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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 09:22 AM
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Thomas Friedman (Iraq war promoter) gets a pie in the face at Brown Univ.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/24/thomas-friedman-pie-in-th_n_98367.html
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 09:26 AM
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1. wish it had been a cow pie.
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Clear Blue Sky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:21 AM
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2. An appropriate gesture... n/t
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genie_weenie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:34 AM
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3. I'm conflicted
People are so conditioned to bow down to Authority the MSM will be able to spin this into making the pie throwers the evil ones, while those who support Death and Destruction for Profit and Power are cast as the victims.
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TooBigaTent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:37 AM
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4. Throwing cream pies at people like this is useless at best and counter-productive
when the media gets through spinning it.

Now, if there were more "substance" to the missle, you might have something there.
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 10:38 AM
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5. MORE PIES! He should be back on the speech circuit in 6 to 9 months.
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