February 2003
Initials of the fantastic five, the original five digits of the SBG hand:
(Dr. & idealist) JJF, (angry webmaster) DO, (the human snowblower) CJ, (Reverend) NM, (ideologue, subversive, provocateur, architect) JC
- all responsible for the "PEACE" project below.
Unfortunately a light dusting of snow thereafter subtlely obscured the work.
The caption reads: "Members of the university community rose from their beds Wednesday morning to find the
word 'peace' etched into the snow on the side of Horse Barn Hill. The 'peace' sign was
visible to travelers on Route 195 and to residents of Towers."
All inspired by this:
“My colleagues, every statement I make today is backed
up by sources, solid sources. These are not assertions. What we are
giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence."
Secretary of State Colin Powell before the United Nations, 2/5/03
Powell's Case for Iraq War Falls Apart 6 Months Later
On February 5, 2003, Colin Powell stood before the world and proved
that he too had been drinking copious quantities of neo-conservative
Kool-Aid. If you were paying attention, it was enough to make you
mad. Maybe even mad enough to pick up a shovel…
On the night of Tuesday, February 11, 2003, five guys spent about
five hours carving five big letters into a snowy hillside in Storrs, CT.
And just like that, the Soggy Boot Gang was born.
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soggybootgang, soggy boots, uconn, horse barn hill, horse, barn, hill, peace symbol, peace sign,
dug, dig, trample, trampled, etch, etched, protest, protester, protestor, shovel, fight, power,
shoveling, shovelling, snowed, snowing, storrs, CT, connecticut, rumsfeld, condi, condoleeza,
ridge, duct tape, duct, tape, colin, powell, move on, shovels, shoveled, shovelled, ribbon, support,
university of connecticut, in the snow, support peace, support peace ribbon, giant, carved, campus
