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Bill's Broadsides

POSTED:Mon, May 5, 2008 @ 11:09AM

Two for the road


Most of The Leader's non-local content is, of course, material we get from the Associated Press. Today, while browsing through photos of more newsworthy things such as explosions in Afghanistan and a deadly virus in China, I stumbled upon the two curiosities in the box at right. Every morning, the AP wire is like a box of chocolates -- you never know what you're going to get.

I think it's interesting that, in each of these photos, a man is proudly making a statement, but in both cases the messages that come across most vividly are not the ones intended.

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Bill Ackerbauer

Assistant City Editor A Johnstown native, Bill Ackerbauer began his journalism career in 1996 as a beat reporter with The Leader-Herald. He returned to the Glove Cities in 2000 after working in various editorial positions with newspapers in Saratoga Springs, Schenectady and New Hampshire. He has degrees in English literature from Union College and the University at Albany, where he teaches courses in journalism. In addition to writing, editing and teaching, Bill is an aficionado of old-time folk and blues music and performs locally on acoustic guitar, banjo and other traditional instruments. He lives in Johnstown with his wife, Jennifer, and their two sons, Liam and Carter.

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