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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:11 PM
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Little Lord Pissypants and the Very Scary New Backdrop ---pix--->>>


You talking to ME, peasant?





US President George W. Bush grimaces while listening to an audience member's question after an address to the City Club of Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio. With the Iraq conflict entering its fourth year, Bush took aim at critics who say his upbeat forecasts for that country are out of touch with the bloody reality(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060320/photos_ts_wl_afp/ccf09884908dfeeeeb6c4957a0bbcd1a










And here he is arriving in Cleveland - it looks grim everywhere he goes >




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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:13 PM
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1. Geez, talk about a dark overlord.
Why don't we just cut to the chase and dress him up like darth vader? You know, play the imperial death march when he walks into places.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:16 PM
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3. They want you in the the proper mood for WW III
You always want to set the tone when launching a new product.
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:25 AM
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44. Because there is already a Darth vader in the house!
(I was looking for Chaney but found this)










Peace

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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:15 PM
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2. Why are all those edifices glowing? Neutron bomb, perhaps???n/t
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:04 PM
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20. I was wondering the same thing. Very creepy.
Creepy backdrop, creepy words, creepy, creepy man. :scared:
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Theres-a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:16 PM
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4. I just read a thread in LBN
About defending israel from iran using our military.Add these pictures and it's a bonifide end'o times scenario.:scared:
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:17 PM
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5. yeah they are setting the mood for war
no doubt about it
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Theres-a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:18 PM
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7. And now this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=708885&mesg_id=708885
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KC21304 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:17 PM
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6. Vote the photo up , everybody !
Edited on Mon Mar-20-06 05:19 PM by KC21304
I gave it 5 stars.
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:18 PM
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8. Holy Ginblossom!
. . . look at the left side of his face in pic 1. Capillaries bursting by the dawn's early light.

Can't convince me he's not hittin' the Tanqueray for breakfast . . .
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:29 PM
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13. His eyes too.........
I haven't see a picture of him with clear eyes for years now. They're always bloodshot, "like two piss-holes in the snow", as my Dad used to say. ;)
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katty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:21 PM
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9. hey W... for whom the bell tolls-it tolls for thee
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KC21304 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:22 PM
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10. K & R
:kick:
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Strangefire Donating Member (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:24 PM
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11. He looks freakin' demonic in the third photo. (nt)
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:29 PM
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12. Issuing an A.P.B. for SwampRodent!
New material for your nukular-day-glo-apocalyptic make-over. . .

;)
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:44 PM
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32. This one doesn't even
need Swamp Rat. It'd be hard to make this much creepier than it already is.
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:59 PM
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38. You're right. Nightmarish just as it is.
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:32 PM
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14. That backdrop: like noxious gasses were spewed
and settled on everything....freaky.

Now he's sending a message to the Demonic portion of his base? :shrug:
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:43 PM
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15. Yeah, that's one schizoid backdrop.
Never seen anything like it. :scared:
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 05:56 PM
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16. Or, all the important commerce locations are protected by force fields
while the rest of the area is bombarded by Stars of Freedom on the March.:sarcasm:
That is one weird image.
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:57 PM
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37. And he was asked a question about
the "End Times" at a planned town hall meeting. Planted question? Too paranoid?
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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 06:57 PM
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17. They are using everything NASA knows about how to
calm people, about what makes them feel good -- distance, water, the color blue.

Add in the power of familiar landscapes and the flag (the signal to "stop thinking") and BOOM -- you have a calmed audience awash with warm, affectionate emotions.



The audience has to FIGHT to resist that background.

:grr:
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:00 PM
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18. Pink is a better calming color.
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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:04 PM
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19. You may be right. Blue is what I remember from a NASA blurb -
maybe the presence water means that blue will be present, so maybe NASA's observation is just an accident - :hi:
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:09 PM
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21. Here's something on color research.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_psychology
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Alamom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:22 PM
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22. THE YELLOW RUG HE LOVES.........
Yellow:
Positives
Sunlight, joy, happiness, optimism, idealism, wealth (gold), summer, hope, air

Negatives
Cowardice, illness (quarantine), hazards, dishonesty, avarice, sissification, weakness
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:29 PM
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25. Except it doesn't calm me
I have to fight not be creeped out by it. That may be what they were thinking, but it's all wrong. The water surrounding the city makes people think of New Orleans after Katrina, the all-powerful American flag hiding in the background makes you think of the NSA always watching, the glow looks unnatural, & the blue color makes the city look dead. I hate that backdrop.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 03:15 AM
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40. so why does it freak me out?
it looks like a scary movie I saw in my dreams
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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:59 AM
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45. aha! it's another message from god!
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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 11:47 AM
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46. I agree, I think the 'glow' on the city has religious overtones...
Is that what you meant by "another message from god!" -- ?

:hi:
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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 02:17 PM
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47. absolutely, i'm in awe
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:24 PM
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23. Cleveland always looks grim
What was the point of that backdrop? No slogans, no nothing. It actually reminded me of New Orleans somehow.
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DJ MEW Donating Member (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:30 PM
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26. I thought that too
I was thinking of Katrina when I saw those pictures too. Cleveland just doesn't have a pretty city scape.
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:31 PM
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27. It doesn't
Maybe they were trying to make Cleveland look pretty & went too far?
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:31 PM
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28. that's what I thought it was a first glance.
Looks like the cover of some sci-fi doom novel. Creepy! what's w/ the halo effet around the buildings? Creepy! Creepy! Creepy! If I lived in Cleveland, I'd be thinkin' 'bout getting out real soon.
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:44 PM
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31. Creepy for sure
The thing actually made me feel afraid for a second. Isn't that nuts? I've never seen a Bush backdrop before w/o a "slogan". It'll usually say "Protecting Our Freedom" or "Victory In Iraq" or whatever simple message they want Americans to get from the speech. But there's no slogan here, which makes me think the backdrop is the message. And what it says, in many subliminal ways, is "be afraid". I don't think it's a coincidence so many of us are reminded of Katrina, or nukes. They're twisting our fears like they always do. Maybe they're just getting more sneaky about it.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 03:18 AM
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41. You're exactly right - the backdrop says "be afraid"
and it says, get ready, we are going to bomb Iran.
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:25 PM
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24. Oh... BELLBOY
Take your bags and head back to Craw... Kenne... where ever the fuck it is you come from.
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:52 PM
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34. But it's shiny and makes that noise...and it's smooooth!
:D
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:32 PM
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29. Not So Much Scary As It Is Infuriating As To The EXPENSE
to make these damned backdrops for him all the time.

Theatrical propagandists of the 21st Century.
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Hutzpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:36 PM
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30. On the Cleveland image ....nearly looks like the
Edited on Mon Mar-20-06 07:36 PM by spokane
Nazi salute. Images looks real grim.

:argh:
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:50 PM
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33. What's with the hand on the bell? Looks like Captain Queeg there. nt
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:55 PM
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35. Dark clouds are circling
like vultures zooming in on lame and dying ducks.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 07:56 PM
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36. So does Bush have Satan's direct line now?
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 08:04 PM
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39. Yep, Snarlin' Dick works right down the hall . . .
:evilgrin:
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michael_1166 Donating Member (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 04:39 AM
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42. There are white, "protective" halos...
... around the buildings - how cheap! Who designs this crap?
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symbolman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 04:55 AM
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43. This just screams for a good photoshopping
of that robot from "The Day the Earth Stood Still"...

I get the impression of him being like the "Omega Man", the last man on Earth, like he's saying, "Well, if the shit comes down hard at least I'LL still be here.." :)
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