Posted on 02/01/2007 9:36:25 AM PST by raccoonradio
Howie Carr live thread. Column below!
Howie Carr live ping. See him on Anderson Cooper last night?
Joke’s on terror-scare slacker ‘Borat’ now
By Howie Carr
Boston Herald Columnist
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - Updated: 12:20 PM EST
Peter “Borat” Berdovsky is officially a victim now. The poor newcomer to our shores, this wannabe political “refugee,” is being persecuted by The Man, made a fall guy by Big Animation for the moronic Ted Turner terror stunt.
He’s a refugee all right - from a Beavis and Butthead episode. This nerd is the full slacker package - Mass. College of Art, a goatee, stringy hair, a self-described “artist” with an avant-garde rock band. The only fact that’s out of place is that he actually has his own place, but then, his mother is still in Europe (a long commute) and we’ll add a few points back to his overall slacker score for the fact that he lives in a “loft.”
So they were out there this morning at the Charlestown District Court, Borat Berdovsky’s fellow “artists,” the synonym for which is “unemployed.” The artists were protesting his incarceration, and holding signs saying “Never Forget.”
Dude, that’s easy for you to say. Never forget? You haven’t had any of this weed, man. It’s, like, totally. Uh, I lost my train of thought.
That’s one of the things about this moronic cartoon show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It’s only 15 minutes long, but if you’ve done a couple of bones, man, it seems like an hour. The “artists” are saying that the cops and the reporters are hopelessly lame because they don’t get off on a show in which one of the main characters is named “Meatwad.”
Dude, we’ve got, like, jobs. And kids.
“Anyone under the age of 35,” said one of the protestors, who was somehow able to get a day off from work, “knew this was a joke the minute they saw it.”
Yeah, anyone under the age of 35 who still lives at home with Mom, wears a baseball cap backwards and is saving money for a new tattoo.
Borat Berdovsky is from Belorusa and now lives in Arlington, which was once a working-class town. But it has long since been now transformed by Cambridge potheads into another People’s Republic, represented in the legislature by the likes of Jim Marzilli. Needless to say, the Arlington moonbats are falling into line behind legal alien Borat.
Here’s an e-mail making the rounds in Arlington, sent by a woman named Hillary with a hyphenated last name:
“As a former Brackett After school parent, where Peter worked (maybe still works as far as I know), I know Peter as a nice guy who was great with the kids. My son described him as ‘gentle, peaceful, harmless.’ It’s a shame the way he’s being portrayed.”
Hillary, even your governor, Deval Patrick, is bent out of shape about this. No driver’s license for you, Borat!
Of course Mumbles Menino doesn’t help his own cause, going on national TV to rant about “suspicious bombs.” But that’s Mumbles. What exactly is Borat’s defense? Every time you walk into an airport terminal, what’s the first thing you hear on the loudspeaker?
“Do NOT leave luggage unattended. If you see any unattended packages, please alert authorities IMMEDIATELY.”
And this gentle, peaceful, harmless Russian, along with his sidekick, whom I hesitate to call a Townie because I’ll bet he grew up in the ’burbs, leave packages not only unattended, but they have wires coming out of them, and batteries, both of which the cops have been trained to look for.
Borat Berdovsky calls it “a work of art.”
That must be because the character is making an obscene gesture. Nothing says Art-with-a-capital-A like an upraised middle finger.
Hey Borat, you’re not a citizen? That’s too bad. How does five years at Cedar Junction sound, followed by a steerage-class flight back to the Third World hellhole from which you came, to annoy the taxpaying citizens?
It’s from us to you, Borat. Don’t consider your deportation an obscene gesture. Think of it as a work of art, in progress.
You must suffer for your art.
Neil Innes, an occasional member of Monty Python ("Brave
Sir Robin ran away") introduced a "Protest Song" (a la
Dylan) on a Monty Python live album this way:
"Oh, ladies and gentlemen, I've suffered for my music.
Now it's your turn."
On the news last night there was a clip of Menino talking about "greedy corporations". Turner screwed up the implementation of this marketing campaign (did not inform the local govt. or police) but since when is advertising a "greedy" activity?
Missed the Anderson Cooper thing.
I did catch the "news conference" a short time ago.
It was all about the hair styles of the 70's. Two grown up punks that don't have a clue.
"If it doesn't offend, it's not Art" is soooo much more sophisticated than "I don't know art, but I know what I like." ;-)
He can't possibly listen to himself!)
It was on in the breakroom where I work (I work nights at the post office)--
just talking about what was going on and how the city got paralyzed by these guys.
Peter Berdovsky, 27, and Sean Stevens, 28, were released on $2,500 cash bond after each pleaded not guilty to placing a hoax device and disorderly conduct for a device found Wednesday at a subway station. They waved and smiled as they greeted people in court.
Outside, they met reporters and television cameras and launched into a nonsensical discussion of hair styles of the 1970s. "What we really want to talk about today -- it's kind of important to some people -- it's haircuts of the 1970s," Berdovsky said.
Officials found 38 blinking electronic signs promoting the Cartoon Network TV show "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" on bridges and other high-profile spots across the city Wednesday, prompting the closing of a highway and the deployment of bomb squads. The surreal series is about a talking milkshake, a box of fries and a meatball. The network is a division of Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc.
"It's clear the intent was to get attention by causing fear and unrest that there was a bomb in that location," Assistant Attorney General John Grossman said at their arraignment.
The 1-foot tall signs, which were lit up at night, resembled a circuit board, with protruding wires and batteries. Most depicted a boxy, cartoon character giving passersby the finger -- a more obvious sight when darkness fell.
The men did not speak or enter their own pleas, but they appeared amused and smiled as the prosecutor talked about the device found at Sullivan Station underneath Interstate 93, looking like it had C-4 explosive.
"The appearance of this device and its location are crucial," Grossman said. "This device looks like a bomb."
Some in the gallery snickered.
Outside the courthouse, Michael Rich, a lawyer for both of the men, said the description of a bomb-like device could be used for any electronic device.
"If somebody had left a VCR on the ground it would have been a device with wires, electronic components and a power source," he said.
Boston officials were livid when the devices were discovered.
"It is outrageous, in a post 9/11 world, that a company would use this type of marketing scheme," Mayor Thomas Menino said Wednesday. "I am prepared to take any and all legal action against Turner Broadcasting and its affiliates for any and all expenses incurred during the response to today's incidents."
"Once we were gonna fill up a basketball with C-4..."
"It is outrageous, in a post 9/11 world, that a company would use this type of marketing scheme," Mayor Thomas Menino said Wednesday. "I am prepared to take any and all legal action against Turner Broadcasting and its affiliates for any and all expenses incurred during the response to today's incidents."
Obviously the reporter cleaned up the Mumblespeak for the quote.
today's poll
HOAX DEVICES
Four "hoax devices" were found at several Boston locations today, hours after officials detonated a suspicious package on an elevated structure above the Sullivan Square Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority station. Train service on the Orange Line between Sullivan Square and Wellington stations was suspended in both directions. The northbound side of I-93 was closed, causing significant traffic backups. Motorists were not allowed to access the highway near Sullivan Square coming up from the south and Storrow drive was closed.
What should happen to the "pranksters" who caused the city and commuters such havoc this afternoon?
Community Service 10%
Heavy Jail Time 90%
Yes Howie was saying that during the press conference
some reporters were trying to find a translator to find
out what Da Mayah just said. Or at least an English-Menino/
Menino-English dictionary.
oops that was yesterday's poll I think
ha!
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