VIDEO: Thomas Friedman gets pied

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358737.post-75095143446766136012008-04-28T13:43:00.001-07:002008-04-28T17:59:44.534-07:002008-04-28T17:59:44.534-07:00VIDEO: Thomas Friedman gets piedLast 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 <a href="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/2008/04/22/greenwash-guerrillas-pie-thomas-friedman-on-earth-day/" target="_blank">Rising Tide North America blog</a> 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? <blockquote>THOMAS FRIEDMAN DESERVES A PIE IN THE FACE... <ul><li>because of his sickeningly cheery applaud for free market capitalism’s conquest of the planet <li>for telling the world that the free market and techno fixes can save us from climate change. From carbon trading to biofuels, these distractions are dangerous in and of themselves, while encouraging inaction with respect to the true problems at hand. <li>for helping turn environmentalism into a fake plastic consumer product for the privileged <li>for his pure arrogance. <li>as the only way to compensate for the ridiculousness of having this fool speak on Earth Day. </li></ul> 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.</blockquote> 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: <embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width:400px;height:326px" flashvars="" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=599477672503694716&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed> 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: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NpCMJ2xlLfo&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NpCMJ2xlLfo&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> ANITA BRYANT: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dS91gT3XT_A&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dS91gT3XT_A&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> ANN COULTER (failed): <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fv9xa-VxchM&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fv9xa-VxchM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> JENNIFER JOLLY (amazing): <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JkVoyQPmSNw&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JkVoyQPmSNw&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> [Tarboush Tip: Emily]QuiQuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14505136522098333760quiqui@kabobfest.com