paid attention to in years. kept shooting down questions that were'nt about hair
    • hater, on 10/12/2007, -33/+4can a green card be revoked? That would be the ultimate joke here.
    • Idolwild, on 10/12/2007, -3/+41To solo81874,

      "Had they notified local officials they may have had to pay to put these up BUT it would have prevented all of this from happening."

      That's crazy. No municipality is going to allow anyone to put these things up on their infrastructure.
    • Popdmb, on 10/12/2007, -18/+167i'm in ur citiez, lightin yer brites
    • Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -6/+241@interiot:

      From that CNN article:

      "Assistant Attorney General John Grossman called the light boards "bomblike" devices and said that if they had been explosive they could have damaged transportation infrastructure in the city."

      Yeah, and I can call my ***** "bomblike," and if it were a nuclear device and I set it off, there would be world-girdling panic. But it's not. It's just my *****.

      I could also posit that we should punish everyone who carries a mobile phone, because if they were carrying bottles of ricin instead, that would be very dangerous. WTF.
    • crash331, on 10/12/2007, -3/+260"It had a very sinister appearance," Coakley told reporters. "It had a battery behind it, and wires."




      OMG, battery? Wires?!?!?! My kid's toybox has been taken over by terrorists!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • vertinox, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25@"The thing that went wrong here was the city and state were never notified so you see an electronic device hanging on the support beam of a highway, over a bridge (over the water where it will never be seen) and in a subway station it is something that will startle some pople."

      The funny thing that it happened in Philadelphia without any complaint. Come to think of it the south Street bridge will get art on it every now and then. I'm more worried about the bridge falling down on its than terrorism.

      The question you pose is that do artists have to get approval from the government to speak out? Not very free is it.
    • Crass22, on 10/12/2007, -18/+53This is exactly the reason why the federal goverment should secretly wiretap our phones/e-mail.
    • kolobcreek, on 10/12/2007, -58/+10@Alfdog
      Where have you been man. The hippies run the government now. They are called democrats.
    • danielrh9, on 10/12/2007, -5/+90My main beef is with how they constantly verbally reconstruct and redefine the advertisements as "hoaxes" and "bombs", when they were in fact, not. Nor are they, or will they ever be. To me, it's becoming more and more apparent that the BPD are realizing what utter retards they are for drawing this sort of attention to absolutely jack squat. So instead of taking the due blame, they blame Adult Swim and Turner.

      The BFD have charged Sean Stevens and Peter Berdovsky of Adult Swim of "placing a hoax device that causes panic". How on earth can something be a "hoax" if it was never intended to be what BFD defines it as in the first place? And the only reason it caused panic is because BFD and the media created said panic.

      I think Adult Swim needs to grow a pair and retract their apology. They aren't in the wrong on this at all.
    • blahtastic, on 10/12/2007, -5/+47After seeing the youtube video, I've decided that these guys are my new heroes. Excellent method of balancing a huge over reaction with an under reaction. However, by not taking things seriously I have a feeling that they may make the authorities realize how over zealously they reacted--which will surely not do these guys much good in court. Making people in power feel dumb is not a good way to get out of something (even if you shouldn't be in "something" in the first place).

      Also, danielrh9, I agree with you entirely, I don't think it would do them any good, but retracting the apology would be the right thing to do here.
    • pabloD, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25I totally agree. I was very disappointed to hear that AS had to post an apology on their bumps. If we go by the same logic, we should lock up the people of Truth.org when they place their pranks.
    • psykik, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6um... hoaxes are when you attempt to convince people of something that isn't true. they weren't attempting to make people think that those were bombs. so an even better quote might be:

      "Sean Stevens, left, and Peter Berdovsky are charged with placing devices that causes panic. They told reporters they would only answer questions about hair."
    • nemilar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+73Everyone should call the Boston's mayor's office: 617-635-4500

      Let them know that the entire country is laughing at them. Make sure these two guys don't have to spend another night in jail.
    • raisinbrainMMM, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2Watch out ***** suicide bomber Donald Duck is part of the disney terrorist parade:
      http://i.pbase.com/u2/kvdnberg/large/18101918.IMG_0240.jpg
    • griz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23Maybe they should have floated some crates of tea in the harbor with these strapped to the side.
    • beagley, on 10/12/2007, -27/+0Another fun pic that I created:
      http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/376809246_dcd920f79c_o.png

      But you can read more at my TOTALLY AWESOME BLOG WTF!!!111:

      http://beagley.livejournal.com/119499.html
    • MasterFunk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20Hey does anyone know if people are already setting up a protest to the March 7 court meeting? I want to being my Lite-Brite
    • skyshock21, on 10/12/2007, -3/+59"Turner said the devices have been in place for two or three weeks in Boston; New York City; Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Austin, Texas; San Francisco, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

      However, only in Boston did the light boards create such a furor. In Seattle and several suburbs, the signs were removed without fuss, according to The Associated Press.

      "We haven't had any calls to 911 regarding this," Seattle police spokesman Sean Whitcomb told AP on Wednesday."


      Speaks VOLUMES for how out-of-touch Boston's elected officials are IMO.
    • elroy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+85Signs don't cause panic. Idiots do.

      They deserve a littering ticket... that's about it...
    • brad77, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24Thanks for the video link, @corywingerter. Did you notice how hostile the press got when they realized that they weren't going to get the answers they wanted?

