The artist in question, Michael McDonald, has been putting little art displays in front of his house for years but this one in question got the law involved. They not only paid him a 90 minute visit, but interviewed his neighbors and asked permission to delve into his medical files. Says McDonald: "They said, 'You've got a knife sitting in the head of the president of the United States. I said, 'No, I got a knife in a piece of cardboard.'"

This wasn't the only time he's gotten a visit from the Man. Last year, he got a visit from the Secret Service after he sent a letter to the President saying that if he ever visited Alameda (as if), he'd "kick his ass." McDonald also says he sends an e-mail to Cheney every week that basically says in no uncertain terms "go f--- yourself."

That? That is awesome.

Also in public art gone bad, that lady who painted messages all over her house and her car got bitch slapped by the San Mateo City Council and was told to remove her "messages from God" or else face the wrath of the San Mateo City Council. And by wrath, we mean fines or jail times. She is still refusing to do so.