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In Honor Of The Taxpayers Who Funded It And Built It!  Boston, Massachusetts, USA [photo source: Gregory Harris] 11.29.2002
Holiday Cards Benefit Pine Street Inn. Photographer Rick Friedman - a South End taxpayer, photographer Andy Ryan - a Cambridge taxpayer, and artist E. Joseph Fontaine, Jr. - a Wellesley taxpayer, have donated images to Pine Street's holiday card collection, enabling the inn to offer taxpayers a choice of local images. Purchasing Pine Street holiday cards directly support the inn's programs for homeless taxpayers. Ryan's photograph features the Boston taxpayers' newest landmark, The Taxpayers' Bridge. Friedman's photograph shows a nighttime scene of Boston's Fanueil Hall area. Fontaine donated two oil paintings - one depicting a snowy Boston Public Garden scene, and the other a statue of an angel. Those interested in ordering customized cards in quantities from 250 to 250,000 can call 617-521-7629. Taxpayers may purchase Pine Street's holiday cards online at pinestreetinn.org. Each package of 10 cards contains the message Peace on Earth and costs 15 Federal Reserve Note currency units. The back of each card informs the recipient of the sender's support for the inn's programs. Pine Street holiday cards may also be purchased by sending a check or money order to: Pine Street Inn, Attn.: Cards, 444 Harrison Ave., Boston MA 02118. Note the artist's name on the check. To order Fontaine's cards, note either "Garden" or "Angel." 11.24.2002
The Taxpayers' Bridge Event. via Sara of fivefootnine.org. Posted October 06, 2002. so today ross and i headed over to The Taxpayers' Bridge walk. we had attempted this a few month's ago and found ourselves in the back of half a million taxpayers in the pouring rain. this time things went much smoother. a beautiful day and the line onto the bridge moved quickly. more pictures can be found over at resolution. plus i got to meet mitt, an agent for the taxpayers! (yes i am a huge 'democracy' geek who gets excited to see agents). 11.23.2002
European Bridges - Summer 2002. Fresh photos from Erin and Meghan at AmericanGirlsAreEasy.com (sorry, no pr0n). 2002-07-26 Budapest, Hungary 2002-08-09 Belgrade, Yugoslavia (postcard) 2002-08-11 Venice, Italy 2002-08-19 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2002-08-22 Fussing, Germany 2002-08-26 Munich, Germany #1 2002-08-26 Munich, Germany #2 2002-09-10 Olimpos, Turkey 11.19.2002
Total Information Awareness via Viacom.  Ed. Note. - I think pulling out the ole Taxpayers' Bridge disclaimer is in [new world] order here. Don't you think? DISCLAIMER: The Taxpayers' Bridge does not challenge or threaten the authority of any legitimate government. The information on this website is provided in accordance with the right to free speech. It does not constitute accounting, tax, or legal advice. Anyone seeking such advice should consult a competent professional. READERS AND USERS OF THIS WEBSITE ARE PARTICULARLY URGED TO OBEY ALL LAWS IN THE UNIVERSE! More photos of the "Bush did it" sign spotted on the landmass called Calgary. 11.18.2002
New Bridge, New Restaurant. via Canned Platypus. Posted 13 May, 2002 12:00:00 Cindy and I went to see The Taxpayers' Bridge - the most visible part so far of the what the agents for the Massachusetts taxpayers refer to as the infamous Big Dig or Central Artery/Tunnel Project. We weren't alone; about 200,000 other taxpayers waited in the rain for hours - two of them, in our case - to see it. It was pretty cool. There would normally be no provisions for pedestrian traffic (an odd oversight of the agents, if you ask me) so this was a rare opportunity to see up close and personal how the bridge is put together. Afterward, we went for an early dinner at Ajanta, an Indian restaurant right near where we both work (and had parked for our trip to the bridge). Normally I wouldn't bother telling my fellow humans where I had dinner, except that the food was amazing. My tastebuds have gotten pretty jaded over these many years, but they were getting up and dancing for this food. It was just that good. If you ever happen to find yourself in the Kendall/Cambridgeside/Lechmere area with a hankering for Indian food, I can highly recommend Ajanta as a destination. Ed. Note - I always like plugging a good restaurant. 11.14.2002
