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franksumatra Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:23 AM
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What if We Here in DU Designed a Float or 2 for Bush's Big Parade?
Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 11:26 AM by franksumatra
Let's see.....a float to symbolize w and his notorious bad self...hhhhmmmmmmmm.....

Maybe a big monkey in a suit? Or a giant effigy of w with a huge rocket weenie? Or a floating balloon w, like the Macy's parade, with w holding weapons of mass destruction in one hand, and billions of dollars in the other?

Hep me out here fellow parade enthusiasts......

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franksumatra Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:28 AM
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1. or maybe the Titanic with w as Cpt. Smith
Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 11:30 AM by franksumatra
or a giant balloon with w in his flight suit with a mission accomplished banner waving behind?
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:29 AM
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2. A pig with WMD written in blood red on its side
Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 11:31 AM by Mabus
with lots of lipstick standing on bodies of soliders & small children surrounded by oil derricks and private contractors (guys with safey helmets) with money falling out of their one piece work suits. One side of the float would say "FEAR: More Years" and the other side has a sign saying "Leave no child behind (with bombs drawn in)"

Just some thoughts.
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franksumatra Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:32 AM
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5. now you're talkin'
100,000 ghosts and the twin towers exploding and a parade of crippled soldiers and flag draped coffins as far as the eye can see.
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:46 AM
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9. I say go Apocalyptic on their ass
They want, let them know they've just elected their greatest nightmare, not just ours. Plus, using their own symbology against them might help them change their minds.

:eyes:

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. -- Jules, "Pulp Fiction"
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 07:44 PM
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26. Or....WMD?? When pigs fly....
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 11:01 PM
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27. That would work
but you'd need to explain it to the bushies.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:31 AM
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3. My float would be very simple --
Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 11:31 AM by LibDemAlways
a giant hand with a single raised middle finger.
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:48 AM
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11. Can we put a small Dick
Cheney with it?
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:32 AM
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4. Along those lines...
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:35 AM
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6. Or,well, perhaps...


Chimpageddon
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franksumatra Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:37 AM
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7. Good one! Here's another from Europe
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:40 AM
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8. I was thinking a
representation of the electrode man, or or leash girl.




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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:47 AM
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10. Good one.
I like it.
:yourock:
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franksumatra Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:50 AM
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12. nice float design
possibly a pyramid of naked prisoners of war? a huge mushroom cloud float? or how about a float WITH NOTHING ON IT that says "weapons of mass destruction"?
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 07:36 PM
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25. an empty WMD float?! That's beautiful .... I LOVE IT!
What a great idea! Imagine a whole convoy of empty flatbed trucks ... and one of my co-workers just suggested some of those trucks that are used for carrying propane or bottled water, with both sides open so people can see the empty space inside!

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Osamasux Donating Member (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:54 AM
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13. How about a map of the US in Red States and Blue States.
As it moves along the parade route, the Red States break off and keep drifting further and further apart.
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franksumatra Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:57 AM
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15. or a giant revolving globe with only the U.S. on it
with little walmarts and mcdonalds and humvees plastered all over it?
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Osamasux Donating Member (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 12:09 PM
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18. and night vision photos of bombs going off.
That always plays well on TV.
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franksumatra Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:54 AM
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14. How about a big Jesus Balloon dropping bombs on women & kids?
Or w sitting at the right hand of God himself, smiting the heathen Muslims with holy missiles of peace?
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:59 AM
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16. In '73 we tried to get a float in Nixon's parade
We made a giant rat, with Nixons head on it. It was made out of paper mache, chicken wire, and wood. It was designed to fit over my volkswagon beetle.

For some damned reason they refused to let us in. But, our Madison, Wisconsin chapter of Yippee's brought down 15,000 dead laboratory rats, that we threw at Nixon as he passed. Made the national news.
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franksumatra Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 12:00 PM
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17. wow!
They'd put your crazy ass away for that now. them was the days my friend.
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neebob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 12:11 PM
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19. Mine would be an elaborate mechanical presentation
a la the Rose Parade, only not made of flowers. Pants-on-fire Bush stands next to the Constitution, holding Barney. He drops the dog, and when he bends over to pick him up, his pants light the Constitution on fire. Not real flames, of course - they're part of the elaborate mechanics. It would be entitled, "A Series of Unfortunate Events."
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 12:22 PM
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21. Now that is good.
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neebob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 12:30 PM
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22. Thank you.
If only I could think of a good semi-rhyming play on "Lemony Snicket."
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franksumatra Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 12:17 PM
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20. or a giant crystal punch bowl with 6 glasses & a fancy dipper....
....and a big turd floating in it with the name 'bush' on it?
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franksumatra Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 07:27 AM
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23. how bout a float with president dick cheney with an oil pump heart?
or a giant octupus with it's tentacles surrounding the world.
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 05:14 PM
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24. A giant stepped platform covered from edge to edge with
surveillance cameras monitoring the crowd, and on the top, nests of
30 calibur machine guns aimed at the crowd, that the aiming is on huge
video flat screens so that people can see themselves in the crosshairs.

At the top it could say "What are you afriad of! >> Patriot III is
coming <<<"

Then just for fun, one of the machine guns could fire a round in to the air just to let people know its live ammo... and to fool people, one of
the guns could be loaded with paintballs that could be shot at people
who look suspicious... all on camera, and hooked up to webcams, a
website, live mobile phone cams and a reserved TV channel.
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 11:09 PM
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28. Using face recognition software to pinpoint identities
So as people appeared in the 30-calibur sights, the flatscreens would
say "Jane Frankelson", 38 of St. Louis, MO. 1 former arrest for cannabis
posession, divorced, income last year 26,303... once dated a muslim.

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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 11:16 PM
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29. I won't design a float for him
But I will float an air biscuit in his honor. :evilgrin:
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