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Bikes Against Bush Creator Busted
An anonymous reader writes "Joshua Kinberg, creator of Bikes Against Bush, was arrested in NYC for vandalism while being interviewed by MSNBC. Kinberg's website describes his project as 'using a Wireless Internet-enabled bicycle outfitted with a custom-designed printing device, the Bikes Against Bush bicycle can print text messages sent from web users directly onto the streets of Manhattan in water-soluble chalk". Both Wired and Popular Science have done stories on Kinberg's work." Update: 08/30 01:30 GMT by J : Mr. Kinberg has been released; he describes his arrest and brief stay behind bars on this MSNBC blog.
Didn't IBM get into the same problem in NYC before?
Remember "Peace, Love, Linux"?
Oddly enough when I first clicked on the "Read More" link I got this:
"Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."
Scarry for someone like me who operates an Anti-Bush site.
Get your Unix fortune now!
I don't agree with most of the crap Bush believes in. For what it's worth, I think Bush is a sleazy, shady douchebag. And, save for the level-headed folk I see on Slashdot, I can't fucking stand Bush supporters and militant Republicans. I really hate those fucking pudgy, clean-shaven, uptight business suit republican twats on my campus. But my distaste for conservatives and Republicans pales in comparison to my distaste for whackjob liberals.
The way the left-leaning have conducted themselves in regards towards Bush is utterly fucking appalling. Never before in the 20th century have I seen people so fanatically and stupidly obsessed with insane and idiotic hatred towards a president. When Clinton was president, I was appalled by the behavior of Republicans towards him, and I can tell you that as a left-leaning person myself I donated to Nader and was rooting for Al Gore. But the hatred for Bush has taken a new low.
One can make a great case for hating Bush. He's fucked up a lot, he was not level with the American people, he supports laws and ideologies that are potentially dangerous in regards to our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And that's not to say that there have not been plenty of reasonable, erudite condemnations regarding Bush. But this is not true for the majority of Bush haters. If you're going to hate on Bush, hate on him for the right reasons, and do it in a reasonable, erudite manner. For example, when he says "the terrorists hate our freedom," instead of accusing him of stupidity, try to disprove that claim in a reasonable, intelligent manner.
That's not to say that the right wingers are not full of profoundly stupid anti-Kerry idiocy. But it does not hold a candle to the stupidity in which the left has bashed Bush. Instead of rational discourse, we are treated to whiny, strawman lecturing by Tom Tomorrow and Gary Trudeau. Instead of tact, we hear cries of "Bush iz dum lol." Instead of truthful discourse on Bush's evils, we have fat media whoring fucks lying and distorting the truth in ways which makes George Bush look like George Washinton. Moore should have learned a thing or two from Bush - lying to make your case will always bite you in the ass in the long run. Instead of balanced, fair investigation, we see one-sided rants and conspiracy theories propogated by Rolling Stone and other mags, which then have the tenacity to complain that the media is controlled by capitalists and righties (I think the media is controlled by no one). Instead of voting one's conscious, we see nihilism and cynicism towards the political process, with the mantra "anyone but Bush." We see Bush punching bags, Bush bashing books, basically a capitalist franchise of playa hating which legitimizes the very capitalist system the idiots abhor as being spearheaded by Bush. An entire culture of angsty, misguided stupidity. So, I'm being angsty in the other direction.
In short, the liberal left has managed to piss me off more than the Radical Right. And as far as I'm concerned, Kerry's differences are so miniscule so as not to make a difference. Better to stick with the evil you know than the evil you don't know. But most importantly, I'm voting for Bush as a big FUCK YOU to all the idiots who have made me lose faith in the liberal mode of thought.
I can't argue with these people, I can't reason with these people. There is nothing I really can do in any tangible manner to silence their idiocy. But as an American citizen, I can cast my vote.
So unless Teresa Heinz personally gives me a blowjob, or Bush consumes an infant on live television, my vote will be going to Bush this November, and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Let's not forget that one can hate his government, but love his country.
Really! Vandalism is an expression of art and free speech! HOW DARE they arrest him!
I'm a serial killer...I kill people as my "art" and it represents my image of "man's inhumanity to man" in a creative and fun way! How dare they arrest me for that...that's breaking my constitutional right to free speech and expression!
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it." - John Lennon.
If he was arrested for defacement than so should the children. Why are they different? A school down where I live has sprawling chalk drawings all the time which makes it look like someone puked pastel all over the sidewalk. Throw them in juvi till they are 18.
An Education is the Font of All Liberty
I get the picture. This is the same reason why one guy can march down the street with a political sign, but if he gets ten thousand of his closest friends to do it with him, he'll go to jail. Oh wait, no, that's a violation of our constitutional rights too.
Mod down posts with a "Free Mac Mini/iPod" sig, they're spam!
I suggest you look up the tax bill that is working is way thru congress, you know the bill that will bring our tax code into line with the WTO. If you do this you will find billions of tax breaks for special interests and corps placed in by BOTH SIDES.
Quite believeing what others tell you and do some research yourself.
Don't forget Clinton and Bosnia.
Don't forget Clinton and the DMCA.
Don't forget Clinton and some of the tax breaks passed during his time in office.
Both sides do it and to blame only one shows that you are not willing to analyse the facts for yourself.
In times when war is waged for cheap oil, bicycling is an act of protest in and of itself.
In the interests of actually being "informative" rather than online lobbyists, feel free to post pro-Bush/Republican and/or neutral web sites with photos and convention info as well.
I'm interested in the truth and actual reporting, not the "let's see how bad I can make the other guy look" crap the political parties sling around.
That's funny, but so typical. The Dems are always the first to try to do away with free speech
Only if their first name happens to be Tipper or their last name happens to be Lieberman. There are still a lot more speech restricting culture nazies on the right than on the left.
Ah, yes, and of course you are infinitely superior since, after all, you are a SLASHDOT GEEK; informed and snide. Come on, get off of your high horse and have the balls to formulate an adult opinion.
Wow, you used moron three times. I'm betting you did that all by yourself without the aid of a thesaurus. Very impressive. You've shown enough talent to be a Slashdot regular.
Just because he did it on public property doesn't make it right. Because it was not pr0n doesn't make it right.
. Quit playing Monopoly with Bill. Switch to one of many non-Microsoft products today.
Waiting until a country is an imminent threat is a bad idea.
Great! So when should we invade Canada?
Kind of like invading Iraq BEFORE they took over all of the middle east, not afterwords.
They couldn't have, since we destroyed their military and their economy.
Next?
Wow, you used moron three times. I'm betting you did that all by yourself without the aid of a thesaurus. Very impressive. You've shown enough talent to be a Slashdot regular.
Just using repetition so your limited mind might stand a chance of grasping the point.
Just because he did it on public property doesn't make it right. Because it was not pr0n doesn't make it right.
No, what made it right was that he was a single protester, not disrupting traffic or anyone's business, making a temporary, non-obscene political statement on public property. You know, like what's covered by the first amendment.
Any more stupid questions?
There is a similiar Russian joke about reforms. It goes:
The government published their reform program. It consists of one point:
1. To make the people rich and happy (Note: see Appendix 1 for the list of the people).
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