Will Media Help Sell the New Obama American Flag?

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There's a new American flag available on the Internet that has a picture of President Obama in the corner where the stars representing our fifty states normally reside.

Given how our media have assisted in selling Obama paraphernalia since Inauguration Day, one has to wonder what their position will be on the attractive keepsake pictured right.

As NewsBusters has chronicled, news outlets up until now haven't been shy about pushing product associated with the new president (larger picture of flag below the fold, h/t Atlas Shrugs):

  • The CBS "Early Show" promoted Obama dolls in April 
  • NBC Universal's online store offers at least 29 Obama-related items for sale
  • The CBS "Early Show" addressed how Obama merchandise was tough to keep on the shelves when the first family vacationed on Martha's Vineyard over the summer.

With this in mind, why not push the new Obama American flag?

Makes you want to stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance, doesn't it?

Exit question: should this be called an Obamican flag?


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This is *NOT* an American Flag.

AHEM!

This is *NOT* an American Flag.

It is an American-like Flag.

UnAmerican Flag

No, it is not an American Flag . . . it is an UNAmerican Flag

Keep an eye on this. See if

Keep an eye on this. See if people start waving small flags at Obama events.

Given the state of education in this country, I wonder how many people wouldn't even know this isn't the flag?

And of course -- making Obama look like Chevez. A message within a message here?

__________
"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song

Tingle up my leg...

I don't get a tingle up my leg seeing Big Brother Barack superimposed on the American Flag. I get a chill up my spine thinking there are that many sheep out there willing to give up freedom for supposed "security". It reminds me of the Russian people before 1917 who looked to the Tsar as "The Great Father". Some people just have a problem with personal responsibilty and are willing to give up American freedoms for a "Great Leader" to make everything all better for them.

It took Caligula four years to bankrupt the Roman Empire. Who wants to bet Barry can't do it in three?

Yuck

Yuck

I'd be more than happy to

I'd be more than happy to see someone take a Zippo to this flag.

Sorry Kat

but flag burning will no longer be "cool" it will now be an offense punishable by death...or you would be forced to listen to the Obama song 24/7. Which come to think of it would be a fate worse then death.

mmm-bop

I'd rather listen to that song "mmmm-bop" by Hanson before listening to that drivel.

-Jon

Disgusting.   "Reason

Disgusting.

 

"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error.  To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson

I'll raise

your "disgusting".  Filthy.

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

Anyone who plans on

Anyone who plans on displaying this "flag" had better keep a pretty close eye on it.  I have a feeling there are a lot of people who won't have the same enthusiasm for The One.

 

"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error.  To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson

Don't burn that flag!!

I'm sure the dems are already pushing to make it a felony to burn this particular flag.

 

Serve this?

Dozens, men and women, in my family have served this country in WWII, Korea,Vietnam, Iraq. This flag just insults the sacrifice made by every one of them. I am deeply offended.

cajun--

I'm with you.  It's like a form of blasphemy.

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Hear Hear!

I also with you on this Cajun2!  This abomination should be dipped in gasoline and met with a nice, hot, torch cigar lighter!! 

Preferably in a place where everyone can see this offensive piece of crap disappear into a pile of ash.

I can't wait to see a

I can't wait to see a photograph of William Ayres standing on this wadded abomination.

Flag???

Is this the new Kenyan flag?

I can just see a photo of

I can just see a photo of Obama with his hand over his heart pledging to THIS flag and the country (his) it represents, unlike the photo where he shuns our flag and our nation (and by "ours," I mean Americans; I'm not sure what Obama is).

That's just an optical

That's just an optical illusion.  It looks like Obama's face, but it's really 57 stars.  By the way, where's the hammer & sickle?

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."  -George Best

Now this...

 This is a flag that deserves burning!

BKeyser--

Much better, yes!

BKeyser, quick use this photo...

off Drudge..... (don't look)

I warned you.... gawd...

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

ucw

got it. Now, what flag to put it on...?

The lovely red Chinese one , the 5 faces of the vain hussein...

dunp the five stars and insert, five faces.

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

ucw

funny- I went with China as well. I'll have two versions momentarily. Stay tuned...

Two more flags...

