So Berkeley has this great tradition of vandalizing advertisements to send a completely different message than what was originally intended. I've decided I'm going to begin documenting this, starting with today's installment.

We begin with the ad that the Department of Homeland Security has been putting out for ready.gov. The text of this originally said "Terrorism Forces us to make a choice. We can be afraid. Or we can be prepared. [Ready] 1-800-BE READY"

Then, the conspicuous McDonald's ad that everybody in the world sees coming out of the main Berkeley BART (subway) stop. This ad, perched above the Downtown Berkeley BART elevators, used to say "The feel good menu of the year." Heh.