This is clearly and without a doubt the most WTF political campaign ad ever. Is it possible that Herman Cain's entire candidacy is an elaborate SNL skit?
Michael Moore, who has been outspoken against the execution of Troy Davis, just tweeted that, "This morning, I am asking my publisher to remove all copies of my book from every bookstore in Georgia."
He also posted the following on his website:
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS:
"I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask my publisher to pull my book from every Georgia bookstore and if they won't do that I will donate every dime of every royalty my book makes in Georgia to help defeat the racists and killers who run that state. I ask all Americans with a conscience to shun anything and everything to do with the murderous state of Georgia."
– Michael Moore
Michael was tweeting all last night and he wasn't the only celebrity. Alec Baldwin posted a stream of tweets, among them, "US death penalty humiliates us in the eyes of much of the world" and "Wonder if the McPhail family will seek death penalty for US leaders who killed thousands of US soldiers and countless innocent Iraqis" and "Troy Davis is still dead. The gulf is still contaminated. Fukushima is still radioactive. #wecraveignorancesowecanshoplikeamericans." Sandra Bernhard posted, "we must as a civilized country end the death penalty it doesn't deter anyone but many innocent die. we need a debate and sweeping changes." Ice T said, #TroyDavis was executed 6min ago... Wow. The American Justice System.. SMH"
UPDATE: Michael continues this morning:
"Why blame all of Georgia?" I don't want 2 do business w/ a state that allows such heinous things to exist. The good ppl in GA must fix this"
"What happened last nite to #TroyDavis cannot happen without the consent & will of the majority of Georgians whose reps make the laws"
"When the world boycotted South Africa, that boycott also hurt (temporarily) the good ppl in SA who opposed apartheid. But the boycott worked"
"I in good conscience cannot do business in a st where the majority endorse the murder of innocents. I'm sorry I just can't do it."
The Telegraph has this story. (Image via Deviant Art).
"Leicester City Council in England was asked to explain its emergency plans to tackle a zombie invasion, in a bizarre Freedom of Information request. A "concerned citizen", Robert Ainsley, lodged his query on Tuesday, asking: "Can you please let us know what provisions you have in place in the event of a zombie invasion?" I don't know why they're putting "concerned citizen" in quotation marks as if he's some sort of lunatic and not, in fact, a person who clearly cares about his city and its safety when faced with the undead hordes. That's just rude. He added: "Having watched several films it is clear that preparation for such an event is poor and one that councils throughout the kingdom must prepare for." The authority has yet to formally respond but has indicated that there are no specific references to zombies in its emergency plans. And what about robot uprisings? Vampire infestations? Giant octopus invasions? Leicester City Council has 20 working days to answer but its head of information governance, Lynn Wyeth, took to local radio yesterday to address the issue. She said: "We've had a few wacky ones but this one did make us laugh. It's one of those questions that you could do a one-liner saying there is nothing specifically in the emergency plan to state a response to a zombie invasion. But you could look at it in more depth and say, 'Which parts of the emergency plan could you apply to a zombie invasion?' - as it would have the same impact as perhaps some other disaster or attack." Yeah, okay. If any other disaster or attack involved brain-eating. She told the BBC: "If it's specifically about zombies then I would say, from my recollection of the plan... then unfortunately there's nothing in there... saying how we would respond to zombies." Ms Wyeth said that the council was required by law to responond to all requests made under the Freedom of Information Act. She said: "To you it might seem frivolous and a waste of time ... but to different people it actually means something. Some day when I have to energy to figure out where Toronto City Hall is, I may consider filing a similiar request right here. I'm beginning to wonder whether I've chosen the right shotgun gauge and also if there's one particular type of canned peaches I should be stocking in my fortified shelter basement."
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