That is just unbelievable...

Red State ran a great column yesterday on why the Obama Seal is, indeed, illegal.

POSSUMS and POOH BEARS for OBAMA!

[Link: www.redstate.com...]

Obama Seal is illegal

If you do not bow down to the king, you are left to cling
to your religion and your guns.

A fake seal for a fake candidate.

Insane arrogance. Everything about this man screams trouble.

I need his bobblehead doll. When does that hit the market?

Hillary is Pissed!

Just 'cause Zombie deserves the to be POTUS way more than obamassiah:
[Link: nodwick.humor.gamespy.com...]

Mirages you can believe in.

I think the kicker is here....

....for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

The symbol is pretty clearly not meant to convey an endorsement by the Bush White House. It's silly, embarrassing and presumptuous but not illegal.

I love the quote by the Obama staffer when asked about the similarity.

Something to the effect of: Why? Because it has an eagle in it?

I will try to track down the actual quote.

It's close enough so as to raise the question of whether it is a likeness to the Great Seal. And someone in his campaign should have known better than to put something like that up there. It's not as though they don't already have any number of other seals that they use on the podium - including all the warmed over communist/marxist crap.

Charles - could you post a photo of the seal perhaps, within the thread post ?

My money is still on Hillary.

Here's my seal.

Is that Latin on there (Vero Possumus) saying "Changey Hopefulness?" or "Very Possum Like"?

Let's see, what else can he CHANGE?

Ahh nothing like the smell of an illegal knockoff in the morning....

Well whatever works for the messiah. After all he is on the right side of history, the side of "change" and progress, and therefore can do nothing wrong or illegal.

/what an arrogant sh*t

Morning Charles! And did you notice the conspicuous abscence of red in that "seal" and the rather pastel blue he uses too?
Man, I'm so sick of this dude I can't begin to express how much.

What is that thing he put in the middle? WTF. Looks like a piece of the front grill from an old Chrysler. Or an air vent. Maybe a bakery-style bread slicer?

re: #23 ploome hineni

Heh.

re: #23 ploome hineni

a throbbing seal?

Now that would be cool.

re: #19 ploome hineni

the ONLY reason, people will not suppost Obama

/disgusting

Wow! some how they got my picture!

#12 Kilgore Trout

The symbol is pretty clearly not meant to convey an endorsement by the Bush White House. It's silly, embarrassing and presumptuous but not illegal.

I think that is a fine line. The Seal is meant to work on people psychologically, giving them the subliminal impression that Barack is Presidential material, or perhaps, in a psychological sense, already the President.

No corporation would tolerate this blatant ripoff of their logo. Barack is certainly doing this for commercial purposes. He is attempting to become President, in other words, he is attempting to assume the power conveyed by the Presidential logo.

re: #17 MandyManners

Here's my seal.

That seals nice shiny fur would make a nice jacket.

PETA sucks.

First thing I thought of when I saw that seal was that it was probably illegal. Forget where I last saw some stink made about it. Might have been with regard to one of those commemorative coin companies.

Sorry this is OT, but...

Rampage and Forrest have words.

For like seriously.

That's not the seal I knew

re: #14 lawhawk
Yeah and "someone in his campaign should have known better" is getting to be the meme of his entire campaign and certainly his website.

charles

could you get a less anauseating photo of al gore ?.

everytime I look at his mug I want to hurl

re: #30 HDrepub

That's a baby seal!

*whack*

re: #32 Wyatt Junker

I dinged you down. First of all, way O.T.

Second - blog pimping

Third - fights? really ?

re: #24 realwest

[...] And did you notice the conspicuous absence of red in that "seal" and the rather pastel blue he uses too?

This from the man who said we should move beyond "blue and red states".

Man, I'm so sick of this dude I can't begin to express how much.

I was never enticed by him--not even for a minute--and every passing day yields him that much more unsavory--both as a person and a politician.

Hmmm, pride goeth before the fall.

re: #19 ploome hineni

the ONLY reason, people will not suppost Obama

/disgusting

Pencil-necked geek!

Hell, let's have Bush to leave now so our savior can start a few months early! After all, He already has a cool and hip and changey-change kinda seal!

The Great Seal of Obama

This reminds me of the junk mail I get when a credit card company puts a bunch of fake, early Americana iconography on the frunnuh their envelope. Suff like a coat of arms, a hawk, a few stars and a scales of justice. Oh yeah, and then they use a brown envelope too with a fake sticker on it. That's the clincher.

re: #37 MandyManners

That's a baby seal!

*whack*

OUCH, don't hit me no more!

re: #37 MandyManners

That's a baby seal!

*whack*

Unfortunately, those poor seal hunters have had a shortened season due to unusually thick sea ice that extends further than usual....

He has another eagle in this symbol.

re: #25 Roentgen

I think the "O" with the red stripes symbolizes the lowering of the American flag.

re: #18 Quilly Mammoth

It translates - more-or-less - as "Yes, we can."

Empty.

re: #38 mama winger

I dinged you down. First of all, way O.T.