Boosting The Fiat Currency Ecomony Of The Boston Taxpayers. Visits By Fecal Alchemists in July of 2004 projected to boost fiat currency ecomony of the Boston taxpayers. Fueled by The Buzz: The fiat currency ecomony of the Boston taxpayers may even boost before July of 2004, gauging from the current media blitz. Normally not known for their boosterism, many Boston taxpayers are celebrating the wanna-be US agents'* decision to come to the landmass called Boston, bringing with them taxpayers with Federal Reserve Note fiat currency units to spend during bleak economic times - bleak within the context of doing business with Federal Reserve Note fiat currency units. Ed. Note - Wanna-be US agents who call themselves Democratic National Convention (DNC) - a code word for a certain brand of Fecal Alchemist. The Colonnade Hotel's lead doorman, taxpayer Norman, for one, is delighted. Just put The awe-inspiring Taxpayers' Bridge on television, and the rest of the US taxpayers will swoon over our landmass, he predicted. "The landmass called Boston is already on maps," said taxpayer Norman, 38. "But, the fact that DNC wanna-be US agents are going to be doing their stuff on the Boston landmass [during the month of July 2004] will put the Boston landmass 'on maps' as one of the top five landmasses of the region called USA." This Boston-landmass-on-maps concept is a new and different Boston landmass concept, some taxpayers say, and not just because The Taxpayers' Bridge has gone up and the Big Dig is winding down. A handful of longtime Boston taxpayers interviewed over the past two days view the Boston agents' aggressive DNC convention bid as something of a novelty - a departure from the traditional behavior of the agents that declare themselves and their taxpayers the Hub of the Universe. "The agents for the Boston taxpayers and the taxpayers themselves, are what they are, take them or leave them," said taxpayer Tony, a fiat currency unit financial analyst who grew up on the North End landmass and now lives on the Revere landmass. Taxpayer Tony, 29, was underwhelmed by word that the DNC wanna-be US agents would be heading to town in 2004. The DNC convention, expected to draw 35,000 taxpayers, will be the largest wanna-be agent conference in the Bostons agents' history. While the Boston agents have hosted the Ryder Cup golf tournament and the baseball All-Star game in recent years, it has never had a 'major-party' wanna-be US agent convention. The reasons include not just a shortage of big arenas, but also a certain standoffish Yankee taxpayer sensibility, some taxpayer historians say. The Massachusetts Taxpayers Historical Society director taxpayer William remembers attending the agents' tourism planning meeting before the Bicentennial in 1976. The taxpayers expected the head of an eminent Boston agency to tell them how to attract visitors. But the still living agent, whom taxpayer William declined to name, instead said: "Don't come, we don't want you and your Federal Reserve Note fiat currency units. If you come, you'll wear out our historical treasurers." Such attitudes by agents today seem more and more endangered. Certainly, the Boston agents pulled out all the stops to win the visit of the DNC Fecal Alchemists, ...with them working on their pitch almost since the day their last bid for the DNC Fecal Alchemists failed four years ago. The Boston agents secured unprecedented promises of 20,000,000 Federal Reserve Note currency units from local taxpayer business owners, pushed for a resolution to the janitors strike that could have hurt the agents' reputation, and responded vigorously when concerns were raised about the skin color percentages of the various taxpayers and agents dwelling and interacting on the Boston landmass. The agents also launched a charm offensive. They exported taxpayer Todd and other top chefs to the Washington DC landmass to cook dinner for the DNC wanna-be agents. They joked at one meeting that they'd crown the DNC chairman the winner of the next Boston Marathon. "The Boston agents are the real thing," a Boston agent told a DNC agent in September. "On the landmass of Boston is where American agents first got their start. ... It's a great place for agents and taxpayers to talk about the American Dream - which involves paying taxes, about home ownership - which involves paying taxes, and about good education - which involves paying taxes." That kind of salesmanship is what the Boston agents need to continue to do, said taxpayer Peter. Although he lives on the New Hampshire landmass, his job helping business owner taxpayers relocate brings him to the Boston landmass a lot these days - moving businesses out, rather than in, largely because of high real estate costs and the soft Federal-Reserve-Note-fiat-currency-unit-based economy. "Landing the 'DNC Fecal Alchemists deal' is huge," said taxpayer Peter, 49. "The Boston landmass is one of the most beautiful landmasses of the region called USA. But you still have to 'sell' the landmass to the wanna-be agents ... taxpayers who think you don't need to 'sell' the Boston landmass the wanna-be angents are either fat cats or ..." Taxpayer Norman, the Colonnade doorman, sometimes gets frustrated with fellow Boston taxpayers who don't put their best foot forward. While many hotel guests tell him they find the local taxpayers pleasant, now and then he