      Don't ***** with my scoop, man!
    • kam4pal, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4Instead of solving a problem, media is only looking for dirt....lol.......thanks to Internet blogging like Digg and others. I finally get two or more side of views. This guys are hilarious. LOL...LOL......, " That's not a hair question.."......LOL
    • computermatt, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1maybe a vandalizing one too
    • MtnXfreerider, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3http://freeridevideo.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/130-Moonenites-Suspected-Terrorists.html some more pics and the story
    • 0crabby0, on 10/12/2007, -6/+17Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

      Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
    • scotte, on 10/12/2007, -37/+4They should be charged, for several reasons. First, it's offensive - flipping a bird is NOT appropriate public behavior. Second, the public city is not just anyones to do what they like. Third, they did not have a permit for such advertising.
    • Crass22, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@scotte

      So you're saying they should get like a fine or some community service hours and a slap on the wrist?
    • IntoTheWired, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28"They should be charged, for several reasons."

      Okay, I'll bite.

      "First, it's offensive - flipping a bird is NOT appropriate public behavior."

      It's also not a crime, either.

      "Second, the public city is not just anyones to do what they like."

      True, and in this case, they broke that rule, which brings us to...

      "Third, they did not have a permit for such advertising."

      Same thing. They posted stuff for the sake of advertising and they didn't have a permit. The company gets a fine and a ticket for the litter.

      Anything the city does to the litter once it's in their possession should be done at the city's expense, not anyone else's.
    • sonaboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+60I'll just say - I can't think of another story so completely custom made for Digg than this one.
      It's got it all.
      comedy
      intrigue
      sensationalism
      political double-speak
      viral marketing
      mass panic
      pseudo-science
      middle fingers

      the only thing missing is a naked celebrity in a drug-induced stupor. (but the story hasn't run its course yet).

      "Check, please!"
    • CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Peter Berdovsky graduated from my from my high school with my history teacher, who is also 28. These two are heroes, I've never seen anyone ***** with the media like that, it made me really happy.
    • mrfreeziexp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11All joking aside, I really wish these guys the best. Aqua Teen is an awesome show, well written, and hilarious. If they are charged with anything, I will lose all hope in our justice system.
    • mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Lmao. These devices were all over Seattle a couple weeks ago (same time as Boston) and police took most of them down soon after but there was no panic and they never saw it as a threat except for being possibly distracting to drivers.
    • driverate, on 10/12/2007, -3/+55Who are these people?

      How in the world do we get to a point in our country where an advertising campaign based on a milkshake and a wad of meat causes a entire American city to shut down at a cost of a half-million dollars? What happened to taking a breath and looking at the situation for what it is instead of thinking it's a nefarious plan to kill thousands of people? What's going on here?

      Make no mistake, the recent activity surrounding the Aqua Teen Hunger Force ad event in Boston is a clarion call for what's wrong in this country. We have citizens who are so scared of a terrorist attack that they call the cops when they see anything they don't understand. The police force, which we entrust to protect us, don't bother to investigate what said disturbance is, and instead automatically think it's a sinister terrorist plot. Is there no one in the entire police force in the city of Boston who knows what Aqua Teen Hunger Force is? Have they not heard of these viral ad campaigns? Is everyone's first reaction: It must be a bomb? Couldn't one question alleviate all of this: Does anyone know what that thing is? Surely someone in the city of Boston could have told them about Aqua Teen. Were they too stupid to ask? Do they not ask about things they don't understand? The police are now upset they spent $500,000 to face the "threat" and seek repayment from Turner for the expenses. Here's my question: Who told you to spend $500,000? All you had to do was ask a question, but instead you asked nothing and wasted $500,000. Are you kidding me?

      Who are these people?

      And of course, once you have an outraged police department, the idiot suits in political offices must pipe up, and boy did they. We have U.S. Rep Ed Markey blaming the stunt in for "Scaring an entire region, tying up the T and major roadways, and forcing first responders to spend 12 hours chasing down trinkets instead of terrorists." Yet didn't the police do that? Aren't they the ones who deemed this a threat, without I might add, any forethought to find out what it was first? The Massachusetts Attorney General said the devices, which look like Lite Brites, looked like a bomb. Hey, if that's the case, I wouldn't go near any Toys R Us anytime soon. They have hundreds of things that look like bombs there.

      And that's typical of politicians. The only people left to political offices are humorless autocrats, and we're forced as a public to pick between candidates who don't share the common views of their constituents. When in power, they don't bother to abide by the wishes of the people who put them there. No wonder we don't vote. We have 70 percent of the nation telling our elected leaders that they don't want to continue the war in Iraq, and instead of doing anything about it, they hold meetings, say tough words, then send more of our money, which could be used for health care or education or alleviating poverty or paying higher wages, into a country that doesn't want us for a war we can't possibly win.

      Who are these people?

      So the help alleviate the angry politicians and idiotic members of public who can't think on their own, authorities arrest the two guys who placed the ads, as if that's the sure way to show the world the U.S. is ready for the terrorists. And during a news conference after the two are sprung from jail on what is easily a beatable offense, the media goes crazy on the two for not discussing an event their lawyer, who was standing next to them, told them not to discuss. The video of Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens discussing 1970s hair styles is one of the better videos I've seen, because it shows a clamoring group of screechy reporters angry because the two won't discuss WHAT THEY JUST TOLD THE REPORTERS THEY WOULD NOT DISCUSS. I've worked in the news media for almost two decades, and I must say we have a lot of moronic people within our professional ranks. The fact that reporters can't see the humor of this situation scares me the most. It's like everyone involved in the dissemination of information has lost all common sense. I feel like Will Ferrell in Zoolander when he yells "I feel like I'm taking crazy pills."

      Who are these people?

      The whole thing makes me want to weep. We are a nation that has many people scared of the unknown but unwilling to investigate. We are protected by people with knee-jerk reactions, represented by people who only represent themselves, and told half-lies and conjecture from a media machine looking for the most outrageous quote to put on their 24-hour news cycle.

      They say that arrogance is what fell the Roman Empire, and others have said arrogance will fell the United States. But it isn't arrogance at all, it is the ignorance of its public that will surely do us in. And if this recent event in Boston isn't an example of that, I don't know what is.
    • YumYumKittyLoaf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s131/YumYumKittyloaf/SploadinURlightbritz.jpg

      Sorry, I had to
    • eatsushi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1god it's great to be young right now
    • stinkepete2021, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1STOOPID
    • YumYumKittyLoaf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Damnit! I just saw someone making the damn "I'm in ur [noun], [verbing]ing ur [noun]z" quote for this...Oh wells, I thought up of doing the picture last night, so it works for me. XD
    • Soulhuntre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"That's crazy. No municipality is going to allow anyone to put these things up on their infrastructure."

      A hint maybe that it was a stupid idea to put it on public structures? Just a thought.
    • ICSU, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_security_scare
    • netzdamon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2***** hippies!
    • saxonthebeach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@sonaboy:

      "the only thing missing is a naked celebrity in a drug-induced stupor."

      No, actually it's missing something else that would make it the quintessential digg story:

      It's not about Apple.
    • games396, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Fun with Lite brite
    • games396, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1sorry about that http://litebritemooninite.ytmnsfw.com/
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  • MindTrigger, on 10/12/2007, -4/+245I'm glad they have a sense of humor about it, because I'm pissed off at the local government there for freaking out, then trying to charge them with a felony for placing "hoaxe bomb devices" around the city. Check out this quote from today's cnn article:
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    http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/31/boston.bombscare/index.html

    The devices displayed a "Mooninite" -- an outer-space delinquent who makes frequent appearances on the cartoon -- greeting passersby with an upraised middle finger. But the discovery of nine of the light boards around Boston and its suburbs sent bomb squads scrambling throughout the day, snarling traffic and mass transit in one of the largest U.S. cities.

    "It had a very sinister appearance," Coakley told reporters. "It had a battery behind it, and wires."
    -------------------
    Are you kidding me? Anything with wires and a battery is automatically "sinister" now? The terrorist must be laughing their asses off about this, along with the rest of the world.

    What's scary about this, aside from the stupidity of Boston's police and local government, is that these guys placed some LED light signs around, and are being charged with a ***** felony. So now we live in a world where you might set your backpack down with your ipod wires hanging out, and be arrested or shot dead.
    • Sp0rAdiC, on 10/12/2007, -1/+379Isn't this the goal of terrorism? To make American's be afraid of what's around every corner, and go ***** when we see batteries and wires?

      I'd say the terrorists won.
    • Langford, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12They seem pretty harmless to me. Then again, I recognize the characters from TV. Someone who never saw the show might be creeped out over a weird little character on a battery powered gizmo giving them the finger, but it does seem extreme that they would panic so easily and are so unforgiving.
    • murphykp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+41I think in this case it's more of an "Oh snap we messed up let's pass the buck," reaction rather than a "These people are a danger to society and need to be put away," reaction. Of course, that doesn't make it any better, but at least everyone outside of Boston knows that the charges are ridiculous. There's maybe 10 people taking the whole "Bomb Hoax" explanation seriously.

      By the way, I wonder how their lawyer is taking all this? He seems like a pretty nice guy from what we saw the Hair Press Conference.
    • Jerim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Yes, but even the judge in this case agrees there was no intent. You don't have a case in this matter without intent. These are just some poor schmoes going around and putting up advertisements for a show that probably like. Charges will move forward to trial as a matter of procedure. These guys will have their 15 minutes of fame before some judge cuts them lose. No jail time. Maybe some community service for not having permits or some such.
    • DrGamez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@Sp0rAdiC:

      If the terrorists must spank me with moon rocks then I don't see that as much of a loss.
    • Ghstfce, on 10/12/2007, -3/+33You think that's bad? I just got back from gitmo over a remote controlled car. Apparently someone saw a battery and wires and the next thing I know I'm being waterboarded and forced into a naked male pyramid with a black bag over my head. All I remember was something said as I got tackled by police. It was "sinister object". Damn, the box said "Turbo Hopper"
    • jcaino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9for these guys to be guilty, the prosecution will have to prove intent.


      i really really doubt their intent was to frighten ANYONE.
    • mikwit, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1@ Jerim, they are the writers/creators of the show. And by the by, ATHF (the show) is hilarious and very popular among high school students (as it is only on at 1:30 in the morning)
    • allstarts, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Agreed! Boston overreacted. The News Media oversensationalized (there's something new). Now the government is saying they spent a half-million dollars! Sounds to me their going to crucify these guys for all the money that they wasted because the BPD overreacted.
    • kcpwnsgman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6What is funny is they had done this in larger cities ( maybe not them, but other people have) including New York and Seattle, and did they freak out? no...
    • einsteinx2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@mikwit:

      Actually they aren't. The writers/creators are Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro. These are just "some poor schmoes going around and putting up advertisements for a show that probably like."
    • ezweave, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@mikwit

      They are not the writers... these guys were working for a marketing firm.

      Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis are the writers/creators.

      "I tell ya, they sneak into this country and try to tell you how to do things. Well, maybe I should sneak into your country and not cash your checks! How will you like that? You won't! Because you'll be here!"
    • bendunn, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0werd
    • jsd8cc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I can't wait to see what kind of ratings boost ATHF gets after this. AS has to be secretly celebrating this one.
    • sonaboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This entire episode just took a sinister turn:
      Every sleeper cell in America woke up today, turned on the news, and just said to themselves, "You mean all I have to do to shut down entire sections of metropolitan areas is stick a blinking metal plate with some batteries on a bridge? ***** the plutonium, get me a Lite Brite and a magnet, Assann."

      Thank you, press members of America. Well played.
  • IMnotBRAINWASHD, on 10/12/2007, -7/+44How can these people be allowed to be so stupid?! If I lived in Boston right now, I'd move.
    • ajrizzo, on 10/12/2007, -12/+15"Bostonians are teh suck."
    • Ins0mn1ac, on 10/12/2007, -4/+57Doesn't Boston usually rank near the top of those "smart city" lists?
      I guess they've forfeited this year's title. Maybe they'll pick up an honorable mention for "afraid of blinking lights"
    • murphykp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Well, I think it's a combination of stupidity and fear, really. One usually causes the other.
    • brandn487, on 10/12/2007, -11/+0I think there would have been the same outcome no matter where it happened. You shouldn't make such generalizations.
    • keithwired, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4No, the police action in combination with the fact that the reason that the bomb squad was called out was because stupid bostonians called the police claiming that there were suspicious bomb like objects all over the city. I saw this on the 11oclock news last night and the reporter then said that many of these things were also found in NYC but no one complained or freaked out there. Bah-sten sucks
    • brandn487, on 10/12/2007, -9/+6Yankees suck!
    • mustache, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12actually no... it happened in 10 other cities and everybody was just fine. boston are just the ones that freaked out.
    • SEN5241, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4>> I think there would have been the same outcome no matter where it happened. You shouldn't make such generalizations.

      Like Seattle and New York????
      The police there were like... yeah whatever... take them down.
    • toothpot, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2If I lived in Anycity, USA, I'd move.
    • WDCol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No other city was aware of the devices, Someone in Boston reported a suspicious device the reaction in other city was restrained because they had been notified about the nature of the devices by Turner broadcasting and the marketing firm. This was just a stupid marketing stunt.
  • dominasian, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25we need this to happen with the RIAA
    • JeremyTTU, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30Someone needs to come up with a RIAA board with sinister LEDs and wires!
    • ken52787, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20The RIAA would sue you for using their name without permission. It'd cost $150,000 per letter.
    • Pests, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25ken52787:

      Wrong! You actually pay $15,000$ per letter for every time a person sees that letter.
  • playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+54I say we burn them at the stake. I saw Sean and Peter playing with a battery and some wires behind the old Peterson place last Saturday.
    • dshPls, on 10/12/2007, -0/+35Sometimes when I feel like the world hates me, I go in my room, turn off my lights, and PLAY WITH WIRES AND BATTERYS. It helps me cope with the cruel, evil, SINISTER world we live in...
  • makerandcreator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+53the press conf was the best in so many years that the media was dumbfounded.
  • evil-doer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+94i cant stand how the media keeps insisting on calling these things hoax devices. they arent HOAXing anything, they are what they are, electronic signs.
    • Norweed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25I completely agree. I think the only reason they keep saying hoax instead of "completely overreacting to a simple light bright marketing campaign by a bunch of morons" is because, as a news agency, they're trying to save a bit of face too. I mean the reporting was like there was a US invasion yesterday.
    • Jerim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Wonder how many businesses will quietly ditch their neon "OPEN" signs before they get hauled before a judge for a bomb hoax?
  • mccarron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27Who knew a Light-Brite could cause terror!?
    • ZeroMP, on 10/12/2007, -3/+54Lite Brite didn't cause the terror.

      The Department of Homeland Security caused the terror by constantly nurturing a culture of FEAR so that they can have wars and pass laws. DHS/FBI/NSA/CIA are the ones creating the terror with their stupid stoplight system of color coded fear-mongering.

      Oh Noes! We are at Threat Level Yellow: Elevated.

      This is the threat level where you are supposed to piss your panties at the first sight of batteries or wires. If both batteries and wires are present ***** yourself in fear and begin trembling and crying then call in the bombsquad.

      And only 3 ounces of toothpaste by the way.
    • commonsence21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+84Hey! I lost my father to LED's....back in the big lite brite explosion of 95'

      miss ya pop :'(
    • ZeroMP, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Look here it is right on the dhs.gov:

      Under Recommended Activities:

      "All Americans should continue to be vigilant, take notice of their surroundings, and report suspicious items or activities to local authorities immediately."

      Too bad the local authorities don't know a lite brite when they see one. Boston police are a stoopid.
    • revenge7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Better not fly. There is a high risk of terrorist attacks.

      http://www.dhs.gov/xinfoshare/programs/Copy_of_press_release_0046.shtm
  • damndj, on 10/12/2007, -1/+70The news conference they had outside discussing 70s haircuts was comedy gold.

