NYC rocks!!! Once again, taking the lead...Orange everywhere!!

[fooj]

Talk about an rush!!! What a BEAUTIFUL sight!!! Orange Court Jester Hats, Orange Balloons...what a wonderful sea of ORANGE they've made for Powell!!! Way to go NYC-lead by example!!! CHEERS!!!:toast: I love my country!!!

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[rabid_nerd]

1. Color Code? Alert level Orange?

?

Scratch... It's Discover Card Jester hats..

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/31/newyears.us.ap/index.html

BUT - Should definately push for orange hats Jan 6th to draw correlation of any kind

[fooj]

11. Notice the balloons are also orange and BLUE?

Whatever the reason...it sure worked for me!:bounce:


WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[Wilms]

22. That's a purple lei on that guy!

I hope Powell's ready to snitch.}(

[me b zola]

80. Anderson Cooper said

"..Powell is here to help drop the ball."

LOL!!!

[TankLV]

85. That was pricdless! I never watched it - so I missed it.

Thanks for the laugh!

I was not in a celebrating mood very much this year.

[Quakerfriend]

30. I looooooooooove

:loveya: NY! This makes my morning!

[fooj]

48. Right on!!

Happy New Year!!!:party:

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[roenyc]

31. here is the thing

most New Yorkers dont go to times square! its a tourist thing. or something you do when you are a kid - coming of age. i urged my kids to go when they were in their teens. its the experience. you do it once and then never ever do again. lol

[fooj]

46. Hey- that's even better yet!!

Happy New Year!!!:party:


WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[TankLV]

86. Kinda like spending time in Waikiki for a local or on the strip for a

local.

Never did much of either.

[HeeBGBz]

79. Do ya think Discover would sponsor future demonstrations?

Hehehe. Do they have any more hats?

[oldtime dfl_er]

2. omigod that ROCKS!!!

anybody got links to pics???

[BreakForNews]

66. PICS HERE

More Great Photos at:
http://www.breakfornews.com/Orange2005.htm





More:
http://www.breakfornews.com/Orange2005.htm

Related DU thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=219758

[blackcat77]

3. It was a promotion for the Discover card

What's the big deal?

[No Exit]

5. Oops! In that case, looks like the Discover card people

can expect an investigation of some sort, by some federal agency...

Can't you just hear the Discover execs talking to their ad men? "You idiots! You helped all those people dress in orange hats, and now Brother Bush and Brother Rove think we were trying to send some sort of message about the election being illegitimate! You're fired!"

[Left coast liberal]

6. They probably picked that color long ago.

Way before the Ukraine thing went down. I think it is one of those wierd things but I took heart when I saw all the orange anyway.

Made me think Karma is giving us a sign!

Cheers!

:hi:

[Merlot]

9. A large subliminal message to America

I'm sure they picked the color a long time ago so it does turn out to be just a delicious accident.

[fooj]

24. INDEED!!!!

Simply Delicious!!! It was good for me! Was it good for you? Happy New Year!!!:party: Almost feels as though the wind is changing direction...and I'm liking the shift!!!:bounce: Keep the faith!!



WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?????:think:

[Maple]

4. Did they really??

Ukraine re-vote orange??

[New Earth]

7. THE FIREWORKS HERE WERE MOSTLY ORANGE!!!!!! AND RED!!!

how ironic? the fireworks off my balcony that i could see in the distance were mostly orange and red. My daughter kept saying, "Mommy, how come they're all orange?" And in the back of my head, I thought, they must know about the election....

And I remember Sheila Jackson Lee saying that red is also a color that stands for democracy.....:hug:

It was great!!!

[fooj]

26. Happy New Year Faye!!! Simply delicious, wasn't it?

That was a pretty inspirational display of unity in Times Square!!! I needed to see that!!! It was great!!! :headbang: GREAT people in a GREAT city! Almost feels as though the wind is changing direction...and I'm liking the shift!!:bounce: Keep the faith!!!

