4-21-06: Air Force One Subject of Internet Hoax - Video prank of plane getting graffitied

dmcowen674

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People with a lot of money are starting to use that money to poke fun at the Country.

Things like this are all part of the fall of the empire thanks to the Bushies.

Thanks a lot everybody.

4-21-2006 Air Force One Subject of Internet Hoax - Video prank of plane getting graffitied

WASHINGTON - A startling Internet video that shows someone spraying graffiti on President Bush's jet looked so authentic that the Air Force wasn't immediately certain whether the plane had been targeted.

It was all a hoax. No one actually sprayed the slogan "Still Free" on the cowling of Air Force One.

The pranksters responsible for the grainy, two-minute Web video ? employed by a New York fashion company ? revealed Friday how they pulled it off: a rented 747 in California painted to look almost exactly like Air Force One.

The video shows hooded graffiti artists climbing barbed-wire fences and sneaking past guards with dogs to approach the jumbo jet. They spray-paint a slogan associated with free expression.

After the video began circulating on the Web on Tuesday, the Air Force checked to see whether the plane had been vandalized.

"We're looking at it, too," said Lt. Col. Bruce Alexander, a spokesman for the Air Mobility Command's 89th Airlift Wing, which operates Air Force One. "It looks very real."

Alexander later confirmed that no such spray-painting had occurred.

Ecko acknowledged Friday that his company had rented a 747 cargo jet at San Bernardino's airport and covertly painted one side to look like Air Force One. Employees signed secrecy agreements and worked inside a giant hangar until the night the video was made. Ecko declined to say how much the stunt cost.

"It's not cheap," he said. "You have to be rich."

Video of the Hoax at Stillfree.com
 

Passions

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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
People with a lot of money are starting to use that money to poke fun at the Country.

Things like this are all part of the fall of the empire thanks to the Bushies.

Thanks a lot everybody.

People have been making fun of the countries since the birth of civilization. Wake up. Your feeble attempt to attribute every fault to Bush is not only pathetic, but laughable.

:roll:
 

LcarsSystem

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Originally posted by: Passions
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
People with a lot of money are starting to use that money to poke fun at the Country.

Things like this are all part of the fall of the empire thanks to the Bushies.

Thanks a lot everybody.

People have been making fun of the countries since the birth of civilization. Wake up. Your feeble attempt to attribute every fault to Bush is not only pathetic, but laughable.

:roll:

You need to lighten up, even if this hadn't happen there is still something to blame Bush for everyday, wake up, he is terrible.

 

jrenz

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Wow DM... every time I reach the point of almost feeling sorry for you, you manage to say something so incredibly stupid that my brain explodes one-hundred times in a matter of seconds.
 
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a) This has been posted many times already.

b) Much as I dislike President Bush, I don't see how he or his administration is responsible for this.
 

dmcowen674

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Originally posted by: jrenz
Wow DM... every time I reach the point of almost feeling sorry for you, you manage to say something so incredibly stupid that my brain explodes one-hundred times in a matter of seconds.

Wow, thanks ... with Bush being the way he is, I'm a shoe in then in a couple of years :thumbsup:
 

LcarsSystem

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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: jrenz
Wow DM... every time I reach the point of almost feeling sorry for you, you manage to say something so incredibly stupid that my brain explodes one-hundred times in a matter of seconds.

Wow, thanks ... with Bush being the way he is, I'm a shoe in then in a couple of years :thumbsup:

If I seriously see your name on the ballot, not withstanding Gov. Mark Warner, or Barack Obama, I will vote for you.

:thumbsup:
 
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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: jrenz
Wow DM... every time I reach the point of almost feeling sorry for you, you manage to say something so incredibly stupid that my brain explodes one-hundred times in a matter of seconds.

Wow, thanks ... with Bush being the way he is, I'm a shoe in then in a couple of years :thumbsup:

My dog > Microsoft > Dubbya > You
 

jrenz

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Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: jrenz
Wow DM... every time I reach the point of almost feeling sorry for you, you manage to say something so incredibly stupid that my brain explodes one-hundred times in a matter of seconds.

Wow, thanks ... with Bush being the way he is, I'm a shoe in then in a couple of years :thumbsup:

My dog > Microsoft > Dubbya > You

That's about the jist of what I was implying.
 

daniel49

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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
People with a lot of money are starting to use that money to poke fun at the Country.

Things like this are all part of the fall of the empire thanks to the Bushies.

Thanks a lot everybody.

4-21-2006 Air Force One Subject of Internet Hoax - Video prank of plane getting graffitied

WASHINGTON - A startling Internet video that shows someone spraying graffiti on President Bush's jet looked so authentic that the Air Force wasn't immediately certain whether the plane had been targeted.

It was all a hoax. No one actually sprayed the slogan "Still Free" on the cowling of Air Force One.

The pranksters responsible for the grainy, two-minute Web video ? employed by a New York fashion company ? revealed Friday how they pulled it off: a rented 747 in California painted to look almost exactly like Air Force One.

The video shows hooded graffiti artists climbing barbed-wire fences and sneaking past guards with dogs to approach the jumbo jet. They spray-paint a slogan associated with free expression.

After the video began circulating on the Web on Tuesday, the Air Force checked to see whether the plane had been vandalized.

"We're looking at it, too," said Lt. Col. Bruce Alexander, a spokesman for the Air Mobility Command's 89th Airlift Wing, which operates Air Force One. "It looks very real."

Alexander later confirmed that no such spray-painting had occurred.

Ecko acknowledged Friday that his company had rented a 747 cargo jet at San Bernardino's airport and covertly painted one side to look like Air Force One. Employees signed secrecy agreements and worked inside a giant hangar until the night the video was made. Ecko declined to say how much the stunt cost.

"It's not cheap," he said. "You have to be rich."

Video of the Hoax at Stillfree.com

this is a repost( its on page 2 to see video) but mine was locked:eek:
 

daniel49

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Originally posted by: techs
It sounds to me like TERRORISTS.:Q

No just wanna be journalists following in the steps of mainstream media....Making up stories where there isn't one.
 

LcarsSystem

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Originally posted by: daniel49
Originally posted by: techs
It sounds to me like TERRORISTS.:Q

No just wanna be journalists following in the steps of mainstream media....Making up stories where there isn't one.

Yah its that damn LIBERAL media again....
:disgust:
 

daniel49

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Originally posted by: LcarsSystem
Originally posted by: daniel49
Originally posted by: techs
It sounds to me like TERRORISTS.:Q

No just wanna be journalists following in the steps of mainstream media....Making up stories where there isn't one.

Yah its that damn LIBERAL media again....
:disgust:

yup ala Dan Rather