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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: TheSarge on August 08, 2008, 06:09:19 AM
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August 07, 2008 04:53 PM ET | Paul Bedard
George Bush had his three-fingered W salute that supporters flashed when greeting him at presidential campaign events in 2000. And now, if a Los Angeles creative agency gets its way, Sen. Barack Obama will see fans meet him with his own salute like the one above. "Our goal is to see a crowd of 75,000 people at Obama's nomination speech holding their hands above their heads, fingers laced together in support of a new direction for this country, a renewed hope, and acceptance of responsibility for our future," says Rick Husong, owner of The Loyalty Inc.
Husong tells me that he got the idea after seeing the famous Obama-Progress poster by artist Shepherd Fairey. "We wanted to get involved some way," he says. So, the agency came up with their own a symbol of hope and progress that also plays off Obama's name. "We thought, 'Let's try and start a movement where even while walking down the street, people would hold up the O and you would know that they were for Obama,' " says Husong. Much thought went into the relatively simple idea. "You interlace your hands in a circle, the interlacing being a symbol of different types of people coming together and the circle a symbol of unity," he says. Their design, unlike Fairey's, is free, and Husong is urging people to download it and print it on posters and T-shirts. "We want to see it everywhere, but more importantly we want this sign to take the world by storm."
(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj102/paparay01/ObamaSalute.jpg)
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/08/07/one-nation-under-a-new-obama-salute.html
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Oh my.
That's about as silly as the old Hitler salute.
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It suddenly occurred to me.
The creators of this monstrosity apparently don't know sign language as used by the deaf.
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It suddenly occurred to me.
The creators of this monstrosity apparently don't know sign language as used by the deaf.
What does that say in ASL frank?
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It suddenly occurred to me.
The creators of this monstrosity apparently don't know sign language as used by the deaf.
What does that say in ASL frank?
Words in sign language have multiple meanings, and are taken in context with other signs.
The last time I saw this used, it was used in the sense of "asshole."
It probably has other meanings, but this is one of them.
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I saw this on Ace of Spades:
(http://i33.tinypic.com/16a366t.jpg)
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^ I like that version MUCH better.
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Husong tells me that he got the idea after seeing the famous Obama-Progress poster by artist Shepherd Fairey.
Good Lord... you guys check out the Shepherd Fairey link via the OP's link? (dare you go that far down the rabbit hole?)
O-bey O-bama! (creepy shite...)
http://obeygiant.com/post/Obama
And I quote, "Propaganda Engineering", "Manufacturing Quality Dissent", "Subliminal Projects Prints" and so forth. :mental:
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Husong tells me that he got the idea after seeing the famous Obama-Progress poster by artist Shepherd Fairey.
Good Lord... you guys check out the Shepherd Fairey link via the OP's link? (dare you go that far down the rabbit hole?)
O-bey O-bama! (creepy shite...)
http://obeygiant.com/post/Obama
And I quote, "Propaganda Engineering", "Manufacturing Quality Dissent", "Subliminal Projects Prints" and so forth. :mental:
Remind me to NEVER listen to you again! :-)
This guy must have gotten his training as a member of the Communist Party.
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(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj102/paparay01/ObamaSalute.jpg)
Barack Obama - "Suck a Big One"
What a bunch of buffoons!
:rotf:
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What does that say in ASL frank?
Here it is, exactly as I told you (but not having the source):
And reader Jim M. e-mails: “In American sign language, the sign for ‘asshole’ is the circle formed with one hand. The new Obama sign can mean only one thing: ‘Big Asshole.’ If the sign fits…â€
This is from Michelle Malkin's web-site linked in the shout box here.
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What does that say in ASL frank?
Here it is, exactly as I told you (but not having the source):
And reader Jim M. e-mails: “In American sign language, the sign for ‘*******’ is the circle formed with one hand. The new Obama sign can mean only one thing: ‘Big *******.’ If the sign fits…â€
This is from Michelle Malkin's web-site linked in the shout box here.
NSFW language warning:
[youtube=425,350]PNcDI_uBGUo[/youtube]
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"Our goal is to see a crowd of 75,000 people at Obama's nomination speech holding their hands above their heads, fingers laced together in support of a new direction for this country, a renewed hope, and acceptance of responsibility for our future," says Rick Husong, owner of The Loyalty Inc. Husong tells me that he got the idea after seeing the famous Obama-Progress poster by artist Shepherd Fairey. "We wanted to get involved some way," he says. So, the agency came up with their own a symbol of hope and progress that also plays off Obama's name. "We thought, 'Let's try and start a movement where even while walking down the street, people would hold up the O and you would know that they were for Obama,' " says Husong. Much thought went into the relatively simple idea. "You interlace your hands in a circle, the interlacing being a symbol of different types of people coming together and the circle a symbol of unity," he says. Their design, unlike Fairey's, is free, and Husong is urging people to download it and print it on posters and T-shirts. "We want to see it everywhere, but more importantly we want this sign to take the world by storm."
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/08/07/one-nation-under-a-new-obama-salute.html
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/obama_head_wringer.jpg)
:tinfoil2:
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/space_hippies2.jpg)
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/space_hippies.jpg)
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/space_hippies3.jpg)
Gateway Pundit (http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/)
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'Let's try and start a movement where even while walking down the street, people would hold up the O and you would know that they were for Obama,
I'd much rather they just tattoo stupid across their foreheads.
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this one is much more accurate.... :rotf:
(http://i37.tinypic.com/29fwc9g.jpg)
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this one is much more accurate.... :rotf:
(http://i37.tinypic.com/29fwc9g.jpg)
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
hi-5!
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Oh my.
I'm waiting for them to run around in capes and Nikes. Do you think they will use kool aid or the traditional flavor aid?
Scary.
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stolen from Malkin's site
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/kademan/obamazero.jpg)
:rotf:
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(http://miskie.net/obamasalutenew.jpg)
Sometimes they make it too easy.
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(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj102/paparay01/ObamaSalute.jpg)
^^^ looks like practice for a choke-hold. :whatever: