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The One Question Test

by John Q Public
Thursday, December 13, 2007. 09:49AM
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This test only has one question, but it's a very important one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally.

The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision. Remember your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous.

THE SITUATION:You are in Miami, Florida. There is chaos all around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photo-journalist working for a major newspaper, caught in the middle of this epic disaster. The situation is nearly hopeless. You're trying to shoot career-making photos. There are houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water.

THE TEST: Suddenly you see a man in the water. He is fighting for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris. You move closer and he looks familiar. You suddenly realize it's George W. Bush! At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take him under forever.

You have two options: You can save the life of George W. Bush, or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the death of one of the world's most powerful men.

THE QUESTION: Here's the question, and please give an honest answer.

Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with the classic simplicity of black and white?

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Sunday, March 30, 2008. 03:07AM by x x
I poop on you for bad-mouthing DICK.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008. 09:19AM by John Q Public
Richard Bruce Cheney= D I C K
Saturday, March 15, 2008. 12:39PM by x x
You prefer Dick? May want to rephrase that.
Saturday, March 15, 2008. 06:36AM by John Q Public
OOPS....I must have forgotten to mention, since Bush has two feet, we put an Oprah cement boot on one leg, and a Richard Bruce Cheney (I prefer DICK) cement boot on the other. Ahh, what was your question again?
Saturday, March 15, 2008. 04:55AM by x x
Okay, I've got it. If you let Bush die, guess who the President is?
Friday, March 14, 2008. 12:24PM by x x
Point taken. Let me be more specific. Can't we all just love Bush? Wait, that won't fly. Can't we all just not want Bush dead? Wait, that won't fly either. Hmmm, I'll get back to you.
Friday, March 14, 2008. 10:06AM by John Q Public
Sure thing Mark! Great idea!!!!!!!!!! How's bout you loving either Charles Manson or Louis Farrakhan. Your idea, your choice, you start the movement.
Friday, March 14, 2008. 05:55AM by x x
Can't we all just love one another?
Friday, March 14, 2008. 05:51AM by John Q Public
---Sorry, I still prefer a pretty picture of Bush's hand going down for the third time. Speaking of Oprah, let's use her as a cement boot for Bush to wear. Lefton is on his own, that dude can swim.
Monday, March 10, 2008. 07:05PM by x x
It depends. Is the high contrast film thicker than the black and white? I would go with the thicker, yank the film out of the spool and throw it to Bush as a life line. As I pull him in, let Lefton shoot the footage on his cell phone. He gets famous for the footage, I get famous for saving a President, and we both end up on Oprah.
Sunday, February 17, 2008. 09:05PM by Jonah Hughes
What would Britney Spears do?
Sunday, February 17, 2008. 02:01PM by Richard Track
here's the ham would you like some butter?
Sunday, February 17, 2008. 01:51PM by Buddy 'Friendly' Wachenheimer
The mother is ugly...(pass the ham)
Saturday, February 16, 2008. 07:40PM by David Hogan
Family shots are always more moving. (sugars coffee.)
Saturday, February 16, 2008. 10:40AM by michael Iva
... Here's the sugar... Yes, his whole family is there (even his grandma looking mother).
Saturday, February 16, 2008. 09:05AM by David Hogan
A good high contrast Black and white zoom of his panicked, fear ridden face, so you can see all the lines of worry and anguish around his eyes - then pass the sugar over this way please. Is Jeb there too?
Saturday, February 16, 2008. 08:59AM by David Hogan
Definately Black and White
Friday, January 11, 2008. 04:08AM by Buddy 'Friendly' Wachenheimer
FUCK EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE...VOTE FOR ME FOR PRESIDENT
Monday, December 24, 2007. 12:34PM by John Q Public
FUCK BUSH.......LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING REAL....I have grappled with the same problem that many parents are facing today: how to talk to your child about Jamie Lynn Spears. While this is an issue that every parent must navigate for him or herself, here are some questions that your child is likely to ask, followed by the correct answers. How did Jamie Lynn Spears get pregnant? According to her mom, Jamie Lynn was a good girl who always respected her curfew and girls like that usually don’t get pregnant. So the answer is, no one knows. Could Kevin Federline have made Jamie Lynn Spears pregnant? No. This is one of those rare instances when someone got pregnant and Kevin Federline was not involved. Now that Jamie Lynn is pregnant, will Zoey, the character she plays on Nickelodeon, get pregnant, too? No. Remember, Jamie Lynn is a real person and Zoey is just a made-up character. Plus, Nickelodeon is owned by an angry old man named Sumner Redstone who doesn’t let people get pregnant. So there is absolutely no way Zoey will get pregnant. Instead, Zoey will get cancelled. Could Hannah Montana get pregnant? I thought we already went through this. Hannah Montana isn’t a real person. She’s a character played by Miley Cyrus. Okay, then could Miley Cyrus get pregnant? No, because her dad’s always around and he creeps boys out. Are the girls on Disney’s “High School Musical” pregnant? No, the girls on Disney’s “High School Musical” are not pregnant. They have been too busy posing for naked pictures on the Internet to get pregnant. If I pose for naked pictures on the Internet, will that keep me from getting pregnant? It couldn’t hurt.
Sunday, December 16, 2007. 07:52AM by John Q Public
It appears as though we have a 100% disapproval rate of the Bush administration. Nobody seems to give a shit about that asshole, so he ends up getting what he deserves... a pretty picture of his hand going down for the third time.
Sunday, December 16, 2007. 06:43AM by Richard Track
kindly pass the sugar ...thank you
Saturday, December 15, 2007. 12:53PM by michael Iva
. . . on the side of sanity, reason, and justice. Cream, sugar, or do you take it black?
Saturday, December 15, 2007. 04:46AM by Richard Track
so where do i morally stand?
Saturday, December 15, 2007. 04:22AM by Richard Track
then i'll go for color. in B&W blood turns black so with all the debris around we want to see blood lotsa blood
Saturday, December 15, 2007. 03:58AM by John Q Public
...on dry fuckin safe land, enjoying the show with everyone else.
Saturday, December 15, 2007. 03:41AM by Richard Track
flood of biblical proportions, chaos, epic disaster, hopeless situation, houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water.......hey Q where the hell am i standing to take this damn pictures? ...
Friday, December 14, 2007. 02:05PM by Buddy 'Friendly' Wachenheimer
I would help him with my right boot.
Friday, December 14, 2007. 05:01AM by michael Iva
I'd have a ham sandwich, a cup of coffee, and just watch.
Thursday, December 13, 2007. 12:20PM by John Q Public
That could work Lefton. I would use well lit multiple 70 mm motion picture color cameras to capture ever angle possible for clarity and to make sure every glorious moment was properly captured for posterity. Then edit it, put dramatic music under, add a VO, and distribute it in every format know to man, in every venue possible, forever. A celebration of sorts.
Thursday, December 13, 2007. 11:34AM by Marc Lefton
I'd use my cell phone video camera like the guy who shot Saddam's demise. It kind of gives it that etherial "man in the crowd" look that makes it so much more dramatic.