    Boston, you have egg on your face. Stop trying to find a scapegoat.

  • edlowe0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Master Shake will get his revenge!
  • terrizance, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29I'm just really curious...does ANYONE other than Boston authorities think that the reaction to this advertising campaign we saw was justified?
    • andrewgreene, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I tend to think that the Boston authorities are making a mountain out of a molehill. Even their lawyer is asking if they would have had the same reaction to someone leaving a VCR laying around, because, dear god, these days what doesn't have wires and batteries?

      If they want to charge them with violating some ordinance about posting something distracting in the view of motorists, I can understand that. We could be lucky that we're not reading a story about "Rubbernecking motorists involved in 10 car pileup - cause electronic LEDs". But the reaction that the authorities had was WAY over the top. Just my opinion. I might be and probably am wrong.
    • Jerim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20You can't buy this type of publicity. I don't think ATHF or Adult Swim have ever gotten this much publicity. The more of a mountain they make out of it the better.
    • venicerocco, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11@ Achalemoipas

      You may want to live in a world run by those whose nerves are on edge. I personally prefer a more dignified, pragmatic, intelligent approach to dealing with unusual situations. Crying "BOMB" over every little incident is a sure fire way of turning us all into raging lunatics.
    • ray901, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7"Crying "BOMB" over every little incident is a sure fire way of turning us all into raging lunatics."
      and a surefire way of setting us up to miss the real thing if it ever goes down.....
    • leedonahoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yeah no *****, all this hubbub just shows how incompetent the police actually are at identifying real threats. Kinda scary really.
    • cl0r0x70, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"I'd rather be crazy then dead."

      But you went with option 3: afraid.

      I think that's the lowest of the three. Call me crazy if that means I want to live in a world that's maybe a little more dangerous if that means I have a little more freedom.

      These guys are being charged with the same crime as planting a fake pipe bomb in a school or theater.

      And the government isn't blinking.

      And that's way more terrifying than terrorism.
    • razor150, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This is getting ridiculous now. What's next? Somebody forgets their backpack at the park our outside by a school or a park some idiot calls the police because they're afraid it is a bomb. The Police send in the bomb squad because they see head phone wires and then they blow up some kids iPod and homework.

      This isn't diligence, it is cowardice. We shouldn't be jumping in fear every time we see something electronic.
    • thesquire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Achalemoipas
      I don't think most people have a problem with police taking things seriously. They could have quietly taken down the signs and done whatever was necessary without causing widespread panic. They would have been doing their jobs, and nobody would probably care much.

      The problem is that the leaders of Boston didn't just take it seriously, they took it to an extreme. The media, also, jumped on the story and blew it way out of proportion. They have made themselves look like idiots and now are trying desperately to blame someone else, instead of backing off and realizing they made a mistake.
  • Hetman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+55I agree they should be laughing. If 9 other cities were able to handle this without shutting down streets and pissing there pants boston should have been able too. And I think someone would probably try to hide a bomb if they were going to blow something up. Not put a picture of an alien giving you the digital bird.
    • InsultComedy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28Since 9/11 every man has turned into wimpering pussies. You, my man, are so right!
    • eskay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Good thing the women still have their wits about them.
    • allstarts, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Sounds to me like Boston doesn't watch the show. The show couldn't BUY or STEEL this kind of advertising - all for the cost of some signs and a couple years in jail!
  • Willis, on 10/12/2007, -84/+2BWAHAHAHAH, I love these guys!

    http://www.cafepress.com/willisdesigns
    • n8r0n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Again with your crappy shirts! Just give it up your design skill are horrible.

      NO MORE SPAM!
    • GiJoeBob, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Weapons of Mass Distraction
    • dshPls, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I bought cafe press shirts and the ink like deteriorated, not to mention your shirts aren't really that cool...
    • Crass22, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4OMG THAT IS SO HILARIOUS I JUST BOUGHT 5 SWEATERS, A T-SHIRT FOR ALL MY RELATIVES anD 20 RECTANGULAR STICKERS. THANKZ YOU SO MUCH WILLIS!
    • adc86, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Terrible design... Times New Roman represents the sinister...ity... of Light Brites? Not to mention the fact that this would be four colour printing, which, even at 55lpi, looks mediocre to bad on an image of that detail. This is an iron on, and if I want one like that, I have an ink jet too. For your assumption that the public was blind enough to open their pocketbooks for you, welcome to the block button.
    • flipNasty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I assume you own the copyright on that image?
  • InsultComedy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Terrorism has been going on since the dawn of man. It's our nature. We can't stop it without jailing everyone in the world...but I just want to say that guy has some awesome dreads.
  • 2Fingers1Love, on 10/12/2007, -60/+8Digg here if you hate hippies!
  • atlacatl, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19OK, I've been reading digg for some time now and comment here and there, but can someone explain to me how a dugg story is beneficiary to anyone, i.e., as in the form of support.

    For example, this "Digg this to the top in support of Sean and Peter" makes no sense to me. Does the judge care? Will the officials charging these dudes say, "hey, it's on digg top 10, lets drop the charges."

