Early Show Displays Obamacized Neda Poster

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Obama and Neda: same struggle!

Who says Pres. Obama isn't backing the Iranian uprising strongly enough?  Why, supporters of the struggle have chosen to immortalize Neda, the young student reportedly slain by the current regime, by creating a poster of her in the style of the iconic Obama poster made famous during his presidential campaign.

Might that have been CBS's subliminal message this morning?  Of all the possible posters of the fallen girl who has become the symbol of the Iranian uprising, the Early Show chose the one displayed here in the unmistakeable style Shepard Fairey used to create his Obama poster [displayed after the break].

CBS reporter Richard Roth implied that CBS had discovered the Obamacized poster of Neda on the internet, and that may well be true.  But surely there were any number of posters CBS might have displayed. That it chose this one was surely no coincidence.

Here's the video of Richard Roth's report which contained the image.

Shepard Fairey Obama Poster

 


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If The Obama won't come out

If The Obama won't come out in support of the protesters, his sycophants in the media will pretend that he has.

I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows.  -Bart Simpson

 

MB: I was having trouble

MB: I was having trouble inserting the video, but have substituted a still of the CBS image of the Neda poster. Can you see it now?

Yes.  I thought I was

Yes.  I thought I was going nuts. I edited my comment, thinking I had missed it... LOL

And I didn't see a link to the video, but I installed some addons in FF and thought I was blocking it.

I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows.  -Bart Simpson

 

Looks like Ahmadinejad's

Looks like Ahmadinejad's computer hackers are trying to prevent us from getting the truth out ;-)

Not just the sycophants

This a.m. I was watching Morning Joe....Joe was cheerleading for Obama on his Iran statement and actions.  He saw absolutely nothing wrong with Obama's wait and see attitude.

When the production guy read an e-mail from a viewer saying MJ had become totally liberal, Joe got all huffy and said something like, "fine, if you think that, turn us off" (so I did!). 

I hope his book is as successful as Nanny Pelosi's.

 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

I hope his book is as

I hope his book is as successful as Nanny Pelosi's. 

So far it's showing signs of that...

PJ posted here the other day that it was out of the top 100 on Amazon and dropping like a stone.

 

I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows.  -Bart Simpson

 

Is this what we have to look forward to if

the US people ever decide to really protest the government? At the rate SLObama is working, we wont even have the ability to cut one(a fart) in public, without being cut down in public.

and as far as Obamas opinion of this, he is still waiting on the approved verbage from his handlers on this, they will feed the teleprompter when they are ready to take sides on this issue, which I am certain will only happen when an outcome has been arrived at on its own, Iran will burn and be rebuilt from within before he makes a firm decision on this by himself

there is no spoon...

obligatory Monty Python response

"I fart in your general direction!"

treasonous disrespect to The One, indeed! :P

 

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Obama: MIA

The excellent Greg Gutfeld does a daily Gregalogue on Red Eye

He did today's on Saturday because of his rage at the "cool" Obama and his priorities. Like Tony Hawk skateboarding in the White House.

MONDAY'S GREGALOGUE - NOW, BECAUSE I'M PISSED

Am I an old fart or am I right to be pissed that some jackass is skateboarding down the halls of the White House while all this Iranian shit is going down?

We truly have succumbed to the idiocy of the MTV/Mountain Dew/Road Rules backward hat and baggy short culture. Did I miss something, or is the White House the future set for the next Real World? Where are the wallet chains? Is Hot Topic handling our foreign policy? Obama should be grounded for a week for letting Tony Hawk play in OUR house. Where in hell are the adults?

Look: Tony Hawk is in his mid forties. He's a grown man...and he skateboards. Could you imagine your dad or anyone who lived during World War II treating a man who skateboards with anything less than scorn and ridicule?

Right now, people are risking their lives for the glimmer of freedom, and Tony Hawk is in the White House tweeting about Frosted Flakes.

Someone please dig up Reagan. I'd take a dead leader with balls over a living camp counselor who wants all the cool kids to like him.

What a screaming joke.

“For God's sake, somebody tell Obama that a TRILLION is one MILLION MILLION!!!!

Someone please dig up Reagan

Someone please dig up Reagan. I'd take a dead leader with balls over a
living camp counselor who wants all the cool kids to like him.

