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2006-08-02 Fifth Column

War Porn

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-08-02 06:27|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 War Porn is right.

And this is how Murtha, Kerry, Kennedy, and the others get their rocks off.

Very good observation about the Condi banner. How long does it take to produce a 30 foot tall banner?

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-08-02 09:51|| 2006-08-02 09:51|| Front Page Top

#2 About the 30' banner of Condi -- Jonah at National Review drew it out to readers the other day. His answers from readers:
Update: From a reader:

"Do you guys think such a banner could be made in 2-4 hours (particularly in a supposedly war-ravaged area)?"

Heck no. A designer could throw it together in probably 15 minutes or so, but the longest part would be the printing. Notice how deep the reds and blacks are - this means they didn't just bust it out. I wouldnt be surprised if that job itself (requiring special equipment, as it looks to be printed on canvas or nylon, not merely paper) took 6 hours simply to print.

Also, that puppy would be expensive.

Update II: From a reader:

Nope. Not possible in 2 hours to design, typeset, print, assemble and transport to the site. 24 hours if you're really good to do all the above. I say that as an career commercial artist of 18 years now.

Update III: From another reader:

called a close friend who has a very large printing company in NY with the question. he called out to one of his technicians as to how long a color 30 foot banner would take to produce. the response was that it would have to be done by a special machine and that machine would take "5 to 6 hours." by the way, their rather enormous, state of the art (less than 6 months old) facility doesn't even have the equipment necessary to do it. so make a guess as to what's available in a war-ravaged area...

Posted by Sherry 2006-08-02 12:14|| 2006-08-02 12:14|| Front Page Top

#3 No doubt it was staged and well planned. The media always gets suckered into these. Swaying world opinion is key... so much so that the Bosnians mortored there own people while shopping at a downtown market. That incident was the catalyst for the west to finally get involved.

Posted by Armylife 2006-08-02 15:32|| 2006-08-02 15:32|| Front Page Top

#4 ack... my typing sucks. sorry about the errors.

Posted by Armylife 2006-08-02 15:34|| 2006-08-02 15:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Thanks for the info Sherry, this whole story is getting curiouser and curiouser and starting to smell rather nasty.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-08-02 16:37|| 2006-08-02 16:37|| Front Page Top

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