By William M. Dowd
In case you wonder how our government is planning to get a little more togetherness in the world community to help battle international terrorism, just study this logo to find out.
It’s the CIA’s new counter-terroism logo meant, one assumes, to get the word out. Comparisons to the “Ghostbuster” logo were inevitable.
Some of the best remarks I’ve seen are on the Wonkette blog that covers politics, governance and other silliness.
A few samples from her readers:
“When asked for clarification of the logo the CIA spokesman, Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, said ‘No comment’.”
“It looks like a gingerbread villain. It needs sprinkles.”
“I can see this becoming a nice little escalation of logos. They have GI Joe in the red/slash circle. We have the Turban Guy. They have Black-Glasses-Blackwater Guy. We have Suicide Vest Guy.”
“Gumby Mad! Gumby get machine gun!”
“And lest we forget that Russia is still eeeeevil, there is a shadowy sickle protruding mysteriously from the somewhat androgenous terrorist’s oversized AK-47.”
(Posted 10/23/07)
William M. Dowd is a Capital Region writer and photographer. Besides this blog on current events, he’ll help you keep up with information on food, drink and destinations at Taste for Travel and Dowd On Drinks.