Yeah, figured that out once I saw the second email..I had had this on my list of things to possibly take part in..ha. Did anyone go?
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Fred Benenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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