    Anyway, can anyone shed some light into this?
    • kylefsu32, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7It's all about the media. Right now, the media seems to be very much against these guys. They think that the people out there are against them. News stations want to have the same opinions as their watchers. Also, if the fact that the public is in support of them, the prosecutor could drop any charges that are brought against them!
    • snyderjw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I think I can... The reason this should be dugg is for EXPOSURE. If this floats to the top it implants the meme, and the more people read an honest set of humorous considerations here on digg, the more of us there are out there ready to go out and do battle with laughter on the subject. You KNOW that by tomorrow Sean Hannity will be talking about how "acidheads are inducing panic in the cities of the United States" and how these two should be sent to Guantanamo for so doing. This should be reason enough to Digg in support.
    • fak3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2agreed, that's getting annoying - begging for a digg to save someone as if another hit is going to make a difference. Really, let the stories decide what gets dugg or not. Let's see now... "to support free speech, give this comment a thumbs up!"
  • je12u, on 10/12/2007, -17/+8Ya know...not for nuthin'...Yes, the MEDIA overreacted by hyping this up to an extreme proportion...but I think the police acted appropriately. Just think if a bomb did go off and more civilians were killed for no reason...what kind of ***** would everyone be talking then?!? About how they didn't react fast enough or some *****!!

    -on a second note: these guys should get a fine @ most for littering or something
    • pandasonic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7how exactly did they litter?

      what harmful thing did they do?
    • BillTG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@je12u

      I think you're right in that they had a responsibility to investigate what such a device was, but I think that upon finding that it's simply an LED circuit board, they should have simply removed it and told anyone else who called the police saying they found one that it's been investigated and found to be harmless.
    • bromanct, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3It's great and all to see the humor in this, but the fact is they didn't use common sense (or their bosses didn't) and now they've stirred up a whole load of controversy and emotion. That's the reality of it, and someone's probably going to get punished more than they deserve for it. Now bury me because I didn't stick it to the man.
    • je12u, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I said "at most"...personally I dont think they should have any reprocussions taken. The reason I said litter is because they did leave 'garbage' on the streets...and since this is a big story ...you know that someone somewhere feels the need to bring some sort of charge against them.
  • writerboyVSgod, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40The Boston PD is wicked retarded.
    • petroK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19that is to say:
      "Wicked Retahtid"
    • OmniMe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+112 wyck'd
    • mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Not to mention a mayor who has nothing better to do...

      Why does he remind me of the crooked mayor in the Simpsons?
    • fak3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Uh, did you mean the Boston PD is "sofa king we todd did"? Cause if you watch ATHF, I know you did; "Now drink up bitches!"
  • DeFex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22Why do these morons think a bomb would have lots of blinky lights on it. the idea is usually to HIDE a bomb not advertise its presence.
    • ray901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1...because the 'myth' that people really do sometimes believe what they see on TV isn't really a myth at all?
    • fak3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Haven't you seen '24'? There clearly has to be some sort of exposed wire, blinking lights, and if it's encased in stainless steel, RUN!
  • Dustyb, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3Nice Tom goes to the mayor pose by the guy on the left. Nice.

    (for those of you who don't know what Im talking about)
    http://www.timanderic.com/images/4left.jpg
    • mrlost117, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I still dont know wtf your talking about, but thanks for the ugly picture
    • Crass22, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Tom goes to the mayor is a show for closeted homosexuals. Not that thats bad, but I just want to make sure you are aware of the true implications of that show.
  • c6mjohn, on 10/12/2007, -12/+37I was looking at this picture and it made me laugh. My girlfriend came over and wanted to know what was so funny so I showed her the picture. She didn't get it at first so I explained the whole situation. And then she started laughing. And then I started laughing. And then I punched her.
  • goeatsmsht, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20I, for one, welcome our Lite-Brite Overlords
  • sideshowRAHEEM, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6You gotta love these guys, hopefully Turner Broadcasting or whatever promotion company they work for will hire them an lawyer, or we may see those smiles disappear once they go to prison.
  • outlawstarc, on 10/21/2007, -1/+3I attend Georgia Tech and I remember last school year, a kid in my dorm hall made CO2 "bombs" (more like noise makers)... However, all the news stations here in Atlanta began to swarm onto campus when a janitor picked up one of the "bombs" when it exploded and.... made his ears ring. They also blew the situation out of proportion, calling it a terrorist act... Needless to say... he was one of the coolest and harmless people I've met. I think he got all the charges dropped but just was suspended for a semester so the guys in Boston shouldn't be too worried...
  • InsultComedy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I usually hate all forms of viral marketing, but I have to support them over this stupid terrorism thing. The media's got us peeing in our pants over a ***** cartoon flipping the bird.
    • Absinthminded64, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Some people pee in their pants because they can't help it.
      Like the Boeawwsten PEEDEE!
  • Gordito, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Freedom of Speech? Having fun with new Creative Marketing outlets? not anymore, we are living in a Nation of fear. terrorist fed that fire of fear, and our government puts more oil on it to make that fear expand and rise. This is how we're controlled, my fellow Americans! We have nothing to fear but fear itself!
  • lemurs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+39From http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/31/boston.bombscare/index.html

    Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis called it "unconscionable" that the marketing campaign was executed in a post 9/11 era. "It's a foolish prank on the part of Turner Broadcasting," he said. "In the environment nowadays ... we really have to look at the motivation of the company here and why this happened."

    I'm so sick of this 'post 9/11 era' bs that keeps being played. Last time a checked, the Earth did not tilt off it's axis. All the 'post 9/11 era' has brought is is realization of how incompetent those charged with protecting us are, and if *anything* has changed then it's only gotten worst.

    "Scaring an entire region, tying up the T and major roadways, and forcing first responders to spend 12 hours chasing down trinkets instead of terrorists is marketing run amok," Markey, a Democrat, said in a written statement.