Good work BK I like the yellow color. Cut and run...

And yes.... Kiss off freedom..

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

Re Don't Look

Puckering up for his no-prior-conditions meeting with Ahmadinejad?

Obama's Application for Sainthood Hits Snag

The White house reported today that President Obama's application for sainthood has hit a snag over the three miracles submitted.

While the Vatican was willing to concede that it is a miracle that Obama was elected given his complete lack of experience, the other two submissions were determined to be card tricks and not acceptable as actual miracles.*

A White house spokesperson said an official statement will be released later this week.

 *h/t: Father Guido Sarducci

 

"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error.  To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson

Speaking of Sainthood, has

Speaking of Sainthood, has Barry picked a church yet? Has he attended church yet?

Yes.  The press kneels and

Yes.  The press kneels and prays to him at least 5 times a day. 

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

bids anyone?

The red, white and Loooooooser is for sale on Ebay. 

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/...

Exit question: should this

Exit question: should this be called an Obamican flag?

Nah.  It's just a rag.

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."  -George Best

Obama Flag

Scummy.

Not a proper flag.

Even if Reagan, George S. Patton or Teddy Roosevelt were on the blue field, it is not a proper flag.

Obama will be yesterday's news before you know it.

Awake the sleeping giant...and that giant is WE THE PEOPLE!

I'll do that one better.

Not even with Sarah Palin on the Blue field would it be a proper flag.

One star per State.

You could sell tons

 of these. If you put them on long soft rolls of Bun Wipe. More if you nixed the stripes

 

My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

Nah.  People would think

Nah.  People would think it was already used. 

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

I guess its just keeping up

I guess its just keeping up with tradition.  First there were 13 stars then more and more until we have 50 stars on todays flag.  So why not put Duh Vain One's mug on the flag, he is after all a star in his own right.

God I gotta go wash my mouth out with soap now.

Know how to keep a Troll in suspense?  Ill tell ya in the morning.

That hideous flag is almost as offensive as Obama himself

-Dave

Which strips represents the slave owners?

Which of the 13 strips represent the original slave holding States?  Are they the ones below Obama or the ones to the right of him?

Heh.  Someone should, on a liberal blog, point out the "racism" inherent with this flag. 

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

This is just too much...

You bet it should be called an "Obamican" flag because it sure as hell is not an American flag. The American flag has 50 stars in the top left hand corner, not the face of Obama, or any other president on it.  

"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan

That flag

That flag really is an abomination.

Jesus Loves You so much He died for you

If the flag was in Knox,

If the flag was in Knox, Indiana i can say for certainty...the guy flying
it hates Obama and everyone in Knox knows it or he'd be dead by monday.

I think I just threw up in

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

Men and women have fought and DIED defending the Stars & Stripes.  

Not this narcissitic piece of s*&^!  It's disgusting.  His ego knows now bounds.

 

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam

I would.

Burn it!

No protocol required.

If I fly it upside down for

If I fly it upside down for a while, set it on fire and then urinate on it, will I be praised like the Hippies of Old?

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

A Stupid Joke

Whoever came up with this would have done just as well by putting Obama and Hitler together on the flag. True believing "progressives" will love it, but the majority of people will see it for the joke that it is.

I laughed at my own dad..

...when he said, "do you think Obama could be the Antichrist?"

Well, this is my dad and I told him that he should 'keep it down' , because he could be accused of crazy talk and that is quite an accusation to make.

But, now I'm wondering...  I go and look into a book of Nostradamus' readings and it seems he said the antichrist would be accepted by all peoples and for reasons that not one could clearly define as an attribute to those peoples.  He would make himself powerful by his own discourse and none would know his ulterior work.

Now, I'm seeing this over the top abomination in the praise of one man who has done nothing and was nothing before.  And we just saw the Nobel Peace Prize handed to a man who has done nothing but think aloud.  And now, we see a false flag idolizing a null figure yet draped in the colors and pattern to intentionally simulate and imitate the single greatest country ever known in modern civilization.  A country and a flag once stood for God, freedom, strength and its great peoples...???

My dad may just be seeing something that no one else is recognizing.

 

You give Obama too much

You give Obama too much credit to think he might be the Anti-Christ.