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?????:think:

[k8conant]

8. I'm wearing my orange T-shirt...

and blue jeans. :silly:

[buddysmellgood]

10. I am eating an orange.

[seito]

13. LMAO

[fooj]

29. Bet that orange smells good, buddy!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Just a little giggle to help ring in the New Year!:)


WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?:think:

[roenyc]

32. i am allergic to oranges.

[lonestarnot]

35. I'm drinking orange coffee!

:donut:

[TankLV]

87. I'm a Syracuse grad - go Orange!

And a Ukie!

[oldtime dfl_er]

12. You know what? Even if it was just a discover card promo,

we can take that and co-opt it, and co-opt the color orange, because internationally it IS the color for free and fair elections. Let's take back orange from the corporations!



www.cafepress.com/Showtheworld

[me b zola]

77. Did you hear Regis yelling for everybody to take off the

orange hats? He was yelling at the corespondent interviewing the people in Times Square that the producers have said that they MUST take off those orange hats!! I was laughing my *ss off because it had nothing to do with the promotion (as most of the people wore the hats in such a way that you never saw the Discover logo).

A sea of orange...too funny!!

Funnier yet, the MSM believing that they can control the masses!!

[RevolutionStartsNow]

14. I listened to a song called "Bowl of Oranges" today

by Bright Eyes.

I also have been drinking a lot of orange juice.

And on a whim, I bought tangerines at the store.

:)

[phantomvotes]

15. ORANGE YOU GLAD

ORANGE YOU GLAD TO BE FOR DEMOCRACY!!!! :party: :smoke: :toast: :hug: :hippie:

[buddysmellgood]

16. Ouch

[KittyWampus]

51. Hey! Your Basketball Avatar Is Orange!!!

:D

[bunny planet]

17. Orange you glad New Yorkers are in your face. My daughter said there

were even tons of people with orange dyed hair. Now that is boss.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!11

[latteromden]

18. Hahaha... MY hair is orange.

That's what happens when you try to mix natural red with bleach and then pink dye, and have no idea what you're doing...

But hey! I'll just say it stands for fair elections! ;P

[lonestarnot]

36. Think I'm gona do mine orange!

[fooj]

47. You go- lonestarnot!!

Get that Vitamin C rush!!!!

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[seito]

19. Happy New Year Bunny

New Yorkers ROCK!

[Name removed]

20. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[fooj]

27. Yes...HOWEVER...

they turned the jester hats around and made their statement!!! Orange and BLUE balloons, too! It works for me!!!B-)
Happy New Year!!


WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[americanstranger]

56. Orange and Blue...

The colors of my beloved Knicks, who are going to beat the Nets tonight, Vince Carter or no Vince Carter. :)

-as

[AgadorSparticus]

21. i must have missed something. can someone explain to me the

significance of the color orange? i don't understand.

[phantomvotes]

23. Orange is the color

the Ukrainians wore in protest of their fraudulent elections.

[AgadorSparticus]

25. thanks. well then, very cool that they handed out those hats in orange.

[fooj]

28. It works for me!!!

Happy New Year!!:party: Orange hats (jester hat irony!), orange and BLUE balloons, orange hair, orange scarfs...it gave me an adrenaline rush!! You see? We are not alone!:hi: It feels like we are part of a pretty large team!!! GO TEAM GO!!!:bounce:


WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[Not a Sheep]

33. Another example of people reading into things & believing what they want

"NYC rocks!!! Once again, taking the lead...Orange everywhere!!"


I guess it turns out that Discover Card actually "rocks".

[SammyWinstonJack]

34. .

:evilgrin:

[peacebird]

39. the universe works in mysterious ways!

how utterly perfect that the Discover card colors coincide with the Ukraine ORANGE of the people fighting for democracy and the BLUE of american patriots against empire!
and they decide on a promotion in NYC on New Years Eve with Colon Bowel on stage to witness it. Bowell knows well the significance of ORANGE and of BLUE.

serendipity!