    A perfect description of what the powers at be did. Lets point the blame where it belongs. It's an over glorified lightbright for @#$% sake.
    • Nothlit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12And they always say "a post 9/11 era" as if they want to say "Oh well, if you lived in some other era, this would be perfectly okay. But because some evil people flew planes into buildings 5 years ago, we're going to throw you in jail." Get over it folks! 9/11 happened. It was horrible, I wouldn't wish it on anyone, and I think we learned some important lessons from it, but just the same...if we go forward always living in fear, looking over our shoulder at what *might* be the next big threat, well then how is that any different from being victimized all over again?
    • fak3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The more people sell the American public on this "In a post 911 world...", the more the successful the terror attacks were IMO. We're afraid of our own shadows, and need to be "extra vigilant" even though there's never any "specific threat" to warrant our vigilance. It's be really sad if this kind of nonsense continues, and our kids are effected by it...you know, seeing as the world is now different, and any errant backpack is likely a IED.
  • shreky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I think in this age of terrorism the police were embarrased that they could not figure out within 10 minutes that these were harmless.
    The only way to get back their pride is claim this was a serious crime and these people should be lock away for life!
    Really, if you are a cop and can't tell these things are fake then we really need better technology.
    • oirvine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5And that it took them weeks to find the things in the first place. It makes them look like they are really on the ball.
  • plato1123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10If I was being charged with this ***** I could not possibly keep a straight face. I love these guys... they are going to be rock stars when this is all over.
    • atlacatl, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1Yeah...The beaches in Cuba need new rock stars with orange jumpers...
  • Mossman85, on 10/12/2007, -28/+0I think the dude's hair took over his brain and is telling him what to say, hence the reason for all the hair questions.
  • Patranus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4in all honestly has anyone seen these things? They look nothing like bombs. What a joke by the police.
    • InsultComedy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13You got to remember, if your IQ is too high, you're not accepted into the Police Force.
  • ABadInAlbany, on 10/12/2007, -25/+2For all you people bitching about the police response here, I hope you remember your hypocrisy the next time the government fails to prevent an actual attack.
    • Patranus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11HAVE YOU SEEN THESE THINGS? They are essentially light brights giving you the finger. They had been there for WEEKS. Why didnt the police see them?
    • mbrutsch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16"For all you people bitching about the police response here, I hope you remember your hypocrisy the next time the government fails to prevent an actual attack."

      Oh, like 9-11? I sleep so well knowing the donut-and-steroid squad is keeping me safe from Lite-Brites. Retahds.
    • DrGamez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If a group of shady looking men run away from a discreet silver box left in a busy interesection: fine - get riled up about it.

      If two guys put up a bunch of bright ass flashing signs of a cartoon character... boy yeah I'm glad we got the police en masse on that one.

      Might as well called this a thoughtcrime.
    • piwy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Right, because blinking boards look so much like terrorist tools.
    • Insanemx6, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"For all you people bitching about the police response here, I hope you remember your hypocrisy the next time the government fails to prevent an actual attack. "

      I think you should have said "Delayed" police response, considering they were up there for 2-3 weeks before anyone really said something about them.

      This just goes to show that if they were really bombs... the lovely city of Boston would be recovering from a panic right now. So in turn. It still wouldn't be hypocrisy when the government didn't realize they had bombs around the city.
  • humperdeath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"Earlier, Boston police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll called Wednesday's incidents "a colossal waste of money." - Whoever called this in and reported it as potential bomb should be the one(s) responsible for restitution. There are many temporary signs put around cities, particularly for political elections, some are lit up and therefore must have batteries, lights and wires. This is no different. And dont blame stupidity on 9-11. Come on, people, think! it's not that hard.

    • adc86, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Requiring Americans to think?! THE HORRORS...

      Seriously, man, just imagine the changes this country would go through if we suddenly didn't have to tell people to wait for he washer to stop spinning before reaching in. In a city the size of Boston, even if 99.9% of people are of above average intelligence, there's a group of 6000 morons, each sweet enough in themselves to spark somethin' like this.
  • Puttockc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3NEVER FORGET Lelot!!!!!
    13107
    • snyderjw, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5I can't wait to hear the new Toby Keitth song about 1.31.07

      Some quotes below, according to the press release:

      'Do you remember
      when the moononites flipped of Boston
      Some hippies put them up to scare us simple countryfolk half to death
      until the sheriff caught them'

      'We're going to shove those batteries and wires up your ass, it's the American Way'
  • Kirpernicus, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Love the "only taking questions about haircuts in the '70's", funny stuff! Sorry if this is off topic - but this is in response to a couple of "lung cancer" comments with regard to marijuana. A recent study concluded that pot smoking is not linked to lung cancer. Here's one article about it: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/122/114805.htm I know this needs to be studied more, but as of yet there is no found link.
  • bolero421, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Some posters made by a goon at SA (link is to SA forum post)

    http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2307413&perpage=10&pagenumber=17#post322217903
  • nolt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4how does 'digging this to the top' do those two guys any good whatsoever?

    statements like that remind me of those emails that tell you to forward them to everyone in your address book.
  • CobolNoFun, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4i am surprised the dreadlocks guy dint get a possession of an illegal substance charge when he got arrested. go figure

    Pastafarians time to step up and help our Rastafarian friends.
    • Daspaz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4dugg up just because of the mention of pastafarians. May you be touched by his noodly appendage.
    • ray901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"i am surprised the dreadlocks guy dint get a possession of an illegal substance charge when he got arrested."

