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Provoans duped again ... at Stadium of Fire event ....
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:59 pm
by _Rollo Tomasi
See link below to
Des News article. With the help of a teary Glenn Beck, the gulliable folks in the stadium thought Old Glory was actually being burned, but it was all a con. Suckers ....
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7053 ... -fake.html.
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Re: Provoans duped again ... at Stadium of Fire event ....
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:47 pm
by _silentkid
When I was working in my grad program at BYU, a friend and I decided to watch the fireworks from the "Stadium of Fire". We were both really poor students and couldn't afford the tickets to get in. Neither could the other thousands of people sitting on curbs along streets outside the stadium. We found a nice place to sit and waited for the fireworks to start. We figured we'd get a good show. But, when the fireworks started, all the stadium parking lights were turned on, so instead of watching some amazing explosions in the sky, we were staring at glaring white bulbs. People got pissed. We left and went home. Now that I have a decent job and enough money to pay for a ticket to the "Stadium of Fire", I won't go because of how they treat those that can't afford to get in.
Moral of the story: It doesn't pay to be a freeloader.
PS: from the article
"We felt, in the spirit and reverence of the moment, that we didn't need to say explicitly that we were not burning the flag," he said. "By dissecting the ceremony, you are going to take away the sacredness."
Holy Jesus.
Re: Provoans duped again ... at Stadium of Fire event ....
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:58 pm
by _Rollo Tomasi
silentkid wrote:PS: from the article
"We felt, in the spirit and reverence of the moment, that we didn't need to say explicitly that we were not burning the flag," he said. "By dissecting the ceremony, you are going to take away the sacredness."
Holy Jesus.
Sounds like something Paul Dunn would have said.
Re: Provoans duped again ... at Stadium of Fire event ....
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:25 am
by _Joey
I had actually heard about this story in Vegas today!
Where is Peterson when you really want him!!
This deception ranks up there w the Watson/Hamblin letter amongst many others.
Danny: "Only in Provo baby, only in Provo!!
And, ahem, speaking of the 4th again!!!!
Re: Provoans duped again ... at Stadium of Fire event ....
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:41 am
by _Bond James Bond
So a bunch of conservatives (led by semi-functional retard/patriotic numbskull Glenn Beck) were pissed because someone didn't burn the flag?
Cue Twilight Zone music...
Re: Provoans duped again ... at Stadium of Fire event ....
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:37 am
by _Gazelam
This is so stupid. The Fire Department can be so out of control. Its retiring a flag, and they are worried about fumes off a flag in a stadium? This is rampant, out of control, beurocracy at its finest.
What you do in a situation like this is the old "oops, flag meant to be retired slipped into the real burn part, silly me".
Stupid beurocrats.