Last week, capitalism's favorite sweetheart joined the legendary ranks of Bill Gates, David Horowitz, and Ann Coulter's left elbow. While delivering a keynote speech at Brown University on Earth Day of all days, the Greenwash Guerillas decided to lob a couple of pies at him. Thomas Friedman's speech, according to the Rising Tide North America blog was about how corporate environmentalism can restore America to its “natural place in the global order.” But only seconds after beginning his talk, his outrageous propaganda was interrupted by green whipped cream flying onto the stage.
Confused, you say? Never heard of Thomas Friedman before? Don't believe capitalism is bad? Why publicly humiliate such a wonderful man?THOMAS FRIEDMAN DESERVES A PIE IN THE FACE...
On behalf of the earth and all true environmentalists — we, the Greenwash Guerrillas, declare Thomas Friedman’s “Green” as fake and toxic to human and planetary health as the cool-whip covering his face.
Almost immediately, the Friedman story hit the Internets and a video of the act was posted up on YouTube -- but even after receiving over 70,000 views, YouTube decided to censor it. The Greenwash Guerillas know, however, that when a pie falls in the forest someone better be there to hear it make a sound. Thus, they've resurrected the video, this time on Google:
I must have hit "re-play" now at least seven times. While we're here, let us revisit some our favorite pieings in recent history:
BILL GATES:
ANITA BRYANT:
ANN COULTER (failed):
JENNIFER JOLLY (amazing):
[Tarboush Tip: Emily]
Monday, April 28, 2008
VIDEO: Thomas Friedman gets pied
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Well, that was just plain awesome! He's about as tooly as Times tools get, excepting maybe David Brooks.
Remember that he also gets a pie in the face for the godawful "From Beirut to Jerusalem"!
What? From Beirut to Jerusalem is a classic!
Not.
That was awesome. Even though I appreciate your characterization of David Brooks' toolishness, I somehow don't think him being assaulted with pie would be quite as satisfying. Friedman is more smug self righteous bastard tool and Brooks is just kind of smarmy bastard tool.
hehe, what did you search to find all the other videos? pie in face?
Did you play the Jennifer Jolly one? It's the best pieing video in the history of pieing videos ever.
Lemme guess: Qui Qui is anti-capitalist and a professional student who doesn't really know what the real world is like.
The irony is that Qui Qui's post is the epitome of arrogance. Her reasoning as to why Friedman should be hit with pies is a) asinine if she is being serious or b) not that funny if that what she was going for.
Keep the posts coming from the confines of your University's computer lab!
not a big fan of throwing pies at psuedointellectuals, even if they're racist elitist garbage like friedman. besides the risk to your own safety, you're descending halfway to their level. much better to take the high ground and discredit them on intellectual and moral grounds.
hehehehehe
-These protesters are just very very violent and angry.
-Really? What did they do?
-They put whipped cream in my face.
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