Suspicious Packages Found in Boston

[Bruce Hooke]

I just heard a report that a number of suspicious packages have been found around Boston, under key bridges and at a Hospital. The Coast Guard has apparently closed the Charles River.

- Bruce

[Bruce Hooke]

A few more details:

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-01-31T195122Z_01_N31207977_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-BOSTON.xml&WTmodLoc=USNewsHome_C1_%5BFeed%5D-1

One of the subway lines was apparently closed briefly.

[Phillip Allen]

what better way for someone to discover weak points...

[John of Phoenix]

From the Globe...

A bomb squad used a small explosive filled with water to neutralize a suspicious object in Charlestown that forced the shutdown of northbound Interstate 93 and closed the Sullivan Square T station.

A crowd of onlookers gasped as the small explosion echoed through the transportation complex just after 10 a.m. Witnesses had described a package with wires and tubes protruding out of it stuck on a steel support girder underneath the interstate about 12 to 15 feet above the bus depot, said MBTA spokesman Joseph Pesaturo.

"It was nerve racking," said Robert A. Ellington, 29, who ran to Sullivan Square to investigate when he heard whirl of television news helicopters. "It’s scary, but exciting though."

Transit police Lieutenant Salvatore Venturelli said that a passenger had noticed the object at 8:05 a.m. and alerted authorities. The object did have some components consistent with an improvised explosive device including an electronic circuit board, but it was not a bomb, Venturelli said.

Investigators do not know how the object got onto the girder and were trying to determine if it was a hoax or something else entirely, said Venturelli, who decline to describe the object in detail because of the ongoing investigation.

"It's not consistent with equipment that would be there normally," Venturelli said.

Northbound I-93 reopened to traffic at about 10:05 a.m. after being closed for almost an hour, said State Police Sergeant Robert Bousquet.
The package was underneath a ramp heading from Sullivan Square to northbound I-93.

The Orange Line is also running again. Bus service continued to Sullivan Square through much of the incident as MBTA officials rapidly moved people between shuttle buses coming in from Orange Line stations.

An army of emergency vehicles responded to the scene with lights flashing, including police cruisers, fire trucks, ambulances, and the Boston Police Department bomb squad.

Police inspected the package using a truck-mounted work platform. Transit police officer Joseph Mathews from the explosive detection unit donned the thick green armor of the bomb squad an approached the object.

Matthews attached cables to the device and officials later fired the small water explosive to render the object safe.

Michael Duran, a senior at Charlestown High School, was late to class because of the investigation, but he said he had already called in to alert his teachers. Duran said the school administrator was skeptical and suggested that the 18-year-old senior had simply overslept.

"She thought that," Duran said of the school administrator he spoke to today, "but I told her there was a bomb or something and that I saw a whole lot of state police around."

Duran said he was able to convince the administrator that he was telling the truth. He said it usually takes no more than 13 minutes once he arrives at Sullivan Square to get on the number 93 bus, which takes him to school. Duran waited for at least 45 minutes today in the subfreezing cold.
Kinda fishy. Real bombs don't look like bombs.

[Phillip Allen]

my thought also

[Bill R]

Just hit the news- it was some sort of marketing ploy by the Turner Networks for an upcoming movie...

[Tim_H]

Just hit the news- it was some sort of marketing ploy by the Turner Networks for an upcoming movie...

If thats the case, I would suspect somebody is in deep doo doo.:cool:

[Bruce Hooke]

It seems the packages were part of a movie promotion by Turner Broadcasting (the actual promo was handled by a subcontractor)!

How stupid can someone be!?!?!?!? This little stunt only cost the city of Boston a pile of money to respond to the bomb scares, not to mention the thousands of people who were greatly delayed in getting to work and school.

Edited to add...it seems some other folks type faster than me...

[PatCox]

Now skeletor-Chertoff of Homeland Security is going to raise the alert level to mauve and issue an alert to be on the lookout for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with numchuks.

I have heard that the "packages" are pretty blatantly jokes, kinda like a "Batman TV show" kinda prop.

[PatCox]

Wisest words I ever heard in my entire life were "there is no situation on earth so bad a cop can't make it worse."

