A few days ago, Caroline B sent me an email about End The Fed – a rally outside every one of the 39 Federal Reserve branches in the United States to return to basic principles of finance including, perhaps, not taking four trillion dollars worth of twaddle onto your books. I emailed her back and at some point in the discussion a light bulb went off. This is a perfect occasion for a rick roll.
If you’re not familiar with the rick roll, it pretty much involves a Rick Astley surprise attack. It would be like if I posted a link that said Vikram Bandit Caught At Wegmans Shopping For Spam and you click on it and bam, rick roll, or when protesters blare nonstop Rick Astley outside Scientology churches/offices, etc.
So, I ask you – nay, I beseech you – LOLFed readers, if you are in one of these cities with nothing to do on Saturday, go forth in the name of Rick Astley and support sound money. Download the mp3, put it in your ipod, look for your friendly local protesters, tell them you have a little something for their PA, and voila. Who knows, the Fed that you rick roll may contain Ben Bernanke himself. (Stronger chance of this, assuredly, if you are in DC. Does he even roll on Shabbos? I don’t know, but still. Oh, and LOLFed’s own LoLo, Esq. may be in attendance at the DC rally.)
Bonus, first person to send me their youtube video of a Fed branch being rick rolled gets my personal copy of The Bonfire Of The Vanities or prize of similar value.
Jonnan // Nov 21, 2008 at 10:30 pm
It’s that part where you look at how long, bad, and *often* recessions lasted *before* the Fed that bothers me.
Although – suppose we can convince the world that Al Gore has actually been in charge for eight years and this whole thing has been an elaborate practical joke?
“Hah Hah Hah – you guys actually thought we would invade someplace that didn’t attack us? We had Kieffer Sutherland filming the whole thing in southern California! Never set a foot in Iraq – why would we!
That would be as dumb as overturning an election because five ‘conservatives’ suddenly decided decide to overturn state courts!
You guys are *so* naive. I’ll bet you actually thought we might vote McCain in. Admit it – you thought we would didn’t you!”
On second thought, screw them – I wanna convince *myself* that this has been an elaborate practical joke.
Jonnan