Obama is too inept. 

 

"President Obama is learning on the job and it shows."  --Boris Epshteyn

Free, the body Satan the

Free, the body Satan the antichrist uses is of no consequence except it must be in a position of great power.  So Duh Vain One could be the vessel used.

Know how to keep a Troll in suspense?  Ill tell ya in the morning.

Antichrist

When you read the definitions of the antichrist.. dear leader gets an A+.   It's eerily on the money especially about the part where he comes from no where but seemingly becomes the worlds saviour. Bimbi's not quite that good so I think we've been ambushed by Satan's stand in temp. 

It's America, not Omerica

 

um, not really

Sorry to be the no-fun geek on this one... but when you read the definition of the anti-christ, you'll realize the term you should be using is "the beast".

The term, "the anti-christ," is never used in the Book of Revelation.  It's used only in the three epistles of John, and it specifically refers to any person who actively denies that God was born in human form in the person of Jesus...

that is so true...

so it should be mentioned that Muslims agree that Christ actually existed they just deny He is a Part of God.  Muslims believe Christ is not as GREAT a prophet as Mohammed yet thay say Christ was a great man but NOT God.  There ya go.

And...

and that is EXACTLY how it was said the antichrist will come.

<paraphrased> 'No one will realize who is truly is but he will already be a prominent figure in the world.'    <actual quote from Nostradamus>"His very existence will be dismissed."

Anti-Christ, nah....

I often suggessted during the campaign that Barry's head should be shaved, 'cause there just had to be three sixes under there.

I am now convinced that it is nothing more than life imitating art. You know, Peter Sellers playing the part of "Chauncy the Gardner" in the classic movie, "Being There". This buffoon is a self brainwashed marxist who had a big push of affirmative action to put him to where he is as well as help from George Soros, whom by the way is Beezlebubb himself.......

US Flag Code - Title 4,

US Flag Code - Title 4, Chapter 1, Paragraph 3

Use of flag for advertising purposes; mutilation of flag

Any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America; or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall manufacture, sell, expose for sale, or to public view, or give away or have in possession for sale, or to be given away or for use for any purpose, any article or substance being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle for merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish the article or substance on which so placed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by mprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The words "flag, standard, colors, or ensign", as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America.

Maybe it was time for a change...

 

Because counting 57 stars is too hard.

Where was it made?

Someone tell me it has a tag that says MADE IN CHINA.

Sorry

It says made in Kenya also......

"1/20/2013 The end of a Error"

"The Narcissist and Stripes"

What a disgusting affront to the founders of this country and the principles upon which they founded it.  If I see one of those flags flying anywhere, I'll be SORELY tempted to cut the damned thing down without regard for damaging it.  (In this crazy town, though, that just might land me a year in jail...)

One nation under Obama,

One nation under Obama, this is disgusting even for a centralist lib like me.

 

"I have a Bush man-crush, you need to understand."-Mr. Shy

Good morning Shawn

Next step is putting him on the cross in Wright's church just like the centralist liberals put a woman on the cross in St John The Divine church some time back.

Jesus Loves You so much He died for you

shawn

centralist?

 

Yes shy

I consider myself a centralist lib or a moderate republican. Right enough to know affirmative action and fairness doctrine is wrong and left enough to believe in stem cell research and not liking the morality police

"I have a Bush man-crush, you need to understand."-Mr. Shy

shawn

No, I meant "centralist"... vs. "centrist"... although I'm discovering they're both words and you can use either/or, although it should be "centrist liberal", I believe.

I knew you were not a radical leftist, no worries. :)

 

Clarification needed!

What kind of stem cells? 

There is some stem cell research even staunch social conservatives don't oppose at all, you see. 

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

"The Chum of the World"

I am reminded of Randall Flagg who gleefully presided over the end of the world in Stephen King's "The Stand".  And notice that there are 13 stripes -- just like our flag! -- which perhaps represent "The Last Supper" and the betrayal of God.

I would not be surprised if burning this flag would be classified as a hate crime while burning the U.S. flag would be classified as the purest form of patriotism.

