Minor Infringement

alternateorg on June 27, 2005

Minor Threat’s Ian MacKaye Outraged By Nike’s Major Threat Skate Tour
“What the hell were they thinking?” MacKaye, on tour with his current band the Evens, wrote in an e-mail to MTV News. “To set the record straight — Nike never contacted Dischord, nor Minor Threat, to obtain permission to use this imagery, nor was any permission granted. Simply put, Nike stole it and we’re not happy about it. We are not yet sure what actions, if any, we can take to stop this campaign.”

One of the most blatent examples of corporations co-opting cool in order to sell their shitty products. Read No Logo if you’re intersted in finding out more about this phenomenon. Via SvN.

You damn dirty apes!

alternateorg on November 3, 2004

I’m starting to feel a lot like Charlton Heston
Stranded on a primate planet
Apes and orangutans that ran it to the ground
With generals and the armies that obeyed them
Followers following fables
Philosophies that enable them to rule without regard

There’s no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated
Political scientists get the same one vote as some Arkansas inbred
Majority rule don’t work in mental institutions
Sometimes the smallest softest voice carries the grand biggest solutions

The idiots are taking over.

Holy illiterate monkey Batman!

alternateorg on October 22, 2004

“I was sitting outside the classroom, waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower — the TV was obviously on. And I used to fly myself, and I said, ‘Well, there’s one terrible pilot.'” George W. Bush

Apparently this is fake. But hilarious nonetheless.