Back from the beyond

Post – October 24, 2001

Fight Terrorism every time You make a Call with your new,
low 4.5 cents/minute Rate

Bravo to all those enterprising Americans who have used 9/11 to sell everything from crappy clip-on flags to a used Buick. Now, haphazardly-capitalized spam e-mail tells me that I can fight terrorism by switching my long distance carrier. What a wonderful world. As if this weren’t enough, this HTML spam also has an animated graphic of a – surprise – flag, superimposed with the words “Over 800 Free Minutes.”

Make it stop.

2 Comments

  1. *** Dave

    “But we can’t make it stop until you buy one of these beautiful Liberty Dollars, silk-screened with the heart-tugging scene of your choice — firefighters, jet planes, or an American Flag! Operators are standing by! Or perhaps you’d like some of these other coins we’re having minted in Liberia …!”

  2. *** Dave

    And new, tonight … the God Bless America Wall Clock, made out of genuine PolyStone(TM), hand-painted with a really ugly eagle upon a field of red and white stripes! Order yours today! Order more for your friends! Christmas is coming! It’s your patriotic duty, dammit!

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