      ...cause everyone with a wild haircut is a druggie. Respectable people have military haircuts.
      Welcome to 1952.
    • CobolNoFun, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0because the majority of adult swim fans are into drugs, and yes the dreadlocks don't help his case.
  • Patranus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Who wants to know if it was Nickolodian who called these in?
  • JimmyDushku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I passed by one of these for at least 2 weeks here in Austin, Texas on Lamar and no one every said anything about it. Boston needs to get over it and stfu.
  • kwerboom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I can't believe that the media is blaming Cartoon Network for this. What a bunch of a**hats!!! All this stunt proves is that 1) we as a nation are so easily scared that Osama Bin Ladin has already won and 2) that our government is so incompetent that not only couldn't it save us from the biological weapon of standing water in New Orleans, now it can't even tell an ad campaign from a bomb threat. Stick a fork in America, its done.
  • mlock2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2and they were arrested at exactly 4:20 imagine that
  • trubbleshute, on 10/12/2007, -24/+2Buried.

    If you attach anything to a girder of a bridge and it looks suspicious then don't be surprised. I was stuck in that traffic and it sucked. The device looked suspicious and had to be treated as such. All it would have taken was a quick call to the police and tell them what you were doing. Would your opinion be changed if this was for Vista or the PS3?
    • KimmoA, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"Would your opinion be changed if this was for Vista or the PS3?"

      What... the... hell?!
    • piwy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1uh, the whole point of guerrilla marketing is that ppl don't know what's happening...
    • Thuggish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I was also stuck in that traffic, and it sucked. It doesn't make me angry, however.

      What does make me angry is the enormous bit of drama that has come from this. I was stuck with a couple hundred other people waiting for shuttle busses to take us around Sullivan Station when the first "device" was found, and with whispers of a "Bomb Threat" coming from MBTA employees it was a little freaky.

      By the time we actually got to work several hours later, we learned that the bomb squad had inspected the device and found no explosives at all. . . but decided to blow it up anyhow "to be safe". Right. More likely they were mad there wasn't any explosive, so they had to blow something up themselves.

      Later that night I saw video footage of the actual device and I only became angrier! The damn thing was a large piece of black metal with some lights on it. That's it. Not threatening in any form or fashion, not even suspicious to the average person. It was a sign, nothing more. The part that makes me so mad is that the media kept referring to the entire incident as a "Bomb Hoax", when it wasn't. They were pushing the idea that this was a bomb hoax so hard that they actually had people believing it. It was an advertising campaign and these signs have been in place for WEEKS! Someone happened to see one in the light of day that wasn't lit up and phoned it in as a suspicious device and everyone just went APE *****! (kudos’ to whoever called it in, you did the right thing).

      When I heard that they actually arrested people for putting up the signs and there were talks of suing Turner Entertainment, I honestly wanted to puke. Our law enforcement and media agencies are so dense that once they finally realized there was no threat at all and never had been, they decided they HAD to have a scape-goat to save face... but they're pushing it so hard it only shows how moronic the entire situation is.

      I'm glad the two gentlemen who were arrested are sticking to their guns. They shouldn't be held responsible for a government and media ***** up.
  • Depthfunction, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Boston: City of Retards
    • mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Maybe they dont like Mooninites and prefer the Plutonians?
    • meatwad2567, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3No, he's right though, we all ARE pretty much retards here.
  • ZionismIsRacism, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2
    Corporate shills. Let's see if the president of invasioninc.com gets fined for this. It shows you the sad state of advertising when advertisers have to go to these lengths to stand out from the cesspool of advertising clutter they themselves created. These two guys aren't rebels; they're corporate.
    • InsultComedy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I agree, but the terrorism thing is WAY overblown.
    • dkm201, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Yes, anyone with an actual job is a corporate shill. Let me guess, you're 14.
    • Diggasaurus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was thinking the same thing. these two guys running around the city getting paid whatever, then thinking they are sticking it to the media during that interview, but who actually employs them? TED F_CKING TURNER. hahah. Yeah "guerilla marketing" thats the funny thing about all of this *****.
    • OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1[quote]These two guys aren't rebels; they're corporate.[/quote]

      People have to make a living somehow. You can't start a rebellion without any $$$. Who's going to pay for all the X-Wings?
  • RatTrap, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Awesome just awesome go ATHF.
  • Aquashark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Only in America..
  • Carramrod72, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I don't need Fox News to tell me what will or won't play well with the Judge.

  • reddcell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Assistant Attorney General John Grossman called the light boards "bomblike" devices and said that if they had been explosive they could have damaged transportation infrastructure in the city."

    "It had batteries and wires."

    I spit some gum on the sidewalk in downtown Dallas today. If that had been C4 or some putty-like explosive it could have damaged the city.....BUT IT WAS GUM. THESE WERE BLINKING MOONONITES WITH MIDDLE FINGERS FLARING. Hey Boston, less Tea Party....more common-sense IMHO.
  • roboninja, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21The goal of terrorism is to create terror. Apparently 9/11 was the finishing blow; they already won, and we pretend to still be fighting the war. This is so idiotic it makes me think we do not have a chance.
    • Stevethegreat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@CapNCash: Search for the definitions of terror and terrorism, there is nothing about conspiracies there.
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