[IP] more on The Onion strikes back

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Mike Anderson <k8iw@rrohio.com>
Date: November 6, 2005 11:09:11 AM EST
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] The Onion strikes back

First off, the Onion is NEVER subtle, as evidenced by the article  
Steve quoted in part. (And I love it too!). Second, only a group of  
people so myopic and ignorant as the present group in the White House  
could find anything offensive in a parody publication.

Hello!!!

The same brain-dead, ignore what makes sense, lock-step thinking has  
brought us Iraq and a host of other ills. And I am a Republican.

Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Farber" <dave@farber.net>
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Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 5:31 PM
Subject: [IP] The Onion strikes back




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From: Steve Craton <scraton@alltel.net>
Date: November 5, 2005 9:59:17 AM EST
To: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: The Onion strikes back
Reply-To: Steve Craton <scraton@alltel.net>

Hi Dave:

     As an avid reader of The Onion for several years, I've been
waiting for some sort of subtle jab by the satirical journal in response
to the administration's cease and desist request of the use of the
presidential seal:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42166

<snip>

"Administration critics have suggested that the president's plan is
too narrow in scope,
and leaves Americans susceptible to contact with a wide variety of
other dangerous birds.

"What about less prominent but far more abundant fowl common to
residential areas, such
as bluebirds, cardinals, or geese—shouldn't they die, too?" said
Democratic Party strategist
Elaine Quigley, appearing on MSNBC's Hardball. "Benjamin Franklin
once said that the wild
turkey, not the bald eagle, should be the emblematic bird of America.
Why aren't we executing
those, too?"

The Office Of The White House Counsel, which oversees the usage of
all executive-branch insignias,
is expected to approve a new eagle-free presidential seal as early as
next week."

Regards,

Steve




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