Second - blog pimping

Third - fights? really ?

Hello Mamma Winger. Are you ready for some baseball?
Sox pictcher John Danks has a clothes pin on is nose due to the unpleasant odors of Wrigley.
Just wondering, if there may be a public health violation?

re: #47 psyop

Unfortunately, those poor seal hunters have had a shortened season due to unusually thick sea ice that extends further than usual....

What happened to global warming?

This is meant to distract McCain supporters. Lets not make this more of an issue than it is.

The bigger issue is this man is the most leftist politician in the country with no proven record of accomplishment.

He is weak.

re: #43 Quilly Mammoth

Linky no worky... 404 error

Cruel and unusual: Looks like he surgically implanted a 1950's truck grill onto an eagle. Somebody call PETA!

re: #39 addison Me either, but when I said sick, I meant as in throw up sick every time I hear or see him or his "campaign staff's" screw ups.
Just absolutely nauseating.

re: #38 mama winger

I dinged you down. First of all, way O.T.

Second - blog pimping

Third - fights? really ?

Aw gosh darnit, you shoulduh read it mama. OT's are okay every once in awhile. Lighten up and smell the off topic dislocation.

re: #15 mama winger

Charles - could you post a photo of the seal perhaps, within the thread post ?

Wouldn't he be guilty of the same crime if he did that ?

re: #51 Desert Dog

What happened to global warming?

It couldn't explain the record setting cold this winter so now it's "climate change".

It all blue and white, kind of U.N.ish. in color.

re: #50 opnion

HA!

I'll answer you later on - I can't go OT after I just complained about it now, can I ? LOL

re: #59 snowcrash

It all blue and white, kind of U.N.ish. in color.

YES - that's it.

re: #59 snowcrash

It all blue and white, kind of U.N.ish. in color.

THAT's what it reminded me of. I couldn't place it.

18 USC Sec. 713 ...
(a) Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United States Congress, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

( Whoever, except as authorized under regulations promulgated by the President and published in the Federal Register, knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells, or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seals of the President or Vice President, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Let the fining begin and 6 months in the pokey might be a lot of fun for this election to!

He could be like Senator Bilbo (D-MS) and run for office from jail!

re: #57 Shug

Wouldn't he be guilty of the same crime if he did that ?

Hmmm. I wouldn't thinks so - isn't it part of a news story now?

I think a pair of ostriches facing each way, would be appropriate.

re: #52 Racer X
"with no proven record of accomplishment." There, fixed that for you!

re: #62 livefreeor die

THAT's what it reminded me of. I couldn't place it.

Me too !

re: #51 Desert Dog

What happened to global warming?

No, no, you see, all the cold around the world is BECAUSE of global warming.

Indeed, any weather, at any time, at any part of the globe is because of GW. I don't even think we would have weather if not for GW.

/sarc

His glorious seal is a little weak in Latin phrases, I suggest one that is much more accurate: ego puto in nusquam

I wonder if there's a youtube of The Ferryland Sealer?

re: #56 Wyatt Junker

:)

re: #59 snowcrash

It all blue and white, kind of U.N.ish. in color.

Excellent point. I wonder if it was intentional...

re: #52 Racer X

This is meant to distract McCain supporters. Lets not make this more of an issue than it is.

The bigger issue is this man is the most leftist politician in the country with no proven record of accomplishment.

He is weak.

..and he appears to be winning based upon the late bounce Newsweak poll. The word ain't gettin' out about this guy.

re: #64 mama winger

maybe.

do I need a tinfoil hat ?

re: #63 Tilly

So as I read this, whoever made it and whoever displays it can all go to jail for 6 months.

Where did I stash that popcorn....

Come on now....this is just a diversion from the real issues, like Obama's racist church and pastor that he didn't know about for 21 years, or Tony Rezko helping Barry and Michelle do some house-hunting or Barry's to-be-determined all out military assault on Pakistan or his comments about Middle-America bitterly clinging to their guns and religion or Barry's inexperience or leftist voting record during his short time in office.....

/remind me again what the appeal of this douchebag is?

re: #66 itellu3times

I think a pair of ostriches facing each way, would be appropriate.

Or a few white flags and some vaseline? (sorry, couldn't resist)

re: #51 Desert Dog

What happened to global warming?

The Goracle fixed it.

re: #70 Desert Dog

That's a little rude, I think.

he's doing this before he's even potus. imagine what he will do if he is elected.
he might just crown himself KING.

How's the saying go? Don't count your chickens before they come home to roost?

re: #79 kansas

The Goracle fixed it.

So we can go back to expanding our Carbon Footprints again?

Time to buy a Hummer (maybe two!)

re: #67 realwest

"with no proven record of accomplishment." There, fixed that for you!

Thanks! It needed fixin.

How are you doin today?

re: #81 nyc redneck

Even as Napoleon seized the crown from the Pope's fingers and crowned himself?

re: #81 nyc redneck

PETA is going to be really pissed when he puts on his ermine lined robes.

re: #75 Shug

maybe.

do I need a tinfoil hat ?

