Posted on 08/07/2005 3:52:01 PM PDT by wistful
Pizza billboard causes a stir
Decision on appropriateness of billboard which features US president being made today
8 August 2005
A decision is due to be made today whether a billboard labelling President Bush an 'evil bastard' is appropriate.
The Hell Pizza billboards have been erected around Auckland and Wellington. Half of the poster is taken up with a photo of the president and the other half has the phrase 'Hell: Too Good For Some Evil Bastards.'
Outdoor Advertising New Zealand is reviewing who is behind the boards and whether the Advertising Standards Authority needs to become involved.
Hell's media manager, Matthew Blomfield, says they expected to cause a bit of a stir. He says it is meant to provoke discussion and be a little edgy, instead of bland, boring advertising.
Mr Blomfield is hoping reaction will be balanced between those who find it funny and those who are upset by it.
What are they going to defend it with? Spitballs?
Except for Peter Jackson, and the scenery for the "The Lord of the Rings" Trilogy, who, to quote the Pied Piper of Hamelin, gives a rat's a*s about New Zealand?
Typical New Zealand. The country that does not allow The US Navy to dock.
It's New Freakin' Zealand. As insignificant and irrelevant corner of the planet.
I guess he just can't wait to be bin Laden's butt monkey.
The leader of the most free and prosperous country in the world who has been placed in that position on the behest of the majority of American publics wishes is labeled as such by these idiots?
They should read their history and take concern in the most famous quote from Admiral Yamamoto in 1941 when he proclaimed his own personal concerns for awakening a "sleeping giant".
thanks ~ just freep'd 'em.
Maybe we should have let the Japs have their way with the kiwis....
Mr Blomfield is hoping reaction will be balanced between those who find it funny and those who are upset by it.
He can always count the burned bill boards.
NZ is liberalville, but NOW I have a feeling they're thinking "It's still Bush's fault" but they may have to change strategy and see the "freedom fighters" in Al Qaeda as not so great, after all.
Maybe we could start a boycott of the remake of King Kong being directed by Peter Jackson, that'll show em. ;)
No, for when the need for defense arises they will defend it with the Army, Air Force, Marines, and Navy of the USA.
That's the problem though - the Kiwi's know they have Australia between them and danger - just as they did in World War II.
That difference is one of the major reasons Australian and New Zealand attitudes - similar in a lot of ways - differ when it comes to the United States.
Now back in World War II, New Zealand did its share - and there's plenty of Kiwis' today who'd be willing to do so now - but there's a lot who aren't - and it's largely because they know they have a larger neighbour who has to defend them for our own interests.
Rather like Canada and the US, I would say.
I don't believe he is a bastard. He resembles his mom and pa to a high degree. As to whether he is evil, opinions obviously vary, but he seems to lack some of the attributes of pure evil.
The All Blacks. Best thing about the country.
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They will get it in the end..and I do mean the END,
You don't mess with a Texan..especially a Texan who
is President....watch this thing develop...hopefully...
the Dems will try to make hay out of it...Jake
"These people could need some opinion sent their way."
Hell hath no fury like a pizza scorned.
Freedom's freeloaders.
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