5/9/2002 [extra] - Put on a happy face

[Joe]

I'm sorry, but I think it's pretty damn funny that he went for it.

I mean, terrorism sucks (I'm an American, I know) and there is no excuse for it.

But a giant HAPPY FACE AS BIG AS THE COUNTRY????

Holy crap!

He loaded up the car and took off with a road map and started it! The eyes came out great!

Of course as has already been mentioned, once they saw the pattern they'd have been waiting for him where the tongue would have been.

I think that once the media coverage became huge, he decided to cool it for a while and head out to Tahoe or SF.

I also note this sinister fact: The media hasn't been giving much airplay to the happy face artwork, just to the guy. They are downplaying the absolute audacity of his stunt by just calling him a terrorist. Interesting.

Oh, and one more thing...just because he's in jail doesn't mean that someone else won't step up and try to finish the drawing for him.