Could be. Ask the cat.

re: #17 MandyManners

Here's my seal.

"Where's the seal"? from Horsefeathers, at around 1:20 - 1:50.

Watch the whole thing!

Music for the occasion:
The Platters - Great Pretender, Only You (live)

re: #86 Dianna

Even as Napoleon seized the crown from the Pope's fingers and crowned himself?

Newsweek, MSNBC, the NYT, CNN and most of the rest of the media will be there at his coronation, throwing rose pedals before his feet

re: #84 psyop
Al has already gone back to expanding his carbon ass print.

“We know what kind of campaign they’re going to run. They’re going to try to make you afraid,” Obama said at the fundraiser. “They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black? He’s got a feisty wife.”

[Link: elections.foxnews.com...]

Racist=feisty.

re: #74 unrealizedviewpoint

..and he appears to be winning based upon the late bounce Newsweak poll. The word ain't gettin' out about this guy.

Exactly.

BUT, those on the fence about him probably could care less about his use of the seal. They need to know where he stands on issues, what his voting record is, and what damage he WILL do to this country.

his handlers and puppet master have inflated his ego way too much.
he's going to fck up.

re: #83 ploome hineni

who just left the pick up long enough to swill some beer at the bar b que before pissing against the tree

heh :) These are my people !

The arrogance of this man would astound me if it weren't par for the course for liberals.

re: #95 nyc redneck

his handlers and puppet master have inflated his ego way too much.
he's going to fck up.

It won't matter.

Let's try this again, it's posted on my blog I was trying to put it up without "blog pimping" but can't get the addy right;(

re: #61 mama winger

Blue is the color of Islam. Really. Mosques are blue.

It's illegal, so he'll have to stop using it, but there is no way he'll be charged with any sort of crime. Too bad- I think it would be pretty funny to have a Presidential candidate charged with a crime.

Anyways- I see the gaffs just keep coming and now he'll have to toss his seal under the bus.

I'm seriously thinking of packing a couple of sharpie markers - one in black and the other in silver. Anytime I see one of those BHO '08 stickers, I will be very tempted to either add a "N" over his logo or place a diagonal line through the "O" ØBAMA...

ELECT OBAMA - Bring the War Home (to your front door)

re: #85 Racer X
Hey my friend, I'm feeling ok today - angry (about Obama and the effin' 95 year old Austrian war criminal still living in freedom in Austria even though he's #4 on the list of wanted War Criminals from WWII and some other things) as usual, too! LOL!
How are you doing today?

re: #87 livefreeor die

PETA is going to be really pissed when he puts on his ermine lined robes.

and he will outlaw the wearing of purple.
(who care's, only hippies will be hung. no, beheaded, for wearing it.)

From hysterical, half-hypnotized Obamessiah-worshipping masses to not-so-subliminal claims to authority even before being elected: Is this guy getting his political strategy from Adolf's playbook?

re: #101 LindaMarie

Blue is the color of Islam. Really. Mosques are blue.

They are? I didn't realize that.

re: #93 VegasRick

“We know what kind of campaign they’re going to run. They’re going to try to make you afraid,” Obama said at the fundraiser. “They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black? He’s got a feisty wife.”

[Link: elections.foxnews.com...]

Racist=feisty.

He's kinda got it right, but HE is the one scaring the hell out of 1/2 of the population, not McCain.

re: #107 Purple Prose

From hysterical, half-hypnotized Obamessiah-worshipping masses to not-so-subliminal claims to authority even before being elected: Is this guy getting his political strategy from Adolf's playbook?

Maybe not the same playbook. But the same author.

re: #12 Killgore Trout

I think the kicker is here....

The symbol is pretty clearly not meant to convey an endorsement by the Bush White House. It's silly, embarrassing and presumptuous but not illegal.

The "Bush White House" is not the "government of the United States."

re: #77 Fenway_Nation

Come on now....this is just a diversion from the real issues, like Obama's racist church and pastor that he didn't know about for 21 years, or Tony Rezko helping Barry and Michelle do some house-hunting or Barry's to-be-determined all out military assault on Pakistan or his comments about Middle-America bitterly clinging to their guns and religion or Barry's inexperience or leftist voting record during his short time in office.....

/remind me again what the appeal of this douchebag is?

No this is the cherry on the cake of all of that...lmfao

Just one more thing to show what an ego driven dumb ass he is!

Obama's comment in Florida about how his opponents are going to attack him on his race was so disgustingly vile. I thought he might just possibly take the high road and leave this filth to his subordinates, but no, this is what he IS. A lousy, nasty, despicable creep, a racist cretin. I lost all respect for him long ago, but now he has dug right through the bottom and come out the other side. I also no longer have an iota of respect for anyone who still supports him. Give them a chance and they are going to tear this country apart.

re: #92 kansas

Al has already gone back to expanding his carbon ass print.

It is true.

