[lit-ideas] Re: Is it any wonder...
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 21:03:12 -0400
Simon: Yet with 9/11 a huge amount of people do
believe it was a conspiracy of one sort or
another. The Bush Administration has had chances
to show why these theories are false, but they
haven't complied and that just leads people to
think...
People expect "government" to be all-knowing and
all-powerful. If government is shown to be just a
bunch of guys, the conspiracy-prone must shift the
cause to some more-knowing, more-powerful agency.
The alternative? Chaos and a random world where
things happen, where plotters sometimes succeed,
where James Bond loses one to Blofeld.
I mean, if Bush didn't plot 9/11, then ...
anything can happen. Thugs can kidnap the
Pillsbury Doughboy, blindfold him, and hold him
for ransom...
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http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/32557.php
Doughboy's Kidnappers Keep Sending Notes
PLAISTOW, N.H. (CBS) -- A 4-foot tall Pillsbury
Doughboy, which watched over a New Hampshire
supermarket for 20 years, has been kidnapped. His
captors have been chronicling his plight in a
series of ransom notes and photos.
The Doughboy stood atop the dairy aisle at the
Market Basket in Plaistow, N.H., for decades,
reports WBZ-TV.
Employees considered him their store mascot. But,
the store in Stateline Plaza is now closing, and
the Doughboy's captor claims to be a loyal
customer trying to stop the shutdown.
How somebody snatched the 4-foot tall Styrofoam
statue is still a mystery. He disappeared on April
15. Immediately, the pictures started coming in
the mail, complete with notes detailing Doughboy's
daily doings.
In the first note, the captors wrote, "If you
close the store, the Pillsbury Dough Boy will be
baked." The accompanying picture showed the mascot
wearing a blindfold.
Since then the photos have arrived every couple of
days. Later images showed him at a Dairy Queen, at
a local fire station, a hamburger stand and a
local strip club.
The most recent photo shows the Doughboy at
Hampton Beach. The notes have all been mailed from
different places, typed in different font sizes,
style, and colors.
As for the Plaistow police, they are not
investigating. The store hasn't filed a report.
But employees are hoping that when the store
closes for good on Saturday, they will be reunited
with their faithful friend.
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