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Captain Latvia		2008-06-27 10:12:47 AM

I pass those everyday, and I didn't even realize they were adverts for Colt45, not a particularly good marketing campaign. Demographically speaking, Colt45 is about 5 years too late for those locations, we young white folk have seen to the proper gentrifications of that neighborhood.

/sticks to drinking thunderbird

Churchill2004		2008-06-27 12:27:48 PM

"Illegal advertisement", unless it's fraudulent, is a phrase that should automatically get the government laughed out of court.

bruce4bruce		2008-06-27 12:54:27 PM

Billy Dee Williams in not impressed. AKA Lando. Taste good cold while watching Return of the Jedi. Take four ounces every time Lando comes on screen.

peewinkle		2008-06-27 12:54:32 PM

/hotlinked goodness

Chach		2008-06-27 12:54:32 PM

It's not for BEER, it's for MALT LIQUOR. Ghettofail!

ebarmstr		2008-06-27 12:54:49 PM

Looking forward to Billy D. Williams pics.

Local repairman		2008-06-27 12:55:18 PM

Warhol, Campbell's soup cans - been there, done that.

It's the latest iteration of pop art. Pop art is often full of popular cultural references, including commerical products such as Colt 45.

Now if they'd chosen Budweiser I'd have a problem.

Savage Belief		2008-06-27 12:56:32 PM

I didn't know Lando could paint.

robisfunky		2008-06-27 12:56:43 PM

nice one subby!

tweekster		2008-06-27 12:57:49 PM

Churchill2004: "Illegal advertisement", unless it's fraudulent, is a phrase that should automatically get the government laughed out of court.

Normally I would agree but it was an illegally placed advertisement.

Property rights do not always allow you to place billboards on that property.

fatal_exception		2008-06-27 12:59:30 PM

"The fourth biggest brewer in the U.S., a $59 million industry coming into our city and breaking our laws. I find that unconscionable and disrespectful," Tracy said.

Oooo, the outrage flows strong in this one.

Morton_toes		2008-06-27 01:03:17 PM

I'm loading my large caliber handgun while drinking malt liquor, so I'm getting a real bang out of thewe replies.

Morton_toes		2008-06-27 01:04:11 PM

thewe? these

/fark it

palelizard		2008-06-27 01:05:46 PM

Link farked.

FLMountainMan		2008-06-27 01:07:58 PM

fatal_exception: "The fourth biggest brewer in the U.S., a $59 million industry coming into our city and breaking our laws. I find that unconscionable and disrespectful," Tracy said.

Oooo, the outrage flows strong in this one.

If that same industry pulled out and took away the jobs, she'd be saying that same thing.

guinsu		2008-06-27 01:08:08 PM

Wow my neighborhood made fark 2 days in a row. I say fishtown trifecta in play.

//really bored at work

40oz_A_Knight		2008-06-27 01:19:48 PM

FLMountainMan: If that same industry pulled out and took away the jobs, she'd be saying that same thing.

This. Outrage about economic development/gentrification/whitey among people who live in shiat neighborhoods is hilarious.

lefty201		2008-06-27 01:21:36 PM

Philly is more worried about a beer picture on thier walls than the amount of gun crime in the city?

priorities folks....

/still no cure for cancer?

DROxINxTHExWIND		2008-06-27 01:26:22 PM

40oz_A_Knight: FLMountainMan: If that same industry pulled out and took away the jobs, she'd be saying that same thing.

This. Outrage about economic development/gentrification/whitey among people who live in shiat neighborhoods is hilarious.

The outrage is not "whitey" is entering the nieghborhoods, but with the normally long-overdue changes that whitey
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FTFA:

Pabst Beer paid local businesses for some of their wall space. But the city said the quasi-murals are illegal because a permit is needed.

So, Pabst is creating jobs in the community by giving a small business owner $1000 to paint a beer bottle on a wall?

/FAIL

keypusher		2008-06-27 01:29:20 PM

fatal_exception: "The fourth biggest brewer in the U.S., a $59 million industry ...." Tracy said.

Oooo, the outrage flows strong in this one.

But the math is weak. I think she dropped a zero.

alywa		2008-06-27 01:44:58 PM

Just fond this... pretty good stuff

Malt Liquor Reviews (new window)

alywa		2008-06-27 01:46:20 PM

And by "fond" of course I mean "found".

/Too much OE 800 in my earlier years

Churchill2004		2008-06-27 01:47:32 PM

tweekster: Normally I would agree but it was an illegally placed advertisement

"I would normally agree this should be illegal, but this was illegal, so it's unacceptable"?

Interesting train of thought.

tweekster: Property rights do not always allow you to place billboards on that property

Unless it impedes some one else's use of their property, yes, property rights allow exactly that. That's the idea. It's yours. You get to decide what to do with it.

Besides, it wasn't a billboard, it was a mural.

SockMonkeyHolocaust		2008-06-27 01:52:54 PM

PBR has one up on Fourth and Pemberton. It's just kind of ridiculous and I am glad that our city is taking more aggressive steps against street marketing teams. Before they really cleaned South Street up, I was going to have bumperstickers that said, "This multi-million dollar corporation paid thousands of dollars to an advertising company to pollute your neighborhood in order to make you aware of something you don't need" to slap on all the bullsh*t litter that people were putting up.

DROxINxTHExWIND		2008-06-27 01:53:57 PM

alywa: Just fond this... pretty good stuff

Malt Liquor Reviews (new window)

Hilarious.

SockMonkeyHolocaust		2008-06-27 01:54:11 PM

Also, most of you are unaware that Philadelphia has draconian laws governing a company's ability to put advertising up as a means of not sh*tting all over its neighborhoods. That's why Clearchannel has such a monopoly on the place because there are only a certain amount of advertising venues.

Lt. Cheese Weasel		2008-06-27 02:01:30 PM

peewinkle: /hotlinked goodness

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I think Schlitz did it better.

greyw1980		2008-06-27 02:04:17 PM

Given 42 billion AB bid I think the 58 million woud have to be in Philly.

Wendy's Chili		2008-06-27 02:13:51 PM

Lt. Cheese Weasel: peewinkle: /hotlinked goodness

I think Schlitz did it better.

40oz_A_Knight		2008-06-27 02:40:42 PM

The outrage is not "whitey" is entering the nieghborhoods, but with the normally long-overdue changes that whitey

I think you're missing one or more words. What were you trying to write?

Denial_of_Death		2008-06-27 03:43:59 PM

Just get the Philly D.A. to play ball.

i15.photobucket.com

DarkVader		2008-06-27 04:34:34 PM

Churchill2004
tweekster: Property rights do not always allow you to place billboards on that property

Unless it impedes some one else's use of their property, yes, property rights allow exactly that. That's the idea. It's yours. You get to decide what to do with it.

Excellent. Now, what's your address, as I'm looking for a good location for my combination rendering plant/oil refinery/papermill? It seems that next door to you would be a good location. After all, if I buy the property, it's mine and I can do what I want with it, right?

Churchill2004		2008-06-27 04:39:11 PM

DarkVader: Now, what's your address, as I'm looking for a good location for my combination rendering plant/oil refinery/papermill? It seems that next door to you would be a good location. After all, if I buy the property, it's mine and I can do what I want with it, right?

If I can smell/hear those things to the degree that it hinders my ability to use my property, no, you couldn't do those things and I would be entitled to force you to desist and compensate me.

A mural like this in no way rises to that level.