Its a lot of other people too / Add-Art and Improv Everywhere as well.
~ ~ ~ thoughts / http://fredbenenson.com/blog work / http://creativecommons.org sights / http://flickr.com/fcb sounds / http://www.last.fm/user/mecredis status / http://twitter.com/mecredis On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Elizabeth Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, so this is the Yes men project I'd been hearing about? > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Seth Johnson < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> November 12, 2008 >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >> >> SPECIAL TIMES EDITION BLANKETS U.S. CITIES, PROCLAIMS END TO WAR >> >> * PDF: http://www.nytimes-se.com/pdf >> * For video updates: http://www.nytimes-se.com/video >> * Contact: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Early this morning, commuters nationwide were delighted to find out >> that while they were sleeping, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had >> come to an end. >> >> If, that is, they happened to read a "special edition" of today's New >> York Times. >> >> In an elaborate operation six months in the planning, 1.2 million >> papers were printed at six different presses and driven to prearranged >> pickup locations, where thousands of volunteers stood ready to pass >> them out on the street. >> >> Articles in the paper announce dozens of new initiatives including the >> establishment of national health care, the abolition of corporate >> lobbying, a maximum wage for C.E.O.s, and, of course, the end of the >> war. >> >> The paper, an exact replica of The New York Times, includes >> International, National, New York, and Business sections, as well as >> editorials, corrections, and a number of advertisements, including a >> recall notice for all cars that run on gasoline. There is also a >> timeline describing the gains brought about by eight months of >> progressive support and pressure, culminating in President Obama's >> "Yes we REALLY can" speech. (The paper is post-dated July 4, 2009.) >> >> "It's all about how at this point, we need to push harder than ever," >> said Bertha Suttner, one of the newspaper's writers. "We've got to >> make sure Obama and all the other Democrats do what we elected them to >> do. After eight, or maybe twenty-eight years of hell, we need to start >> imagining heaven." >> >> Not all readers reacted favorably. "The thing I disagree with is how >> they did it," said Stuart Carlyle, who received a paper in Grand >> Central Station while commuting to his Wall Street brokerage. "I'm all >> for freedom of speech, but they should have started their own paper." >> >> # 30 # >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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