Since he obviously isn't worried about crispifying the earth anymore, I don't think I should worry, either.

re: #65 kansas

Why say that?

re: #8 calvin coolidge

I need his bobblehead doll. When does that hit the market?

They are still working on the air foil problem.

re: #92 kansas

Al has already gone back to expanding his carbon ass print.

Is it just me or does Al have a really sweaty, greasy appearance these days? Most of the pics I see his hair looks as if it is smothered in Vaseline pomade.

re: #93 VegasRick Nevermind the "Fiesty Wife" did Obama himself actually say that McCain would say: "And did I mention he’s black?" ?
Hey Barack Hussein Obama - who's injecting RACE into this presidential contest, hmmm?

re: #114 Tigger2005

Give them a chance and they are going to tear this country apart.

Then we must work together and not let that happen.

Keep your eyes on the prize.

re: #99 kansas

It won't matter.

it might. don't give up.
no matter how the msm shills for him, his behavior is insulting and impressing fewer and fewer people.

Won't wear a flag pin,
Will mock the seal,

A serious lack of

Re Re Re

Respect

Just a little bit

(Not a little bit, not at all.)

I think the Obama campaign is playing a sly game. They have decided to toss out annoying, but ultimately meaningless red herrings. They hope that the conservative side of the blogosphere will froth and scream at the small things, so when the big things come along, the Obama campaign can roll their eyes and claim, "There they go again."

Save your wrath for the big things, treat the "bait" issues [like this one] with mockery. Just laugh and point at the Democrats when they trot out goofy ideas like this one -- the best weapon against pretentious bufoonery is derision, not anger.

re: #118 HDrepub

It's Vitalis. It doubles as alternative fuel for his Escalade.

re: #13 psyop

I love the quote by the Obama staffer when asked about the similarity.

Something to the effect of: Why? Because it has an eagle in it?

I will try to track down the actual quote.

Odd that they kept the 'right wing' eagle.

Obama; false symbolism you can believe in!

Someone here was asking what was the center of Obama's seal, inside the eagle's body. It is supposed to be a big O and inside a sun rising over a land (looks like a farmland I think). It somewhat messianic in nature and supposed to be effective subliminally. Many cultures did use circles in their symbols, example the mandalas from India and also you got the peace symbol with the upside down distorted cross...and the ying and yang symbol....

I thought there was something wrong with Obama's new seal and thanks to everyone who pointed out this was 'illegal'. It makes sense why it would be illegal...you do not want to dilute the Presidential seal and or confuse anyone...

re: #104 realwest
It is tooooo freakin hot!

Damn you Global Warming!™ Damn you to Hell™

re: #101 LindaMarie

Blue is the color of Islam. Really. Mosques are blue.

Sorry it is green. The color of Islam. My mistake.

re: #125 markie

It's Vitalis. It doubles as alternative fuel for his Escalade.

I knew it had to be one of those 1950's era hair preparations.

re: #101 LindaMarie

I thought green was Islam's color?

re: #25 Roentgen

Grill from an Edsel.

Let's face it, Obama could stomp a puppy to death, use an American Flag to wipe his ass, and the Obamatrons and their willing kool aid drinkers in the MSM would not flinch or lose one ounce of respect for their guy.....He can do just about anything and it won't matter...to them, at least.....the question is, will enough voters see through the smoke screen and sugar coated facade to see what really lies beneath?

Obama is like the Clintons when they walked in the White House. Surrounded by the rejected, the immature,nuts, crooks and marginals. With the added flavor of racist loons and black nationalists.

re: #124 stevieray

I'm not angry- I am a bit amused by it though. I think it shows what a seriously unimaginative mind the creator of the obama seal possesses.

The bird in his seal is The Giant Duck of Peace

re: #128 Psaturn

Someone here was asking what was the center of Obama's seal, inside the eagle's body. It is supposed to be a big O and inside a sun rising over a land (looks like a farmland I think). It somewhat messianic in nature and supposed to be effective subliminally. Many cultures did use circles in their symbols, example the mandalas from India and also you got the peace symbol with the upside down distorted cross...and the ying and yang symbol....

I thought there was something wrong with Obama's new seal and thanks to everyone who pointed out this was 'illegal'. It makes sense why it would be illegal...you do not want to dilute the Presidential seal and or confuse anyone...

That's not an "O", it's a big fat ZERO.....it sums up what he really stands for, NOTHING

re: #130 LindaMarie

Sorry it is green. The color of Islam. My mistake.

Blood is the real color of iSLam.

re: #95 nyc redneck
"he's going to fck up." Are you kidding me? He's already so fck up, with Wright, Ayers, Rezco, a wife who said on videotape that she's ashamed to be from America, refusing to limit himself to Public Funding of his campaign, "Typical Angry White People" and etc. etc. ad nauseum.
But no one NO ONE in the Democratic Party has the balls to stand up to him and say "NO MORE DISGRACING US, the Democratic Party or this NATION.
Fuck 'em all.

re: #135 pat

Obama is like the Clintons when they walked in the White House. Surrounded by the rejected, the immature,nuts, crooks and marginals. With the added flavor of racist loons and black nationalists.

