Problem.
Posted on 04/18/2006 2:49:38 PM PDT by Moose4
OK. I rarely do vanities. But somebody gave me the link to this website (stillfree.com) and a video on it that I can't believe. It's a video of some guy named Mark Ecko--apparently some kind of New York graffiti artist/clothing designer/game geek/entrepeneur/slacker--"tagging" one of the Presidential aircraft at Andrews AFB with graffiti.
That's right. He actually gets close enough to the plane--a converted 747 that may or may not be one of the two used as Presidental transports, I really can't tell--to spraypaint "STILLFREE" on the #2 engine nacelle.
So I guess Abdul and Mahmoud know what to do now. Just sneak around with a hoodie and a can of Krylon (new! with anthrax!) and you can cruise right up to Presidential aircraft. I'm pretty sure some security police are in big, big, big trouble after this video gets around.
Oh, and be sure to check out his "why I tagged Air Force One" video. Self-important little twit.
Good grief. Self-important is right.
Can you summarize the "why I did it" video for those of us at work or otherwise unable to watch videos?
Next he's coming out with a "My life as a bitch in prison"
video.
"Hi, I'm Mark Ecko. I'm important. Mike Bloomberg sucks. Graffiti is art and while I don't support vandalism (*wink wink*) we should be able to paint anydamnthing we want anydamntime we want, or you're censoring our free speech. The Founders obviously wanted to protect our freedom Therefore I tagged Air Force One. Fight the power. Peace."
One thing he mentions that I didn't know, assuming it's true--it is illegal to be in possession of a broad-tip marker or a can of spray paint in New York City if you're under 21. I'll agree with him that that's just asinine. The rest of his drivel is just "yo, look at me, I'm hip and cool, man."
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Thanks for the summary - about what I suspected. :)
Personally I have a little trouble believing the idiot could get that close to AF1. That's a little like painting on the wall of the white house.
Now who else is reminded of xXx?
I watched the video looked pretty real to me..
That's why I think it may not actually be one of the two E-4s (converted/upgraded 747-200s) that are the Presidential transports. But I don't know if there are any other 747s used. I know Vice-President Cheney typically uses an Air Force 757, and there are a number of military cargo planes (C-17s, C-130s, maybe a C-5?) used in a support role on trips. If that actually was one of the two Presidential transports, somebody's ass is grass, to be blunt about it. And rightfully so, even if the President was nowhere near it at the time.
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Tangentially aircraft-related, you might be interested.
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This ain't good.
I think those videos would make some excellent evidence in court.
Self important little twit or not, after viewing the video there is no question in my mind that he did penetrate Andrews AFB security and did indeed "tag" one of the two 747-400 aircraft used as AF-1.
That being the case, in addition to kicking his balls up between his ears and throwing him in jail for 20 years or so, we should also thank him for demonstrating the incredibly lapse security at Andrews AFB.
If he was close enough to spray paint the thing, he was close enough to plant a bomb. And don't tell me that the AF pukes would have found any package he had left.
Their credibility is zilch right now.
If it's in "Real Video", I ain't watching nothing...
Right there with you, but there's a Windows Media Player version too.
You'd think if this dweezil really wanted to be hip and cool, he'd have put it in Quicktime. :)
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Problem.
just damn? Need someone with huge ping list
Yep, that's right, I'm proud to say that I don't understand this type of "Art".
Idiots.
This pissed me off - I think you might agree.
"A video has surfaced on the Internet that appears to depict a man spraypainting graffiti on the engine of Air Force One...but it's a fake"
http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=10&id=6914
Hmmm. . .
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