:toast:

[madison2000]

40. Chicago Bears and Fighting Illini are orange and blue too!

[americanstranger]

57. And the NY Knickerbockers!

:)

-as

[fooj]

41. Ya think? Were they responsible for the dyed orange hair...

and the orange scarfs? Hmmmmm.....definately some significance there. Happy New Year!:party: It's ok that you're a skeptic...I've just been around long enough to know that FAITH is everything!!!!!!

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?????:think:

[Not a Sheep]

42. I'm not sure what "faith" has to do with......

.....someone thinking that people were wearing orange as a protest to the election when in fact it was a Discvery card promotion.

[fooj]

43. whatever...

you continue to harp on the promo. Still doesn't explain the orange hair and orange scarfs!! "Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to."- Miracle on 34th Street

And that, Not A Sheep, is what FAITH is all about! I respect your viewpoint- just asking that you respect mine.B-) PEACE!!

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[HeeBGBz]

81. The Lord works in mysterious ways

Muhwahahahahahaha

[bunny planet]

37. 212 in the house, 718 in the house. Yeah NYC, my hometown.

I didn't know Powell was there. AAAAAAAAAAAAwesome. In his face.
I only wish someone had announced on the tv what all that orange was for, for people watching that might not know. Regis, of course, was clueless.

[roenyc]

44. The orange was discover card

had no symbolism besides an advertisment. lol

if you'll notice the podium where the ball was had discover on it. the O was orange! orange is a big color this year in fashion. dont mean to burst anyones bubble but it was not a statement.

most poeple at the ball drop are from out of town. check out the daily news.

http://www.nydailynews.com/

[Sleepless In NY]

59. roenyc you should do more research, orange is indeed symbolic

The wearing of orange hats started as a symbolic "FU" to the constant pumped up "terror alerts" NY always received during the holiday season. As a NY'er I'm surprised you don't know that. Started big time last year and it really caught fire. People supplied their own orange hats or orange hair, then. Discover picked up on it and this year distributed the hats because they r so loved in NY.

Orange fashionable? I'm sorry but that remark was too funny! Only time its fashionable in NY is on New Years Eve.

I thought it was beyond funny & ironic that the orange jester hats popped up this year when Colin Bowell was our "guest". How fitting!LOL!! Thank you Discover for helping us get that point across.


roenyc, I'm surprised that as a NY'er you havent picked up on something else....notice no big "terror alerts" in NY this holiday season? We would get them every year, but oddly enough, not this year. Of course not....election is over, bush is safe, and its the 1st christmas since 2001 that we havent had bush try to put the fear of God into us.

I'm so proud of this city, we never did give into bush or anyone else, we have all tried to live as normal a life as possible since 9/11. And dont forget our giant "monkey bush" billboard. God I love this town!

[fooj]

74. yes...NYC has a mind of its own...and what a beautiful mind it is!

I'm glad you had a safe holiday season! PEACE!!!:hi:

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[HeeBGBz]

82. I love NYC.

I wish I was there last night. I would love to go back again.

[bunny planet]

95. Sorry, I'm not buying it.

Orange is actually not a big color in fashion this year. It was a couple of years ago. Not a coincidinky so many people were wearing orange. Yes lots of people from out of town go to NYC to watch the ball drop, but chances are they saw the Ukrainian protests too. Lots of New Yorkers go to Times Square on New Year's Eve, not just out of towners, and it was a beautiful warm night in the city last night, that brings out lots of locals.

[madison2000]

38. Saw that on television- thank you NYC or whoever!!

[roenyc]

45. great image and the orange hate theory reviled

from the NY Times:

The orange hats were bothering Regis Philbin. They were puffy, pompommed and jester-style, and the Discover Card company had managed to distribute them early on to what looked like three-quarters of the million people reported to be in Times Square last night.


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/01/nyregion/01emcee.html?ex=1105246800&en=965f2f45b994d068&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1

[fooj]

49. YOU STILL HAVEN"T EXPLAINED AWAY THE HAIR AND SCARFS!!

What's your trip? Obviously, you have issues...maybe you are posting in the wrong thread... PEACE!!! You seem a bit on edge today....:-(

Hope your attitude improves as the New Year progresses- Here's to a sunny disposition!:hi: GOOD LUCK!

