The Tyranny of Tradition

A national tragedy was avoided earlier today when the FBI arrested members of People For Truth And Freedom Against Tyranny and The Lack of Freedom With Liberty and Justice for All Who Believe In Freedom and the American Way of Life (PTFATLFLJABFAWL) a terrorist group from Islip, Long Island who kidnapped the members of the heavy metal band Anthrax.  Members of the terrorist group were captured at the local Islip post office trying to fit five enormous human-sized  envelopes into a tiny mail slot.

Earlier that day, PTFATLFLJABFAWL had captured members of the group at various locations around New York, drugged them, brought them back to an apartment and attempted to wrap them in bubble tape so they would be uninjured on their journey through the mail.  Guitarist Scott Ian briefly became conscious during the seven-hour ordeal and remembers feeling like he was in some bizarre episode of the TV show Batman.  “They had five of us tied up and were weighing us to see what the postage would be.  They were wearing Slipknot looking masks so I couldn’t recognize them.  Next thing I know they were trying to stuff me in a giant envelope that was addressed to Tom Brokaw at NBC News.  When I tried to tell them he was retired, one of them hit me and I blacked out.”

One of the neighbors of the terrorist group initially tipped off the FBI when they heard high, falsetto screaming coming from the envelope of Joey Belladonna.  “When I noticed humans in envelopes being carried down the hallway, I was a bit suspicious. I was about to go back to watching The Price is Right when I heard that melodic screeching from one of the envelopes. I could tell by the high pitched, more 80’s era sound that it couldn’t have been John Bush.  It was either Neil Turbin or Joey Belladonna in that envelope.  I called the FBI right away.”

Jonathan Winthrop, the group’s leader and a former writer for Tyranny of Tradition, believed his arrest was another example of the liberties of Americans being taken away by the repressive Federal Government.  “Where does it say in the Constitution that mailing members of a thrash band in protest is a crime?  I ask you….where?  I say to you, mailing Frank Bello in the defense of liberty is no vice!!!!”

Beyond the Ian letter to Brokaw, the other letters were meant to go to President Obama, George Clooney, Rush Limbaugh and Tim Tebow.  While the Brokaw letter was just about publicity, the other four were meant to be sent to the leadership of both American political parties in order to alert them that the current status quo would not be tolerated.

All the letters contained notes with similar words:

C11H17N2O2SN A

Who Is Caught In A Mosh Now

We Are The Law

Tnemnrevognikaerfecin

The last part of the note had agents stumped.  After being analyzed by over 300 of the top code breakers in the government for ten hours it was revealed that it was actually “Nice Freakin’ Government” spelled backwards.