And CAIR.
And Environazis.
And...

re: #124 stevieray

I think the Obama campaign is playing a sly game. They have decided to toss out annoying, but ultimately meaningless red herrings. They hope that the conservative side of the blogosphere will froth and scream at the small things, so when the big things come along, the Obama campaign can roll their eyes and claim, "There they go again."

Save your wrath for the big things, treat the "bait" issues [like this one] with mockery. Just laugh and point at the Democrats when they trot out goofy ideas like this one -- the best weapon against pretentious bufoonery is derision, not anger.

Good points, all.

re: #114 Tigger2005

Obama's comment in Florida about how his opponents are going to attack him on his race was so disgustingly vile. I thought he might just possibly take the high road and leave this filth to his subordinates, but no, this is what he IS. A lousy, nasty, despicable creep, a racist cretin. I lost all respect for him long ago, but now he has dug right through the bottom and come out the other side. I also no longer have an iota of respect for anyone who still supports him. Give them a chance and they are going to tear this country apart.

I saw that on Drudge Report and forwarded the article with the Subject titled, now who is playing the race card?

I don't think any Republicans played the race card at all...

Remember, the race issue that was first raised in this election was during the Democratic Primary amongst DEMOCRATS!

re: #137 Shug

The bird in his seal is The Giant Duck of Peace

I thought it was a turkey.

re: #40 opnion

Hmmm, pride goeth before the fall.

Op - You have developed a lisp.

re: #112 wolfie

Except temporarily.

re: #114 Tigger2005

You'd think that a post-racial candidate as Obama and his acolytes claim to be would simply ignore the talk of race and focus instead on the issues, but they don't.

They always come back to race - whether overtly or implicitly.

They talk of how racist it is not to vote for him, which itself is a racist and hateful thing to say.

Consider that there are literally hundreds of reasons not to vote for Obama. I'll start with just my top 10:

10: No experience at all.
9: No policy achievements.
8: No foreign policy experience.
7: No knowledge of the Middle East
6: Tax and spend political hack.
5: No experience.
4: Socializing health care.
3: Repeal of Bush tax cuts - in effect a massive tax hike.
2: Opposes drilling for more oil domestically.
1: No experience at all.

I know, I've repeated myself a few times there, but that's the point - he has no experience. Not a single legislative accomplishment, and even his fellow Senators have shaken their heads in disbelief as Obama tries to take credit for their work when he was only tangentially involved.

He's a hack politician who has managed to blind most everyone to the reality that he's nothing more than what we've seen in politics for ages.

re: #102 Sharmuta

It's illegal, so he'll have to stop using it, but there is no way he'll be charged with any sort of crime. Too bad- I think it would be pretty funny to have a Presidential candidate charged with a crime.

Anyways- I see the gaffs just keep coming and now he'll have to toss his seal under the bus.

"It's not the seal I knew...."

re: #107 Purple Prose
Yes.

Doesn't look like Obama fans are happy with the new seal either!
What;s with the seal
Re: The New Seal (5th one down)
The New Seal

Fred Thompson to Pick McCain's Judges
Bill Dupray, The Patriot Room
June 20th, 2008

In a McCain administration, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson would play a dominant role in selecting Supreme Court nominees and other judicial appointments, sources close to the McCain campaign and to Thompson tell us.

And why is Fred suddenly everywhere? These sources say that the agreement between McCain and Thompson is behind Thompson’s resurgence in the national media in recent weeks. In a McCain campaign conference call with reporters yesterday on last week’s Supreme Court decision on terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Thompson — without claiming such status — played the role of a prominent McCain adviser.

And on the McCain front we have adviser news while Obama fields questions about the legality of his logo...lmfao

re: #138 Desert Dog

That's not an "O", it's a big fat ZERO.....it sums up what he really stands for, NOTHING

Well...that too....

But zero usually has the slanted slash in the middle, no? or it is elongated vertically? Like 0 as opposed to o.

re: #128 Psaturn

The center of his seal is no different than his current logo.

re: #128 Psaturn

It is supposed to be a big O and inside a sun rising over a land (looks like a farmland I think)

It's the same logo without the colors as is beside his name on his official website. Look for yourself.
Obama's official campaign website

Re: 116 MandyManners

Because for a college and law school graduate and candidate for President of the United States, Obama seems to have neither a grasp of history or of the law. Anything else explain this? He is not qualified.

re: #114 Tigger2005
a thousand dings up if I could!

Expect him to throw the logo under the bus soon.

"This is not the logo I knew"

re: #147 lawhawk

A thousand updings. Maybe a million.

re: #109 ploome hineni

green is the color islam

You are right - for some reason they tend to be blue here. Not only the domes with the blue tiles but the lights on them are often blue.

re: #140 realwest

Fuck 'em all.

*Stands and applauds*

re: #144 Sharmuta

I thought it was a turkey.