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

...or in this particular case- what's got their panties in a twist?B-)

[roenyc]

53. i dont have issues, just that this isn't an orange thing

and you guys are making it into something it isn't. sorry to burst the bubble. i have lived here all my life. i know whats up. OK.

and its ridiculous to keep insisting that they are wearing orange hats for any other reason then they got them for free.

and I will also add if anyone has orange hair and scarf, the reason is ONE: they are fashionable and from NY but more likely they are actually from Ukraine! or other European country.

NYC is a tourist mecca. it was a nice night so there may have been more city dwellers then usual. but its mostly an out of town thing.

hell just trying to help by providing clippings.

sometimes you need to fact the facts! this was NOT a statement. Perhaps i should have kept quiet and let you all keep thinking new yorkers are wonderful and hip and know all thats going on.

and yeah we have a great liberal community but that is not who goes to watch that ball drop. its kind of a commerical waste of money. and against most of our principles.

so sorry if i hurt anyones feelings. but i guess i should have explained how many of us feel about that celebbration in times square from a city with a damn school system that doesnt have a spare dime.

[txindy]

54. It doesn't matter what either of us think about the images from Times Sq.

What matters is that they are shown around the world. People from other countries will see the sea of orange and reach their own conclusions.

[Pacifist Patriot]

58. Interesting observation. I wonder if the international community

is speculating about it.

[henslee]

68. I agree. This freakout over orange is bizarre. Sure must be lowtide

around here if we are celebrating this non event. But hey, let them have fun.

[sunnystarr]

71. Relax -- it's called synchronicity (nt)

[TankLV]

88. I believe we finally have the correct interpretation of this event.

Very nicely put.

[fooj]

75. See post#66...Case Closed!

Hey -I'm sorry to hear about the shape of the school system...I'm a teacher. That sucks!

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???

[HeeBGBz]

94. What isn't there, is now.

It may have only been a random marketing ploy, but it doesn't mean it stays that way. We've been hand fed a headstart on a good protest project. Orange all over the media.

Syncronicity made it happen. Maybe it's a sign we are on the right track.

I say Kerry On! Wear orange and make it a statement. Now.

[Helga Scow Stern]

50. Yep. The universe works in mysterious ways alright. How ironic.

And Powell was there? That cracks me up! How it must have looked to people around the world.
It's a very good omen. It is like the foreshadowing in a movie.

[fooj]

52. I'm right there with you!!!

It's almost as though the wind is changing direction...and I'm liking the shift!!:bounce: PEACE!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!


WHAT ARE THEY HIDING????:think:

[Eye_on_prize]

55. This is what a friend of mine calls a "dreamed up phenomenon" ...

events that manifest in non-linear way to reflect collective unconscious truths seeking liberation into the light of consciousness. Such events often appear as "coincidental" in some way. In other words, it doesn't really matter whether Discover Card "intended" to do. Whether they like it or not, they got unwittingly drafted into the role of catapulting a delicious and timely symbolic signal to the whole country and the watching world, with the unwitting help of MSM (LOL). A very auspicious sign me thinks.

[Sleepless In NY]

60. Orange hats are symbolic & didn't start with Discover

The wearing of orange hats started as a symbolic "FU" to the constant pumped up "terror alerts" NY always received during the holiday season. Started big time last year and it really caught fire. People supplied their own orange hats or orange hair, then. Discover picked up on it and this year distributed the hats because they r so loved in NY.


I thought it was beyond funny & ironic that the orange jester hats popped up this year when Colin Bowell was our "guest". How fitting!LOL!! Thank you Discover for helping us get that point across.


Has anyone else picked up on the fact, there havent been any big "terror alerts" in NY this holiday season? We would get them every year, but oddly enough, not this year. Of course not....election is over, bush is safe, and its the 1st christmas since 2001 that we havent had bush try to put the fear of God into us.