[abe]

Link to Boston Globe report:


http://www.boston.com/

[rbgarr]

From CNN.com:

"Turner Broadcasting Co., the parent company of CNN, said the devices contained harmless magnetic lights aimed at promoting the Adult Swim network's late-night cartoon "Aqua Teen Hunger Force." Law enforcement sources said the devices displayed one of the Mooninites, outer-space delinquents who appear frequently on the show, greeting visitors with a raised middle finger.

'While the concern is lessened as a result of the investigation, I'd like to remind citizens to treat any suspicious devices with care and to call 911 if any such device is found,' Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said.

The devices had been placed as part of an 'outdoor marketing campaign' in 10 cities, a Turner Broadcasting statement said.

'Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards,' the statement said. 'We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger.'

Turner said the devices had been in place for two to three weeks in Boston; New York; Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Austin, Texas; San Francisco, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."

Billboards? Raised middle fingers?? A two to three week marketing campaign??? Who is this campaign aimed at????

[Fitz]

Well, the "Promotional Device" near my office was placed directly under the I93 Northbound lane, which happens to be over the Orange Line of the MBTA.

ABSOLUTELY Brilliant Marketing!!

I hope Turner/CNN like the Bill they will get from the City of Boston. Bomb Squads were out all day.

I hope everyone tied up in traffic all day sends them a bill too.

[Kim Whitmyre]

The dreaded device:

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070131/070131_boston_hlarg_3p.hlarge.jpg

[Phillip Allen]

Sorry, I feel like there's a good chance this was a paranoid reaction and may not be the responsibility of Turner...remember the guy summarily executed in the UK because he "might" be a bomber?

[Fitz]

One Arlington "artist" arrested so far.

[Tylerdurden]

We are a country of pussy's now. SAVE US BIG BROTHER!!!
As the Iron curtain descends on the USA the fear mongers have a field day.
Don't people get that this is the same crap that used against the German population in the 30's?

Proud to be an American while ****eing my trousers over some led's on a bridge. Keep it up while they build the fences around us sheep, soon the gates will close and we will be led to the slaughter.

[Norman Bernstein]

Sorry, I feel like there's a good chance this was a paranoid reaction and may not be the responsibility of Turner...remember the guy summarily executed in the UK because he "might" be a bomber?

I'm as much opposed to the culture of fear that has been promoted in this country (for political purposes) as the next guy.....

...but I have to admit, in this particular day and age, anyone who leaves an electronic device under a bridge abutment deserves to be prosecuted... bomb or no bomb.

[rbgarr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shy6pmnDSmM

A youtube of the magnetic signs being put in place. The significant thing is that they are being up under the cover of darkness, suggesting that someone knew there was something a bit fishy about putting them up in the first place. Most store owners or public officials wouldn't agree to having someone put (or even pay to put) a lighted sign showing a cartoon "giving the finger" on their sites, so it was done on the sly.

[Ian McColgin]

They've been up for weeks and in more than one city. It's guerilla advertising.

Funny at that.

Perhaps everyone will cool their jets if Turner pays Boston some beaucoupbuck$ but for sure the artist should not be punished.

[Paul Pless]

Who is this campaign aimed at????

Boston PD perhaps???

[Hwyl]

Another example that Boston's "patronage" system of choosing public officials, reaps incompetents.

I agree it should not have happened, but what a response???

[rbgarr]

Ian-

Do you think Turner will pay? I bet they won't unless forced to by ongoing bad publicity (which I think will fade) and I bet the people arrested will be hung out to dry.

[Tom Montgomery]

Met a girl called Lola and I took her back to my place
Feelin' guilty, feelin' scared, hidden cameras everywhere
Stop! Hold on. Stay in control

Girl, I want you here with me
But I'm really not as cool as I'd like to be
'Cause there's a red, under my bed
And there's a little yellow man in my head
And there's a true blue inside of me
That keeps stoppin' me, touchin' ya, watchin' ya, lovin' ya

Paranoia, the destroyer.
Paranoia, the destroyer.

Well I fell asleep, then I woke feelin' kinda' queer
Lola looked at me and said, "ooh you look so weird."
She said, "man, there's really something wrong with you.
One day you're gonna' self-destruct.
You're up, you're down, I can't work you out
You get a good thing goin' then you blow yourself out."

