Bin Laden Teams with Sesame Street's Bert (My title)

FOX News ^

[Olydawg]

NEW YORK — Do the global terror links reach even as far as Sesame Street? Is Bert the Muppet a henchman of terrorist mastermind Usama bin Laden?

The answer is clearly no, but puzzled newspaper readers are still wondering how the Sesame Street icon ended up in a news service photograph of a pro-bin Laden protest in Bangladesh. The pictures clearly showed demonstrators holding up a large poster in which bin Laden and Bert are standing next to each other.

[Olydawg]

Isn't it believed that Bert and Earnie are gay?

[MadIvan]

We have this up at Free Britannia - here are some pictures for your information:



Note the area circled in red.

This apparently comes from this picture:



Now the suspect for this would be the fellow who runs the Bert is Evil site. But he has denied all responsibility. So perhaps Bert has gone over to the other side?

Regards, Ivan

FreeBritannia.co.uk

[tophat9000]

From http://www.lindqvist.com/bert.php

The bottom line is it seem these these protested quickley put togther there poster with bin Laden pic they pull from various internet websites but didn't bother to check that some were alter joke pictures ...

One is bin Laden with Bert ( of Bert & Ernie) and one had bin Laden holding a bottle of Johnny Walker!

(See far right middle of this pic.)

[MadIvan]

Well it just goes to show something. Our enemies are idiots.

Regards, Ivan

[tophat9000]

You know the one pic on the mid upper left (below the top pic in the Field jacket) he looks like he burning in hell fire

[Dan Day]

Well it just goes to show something. Our enemies are idiots.

This is true.

Also note the fact that the "Usama Bin Laden" writing on the poster is in *English*.

This protest was obviously put together for *our* perusal, not to influence other Bangladeshis. This wasn't a local pep rally, it was a "let's call in the CNN cameras and see if we can convince the Americans we have great resolve" rally.

[Lady GOP]

ha!

[Henry F. Bowman]

Also, the bin Ladin figure above Bert is hugging a bottle of Johnnie Walker Scotch Whisky. (Either that, or a cermonial dagger.)

[KantianBurke]

QUOTE OF THE DAY!!!!

[Leevite]

That isn't Bert, I'm surprised at all of you! That's Osama's life insurance agent.

[avg_freeper]

Over the past few days I have come to the following conclusions:

1. They are dangerously flammable.
2. They are none too bright.

[the-ironically-named-proverbs2]

I have not laughed so hard in years.

[Marduk]

If this is genuine it is possible that this is a signal from OBL to some of his terrorist cells to launch a particular attack.

During WWII the British put signals for the Communist French resistance in their ordinary BBC broadcasts. They told them wehn to attack and such by this method.

[mostlyundecided]

If this is genuine it is possible that this is a signal from OBL to some of his terrorist cells to launch a particular attack.

You mean Jack Daniels-swigging terrorists are going to attack Sesame Street!

[leilani]

"Also note the fact that the "Usama Bin Laden" writing on the poster is in *English"

Reminds me of the legendary "Baby Milk Factory" sign written hastily on foamcore board in Iraq during the Desert Storm War that the infamously gullible Peter "Ahnett" fell for hook line & sinker. (What ever happened to him anyway?)

[Dog Gone]

My son had pulled up that picture of Osama and Bert a couple of weeks ago from Google, and it's still on my computer (the twit turned it into my Windows wallpaper until I undid it).

But to see it on this poster now is too funny.

[Vinomori]

We have to take Bert out. It won't be a popular thing to do, but it must be done. Laura Bush will talk to the nation about how to talk to our children about this. But I think the anti-American link to PBS is now painfully clear. No more federal funds for them.

[Maelstrom]

Or it's a coded signal to sleeper agents outside Afghanistan.

[Dog Gone]

I always thought Bert is actually A+Bert. We now know he's a Pakistani hero and associate of bin Laden. Very sad.

[Doctor Lew]

Thanks for the blowup. This poster reminds me of the Mojo Nixon song, "Elvis is everywhere" - it represents the many facets of the hero who is now being deified ( "Ah, the sailing Elvis - Commodore Elvis, it is." ) My guess is that the compositors mistook the Ernie photo for some sort of sympathetic association. Their stupidity consists in their ignorance of the prevalence and high development of Irony in western popular culture.

[Constitution Day]

"I always thought Bert is actually A+Bert. We now know he's a Pakistani hero and associate of bin Laden. Very sad.

A+Bert:

I don't know you.
Sounds like you've got some splainin' to do, though.

[riley1992]

Well it just goes to show something. Our enemies are idiots.

LOL

[Crouching Intern Stolen Sofa]

Looks like bad proofing at the print shop.

TURBANS WILL ROLL!!!

