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Anti-Obama Pamphlets Fall From The Sky...<em>Again</em>
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Ben Muessig
Published Jan 27, 2010
Modified Jan 27, 2010
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Months after an anonymous pamphleteer tossed hundreds of copies of an anti-Obama poem from the top of a Downtown Brooklyn building, someone has reportedly thrown copies of the same obscene verse from the top of a building near the corner of 68th Street and Broadway. A Gothamist tipster writes:
"We just looked out the window and the sky was covered in falling paper. We went outside and collected some of the leaflets. They are essentially Obama threats... one says 'Fuck You Obama' and goes into a bizarre obscene poem, one is a fake state of the union address."
In September, someone threw copies of the poem—which includes the F word 29 times not counting the title—from an unfinished skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn's MetroTech complex (You can read a transcript of the poem here). This time, whoever tossed the papers also threw copies of a less obscene diatribe titled "The (Sorry Ass) 'State of the Union,'" which is written from the perspective of the President.
The content of the pamphlets isn't really that interesting, but it's worth pondering how the person or persons responsible keep getting onto the roofs or near the upper story windows of tall buildings without getting caught.
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