Silly boy ya' self-destroyer. Silly boy ya' self-destroyer

Silly boy you got so much to live for
So much to aim for, so much to try for
You blowing it all with paranoia
You're so insecure you self-destroyer

(And it goes like this, here it goes)
Paranoia, the destroyer
(Here it goes again)
Paranoia, the destroyer

Doctor, Doctor help me please, I know you'll understand
There's a time device inside of me, I'm a self-destructin' man
There's a red, under my bed
And there's a little green man in my head
And he said, "you're not goin' crazy, you're just a bit sad
'Cause there's a man in ya, gnawin' ya, tearin' ya into two."

Silly boy ya' self-destroyer.
Paranoia, the destroyer

Self-destroyer, wreck your health
Destroy friends, destroy yourself
The time device of self-destruction
Light the fuse and start eruption

(Yea, it goes like this, here it goes)
Paranoia, the destroyer
(Here's to paranoia)
Paranoia, the destroyer
(Hey hey, here it goes)
Paranoia, the destroyer
(And it goes like this)

Paranoia, the destroyer
(And it goes like this.)

THE KINKS -- "Destroyer"

[Phillip Allen]

The way to beat this thing is to put up a whole lot more with witnesses.

[George Roberts]

I don't think the state can carge its expenses in response to the legal acts of Turner Broadcasting.

Perhaps we should all emulate Turner Broadcasting.

[PatCox]

Anyone see the pictures of the two guys they charged? Stoners, long haired stoners. They told the press they would only take questions about their hair!

[David W Pratt]

to the non-bombs.
Then over reaction threatening to sue Time-Warner.

[Bruce Hooke]

I don't think the state can carge its expenses in response to the legal acts of Turner Broadcasting.

Perhaps we should all emulate Turner Broadcasting.

But the obvious question is where the acts of Turner Broadcasting legal? The Boston Police Department seems to think otherwise...

[rbgarr]

I'd think putting those things on public or private property without permission or payment for the right to do so comes under the category of 'not legal'.

[PatCox]

They were actually made of "lite-bright" toy sets. Whooo, scary. They had been up in 10 other cities for over two weeks without anyone doing the old massive freakout.

[Don Olney]

Relax, Chertoff is just making sure. That's why when they took the two guys into custody, Chertoff took out the toilet seat so they couldn't hit themselves over their heads and drown, and he took out the toilet paper so they couldn't bend the bars, roll the toilet paper out the window, slide down the roll and have an escape. Chertoff is just makin' sure.

[Wild Wassa]

People should be scared of being in any building that they see Bruce Willis in, this almost guaranteed an explosion ... but being terrified of little cartoon characters?

Some of the Transformers are scary. When Optimus Prime or Megatron transform ... I usually grab a pillow.

Warren.

[Tylerdurden]

A lot of you miss the point...
Sucking at the public teat sometimes you need to create a need for your paycheck. Fear sells so there you have it.
Back in 58'(I think 58') Puerto Rican separatists attacked the capital, the freaking capital and we didn't go code red and create Homeland Insecurty. It was dealt with in the proper manner.

Now anyone who's kid has a Litebright has to worry about SWAT busting in just to make sure the kids alright. If the Kid has dreads its off to the concentration paupers prison for some reeducation..
Its so anal its funny, you are just a laugh now, really.
My Children and Myself have a better chance of hitting lotto than be killed or injured by terrorism, but if we keep going the way we are those odds will flip real fast
Newsflash.... You are going to die someday, until you get with it you are useless. Myself, I don't live in fear and Osama AKA Tim Osman, Saddam or two kids with dreads can all kiss my arse.
I was born with the Constitution on display in the local town hall and I intend to live with that document with Freewill, Free thought, Free Expression and as free from Tyranny as I can. You all can buy plastic wrap and duct tape as much as you want I have better things to do.

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/02/athf911-2.jpg

[Dan McCosh]

yeah the Taliban is getting really clever. Their bombs light up at night and give you the finger.

http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Site_Graphic/2007/02/01/1170339719_3275.jpg

Out of a dozen cities these things were planted in, Boston is the only one to go ape-sheot?


As I recall, a guy from the Boston PD organized the current version of the Iraqi police.

[Tylerdurden]

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/02/athf911-2.jpg

Fell off my chair!!!! ROTFLMAO

[rbgarr]

Let's all buy Lite Brite sets, arrange the WB logo on them and place in 'suspicious' places!

