Peeps are a marshmallow confection produced by Just Born candies from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania since 1953. The Peeps are formed in the shape of chicks and bunnies and are often associated with Easter.
Had the creators of Occupy Peeps have watched Occupied Unmasked, their take on the protest might not have been so sweet.
Since 2007, the Washington Post has sponsored a contest challenging budding artists to make dioramas with Peeps. This year a few of the outstanding entries had playful yet poignant political themes.
Nicholas Burger and Radga Iyenger honored the heroics of Seal Team Six in administering justice to Osama bin Laden in Diorama of Zero Dark Thirty (with Peeps).
It is unclear what exactly was inside the wrapper. Assuredly, it was not kosher.
Others took a more whimsical approach to governance in the District of Calamity. A group from the Siemens Technology Team in Beltsville, Maryland satirized Sequestration by splicing it with imagery inspired by Despicable Me in their creation: DesPEEPable Congress.
Despite the demagoguery of the Obama Administration, Sequestration was not the bomb that the White House expected. The 2.3% reduction in the rate of growth for the federal government did not not blow up between the beltways. The White House did hold the annual Easter Egg Roll but decided to cancel school tours of the White House, blaming it on Secret Service funding. Maybe if the First Family cut down on their jet setting (first daughters surf and ski spring break at Paradise Island, the Bahamas and Sun Valley, Idaho, the President taking Sunday Golf jaunts to Florida to have a round with Tiger Woods), they could avoid the damage.
h/t: The Washington Post
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