NO KIDDING - Rude Pundit needs no sarcasm this time

[kpete]

Rude Pundit needs no sarcasm this time:

Yesterday, the Rude Pundit was walking down near Ground Zero, New York City, as one must sometimes do in the course of day-to-day activities, when heard someone over a megaphone say, "Never forget. Never forget," repeatedly, flatly, almost mournfully. This was on the corner of Broadway and Fulton, across the street from St. Paul's Chapel, one block from the former World Trade Center twin towers. He turned to see what this was, thinking perhaps another protest.

Instead, he saw four figures. Two men, one with a voice that sounded like a megaphone and a sign that read, "Support Our Heroes," the other with an American flag. And two people wearing what seemed to be brightly smiling ping-pong ball outfits. And, oh, dear, kind readers, the Rude Pundit is not lying to you when he says that one of the ping-pong balls had a "9" emblazoned on it and the other had an "11." They also wore caps.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_anqVy8b414Q/TIy4S8xO9jI/AAAAAAAADa4/Pcenz1eSUlU/s320/911+balls.jpg
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2010/09/brief-note-regarding-hallowed-ground.html
via: http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2010/09/meanwhile-in-omg-news.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

UPDATE - even sicker than I thought:
http://www.lotterypeeps.com/
(Update/Correction: On examining a video of the scene and checking the Google machine a bit more, it looks like Officer 9 and Firefighter 11, with their goons, were crassly advertising a business. He apologizes for thinking that no one not associated with the actual lottery would really create lottery ball costumes and hope to profit from them.)

[n2doc]

1. OMFG! n/t

[el_bryanto]

2. Looks like they are supposed to be a cop and a fireman

I don't know how you would run into a blazing building with that thing on - it kind of looks flammable.

Bryant

[jgraz]

14. Just so long as they're not a muslim cop and fireman.

:banghead:

[Richardo]

3. These days, even The Onion can't keep up.

Holy shit.

[Kali]

4. you know

that's about as American as it gets :patriot:

[Beartracks]

7. Bingo!!

Add facepalm smiley here.

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[CrownPrinceBandar]

10. Aye, Aye!............

The moaning deaths of substance and respect grow louder every day.

[Hannah Bell]

5. they look like the "koolaid" figure that bursts through walls -- "oh, yeah!"

[yella_dawg]

9. My thought exactly.

[gratuitous]

6. But an Islamic center two blocks away is grounds for a full-blown hissy fit

I suppose the persons in the ping-pong ball outfits need money, but holy Christ, I'd like to think I'd give handjobs in the parking lot at the local titty bar before I'd do something like that for money.

[comtec]

8. nvm

read the rest of his blog

[Junkdrawer]

11. "Sacred Ground"

:wow:

[tularetom]

12. I'm actually relieved that this was crass commercialism

and not some sort of misplaced fake reverence for hallowed ground.

"Lottery Peeps", Jeezus Effing Christ.

[xultar]

13. +10 no shit rofl

[Brickbat]

15. God Bless America.

I mean seriously, there's nothing more to say.