Obama's turkeys,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,are coming home to roast!

re: #126 debutaunt

Here is one article with the actual quote by Bill Burton of the Obama campaign. You have to scroll down a bit. For those to lazy to click a link, here is pertinent text:

The logo is filled out with "Obama for America" at the top, and his website address at the bottom. Asked about the similarities, Obama spokesman Bill Burton replied, "Just because it has an eagle?"

Obama is just a puppet of the "Chicago Machine".....with Obama, comes his real "Masters"...imho

re: #143 Psaturn

I saw that on Drudge Report and forwarded the article with the Subject titled, now who is playing the race card?

I don't think any Republicans played the race card at all...

Remember, the race issue that was first raised in this election was during the Democratic Primary amongst DEMOCRATS!

History will be rewritten on that point. Watch for the editorials begging the Republicans to unite with the Democrats and rid themselves of the racists that infect their party.

You're just saying it's illegal because Obama is black, you racists!

/channeling Reuters

zerObama

re: #153 lawhawk

The center of his seal is no different than his current logo.

Yes, you noticed too.

re: #161 Shug

Obama's turkeys,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,are coming home to roast!

Soon to be road kill under the bus.

Are those arrows in the Obamaeagle(TM)'s right claw? Or is it barbed wire?

re: #129 Racer X

Damn you, Gore! (Comic strip)

I can hear Keith Olberman typing his copy right now

Right. wing. extremists. complaining. seal. no WMD's. Bush lied.
aaaaah

re: #169 Sharmuta

Soon to be road kill under the bus.

And in today's issue of Bus and Driver....

re: #151 Tilly

If this is true, McCain is a lot smarter than I thought.

Added the image above...

re: #170 LoFlyer

They sure are, but know that they aren't going to be meant for US national defense, but rather to be used against his opponents (and someone should photo edit a bus in there instead.... much more appropriate).

re: #43 Quilly Mammoth

Linky no worky!

re: #116 MandyManners

Oh yes, please refer to #147. Tell me how else Obama got where he is. Or were you referring to the proctology comment in which I meant to say he would be poking around on your backside without having the proper training but since excellence doesn't matter would be doing it anyway. Then I made reference to how he is going to going to stick it to us when he gets elected.

re: #177 Macker

Linky no worky!

Bad link! No clicky!

re: #170 LoFlyer

Are those arrows in the Obamaeagle(TM)'s right claw? Or is it barbed wire?

Asparagus spears.

"Vero Possumus"?

Um- no. No you can't. It's illegal.

re: #171 FQ Kafir

Damn you, Gore! (Comic strip)

Man, that cartoon was small, but worth the squint! LOL!

re: #164 ploome hineni

I'm glad you said that. I cannot believe the number of people who think Thompson's something special.

Got this off the internets. Thanks al.

Barry-gram

My fellow Americans:

As your future President I want to thank my supporters, for your mindless support of me, despite my complete lack of any legislative achievement, my pastor's relations with Louis Farrakhan and Libyan dictator Moamar Quadafi, or my blatantly leftist voting record while I present myself as some sort of bi-partisan agent of change.

I also like how my supporters claim my youthful drug use and criminal behavior somehow qualifies me for the Presidency after 8 years of claiming Bush's youthful drinking disqualifies him. Your hypocrisy is a beacon of hope shining over a sea of political posing.

I would also like to thank the Kennedy's for coming out in support of me. There's a lot of glamour behind the Kennedy name, even though JFK started the Vietnam War, his brother Robert illegally wiretapped Martin Luther King, Jr. and Teddy killed a female employee with whom he was having an extra marital affair . And I'm not going anywhere near the cousins, both literally and figuratively.

And I'd like to thank Oprah Winfrey for her support. Her love of meaningless empty platitudes will be the force that propels me to the White House.

Americans should vote for me, not because of my lack of experience or achievement, but because I make people feel good. Voting for me causes some white folk to feel relieved of their imagined, racist guilt.

I say things that sound meaningful, but don't really mean anything because Americans are tired of things having meaning. If things have meaning, then that means you have to think about them.

Americans are tired of thinking. It's time to shut down the brain, and open up the heart. So when you go to vote, remember, don't think, just do. And do it for me.

Thank You.
Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.

/

re: #182 LoFlyer

You can click to enlarge.

re: #164 ploome hineni

conflating TV with reality

just what we need, some Law and Order actor picking Supreme court judges

He has more experience than Obama! and he is very conservative which many people like about him...

re: #164 ploome hineni

conflating TV with reality

just what we need, some Law and Order actor picking Supreme court judges

He served Bush in the same capacity.
Thompson is a lawyer, former prosecutor, and former US Senator.
Acting was a second and late career.

re: #181 Sharmuta

It annoys me to see it. Granted, the balance of the phrase is better using 'vero', or 'truly', but it still annoys me.

re: #57 Shug

Wouldn't he be guilty of the same crime if he did that ?

Using the Seal of the POTUS, the Great Seal, etc. for non-commercial, non-endorsement purposes is lawful.

