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BUSH ST. --> PUPPET ST. Photo2
Bush St. becomes puppet St. - photo #2
Saturday, January 20, 2001
San Francisco, CA -- Residents of San Francisco, Calif. awoke this Saturday
morning to discover that nearly one hundred street signs had been sabotaged
in protest of President Bush's inauguration nearly 3,000 miles away.
Overnight, the city's 3 mile-long Bush St. was systematically renamed
"Puppet St."
The widespread alteration of public street signs took place on the eve
of the presidential inauguration of George W. Bush.
San Francisco Police reported no arrests in conjunction with the incident.
Public art expert, Carlos Holmes said "the penalty for defacing public
property does carry a $5,000 fine, making the perpetrators of this politically-charged
act responsible for over $400,000 in damage, the question is whether
or not these temporary signs are do any real permanent damage. "
A group describing itself as "a collective of over 100 everyday folks
motivated by civic honesty" is claiming responsibility for the prank
which left motorists and residents alike puzzling over the sudden appearance
of a Puppet St. along the city's famed Pacific Heights and downtown neighborhoods.
According to a press release faxed to media outlets and city officials,
the collective hopes their gesture will be appreciated by the citizens
of San Francisco as a "creative free speech protest" of "puppet President
George W. Bush."
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San Francisco, CA -- Residents of San Francisco, Calif. awoke this Saturday
morning to discover that nearly one hundred street signs had been sabotaged
in protest of President Bush's inauguration nearly 3,000 miles away.
Overnight, the city's 3 mile-long Bush St. was systematically renamed
"Puppet St."
The widespread alteration of public street signs took place on the eve
of the presidential inauguration of George W. Bush.
San Francisco Police reported no arrests in conjunction with the incident.
Public art expert, Carlos Holmes said "the penalty for defacing public
property does carry a $5,000 fine, making the perpetrators of this politically-charged
act responsible for over $400,000 in damage, the question is whether
or not these temporary signs are do any real permanent damage. "
A group describing itself as "a collective of over 100 everyday folks
motivated by civic honesty" is claiming responsibility for the prank
which left motorists and residents alike puzzling over the sudden appearance
of a Puppet St. along the city's famed Pacific Heights and downtown neighborhoods.
According to a press release faxed to media outlets and city officials,
the collective hopes their gesture will be appreciated by the citizens
of San Francisco as a "creative free speech protest" of "puppet President
George W. Bush."
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This has to be one of the best political pranks ever pulled. I wish i could have been a part of it! Put me down for your next move. I'll donate the printing.
The addition of humor to civil disobediance is long over due. Hopefully now there will be street theater, pie throwing and the like.
I don't know who did it, but I took some photos of the edited street signs the night of January 19th for historical purposes.
You can see how they looked at this website:
<http://www.dnsf.com/bushstreet>
You can see how they looked at this website:
<http://www.dnsf.com/bushstreet>
For more information:
http://www.dnsf.com/bushstreet
I don't know who did it, but I took some photos of the edited street signs the night of January 19th for historical purposes.
You can see how they looked at this website:
<http://www.dnsf.com/bushstreet>
You can see how they looked at this website:
<http://www.dnsf.com/bushstreet>
For more information:
http://www.dnsf.com/bushstreet
I leave my heart in your wonderful city @ least twice a year. But I am always amazed how the city is so openly left wing (not that theres anything wrong with that!) When it lives under one of the most right wing goverments its been my displeasure to come across. All the ex-Stazy employees of the fallen East German goverment seem to be now working for the City of San Fran. & I might add, doing a great job. The harassment of small businesses, parking POLICE, & on & on. (Smoke enforcement, please) You people have to lighten u. W is going to be sooooooooo much more a President than that womanizing, cheating white trash who does not have the never to even go back to his own state where he was the Governer. He pardons people like himself, cheats like Rich, druggy brother, it can only be up for the country now.
Yours
A fallen star,
but I know that
not like Bubba!
Yours
A fallen star,
but I know that
not like Bubba!
I loved the statement about "the big oil/ corporate puppet"
Clinton was a moderate, but we will miss him, in the next 4 years we will really miss him.
also : Compassionate Conservatism is an oxymoron and so is George W. Bush.
Clinton was a moderate, but we will miss him, in the next 4 years we will really miss him.
also : Compassionate Conservatism is an oxymoron and so is George W. Bush.
For more information:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jgbowman/index....
Bush is an uglies of puppets, worth naming a street after
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