Emperor Norton, Undead
Spotted — this decree in the Financial District a few nights ago, an 8×10 flyer taped to a lamp pole reading,
“PROCLAMATION.
At the pre-emptory request of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the past one hundred fifty-six years and ten months of San Francisco, California, reclaim myself Emperor of These United States, and in virtue of authority thereby in me vested, do hereby order and direct my subjects to assemble in fron t of City Hall of San Francisco on the 3rd day of February next, then and there to make such alterations in the existing laws of the Union as may ameliorate the evils under which the country is laboring, and thereby cause confidence to exist, both at home and abroad in our stability and integrity.
NORTON I
Issued by the Ministry of Information”
It seems someone around here has shot our beloved Emperor Norton with re-animation fluid, and is blogging the whole thing. Photo via Malavagma. (Thanks, David!)
Dear Sir/Madam,
It has recently come to the attention of this council that you are assisting in the propagation of the false claims made by the individual purporting to be Norton I. Know that he is mentally unstable and that his actions directly destabilize the interests of Americans and this nation. Please refrain from further contact with this person and cease to discuss his statements immediately.
With the sincerest of regards,
The Council for American Liberties
It could very well be a complex publicity stunt for the movie being made, but I doubt this.
there’s a movie being made?
weird. nah, this isn’t obvious enough for movie marketing dopes.
There is — I know because I am intimately involved.