You may, for example, have a picturebook of past presidents with the Seal of the President in it. An encyclopedia article about presidents may have it.

You may not market a "president action figure" toy with a likeness of the President's Seal without permission. You may not market a book of matches with the Seal.

Since it is hard to know what stance one's enemies may take, prudence may be in order here.
Before I supported a "throbbing Seal", I rejected it.

re: #183 Dianna I think he wants Fred to pick the judges cause he's seen him on Law and Order!
Can't think of any other reason.

I got the Presidential Seal
I'm up on the Presidential podium

re: #173 lawhawk

And in today's issue of Bus and Driver....

Too funny!
And in today's issue of bus and driver...
I will not forget that one. Priceless!

What does Veros Possumus mean?

Chicago Possums for Obama?

re: #124 stevieray

I think the Obama campaign is playing a sly game. They have decided to toss out annoying, but ultimately meaningless red herrings. They hope that the conservative side of the blogosphere will froth and scream at the small things, so when the big things come along, the Obama campaign can roll their eyes and claim, "There they go again."

Save your wrath for the big things, treat the "bait" issues [like this one] with mockery. Just laugh and point at the Democrats when they trot out goofy ideas like this one -- the best weapon against pretentious bufoonery is derision, not anger.

Uh, I haven't noticed any frothing and screaming.

Did Obama ever produce a real birth certificate?

re: #140 realwest

"he's going to fck up." Are you kidding me? He's already so fck up, with Wright, Ayers, Rezco, a wife who said on videotape that she's ashamed to be from America, refusing to limit himself to Public Funding of his campaign, "Typical Angry White People" and etc. etc. ad nauseum.
But no one NO ONE in the Democratic Party has the balls to stand up to him and say "NO MORE DISGRACING US, the Democratic Party or this NATION.
Fuck 'em all.

lol, no i'm not kidding you. his fck ups will be even worse now. he thinks he's a fcking king and he is going to be showing his royal ass so much now. and of course the democrat party is hanging in w/ him, but i predict the voters of this country will not elect him. (i'm praying too).
i agree the democrat party is a disgrace. hijacked by assh*le leftist 60's freaks. now grown up and having learned nothing.

re: #191 David IV of Georgia

That's it! That's what Obama IS.
A "presidential action figure" !

"Vero possumus" actually means "In the truth of Islam, we are able."

re: #192 realwest

I think he wants Fred to pick the judges cause he's seen him on Law and Order!
Can't think of any other reason.

Fred Thompson? Please read something about him.
He helped pick Roberts and guided the confirmation thru the Senate.

re: #196 Charles

Uh, I haven't noticed any frothing and screaming.

Right Charles. We discuss things most of the time in an adult manner. Without the caps lock.

re: #200 Purple Prose

I thought it meant, "Screw Whitey."

re: #195 mama winger

What does Veros Possumus mean?

Chicago Possums for Obama?

Stop playing your gotcha politics! He is just trying to memorialize his pet possum named Vera!

If McCain's smart, he'll be taking advantage of all the Obama scandals to plot out his own campaign.

(I don't know if he's really smart enough for that. As I said in the thread just above this one, this is going to be a very interesting campaign.)

re: #195 mama winger

It means, "Truly, we are able."

Or, Englished: "Yes, we can!"

re: #203 Wyatt Earp

I thought it meant, "Screw Whitey."

ahahahahaha !

Now THAT I will upding ! :)

re: #195 mama winger

What does Veros Possumus mean?

Chicago Possums for Obama?

VERO POSSUMUS = Yes we can
vero...as in verily, truly, indeed....Latin had no specific word for YES

re: #197 missouri boy

Did Obama ever produce a real birth certificate?

He doesn't need to, he is Obama the messiah, and needs no other explanation for his existence.

/dripping with sarcasm

re: #204 PatrioticNaturalizedAmerican

Stop playing your gotcha politics! He is just trying to memorialize his pet possum named Vera!

You guys are killing me here! I am having bladder issues. LOL!

re: #78 Desert Dog 6/21/08 9:49:49 am

re: #66 itellu3times

I think a pair of ostriches facing each way, would be appropriate.

Or a few white flags and some vaseline? (sorry, couldn't resist)

Add one of those French flags (the tricolor they used to have before they went to all white - or is it yellow?) to show how his vision transcends petty things like national sovereignty.

re: #196 Charles

Uh, I haven't noticed any frothing and screaming.

I wasn't making any accusations, only expressing a warning.

re: #207 mama winger

Much obliged, ma'am! :)

re: #195 mama winger

What does Veros Possumus mean?

Chicago Possums for Obama?

On second thought, it might be a ploy to win the Appalachian vote!
Tricky.

This guy is a nose bleed. He must think that he applied for a job listed as "No experience necessary."
I really insist that the U.S President should be at least as pro American as the President of France

This is damn scary...

Consider all the elements on the original seal, the history and symbolism, and consider what has been changed...