Obama loves it, I'm sure.  He'll have it replace all of those outdated flags that fly around the U.N.  He is, afterall, the number one friend of the world, a true-blue "chum" at the center of everyone's hopes and dreams. 

Yeah, that's it!  Obama is "the chum of the world".  But not in the "buddy/pal" sense of the word....more like the "mangled fish guts" sense.  In an effort to transform America into an ex-superpower, he is creating the impression that we are little more than a wounded sea otter flailing around in bloody, shark-infested waters.  Our enemies, having smelled the blood and heard the splashing, are swimming in formation around us, waiting for an opportune moment to begin the feeding frenzy.  All I can say is, "We're gonna need a bigger vote."

No comparison

 Randall Flagg?  That's a bit of a reach.  Mr. Flagg was competent, and he wasn't above torturing and killing people to get his way. 

Flagg was no wuss, in other words. 

I mean, imagine Flagg telling Donald Merwin Elbert "Uhhh, they're all dead now, Trashy...ahhh...I will, uh, set you high in my.........council......ummmmmmm, you are, ah, the man I want." 

:-) 

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

A response to "Unsane".

***Spoiler Warning!***

If you don't want to know how Stephen King's "The Stand" or his "Gunslinger" novels end up, then don't read any further.

Thanks for the response, Unsane!  You wrote, "Randall Flagg?  That's a bit of a reach."

Yeah, you are right.  Point taken.  But my intention was to reach.  Randall Flagg is, after all, a fictional character of supernatural evil.  I am not drawing any serious comparisons here, apart from the idea that Obama, in flag form, becomes the essence of the nation.  In "The Stand", R.F. aspired to be the essence of the world.  And an argument can be made that Obama has similar aspirations.  Clearly, his presentation to the international community has been predicated on the idea that he is too big for the U.S. presidency.  According to him, his nomination to the Democrat ticket was enough to lower the ocean levels and heal the planet.  He is "The One" who can rid the world of all nuclear weapons and secure peace for all mankind.  In his eyes, we are all equals.  Would that not make him an omniscient figure, similar to "The Walking Dude"?

I do have one point of disagreement:  If Randall Flagg had been competent, he wouldn't have set all of his people up to be instantly vaporized in a nuclear explosion.  And remember how much of a gutless wonder he proved to be when he beat a quick retreat from Las Vegas moments before it was obliterated?  And in the "Gunslinger" series, Flagg ended up being tricked and eaten by a demon child who moonlights as a giant spider.  Of course, I don't expect such an end for our current president.  Obama doesn't have a lot of meat on his bones so a demon child-slash-spider creature would probably look for lunch elsewhere.

Anyway, take care and thanks again!

Good points...

Yeah, Flagg did have the whole "Society of the People" thing going.  And he was to lead a utopia.  Not that I should be defending The Walkin Dude (and I look like a complete dork anyways by writing this way on a fictional character), but seriously, did he KNOW that Donald Merwin Elbert was to be his end, his Waterloo, even as you wisely point out he got the hell out of there and left his followers to their fate? 

"MY LIFE FOR YOU!!!" - Trashy 

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

The Flag "I" want!

I want a flag with "The one' in the cornor surrounded by Chavez, Castro and Che!

It would also be nice to change the faces on Rushmore to the same. I am sure that it can be financed by a large stimulus package.

It just goes to show...

This just goes to show - as posters like the angry, hate-filled, extremely contemptuous 007memo demonstrate - that Statists/Socialists such as he well and truly believe with all their heart that the United States has a unitary, not a federal. government.   

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

 Enough of this half-breed

 Enough of this half-breed muslim and his socialist bullshit as well as all those who are groveling at his anus. I fought in two wars to protect what the American flag stands for and it isn't obama's socialist garbage. I hope he fails on every level.

It might sell

if you put the joker pic of the messiah on it  

pass the peptol. 

 

Coming Next: Obama as the Black Jesus

Coming soon to black churches across America proudly displaying their Obamican flag, will be protrayals of the black Jesus with Obama's face as that of the black Jesus.

Call now for your Obamican flag and your Obama/Jesus crucifix for only $1995.00. Call now and often while supplies last

Some how it is just what

Some how it is just what these loons want, for Obama to replace the state rights with himself.

