Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Obama Campaign Redefines American Flag as "FORWARD"
The whole controversy of the Obama logo in the American flag was B.S. It was not a controversy. All sorts of politicians use the American flag and redesign it into their political campaigns. Red, white, and blue is patriotic, and we all feel patriotic. So we package ourselves in the American flag.
What is wrong is to instead of saying you are American, you are patriotic, is to say America is you. The American flag stands for you, not the country.
And now the Obama campaign has stepped over the line and done that.
A video posted on the Obama campaign's YouTube channel is titled "A Symbol of Moving Forward" and uses an image of the American flag. I thought that there is no way that this could be as bad as it looks. I thought this must be a coincidental title and image juxtaposition. I was wrong.
Now the Obama campaign itself does not equate the American flag with Obama's vision of Дmєлiќa, but the title insinuates it means "Forward." What they have done instead is let the Chief Operations Officer, Matthew O'Connor, of a small business that makes American flags redefine the flag for them. He gets the symbolism completely wrong.
The stars on the blue field represent a new constellation. In 1795 the flag bloated to 15 stripes. In 1818 a law passed fixing the number of stripes to the original 13 stripes to honor the original colonies and the number of stars would represent the number of states.
Fixed design. Represents the states. Honor the past. Where's the change? Where's the "forward?"
People coming to America see it as a land of freedom, liberty, and opportunity. Many of us see the flag as a symbol of freedom and liberty.
We do not see the American flag as a symbol of change. We do not see it as a symbol of "forward."
What is wrong is to instead of saying you are American, you are patriotic, is to say America is you. The American flag stands for you, not the country.
And now the Obama campaign has stepped over the line and done that.
Now the Obama campaign itself does not equate the American flag with Obama's vision of Дmєлiќa, but the title insinuates it means "Forward." What they have done instead is let the Chief Operations Officer, Matthew O'Connor, of a small business that makes American flags redefine the flag for them. He gets the symbolism completely wrong.
The United States flag was created as a symbol of moving forward. Written into the fabric of the flag is the notion of change. As a living example we can constantly improve and reach our greatest potential.WRONG!
The stars on the blue field represent a new constellation. In 1795 the flag bloated to 15 stripes. In 1818 a law passed fixing the number of stripes to the original 13 stripes to honor the original colonies and the number of stars would represent the number of states.
Fixed design. Represents the states. Honor the past. Where's the change? Where's the "forward?"
People coming to America see it as a land of freedom, liberty, and opportunity. Many of us see the flag as a symbol of freedom and liberty.
We do not see the American flag as a symbol of change. We do not see it as a symbol of "forward."
Making the Absurd Hilarious
When the POTUS' official YouTube channel has a video that likens voting for the first time to losing your virginity you just can not believe the absurdity of it. How on earth do you parody this? When the POTUS talks about women as if they only care about reproduction and lady parts the video watches like a dry wit dig at him.
TokenLibertarianGirl (Julie Borowski) has upped the absurdity and has made the following hilarious spoof:
Just in case you missed it, here is the gross video from the POTUS:
At the time of this posting, here are the popularity stats:
TokenLibertarianGirl (Julie Borowski) has upped the absurdity and has made the following hilarious spoof:
Just in case you missed it, here is the gross video from the POTUS:
| POTUS | TokenLibertarianGirl | |
| Posted | Oct 25, 2012 | Oct 27, 2012 |
| Views | 1,836,643 | 50,965 |
| Likes | 11,979 | 2,362 |
| Dislikes | 15,085 | 111 |
| Likability | 56% Dislike | 95% Like |
Friday, October 26, 2012
Why did ___ cross the road?
Roll over the red boxes for punch line.
Why did Romney cross the road?
Because he knows how to work with the other side.
Why did Obama cross the road?
To get to the campaign dollars on the other side.
Why did Ron Paul cross the road?
Because he got kicked out of the convention.
Why did Obama cross the road?
To get to the celebrity endorsement on the other side.
Why did Gary Johnson cross the road?
Because no one is paying attention to him and he could get away with jaywalking.
Why did Obama cross the road?
To get to the golf course.
Why did Nancy Pelosi cross the road?
Her face-lift snapped and flung her across.
Why did Obama cross the road?
To get to the talk show instead of doing his job. Work is hard.
Why did Soledad O'Brien cross the road?
I don't know. She is so clueless even she doesn't knows why!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Why?
Call me screwy but I don't understand why Obama's YouTube channel contains a 34 second clip of him landing with Marine One on the White House lawn. Any thoughts?
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
No big deal ... maybe
In Greensboro, N.C. some voters tried voting for Romney and the machine kept coming up Obama. Supposedly this is not a big deal and happens from time to time.
The problem has been corrected, supposedly. Yeah early voting! Several potential days of fraud!
In case you have not heard this yet, there is a narrative that Romney's friends are creating the election machines and will steal the election for him, just like they did for Bush. Hail the Bain voting machines.
I figure there's not much to worry about, then I saw the following video. Again; yeah early voting! Several potential days of fraud!
The problem has been corrected, supposedly. Yeah early voting! Several potential days of fraud!
In case you have not heard this yet, there is a narrative that Romney's friends are creating the election machines and will steal the election for him, just like they did for Bush. Hail the Bain voting machines.
I figure there's not much to worry about, then I saw the following video. Again; yeah early voting! Several potential days of fraud!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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