The United States Congress prepares for terrifying attack, in this fine Onion video.
It's like Gothic poetry, or a sick version of the Declaration of Independence:
"civilian and military units shall be trained in containment and combat of [CLASSIFIED], including irradiated [CLASSIFIED], with possibility of [CLASSIFIED] airborne, [CLASSIFIED] flesh-eating, [CLASSIFIED] or all of the above... in the event of [CLASSIFIED]-spewing or [CLASSIFIED] escape or become otherwise uncontrollable...""Air Force units may combat said [CLASSIFIED] due to their enormous size and otherwordly strengths"
"Jesus - that's [CLASSIFIED] - far surpassing our darkest nightmares"
"[CLASSIFIED] underground [CLASSIFIED] protected birthing centers"
"a new Bill of Rights shall be drafted and approved by [CLASSIFIED]"
(thanks to Peter Naegele via Facebook)
It actually fooled a few conspiracy theorists as well!
http://gawker.com/5593408/the-onion-video-satire-that-fooled-conspiracy-theorists
Posted by: pete naegele | July 23, 2010 at 13:53
Awesome! Real-life Gothic *and* hoax.
Posted by: Bryan Alexander | July 25, 2010 at 14:04