It is the perfect symbol of their view of America.

I can’t help but see a GOP add with this in 2010.

(they are the opposition party right)?

 

 

 

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

 

 

 

Competing Flags

Does the left now have a flag to compete with the Confederate flag?

this is worse the burning the flag

in fact, I actually support the right to burn the flag, not the act itself thou.

 Obamas face on the flag is outright despicable. This is worse then him creating a new presidential seal for himself during the campaign. If this is how his followers see him, then perhaps they should try flying this in public, see how far that goes... 

When it comes to government, its not whether the glass is half full or empty, its that the glass is just to big.

Is this the new go green

Is this the new go green diaper

Re Obama Diapers

Genius. I wonder if I can patent that? The picture would have to be on the inside, otherwise some might be offended.

slick

No, leave it on the outside, cause everyone knows obama is an ass. he he he

Call it the failure flag or whatever you want

it is not an American flag and that trash is as blasphemous as the use of the rainbow, God's covennant with Noah, by a group  of the obomination. They are simply despicable.

They forgot to embroider the 13 stripes with their namesakes...

...Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Bill & Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Chuck Schumer,  Maxine Waters, Henry Waxman, Charles Rangel, and Dick Durban. 

But wait--I forgot Joe Biden, John Kerry, Al Gore...ad nauseam.

Looks like they need to add some more stripes... 

 

 

Where are the resident oBama apologists?

80 posts and nary one has opined? At least have the balls to admit you've bought a couple.

Now, had this been a GW American flag... *GASP!*

Wait for it.... 

"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason

They're waiting for their

They're waiting for their talking points from Eric Holder.

 

"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error.  To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson

Zzzz....

Must be sleeping in.. not having a job and all. 

"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason

The Obama Flag

This is particularly offensive to those of us who bore arms in defense of the 50 stars.  Obama and his merry band of draft-dogers should consider a simpler symbol.... like a swastika, perhaps?

              

               Even Hitler wasn't this arrogant. This is one flag I will gladly burn. Whoever started this flag should be burned right along side this piece of trash.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Desecration is the

Desecration is the word.

I wonder what they'd say if we burned this piece of sh*t in the public square...

"Be proud of your country again"

"Buy an Obama States of America flag...be like Michele Obama and be proud of your country for the first time in your adult life".

This is a violation of United States Law

  I have standing orders to be contacted on all matters related to the United States Flag.

  This is a violation of United States Law. There is currently no penalties for violating this law as the Supreme Court keeps striking down penalties as a violation of the first amendment. That is why we need an amendment dedicated solely to the United States Flag.

THE UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 36
CHAPTER 10
Section 136
(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.

   This alteration of the United States flag is a violation of the law. 

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

American Flag??

I can't quote chapter and verse on it, but if the makers of this flag are claiming it to be an American flag, they are in violation of federal laws that prohibit the defacement or alteration of the flag, and as such they should be arrested.

This flag is an abomination, and just shows how blindly some idiots are following our current president.  Read up on the Weimar Republic.  You'll see so many parallels to what is happening now that it will scare the living batcrap out of you.  At this rate we're just months away from replacing the Pledge of Allegiance with "Heil Obama"...  It makes me sick to my stomach to see the direction that this country is going.  The propaganda being forced down our (and our children's) throats.  Making children sing songe praising B.O.??    Change them to songs praising Bush, Reagan, or any conservative president, and wait for the effluenct to impact the rotating oscillator....  How about B.O.'s "truth squads". or trying to get neighbors to turn each other in for saying bad things about the president?  How about his "civilian organization with all the power and backing that the military has"?  Can any one say GESTAPO?  Or for those of you that can't handle big words SS?  I don't know what it will be, but I have this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach that all hell is about to break loose......  I just hope it doesn't...

history repeats

You are right, history is repeating itself.

Hitler came to power under hard economic times too, had the "bad guys" all picked out, made all these sweeping orders and so on before finally clamping down on his power.  That was before the genocide.

-Jon

Dirtbag!!!!!

Nein!  dis ist not der American flag, dis ist der fuhrers flag!  everyone now   "Sick Heel, Sick Heel"!!!