[B_B]

those things are to bombs what angel food cake is to nutrition

[Tom Montgomery]

hoax : an act intended to trick or dupe

Does anyone -- beyond the red-faced Bostonian powers-that-be -- seriously believe that a bomb hoax was what these two stoners intended? The judge seemed skeptical.

Boston Globe story (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/02/men_accused_of_1.html)

Men accused of hoax plead not guilty
By John R. Ellement and Andrew Ryan, Boston Globe Staff

The two men accused of plunging metropolitan Boston into a panic with illuminated advertisements for a cartoon pleaded not guilty today in a courtroom packed with supporters and a crush of reporters.

The two men smiled broadly throughout much of the brief proceeding as Assistant Attorney General John Grossman described the battery-powered characters as "bomb-like devices." The men, Peter Berdovsky, 27, and Sean Stevens, 28, face charges of placing a hoax device in a way that causes panic and disorderly conduct.

The artists shuffled into Boston Municipal Court in handcuffs. Stevens was particularly animated, grinning at the gallery of about 40 supporters and raising his cuffed hand to give a low wave.

Judge Paul K. Leary seemed skeptical of the state's case, telling Grossman that the law requires that people must intend to create a panic to be charged with placing hoax devices. This case, the judge said, seemed to involve two men who relatives say were paid to place unorthodox advertisements throughout the city.

Grossman said that was a discussion for another hearing. The two men were ordered held on $2,500 cash bail, which they are expected to post later today.

[Kim Whitmyre]

January 31, 2007 --Phone in a bomb threat to an airplane and get probation. But do not try this if you are an American, only if you are an Israeli citizen.
Last October 23, Yechezkel Wells, a 21-year old dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, pleaded guilty to phoning in a false bomb threat on August 26, 2006 to Long Beach (California) Airport Emergency Services from a pay phone. Wells claimed that he made the call because he was late for his flight and hoped to delay his plane from taking off. Wells said that there was a bomb on the Jet Blue flight from Long Beach to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Jet Blue flight was delayed for one hour.

Not much was known about Wells. He claimed he was a student but there is no information on what school he attended. (cince, it was discovered the college is Talmudic University in Miami Beach). Wells pleaded guilty to a single felony count of conveying false information of a threat targeting an airplane. Wells faced a maximum of five years in prison or probation. Last October 25, WMR reported that if "past is prologue, we can expect the Bush administration to agree to probation in return for Wells' deportation to Israel, where he, like hundreds of other Mossad, Metsada, Shin Bet, Sayeret Matkal, and LAP agents caught engaged in false flag terrorist and psychological operations in the United States before, during, and after the 911 attacks, can continue to ply their trade in deception."

On January 29, Wells was sentenced in Los Angeles to probation but not deportation to Israel. Instead, U.S. District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper sentenced Wells to six months of home detention, where he will wear an electronic monitoring bracelet; a $1000 fine; 200 hours of community service; and two years of probation. For the first time we have learned that Wells was not acting alone in the bomb threat. An affidavit signed by FBI agent David Gates revealed that Wells and three friends were detained by FBI agents after the bomb threat but that the three friends were released after questioning. Wells' mother, Tziporah Wells, flew from Israel to attend the sentencing hearing. The Los Angeles Times reported that Ms. Wells put her fingers in her ears while Judge Cooper reprimanded Wells.

Wells has spun quite a tale to those he encountered. He told a Jet Blue counter employee at Long Beach that he had to get home for his brother's funeral in Miami the next day. When he was denied boarding because he was too late for check-in, he phoned in the bomb threat. His attorney, Donald Etra, said Wells was in Los Angeles to attend a wedding. The light sentence of Wells was a result of the weak charges brought by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald F. Gaffney.

Don't try phoning in a bomb threat if you are late for a flight, not unless you have an Israeli passport.

Etra is a 1968 Yale graduate and classmate of George W. Bush and fellow member of the Skull and Bones, a director of Russell Trust Association (the holding company for the Skull and Bones), and was appointed by Bush to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Bush and the First Lady attended Etras' wedding in 1985 and Etra and his family have been overnight guests at the White House. Etra donated to the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign.

