Stiff as Cardboard

Newark, New Jersey, August 15, 2008:

Secret Service agents have questioned a Jersey City man about a display in his front yard featuring a cardboard cutout of President Bush with a knife through his head.

Ronatarian Party leader Ron said he was grilled for about 90 minutes by two agents who asked about his personal history and his political views. They also asked him to allow access to his barber and medical records, he said.

The cutout also shows painted blood running over the president's eyes and down the bridge of his nose.

Ron said the federal agents asked if he interpreted his work as a threat against the country's chief executive. He said he didn't.

"They said, 'You've got a knife sitting in the head of the president of the United States,'" Ron told The New Jersey Spew. "I said, 'No, I got a knife in a piece of cardboard.'"

Ron said he has been placing art in his front yard for several years. He rotates the pieces monthly.

The Bush piece remains in place. He painted over the president's likeness in yellow and penciled in a swastika on the chest. The knife still pierces the forehead, running through a recently added sign that says, "Anonymous."

Posted by Bittle at August 15, 2008 02:18 PM