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When is the "Worst. ____. Ever." thing going to get old?

Posted by Comic Book Guy | October 11, 2006 12:24 PM
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Hi Sarah,

I'm pretty sure the 'o' comes before the 'e' in in the word 'Phoenix'.

PS, you're right. Wretched, filthy ads.

Posted by Ken | October 11, 2006 12:44 PM
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933 sucks and so do their ads.

There isn't any support in Washington for this initiative so they have to rely on out of state money and crappy online video resources? pretty weak.

Posted by 933 sucks and so do its ads | October 11, 2006 12:46 PM
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Wow, that's a bad ad. HBO should sue the bastards for appropriating their copyrighted characters.

Posted by him | October 11, 2006 1:23 PM
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The ringtone is my favorite.

Posted by Investigatory Journalist | October 11, 2006 2:07 PM
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I guess HBO doesn't want to defend their trademark. Too bad noone emailed or phoned them at their website.

Posted by Will in Seattle | October 11, 2006 4:43 PM
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Oh god, it figures Steve Hammond would be associated with this. He was the most clueless embarrassment (well, except maybe for David "Mom-Smacker" Irons) ever to sit on King County Council. NOT the brightest porch light on the block.

Posted by Geni | October 11, 2006 4:53 PM
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Josh,

This isn't a commercial - it's a dumb web parody. Hell, if you look at the Property Fairness Coalition's PDC reports you'll see that they don't really have the money to go up on the air.

HBO couldn't sue them if they wanted to - they can easily say that they were satirizing the Soppranos (and satire is protected speech, after all). Now, if my ear is correct, there is some copyrighted music at the very end (but I can't quite put my finger on what it is exactly). They could get nailed for that....

Posted by Willis | October 11, 2006 5:42 PM
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Yes - Steve Hammond has just enough brain-power to get out an ad like this one. If memory serves, one of his campaign literature pieces in the past featured him proudly, smugly sitting astride his John Deere bulldozer. I love our farmers -- don't get me wrong -- but he's a real charmer, that one. Ugh.

Posted by madcoastie | October 12, 2006 12:12 PM
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You guys are nuts....that is the funniest thing ever. You cant be that disingenuous...even if you dont agree -that ad is clever and funny. I guess politics comes before your sense of humor.

Posted by Bruce | October 12, 2006 6:28 PM
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You guys just don't get it!!

It's just flat our outrageous how far politicians and their cronies have gone in their efforts to disenfranchise homeowners when they see a more lucrative use for their property.

The animation in the ad supporting I-933 shows how vicious the government can be!!!

Join me and my family in voting yes on I-933.

Posted by Brian | October 13, 2006 11:55 AM
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Don't you get it? First the gov is changing little things about property rights, and then it snowballs from there. Next thing you know it there WILL be a building taken and eminent domain will be the excuse that they use.

And in regards to the trademark infringment comment, no, it wouldn't be trademark infringment becuase it isn't close enough to the real thing. You would think ANY mobster scenario would qualify? I think not.

But anyways, I-933 will help protect us from that sort of snow-balling the gov tends to do. That's why I'm voting for it. I think that ad was a clever way of getting the point across.

Posted by Elizabeth | October 13, 2006 12:48 PM
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I-933 is part of a national campaign by Americans for Limited Government. The Chair of ALG is Howard Rich -a wealthy real estate developer who lives in New York City. Rich is a Libertarian who wnats to eliminate government regulations and rules. Americans for Limited Government has given $260,000 to the I-933 campaign.
While proponents claim I-933 protects private property, it actually puts private property owners and communities at risk of decreased property values as it eliminates zoning, growth management and environmental protections for homes and business.
Vote No on I-933. Say No to developers deciding the future of our communities.

Posted by Steve Zemke MajorityRulesBlog | October 15, 2006 8:43 PM

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