Compare Wells' lenient treatment to what became of Canadian citizen Maher Arar who was falsely arrested in 2002 by U.S. authorities in New York in transit through JFK Airport en route back to Canada from abroad. Innocent of the charges brought against him, Arar was sent to Syria where he was tortured for 10 months and forced to make false confessions. Canada has cleared Arar, apologized to him, and is going to make financial restitution. The U.S. still keeps Arar on no-fly and terrorist watch lists and refuses to apologize to him as Canada has demanded. Arar's only crime is that he was an Arab. Wells, on the other hand, escaped proper justice because he is an Israeli. "West Bank justice" now seems to extend from JFK Airport to Long Beach Airport.

[Tom Hunter]

Recently a blogger posted something I wish I had written about this:


LEDs not IEDs, its important to know the difference...


There is an amazing generation gap here. These guys might be chargable under the same laws that prohibit you from putting a poster up on a bridge, but there is no excuse for assuming that these things were bombs.

This was panicmongering of the worst order, part of the job of people like the AG and the police is to tell the difference between threats and advertising. In this case they failed to do so and went off and spent $750,000 wrecking commutes in Boston.

I refuse to accept the "you can't be too careful" because in fact you can. We let airplanes fly even though they can be flown into buildings, we let TV cameras near public officials even though one was used to assasinate an Afgan ally of the US, we let people bring backpacks and cellphones on the train and bus even though that is how the Madrid and London bombings were performed. You have to be careful but that does not excuse panicing and being stupid.

I think Joe's cartoon is wonderful, and the safety authorities in Boston should be ashamed of themselves.

[Nicholas Carey]

I suppose wearing this bra in Boston might get you in trouble :D

http://enlighted.com/media/bras/nervebra/allmed4x200.jpg (http://enlighted.com/pages/gallery.shtml)

or any of the other fine pieces clothing available from this place

http://enlighted.com/pages/gallery.shtml

Check out the videos, like this one: http://enlighted.com/media/bras/nervebra/patt5.avi

:D :D :D

[Bruce Hooke]

A lot of you miss the point...
Sucking at the public teat sometimes you need to create a need for your paycheck. Fear sells so there you have it.

I'm not going to say that this never happens -- that people whip up fear to make their job seem more important, but I think when it does happen it is mostly at the top, political levels rather than the cops on the street.

What seems much more likely to me, based on what I've seen of human nature, is that someone sees something that makes them think bomb -- maybe it is someone who is just paranoid, maybe they see it from an angle that leads them to the bomb conclusion, maybe something else. Anyway, they call in a report of something that looks like a bomb under a critical bridge and immediately everyone thinks bomb. I have to say then when I heard about the bomb scare in Boston my first thought was not "guerrilla marketing device"! Once people are thinking "bomb" then it takes someone who is especially clear-headed and willing to challenge authority to say "folks, that doesn't look like a bomb to me." Yeah, you could say that this is what the people in question should be good at doing, but they are human beings. It does seem like they figured out fairly quickly in fact. However, as soon as their is a report of something that looks like a bomb you are, of course, going to pull out all the stops. A lot of the stops will be pulled out before many people even get to the site, so a lot of stuff will be put into motion before very many people actually see the device. Remember, you have a bomb report; you are not going to be the guy who didn't go all out to protect the city if it turns out it really is a bomb.

Having raised a ruckus they then try not to look like fools so they don't want to back down too much, so they talk up the potential threat and go after the young guys who placed the devices...

[Tylerdurden]

Well Bruce, going on that premise I would say that Boston contains mostly fools and complete idiots.
I know is not healthy to challenge police but it is still legal to tell them they are idiots, I have been known to point that out to them from time to time. Maybe the wise in Boston should call up every time they see a dog doing his business and report the suspicious package that was left. A few thousand of those might give them a hint.

I guess if you are stupid enough to believe they "Hate us for our freedom" your stupid enough to think a Litebright is a bomb

[notwoodbut...]

Tyler-
I tend to agree that Boston is full of fools and idiots. However, given your screen-name, I'm guessing you're familiar with stuff like Operation Mayhem and what police, firefighters, etc first think when they hear the word "bomb". Besides, there were the two fake pipe bombs found at about the same time. Although unrelated, this type of thing is a little disturbing. I live near a highway overpass/bridge that you can walk up to, climb etc. and I've thought many times how easy it would be for someone to do serious damage if they wanted to.
One of the bigger questions around here and probably a reason the Mayor and police are all worked up is why these things were up for a couple of weeks withour the police noticing them when they were in apparently sensative locations. Seems that we need to do a little remedial training....

[rbgarr]

Raise your hand if you had ever heard of Lite Brites before yesterday!

And the latest from Turner Broadcasting:

"An unnamed spokesman for Turner said the company would now review plans for the following guerrilla marketing campaigns designed to “generate buzz” about the cartoon.

– Renting a 747 painted with the show’s name and flying it past skyscrapers in major cities
– Hiring young men to show up in malls, on buses and other heavily-trafficked areas who would suddenly whip open their coats to reveal a special vest with blinking lights, and begin shouting the theme song of the show.
– 'Abducting' strangers, blindfolding them, forcing them to their knees and then broadcasting their videotaped 'confessions' that they love the cartoon.
– Hiring young men to suddenly stand up on buses and airliners and loudly declare that the new cartoon is 'da bomb.'
– Planting hundreds of improvised advertising devices (IAD) that would suddenly flash, make a loud noise and scatter thousands of promotional fliers all over the road or sidewalk.
– Mounting a 'viral' marketing campaign in which dozens of journalists would each receive an envelope containing a white powder along with a note daring the recipient to hold his breath until the debut of the new cartoon.
–Calling the White House, Pentagon, Supreme Court and other famous places and claiming to have planted a 'dirty bomb' on the front steps, which turns out to be a paper bag full of dogs**t with the show’s logo stamped on the bag.

'These promotional gimmicks are designed to appeal to the kind of adult who would stay up late to watch cartoon characters who use foul language and obscene gestures,' the Turner source said."

[LeeG]

LiteBrites of Death, this just blows,,all those LiteBrites in the dump. Any other parent out there spent too much time cleaning those up or finding them in the dogs poop?


the interesting part is that the BPD didn't have communications from other parts of the country identifying them BEFORE the panic switch was hit.

[Cuyahoga Chuck]

Looks like Boston will have to hire more "hip" cops. You know, plugged in to tiny MP3's, spending a lot of time watching TV cartoons and skateboarding around Fenuil Hall.

[Bill R]

If there was ever a case for public flogging this was it.

Everyone involved from the stoners placed them to the execs at Turner who approved this to the public "officials" who overreacted. Throw in the writers and producers of the cartoon as well just on general principal.

What a cluster****. Boston got what it deserved.

[Phillip Allen]

Raise your hand if you had ever heard of Lite Brites before yesterday!

And the latest from Turner Broadcasting:

"An unnamed spokesman for Turner said the company would now review plans for the following guerrilla marketing campaigns designed to “generate buzz” about the cartoon.

– Renting a 747 painted with the show’s name and flying it past skyscrapers in major cities
– Hiring young men to show up in malls, on buses and other heavily-trafficked areas who would suddenly whip open their coats to reveal a special vest with blinking lights, and begin shouting the theme song of the show.
– 'Abducting' strangers, blindfolding them, forcing them to their knees and then broadcasting their videotaped 'confessions' that they love the cartoon.
– Hiring young men to suddenly stand up on buses and airliners and loudly declare that the new cartoon is 'da bomb.'
– Planting hundreds of improvised advertising devices (IAD) that would suddenly flash, make a loud noise and scatter thousands of promotional fliers all over the road or sidewalk.
– Mounting a 'viral' marketing campaign in which dozens of journalists would each receive an envelope containing a white powder along with a note daring the recipient to hold his breath until the debut of the new cartoon.
–Calling the White House, Pentagon, Supreme Court and other famous places and claiming to have planted a 'dirty bomb' on the front steps, which turns out to be a paper bag full of dogs**t with the show’s logo stamped on the bag.

'These promotional gimmicks are designed to appeal to the kind of adult who would stay up late to watch cartoon characters who use foul language and obscene gestures,' the Turner source said."


FUNNY!

[Tylerdurden]

1/31/ 07 Never forget !

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070131/070131_boston_hlarg_3p.hlarge.jpg

[LeeG]

GW said it's a common sacrifice, our peace of mind, in the GWOT.

Let's invade Iran, I bet they're behind this

http://www.dhs.gov/xinfoshare/programs/Copy_of_press_release_0046.shtm


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