I'm so proud of this city, we never did give into bush or anyone else, we have all tried to live as normal a life as possible since 9/11. And dont forget our giant "monkey bush" billboard. Along with the orange hats, hair, clothes etc, it shows there is no great love for bush in this town. Thats another reason I love living in NY!

[glitch]

61. I am just an occasional visitor but I love NYC too!

And orange ribbons were used to protest the vote theft after 2000, so I love the continuity.
Very serendipitous for Discover to hand out orange hats this year.
Have they ever handed out hats before? Perhaps, since they are pretty rw, they wanted to dilute the genuine orange effect.
Nah, my tin must be too tight!

Edit to add: I love the dreamed up phenomenon idea. I wonder if some marketing career at Discover is over?

[Sleepless In NY]

62. glitch yes!

I forgot about the orange also being symbolic of the vote theft of 2000! You're right! Add that to the NY "FU" orange to bush and his "terror alerts" too! Gotta love it!

[Sleepless In NY]

63. Picture of "Orange" Times Square on New Years 2003 & link

Orange everywhere as we ushered in 2004 http://asmallvictory.net/archives/005624.html

[glitch]

64. Beautiful!! Thanks for posting!

:dean scream: yyyyyeeeeaaaaarrrrrrrrgggghhhhhh!

[rodeodance]

65. does anyone know if the media noticed the orange tinge?

[roenyc]

69. more photos - someones personal page

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rion/

the media just called them orange hats. they were given out by discover. every year they give out goodie bags and this year they also gave out plastic discover cards the person who got the orange one won something.

some pages are saying the hats are in relation to the terror level being raised to orange. but nyc is always orange.

[Eye_on_prize]

70. I love imagining Bush watching all this on TV last night

I'll bet he wasn't smirking ..rather... scowling. whincing. squirming.
on the other hand, he may be so clueless as to have not made the connection. Either way, this is a very sweet omen.

[kitkat65]

72. "Gosh, Laura, I kinda have the munchies for Cheetohs, don't you?"

[fooj]

76. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Unfortunately, the lyin' bandit was getting his beauty rest, I'm sure!


WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[TankLV]

89. I vote for clueless - as usual.

[Scout1071]

96. Are you kidding me? Everyone is now talking about the Discover

promo last night. Mission accomplished. That mktg exec probably got promoted.

[roenyc]

67. on other threads on line they

thought it was because NYC was at orange alert! lol

[phantomvotes]

73. Inquiring intelligent abstract minds want to know: A little education

First off: Orange is symbolic of the Ukrainian protest to their fraudulent elections. Blue is the color of the our states that voted so strongly Kerry that they could not flip the votes any longer without
immediate foul being called.

Second off: the tall hats represent New Yorks era of the GANGS of New York Tammany Hall and Lincoln era: http://www.baronhats.com/Bill_B.htm

http://www.herbertasbury.com/gangsofnewyork/
THE GANGS OF NEW YORK, written by Herbert Asbury, was used as the basis for the movie GANGS of NEW YORK, a gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio. Filmed in Rome, Gangs covers a period of New York City's history, from the 1840's through to the bloody Draft Riots of 1863, at a time when graft and corruption permeated every level of government including the police department.

Third: Need to watch the Movie: http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/g/gangs-of-new-york.shtml

[fooj]

78. Thanks for the info!!!

and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!:party:

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[phantomvotes]

83. Happy 1 2 U fooj !!!

Happy to know inquiring minds. :hug: :yourock:

[Old Mouse]

84. This is why Rove keeps outmaneuvering us

He would have just taken credit for the orange no matter why it was there.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

90. This is my first post!

so I'm no longer a DU virgin!
Didn't know anything here in Florida about wearing orange to signify our distaste of this administration, but I think it is a great idea, and I'm more than willing to go orange shopping!

[fooj]

91. Welcome to DU!!!!

Shop til you drop!:) Spread the word...

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???:think:

[Old Mouse]

92. Welcome to DU!

And keep posting!

[tinfoilinfor2005]

93. TY!

Didn't think post #1 would be so nerve wracking, LOL! But I love coming here to read all of the great posts, and sometimes I just need to get in my 2cents worth.