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Need I say….
The MSM is out. Psychic news is the new cool.
in wars you can´t win
only lose
no oil, no war, no deaths.
stop using oil for energy, come to canada, use wind and water, like we do
Ballsy.
Creative pranks are far better than a spin.
I say NO to the Yes men. When they held the paper up to the bulls ass, that was the epitome of their statement. How many trees did it take to create 1.2 million newspapers. How much money was wasted printing this bull shit. This is about as stupid as me getting my mug on a fake Times magazine for Man of the Year.
plnety of oil in the world we are getting no oil from Iraq thatd for damn sure. I did put a sail on my 70 SS Nova and it just didnt seem the same as firing up that 572 blown big block and even a powerful electric motor still wont give that same feeling. Though a electric motor could run the 8 second 1/4 mile, but thats some battery power. What would i need to do to convert my Nova to elcetric and still run the 8s? COST also please
am I reading this right?
your addicted to “power”?
you need more power for your boat?
are you dumping oil into the lakes by using a block motor?
am i fu%%%ng reading this right?
YOU SEE FOLKS! THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE TO WHY AMERICANS ARE FIGHTING IRAQIES.
THEY WANT POWER! THEY WANT OIL!
AND THEY’LL SEND YOUR FAMILIES TO DIE JUST TO GET IT
not as ballsy as what i just wrote, lol
No you’re meem?
Oh, how precious.
Let me echo Kam’s sentiments re: more dead trees.
And maybe this doesn’t matter to the masses, but no journalist could ever mistake that for a real NYT front page. They got the font and format wrong and tombstoned the banner heds. Morons.
I’m sorry, maybe it’s because they were screwing with my favorite soon-to-be-dead medium. But I don’t see this as creating positive energy or expanding anyone’s possibilities.
It’s a new era, goddam it, as of last Tuesday. We should be capable of better. This is just waste.
And the online version is kerned so badly it makes my eyes hurt.
in 1505 a woman was hunted down and killed by an evil clown.now that you have read this,that same clown will be sitting next to your bed with a machete and red,evil glowing eyes when you wake up,unless you post this to 10 other videos in 1 hour of reading this.hurrey up.
Sir, I have two cogent reasons for not printing any list of subscribers; - one, that I have lost all the names, - the other, that I have spent all the money. ~Samuel Johnson
Y’know, screw the trees, here’s a what if that puts that to shame.
Let’s just say that 1.2 million people actually read that rag & let’s just say one of them was as mother with two sons fighting there, one of them already dead from a bomb & she sees this headline & her first thrilling feeling is a rush of joy that her only remaining son will be safe & coming home. I can’t describe her next heartbreaking feeling when she discovers it to be nothing but a joke, some stupid prank.
The way of the pioneer is always rough. ~Harvey S. Firestone
“Time” for another rumor…(evil laugh)
Did Ellie have a baby?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elspethjane/3028383632/
nice idea!!
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Yes I love horsepwer, I dont own a boat, I dont dump oil anyplace I recycle my old oil products. Not sure what a block motor is I have a 572 cubic inch big block Chevy engine with a 6-71 blower in my 70 SS Nova. Nothing electric can replace that sound of that engine at idle or when you put your foot into the GAS peddle. I do not know where you got this ideal of a boat but it was cute.
I LOVE this!
awesome
This is what the Times does already. They try to mold society’s thinking into actions. They basically bend the truth and tell lies aimed at getting certain outcomes. Ever heard of media bias?
ooh, like in 1984, what was it called, the ministry of truth I think, where the one dude pretty much put lies into the newspaper lol.
It’s a great work.
Wunderwer!
Yes, it was Minitrue
you spelled hurry wrong.
Amen i got a 460 blown 40 over with banks super charger in my f-250 lifted 4′O ground clearance 9 inch rear. (5:11) i totally agree those stack rumble with amazing peace
Awesome shit. Quite a culture jam =D
There are 20 angels in this world
10 are sleeping
9 are playing
1 is reading this
put this on 4 video comments within 15 mins,if u do, sum one u love will surprise u sum how!! If u don’t , u will lose ur love
Moral of the story; People will believe anything they see in the news.
moral of the story is that peoples wants are completely contrary to what their ‘elected’ leader does.
Using the T.A.R.D.I.S. again??? I hope you filled it up this time :)
You mean like every media outlet? They are expected to be biased, you compensate for that with the ability to think for yourself.
This was an obvious work of fiction done to send a positive message to the people, and also of course, for the lulz.
brilliant idea well orchestrated by the looks of it very impressed. you should do one with a Welles esque alien invasion theme, cause mass panic hysteria and destruction. you look like hippies so its unlikely!!
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I agree with Kam, you shouldn’t play with people’s emotions-war is serious business. It’s one thing to “wish” for “good news”, it’s another to scam people. This speaks to people’s hopes, “hope/change” embodied by Obama–but hopes are so high now that he (or anyone) cannot fulfill–be prepared for a let down once the reality comes back into focus. Real journalism has been stretched past credulity recently with bias-and it’s reputation for accuracy is already damaged. This will only help to place doubts in people’s minds that what you read may actually not be accurate.
Well, maybe this is for naught–because no one actually still reads the NY Times, do they?
lol wrong gate
i mean date