That quote should be immortalized. Period. I almost had to replace my keyboard.... AGAIN!

WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare,

Skateboarding in the White House

I'm speechless . .

Isaiah 5:20a Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil. . .  KJV

to be fair to Mr. Hawk

 he does run all the merchandising and media for his skate empire, along with the shows, appearances, endorsements, and other stuff.

Almost anything he does is something for his company. His use of the crackberry for mobile business use is legendary. If he was grinding in the White House, it'll be a sure bet the next Tony hawk game will have a White House level. there's probably a Hope deck and a new Change Your Shorts halfpipe trick now.

 

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I was telling an old (older

I was telling an old (older in age and long time) friend about playing in an adult baseball league here in Charlotte.

I told him it was an old man's league (i turn 30 in Oct).

He said define old.

I told him "if you are playing after college and you don't get paid to do it."

I have no problems with the 40 year old riding a skateboard (in the White might be a bit tacky, though).

You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

McCarthy on Iran and Obama

Andrew McCarthy at NRO has Obama nailed on his lackadaisical attitude toward Iran. To sum up, it's because the Bamster is more comfortable with dictators than democracies. This comes from his upbringing by a crowd of odious 60's Castroites. Must read:

Understanding Obama on Iran: http://corner.nationalreview.com

Neda Poster

I think the poster is incredibly appropriate considering our dear leader's lack of response was directly responsible for this accellerated violence.
Way to go, Apologist in Chief.

I know I'm going to heat for this but...

Is that a melting cup of custard above Neda's head?

Iran - Dictators - Obama

The inability of Obama and his lapdog media to identify evil and call on the world to shun the Iranian leadership just because it is dressed in a suit of anit-American rhetoric is deplorable.

This is the same leadership that not only kills its citizens but undermines attempts at some sort of representative government in Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan. They have agents in those three countries undermining  US interests and in Iraq and Afghanistan they have paid agents killing our troops.

And our basic policy is to not upset them and rationalize why we can live with every country in the Gulf going nuclear? This craziness goes hand in glove with finding the only cuts in our trillions of dollars of government spending to come from defense, and in particular, missile defense.

 

You think this is bad

Who heard the claptrap on "moring joe" this morning, saying that the 0's Cairo speech was the impetus for the uprising, thus making criticism of his weeniness moot.

I came pretty close to needing a new TV this morning.

"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008

The Poster

Did CBS create the poster (which I wouldn't put past them), or did someone else create it and the story just show it?

pvoce: the reporter seemed

pvoce: the reporter seemed to indicate CBS had found it on the web.  That's surely possible, but of all the artwork devoted to Neda, this is what CBS chose to feature.

Web poster

rgr that;)

Bush Policy Vindicated!

If it hasn't already happened, NYT/CBS will probably start showing Iranian protestors chanting "Yes we can!" next. This would be total BS. Iranians would not be doing this if they did not think they had a glimmer of a chance to suceed. Is Iraqi democracy spreading to Iran now? Did Obama vote "For" -or- "Against" Iraqi Democracy? (or was he merely "Present" ?)

Re: Yes We Can

But 'Yes We Can' was Ahmadickwad's campaign slogan, not the slogan of those in the streets protesting. An inconvenient fact.

What do you want Obama to

What do you want Obama to do? Give his blessing to the uprising and then have the Iranian military mow down a few thousand protestors in retaliation?  Do you seriously want a third war for our over extended military?

tough call

do we wait until all those who support progession towards freedom in Iran are dead, and deal with Iran militarily after it's finished the inevitable purges and completed it's nuclear offensive capability? or do we offer assistance now, and let the Media destroy our credibility, and the UN who has already been shown to be in the pockets of the oil-funded jihadists refusing to give any aid?

Speaking of which, where's the f**king UN anyways? This is the exact reason they were created, not to bypass our Constitution and take away freedoms using treaty language, but to investigate and intervene when governments don't transition properly? Oh that's right, they're too busy using "environmental" legislation to give China more industrial assistance and castrating Western economies.

 

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U.N.?  I thought the right

U.N.?  I thought the right wanted to dismantle the U.N. Revolution can only be successful from within. 

You're right, Goldbar, the US now stands for nothing

Who said anything about a third war?

If the moolahs want to proceed with the mowing-down, they're going to do it regardless of what anyone says.

