Gallery: Death of the Anti-Terror Gas Station

August 11th, 2010

Remember this?

Way back in 2008, you may recall (well, probably not, but still) I had featured this photo (on the right) of the Anti-Terror Gas Station. I took this picture at random while I was getting a drink, because it amused me. This place featured all over the Internets a while back, being yet another embarrassment Omaha had to offer the world, and I snapped up a picture for my own use and promptly forgot about the place.

I nonetheless respected them at the time for putting their money where their mouth was, and taking a stand with their livelihood. I respected them a bit less (well, a whole lot less) when they started blatantly shilling for McCain and Palin on their Osama truck. They put a huge VOTE FOR THESE INCOMPETENT CLOWNS banner over it, which a) watered down their message, and b) pissed me off, so I stopped buying from them altogether.

Well, on my most recent trip back to Omaha, I noticed the place had fallen upon hard times. It'd closed down, in fact. Gone was the truck with the Osama bin Ladin thingie on it, as well as the web site it indicated we should visit. I guess there's a moral to the story there. It's one thing to say Osama bin Ladin is an asshole (which I agree with wholeheartedly), but another to shove your politics down your customers' throats.

Let that be a lesson to you, Target and Best Buy.

It's hard to say for certain that the place went under solely because of their pro-Republican stance. But then, Omaha gave its electoral vote to a Democratic candidate for President this time 'round, for the first time ever. Ever. So mebbe there's something to that. But I digress. While I was in Omaha, I decided to take some time out and snap up a bunch of photograps detailing the ignoble end to this place. So here they are!

 

 

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed this strange view of an even stranger business - even if one or two of the interior shots came out blurry!

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