[Luis Gonzalez]

My thoughts exactly, everyone is under the impression that we are dealing with a bunch of unsophisticated rubes here, we're not, what they pulled off on the 11th. was not the work of unsophisticated rubes.

If a school gets hit in the next few days, we may look back at this thread in horror.

Never, ever understimate the enemy, or their hatred for us. They don't make mistakes like these.

We are at war, and they seem to be more serious about it than we are.

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

Discussion of the OBL/Bert connection from a geeky perspective over on Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/articles/01/10/10/2346248.shtml.

And from Wired: http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47450,00.html.

And discussion here: http://www.lindqvist.com/bert.php.

And more here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36218,00.html.

And here: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011009/wl/imdf09102001085522a.html.

Bert is evil: http://www.fractalcow.com/bert/bert.htm.

One wonders who is hoaxing who.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Sesame Workshop issued a statement saying it was very unhappy with the sudden connection between a lovable character with a penchant for penguins and bottlecaps and the most wanted man in the world.

EXCUSE ME!!!! Bert doesn't like penguins!!! PIGEONS!!! The dude's into pigeons! Makes ya wonder about this whole darn thing, doesn't it? If Sesame Workshop doesn't even know....

[Brad C.]

I have to wonder where they got the printer to generate such a thing. I can't think of a single person I know that has such a thing available. Yet these people, who barely make enough money to feed themselves have access to such equipment?

[bonesmccoy]

That's why I was thinking. It's a coded signal. It's so obvious that it doesn't belong there. It has to be a signal. I wonder what it really means?

[Rome2000]

FBI MOST WANTED TERRORISTS LIST

USAMA BERT LADEN

Aliases: Usama Bert Muhammad Bin Ladin, Shaykh Usama Bert Ladin, the Prince, the Emir,Ernies Best Buddy, Abu Bert Abdallah, Mujahid Bert Shaykh, Hajj Bert, the Muppet. DESCRIPTION Date of Birth Used: 1957 Hair: Brown Place of Birth: Saudi Arabia Eyes: Brown Height: 6'4" to 6'6" Sex: Male Weight: Approximately 160 pounds Complexion: Olive Build: Thin Citizenship: Saudi Arabian Language: Arabic (probably Pashtu) Scars and Marks: None known Remarks: Bin Laden is believed to be in Afghanistan. He is left-handed and walks with a cane. CAUTION Usama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks killed over 200 people. In addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world. REWARD The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Usama Bin Laden. An additional $2 million is being offered through a program developed and funded by the Airline Pilots Association and the Air Transport Association. SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS

[woofie]

Is this some kind of code?

[Rome2000]

An additional $2 million is being offered through a program developed and funded by the Childrens Television Workshop.

[gopgen]

      NEW YORK—A spokesperson for the letter D announced Monday that the consonant is withdrawing sponsorship from Sesame Street following a Children's Television Workshop announcement that a homosexual muppet will soon join the show's cast.

	Above: Embattled homosexual muppet "Roger" (center).

      "The letter D is proud to have brought you many wonderful Sesame Street episodes throughout the program's 28-year history," said Patricia Willis, public-relations director for D. "But the letter D does not condone the sort of morally questionable lifestyles that Sesame Street is advocating with the introduction of this new character. It can no longer in good conscience associate itself with the show."

      Willis said D's withdrawal is effective immediately, and applies to both capital and lower-case versions of the letter.

      The gay muppet, "Roger," will be introduced on Sesame Street Dec. 23, CTW director Leslie Charren said. Thus far, no other sponsors have pulled out, though the number seven has requested an advance tape of the episode before it makes a decision.

      Many public-television insiders believe D's withdrawal was motivated by a desire not to alienate religious conservatives, a section of the population that employs the letter frequently.

      "D is for, among other things, demagoguery, dogma and doctrine, words crucial to right-wing groups like the Christian Coalition," said Yale University political-science professor J. Wright Franklin. "It is likely that D felt it could ill afford to offend such a large segment of its users."

      While a long-term replacement for D has not yet been secured by Sesame Street, the number three will temporarily fill in for it in a number of the show's animated shorts. Other pieces will simply skip from C to E, with vocalists stretching out C into two syllables to match the rhythm of the alphabet song.

Sesame Street is stung by the sudden departure of its longtime supporter. Speaking to reporters, cast member Cookie Monster said: "Me disappointed letter D choose to end relationship with Sesame Street due to pressure from extremely vocal minority. We accused of endorsing deviant lifestyle. Me say homosexuality natural, not immoral. Diversity and enrichment. That's good enough for me."

[Charles Henrickson]

Song Parody: "Hello Mullah, Hello Fatah (Camp Osama)"

[JAWs]

Memo to the Islamic world- We're laughing *at* you.

Continuing with the muppet theme, I found this on the Usenet.

You got to put down Osama,
(Take down Osama)
Put down Osama if you want to be left alone!