Name a US president in the last 50 years who would have remained absolutely silent on this.  

He hasn't been silent. He's

He hasn't been silent. He's made statements. Don't forget how when the Kurds were on the brink of revolution against Saddam and Bush 41 said go ahead and revolt--we got your back. They did and we didn't and the Kurds were slaughtered.

Not saying jacksh*t for 12

Not saying jacksh*t for 12 days = silence, in my book...

...and to most other countries who HAVE made supportive comments.

And saying you're "troubled" does not count as a supportive statement.

No...wait, Goldbrick!

The latest statement from his Press Secretary, Gibbsy....said after viewing the photos over the weekend...."Obama was incredibly moved".

We always new the media would cover this eventually.....great.  Obama's "movement" was covered on national TV!

I'm upping the ante.....SIX buicks!

 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

Goldbar - let's walk Iran down Obama's lane.

What would one expect Obama to do?

Well, I'd like to see him shine a bright light on liberty and freedom for all people and to encourage the world to bring pressure on Iran for a fair and free election, without government managment of the result.

How's that grab ya Spanky?

So, what's the downside?

If you listen to Obama's staff, it goes like this.  Gee, if the US says anything of substance, we'll just give the Natural Rulers that reflect the Middle Eastern propensity for oppressive Religous Tyranny an excuse to kill a buncha people. 

The second most reason given is that if we say anything then they won't like us.  Translated that means, they will accuse us of interfering with internal politics and kill a bunch of people.

So, my question to your obvious apology for the limp-wristed appeaser arms-length watch and wait approach by Obama is:

What changes the status quo by taking the high road of freedom over the current, "Let them eat cake" approach of Obama.

They won't like us?

They need an excuse to kill a buncha people.

Go figure.

ACA

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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)

And the moment the Iranian

And the moment the Iranian army starts slaughtering people the right will blame Obama for "making too strong of a statement".  Dust off your mercenary gear and get yourself a plane ticket to Tehran. The people there await their white knight.

What planet are you from? Just an innocent question.

Let me see...

"And the moment the Iranian army starts slaughtering people the right will blame Obama for "making too strong of a statement".

Where do you get these wonderful ideas?  Like wonderful numbers, I assume?

What in the world would be too strong a statement on behalf of Liberty and Free Elections (Freedom).  "Gee, my Uncle landed on Normandy?"

I see you address my issue with you as:

Dust off your mercenary gear and get yourself a plane ticket to Tehran. The people there await their white knight."

Uh, did you ever 'dust off your mercenary gear'?  Have you ever done anything to defend Liberty and Freedom, aside from pounding the keyboard?  If so, then I yield the point to you.

ACA 

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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)

 

Iggy:

'Enlightened beings' do not have planets, per se.

They just float around in the ether, imparting their knowledge to worthy civilizations.

Well...EXCUSSSEE me. ACA

I knew that.

I think I knew that...

ACA 

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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)

Check the other thread from

Check the other thread from today on the same topic. 

Now the right is blaming Obama for Neda's death. You can't have it both ways. 

fantasy

Lemme guess, you're also a big Harry Potter fan, right?

What is the message of the

What is the message of the poster of Neda?   Is this a warning from Obama, Emanuel and ACORN?

posters

wow. talk about propoganda.

 

www.endthebias.com

posters

wow. talk about propoganda.

 

www.endthebias.com

Dr. Goebbels would have

Dr. Goebbels would have been amazed.

No, really.

These so-called journalists don't have to be intimidated nor have the rule of law to get them to do the Fuhrer's bidding, the PTB don't have to have their own rags like when Julius Streicher published Der Sturmer, they don't have to produce their own propaganda films like the Nazis did through UFA, they don't have to ship off opponents in the press to camps or exile them...it all happens spontaneously and automatically!

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).

In my eyes....this poster

In my eyes....this poster is beneath contempt!

So is CBS along with the other alphabet msm...what makes me ill are the O supporters somehow trying to use her as an icon to them, it is past maddening, this is another intentional in your face show of blatant BS... how they hell dare they?!

Soros, Rahm the Chicago Crew can rot....they aren't fooling anyone...only those who want to be and the others who are blind.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

God and Neda

Rest in peace now, dear child.

Amen

Amen Barker....Amen.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart