The post I had pulled had to do with the couple in California that created an effigy of an American soldier in camos which they hung by its neck on the side of their house (up near the eave as I recall) with an upside down American flag under it, or something like that. Because the news article gave their name and town, I looked up their phone number and posted it with a suggestion to give them a call. Very bad. I did feel bad about that one. I just didn't think it through.
The thread I had pulled had a very revealing photograph of "Big" Dick Cheney sitting on a curb eating frozen custard on a campaign swing. At first glance you say "Hey...that ain't no ear of corn in his pocket..." and the thread was pulled. I think the sensibilities of the mod were somewhat offended.
Funny story that....apparently, the newspaper that published the photo did not even look closely at it, and after they had printed and distributed the Sunday paper, someone pointed it out to them. Shocked and horrified, they tried to pull back as many copies as they could, but the cat was out of the bag.
I found a copy of that newspaper in a local library that has a huge selection of papers from around the country, and that was one of them. Sure enough, the picture was there in the Sunday section, so...not wanting to let history pass me by, I laid it on a table and took a digital picture of the image.
I considered stealing the paper, but...knowing how deadly offended librarians can be, I decided not to fold it up and put it in my pocket...:)
When I posted it on FR, it induced such a lively and, er..."ribald" dicussion that the thread was pulled.
I admit, I was kind of proud of having that one pulled...:) Now, when I hear people say "Dick Cheney is THE MAN!" I can rest assured I have photograpic proof!