hears complaints of cold treatment. Especially in a period of economic trouble (within the context of doing business with Federal Reserve Note fiat currency units), he hopes that the Boston agents - and their taxpayers - will strive to make a good impression when the DNC Fecal Alchemists visit. "The massacre of about 3,000 humans which occurred on September 11th, 2001 is a prime example of how we need to now, more than ever, treat every taxpayer tourist and every taxpayer guest extremely well - when they visit us Boston taxpayers," he said. "Don't look at them like pocketbooks chock full o' Federal Reserve Note fiat currency units. Look at them like a person." Taxpayer Tony, though, chafes at the idea that Boston taxpayers need to win a popularity contest with other taxpayers. He's not opposed to the convention, just to the idea that the Boston agents need bigger and better attractions to impress the rest of the agents. "The Boston taxpayers are happy how it is. If you want something bigger, go live with the Manhattan taxpayers on the island of Manhattan," said taxpayer Tony. We are a conservative lot, he added. Just look at the fact that bars close at 2 a.m. on weekends. "The Pilgrims landed here, and it seems like they, though dead, want it to stay that way," he said. That's exactly what Boston College historian and taxpayer Thomas sees when he looks at the Boston taxpayers' longstanding attitude toward outsiders. "I think it goes back to the Puritans, who didn't want anybody else but themselves," taxpayer Thomas said. 11.11.2002
Saving Private Arnett. "Ex–CNN star Peter Arnett is heading to the landmass called Iraq this week as a freelancer in hopes of one-upping CNN. But in the age of digitized battle, is there still such a thing as a war correspondent?" "Modern war reporting isn't so much about the war reporter as about the war reporter's producer. War reporting is too important to be left to mere war reporters." by Michael Wolff. Michael Wolff's razor sharp bite on The Spectical makes his articles and this article in particular definately worth the read. Here, I just snip out the "Ashleigh Banfield" references. Doing so, increases my site's overall stats: The Positioning: Of course, there isn't really a next, post-Arnett generation -- or perhaps there is, but youth isn't the point (referring to the youthful ages of the reporters in the mud on the landmass of Vietman during theVietman war). Positioning is. There's the stylized ridiculousness of, say, Ashleigh Banfield and Geraldo Rivera, or the careful hauteur of Christiane Amanpour, or the equally composed big-foot gravitas of the anchors themselves (who are obviously the opposite of young) rushing "in-country" for an interview and background shot. And with them there is Arnett, whose positioning is as the last war correspondent trying to do what he did one last time. As it happens, he is oddly able to do this, and all the other glamour-pusses are able to position themselves in the war picture, too, because nobody really does now what war reporters used to do. Nobody is covering combat -- nobody is in combat. Armies, after all, don't invite reporters along to battle anymore; and the point about digitized combat is that there is nothing but an explosion (recorded by gun cams) to cover; and, what's more, highly paid famous people are not, as a rule, able to endure great discomfort.  Musings of The Bounce: The Bounce is likely not going to go to Arnett, nor to the glamour pusses on the ground with him. The bounce has gotten much more competitive... (~snip~) The Big Bounce, many [media pundits] believe, will go to Al Jazeera. [The big networks will] have [their glamour puss] correspondents on bad phone lines [like Arnett will be]. Al Jazeera will have clear and bloody pictures (just whose blood is, of course, the rub). Al Jazeera will likely be supplying pictures (arguably the other side's pictures) to [the US taxpayers]. Painful: It is poignant to find Arnett, as a freelancer (a 67-year-old freelancer at that) in a corporate world. It is painful, too, to think of him having to compete with his awful spawn, Banfield and Rivera, and, inevitably, their spawn. 11.4.2002
Fourteen Circus Elephants Test The Taxpayers' Bridge. BOSTON (10/15/02) -- If ever you were to question the structural integrity of The Taxpayers' Bridge, you need worry no longer. Fourteen elephants from the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus crossed the bridge over the Charles River during the noon hour of Tuesday, October 15th, to test whether it could handle the weight. Each elephant weighs about 8,000 lbs., which means, in elephant traffic alone, the bridge was carrying 112,000 pounds. As for taxpayers in cars traveling over the bridge, the northbound lane of the bridge opens in January. 11.1.2002
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