Spotted at Flea Market (New Lebanon, NY): Terrorist Body Bag (photo)

May 25, 2009

This was quietly hiding under a pile of burlap bags featuring Marijuana-related imagery. A few minutes later, when a women (of South Asian descent) in my group tried to photography it she was told by the woman selling it that no pictures allowed.

{ 3 comments }

1 Carol Diehl May 26, 2009 at 6:54 am: Next time you’re in the Berkshires give a shout and come over!
2 houri May 26, 2009 at 7:30 am: It probably was not made by Cheney, Ltd. it doesn’t say torture first.
3 Hrag May 26, 2009 at 10:13 am: I def will Carol…I had hitched a ride with someone else on a yoga retreat so my mobility was limited but next time I want to make a little art trip out there!
Houri: Cheney & Co. probably have their own special issue of “terrorist body bags”

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