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FReepers track down Bob McCown, creator of B-52 image: "Terrorists have won the toss..."
Bob McCown/Zoftware by Design ^
| 09/30/2001
| Bob McCowan
Posted on 09/30/2001 6:02:48 PM PDT by RonDog
Hi there
You're apparently here because youre interested in the above image. Well, here's the history of it. On the 21st of this month, I ran across a message somewhere on usenet that said something along the lines of "Well, looks like the terrorists lost the toss". This sat in my head for a bit, and I morphed it into the "The terrorists have won the toss, and have elected to receive". Now all I needed was a good photo of a 52 or something. Originally, I had intended to find an image I had seen before of a 52 doing a carpet bombing mission from about 300 feet. I couldnt find that one, but found the one below. A bit of cut/paste/etc in photoshop, and I had the image.
I mailed it out to a dozen or so of my friends, and posted it on one website, the Dead Goat Saloon. How it spread from there is anybody's guess. Ive recieved dozens of emails about it.
Free Republic has a long thread about searching for me. :)
Original Image
Webbed by Bob McCown/Zoftware by Design 9/30/01
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: b52; usaf
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To: sirgawain, texaggie79, hellinahandcart
FYI
To: dighton
Where's the B-52D Big Belly variant when we need it? 104 500-lb'ers would do a world of hurt <VBG>
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posted on
10/01/2001 7:06:10 PM PDT
by
steveegg
To: rmccown
Welcome to FR
To: RonDog
KUDOS!
To: lagamorph
I appreciated the cartoon you sent me, but you just KNEW the Freepers had already been posting it for a week. I send this to you only to let you know a little about the fellow who started it. Happy Freeping! :o) fsf
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To: rmccown kayak RonDog
Welcome to FR.
Thanks for the flag, kayak.
I hope rmccown can make some money from this bump.
5.56mm
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posted on
10/02/2001 2:02:28 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: M Kehoe; rmccown; chemicalman; BurkeCalhounDabney
I hope rmccown can make some money from this bump. It's not just the MONEY. Some of us are promoting his image for it's POWER to persuade.
See post 3 by chemicalman in:
Looking for "TERRORISTS HAVE WON TOSS" art
Posted on 09/30/2001 11:05:50 PDT by BurkeCalhounDabney
Here's a photo of an anti-anti-war sign ...I don't know where the origional photo is. LOL
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posted on
10/02/2001 8:18:04 PM PDT
by
RonDog
To: ASA Vet
89
posted on
10/02/2001 8:25:43 PM PDT
by
RonDog
To: RonDog
Some of us are promoting his image for it's POWER to persuade.To persuade the enemy, the POWER must be used.
This enemy knows no treaty. Nor negotiation.
This enemy understands power. Nothing else.
The coming chaos and distruction will not be pretty.
We are coming.
5.56mm
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posted on
10/02/2001 8:26:58 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: RonDog
Thanks for tha bump. Good to know that an image can attract people to sign up at Free Republic. heheheh
To: rmccown
Hope not too late....welcome......
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