Showing posts with label osama bin laden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label osama bin laden. Show all posts

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Monday, September 10, 2012

10507: Taco Bell Plots Next Offensive Move…?

You know the hacks at Taco Bell watched the 60 Minutes interview with “Mark Owen”—the former Navy SEAL who participated in taking down Osama bin Laden—and wondered how to leverage the story into a new menu item. “Owen” revealed that after the mission, he visited Taco Bell for two tacos and a burrito. Oh, the marketing minds at Yum! Brands and PepsiCo are likely holding top-secret brainstorms, concocting combinations of faux Mexican food, Frito-Lay chips and Gatorade. Perhaps they’ll introduce the bin Laden Burrito and Gatoraid Combo—with free night vision goggles for Fourth Meal warriors—and try to hit a September 11 launch date.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

8788: Mickey Mouse Joins The Navy.


SEALing the news in a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• Disney trademarked “SEAL TEAM 6”—the name of the elite U.S. Navy SEAL unit that assassinated Osama Bin Laden. Look forward to an Abbottabad Death Ride at theme parks and animated feature film in 3D.

• Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there—with health and insurance benefits for employees in same-sex relationships. The company is poised to offer the benefits to its eligible workers when civil unions will be recognized in Illinois on June 1. Like a gay neighbor…

Tuesday, May 03, 2011

8759: The Growing National Doubt.


At the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Saturday Night Live Head Writer Seth Meyers joked about the release of President Obama’s birth certificate, noting how people have become overly suspicious about anything they have not directly seen. In other words, skeptics demanded to view the document before believing the truth—and many still want to take a closer look to verify matters. Yet barely a week later, it appears that President Obama is in a similar scenario, with folks now insisting to peek at photographs to prove Osama Bin Laden was assassinated. In this age of Photoshop® manipulation, why would anyone trust a hard copy anyway? The Doubting Thomases could touch the alleged bullet holes in the late terrorist’s head and chest and continue to question reality. Can’t help but wonder how Madison Avenue has influenced our culture of skepticism.

8758: Adweek Sinks Into The Sea.


Adweek refuses to get its act together, despite the reskinned website and proclamations of rebirth. After scooping the demise of the Condé Nast cafeteria and pooping on the demise of Elizabeth Taylor, the trade publication hit the tasteless trifecta with a piece titled, “Branding Bin Laden: How Osama’s death will affect the al-Qaeda name.” Um, the U.S. advertising industry is unofficially headquartered in New York City, where Bin Laden staged his most horrific crime. What in the world was the Adweek editorial board thinking? These morons are making AgencySpy look like a Pulitzer Prize winner.

8755: Happy Mother’s Day…?


A headline declaring Osama Bin Laden’s wife was not killed in the raid appears beside a Coach banner ad expressing Happy Mother’s Day. Nice.