1) The snake (enemy) has been removed from the eagle’s beak. We will no longer confront our enemies.

2) The eagle is not a bald eagle. This type of eagle was often prominently displayed in the crests of European countries. Even Hitler used it in his banners and artwork. Our unique symbol has been replaced with a European symbol.

3) Red, the color of blood and bravery has been erased from the field.

4) The shield, symbolizing defense, with the stripes of the thirteen colonies, united under the blue banner, is gone. It has been replaced with Obama’s own personal symbol.

5) All references to the 13 colonies... the olives, inner stars and stripes on the shield are gone. The history of thirteen independent colonies uniting as one nation, has been erased.

6) “Out of many, one” has been removed, replaced with Obama’s slogan.

7) The dark blue, the background for the stars, representing states rights has been replaced with a soft pastel blue.

8) The 50 stars, representing the 50 states, have disappeared.

So consider what has changed...

The individual states have been removed, our history erased, our symbol of power and unity neutered, and only One Government remains, with the messiah’s symbol in the center.

This isn’t a laughing matter. This is a disgusting, unholy abomination.

--written by dominigan, over at Hot Air.

re: #135 pat

Obama is like the Clintons when they walked in the White House. Surrounded by the rejected, the immature,nuts, crooks and marginals. With the added flavor of racist loons and black nationalists.

And a few billion buckadingdongs from George Soros.

Both Bubba and Obumbba had/have solid money from Hollywood dingbats, that's another similarity.

re: #151 Tilly

Yes, that's interesting. As I said in my earlier post, I think McCain should take advantage of this brief respite, while everybody's watching Obama, to plot his campaign, pick vice-presidents, and so on.

(Whether he's smart enough to take advantage of this is, of course, another question altogether.)

I'm no Latin expert, but I think it translates to roughly, "In truth, it is possible."

Considering that most Americans don't speak Latin, and that possums are known for sleeping, the word "possum" in there is ... unfortunate.

Ah, I see Obama's minions are playing with the Latin language eh? Perhaps this phrase would fit Obama's personality.

Magnus Vanidici

re: #210 mama winger

You guys are killing me here! I am having bladder issues. LOL!

How can you think about your bladder at a historic moment like that ! Vera will never forgive you! I'll call Keith Olbermann and he'll make you worst person in the world!

re: #150 Inquisitive

Seal the Deal=Spam Spam Spam

They just have to say it more than once. ADD perhaps.

Vote for McCain!

Nobody thinks he's the slightest bit messianic!

re: #184 ploome hineni

blue is natural camouflage

minarets are observation towers and mosques are artillery and weapons warehouses

Not always - not all. In fact few.
Let's not argue about this please. Some perhaps - I will agree - In some places. No - I won't even go there.
I don't like them, loud and intrusive.
You paint too broad a brush. And I don't like Islam and find myself defending it because you are so inclusive in your statements.
Aggh!

re: #216 Mongerel

Great post.

Vote for McCain!

He's not backed by George Soros.

(And Arianna Huffington doesn't like him.)

I thought it meant "truth possum", I like my translation better.

re: #223 TalkinKamel

Vote for McCain!

Nobody thinks he's the slightest bit messianic!

AHAHAhahaha I can't stop laughing !

re: #180 HDrepub

Are those arrows in the Obamaeagle(TM)'s right claw? Or is it barbed wire?

Asparagus spears.

And arugula on the right.

I can see his (Cult of) Presidency

re: #227 snowcrash

I thought it meant "truth possum", I like my translation better.

I think I shall start referring to Obama as the Truth Possum. I like it!

re: #185 mama winger

That is a classic!

Sending it now to my address list.

re: #214 wolfie

On second thought, it might be a ploy to win the Appalachian vote!
Tricky.

The possum is not held in high esteem by this ol' hillbilly. A possum is usually the first thing you see crawling out of a cow carcass bloating in the sun. They are carrion eaters when the opportunity is there.

re: #197 missouri boy

Did Obama ever produce a real birth certificate?

It really does not matter. Lightworkers are not born in a mortal sense.
They are celestial you see and they just are

re: #231 mama winger

I think I shall start referring to Obama as the Truth Possum. I like it!

That's actually a great nickname. Might become as popular as The Lurch in 2004.

re: #232 Racer X

That is a classic!

Sending it now to my address list.

It's good isn't it? A troll posted it over on the DNC blog. Hahaha!

re: #219 Charles

"Vero" is usually translated as either "truly" or "indeed"; "possumus" is "we are able" or "we can", from "posse". It's an auxiliary verb.

So the question is, we can what?

Damned emptiness.

re: #159 LindaMarie

Green as a color stands for:

Latrines

Illness

Queasy stomach

re: #197 missouri boy

Did Obama ever produce a real birth certificate?

Good question - odds are it is Mohammad Obama

re: #235 PatrioticNaturalizedAmerican

That's actually a great nickname. Might become as popular as The Lurch in 2004.

We are groundbreakers here at LGF!

Defeat the Truth Possum '08!

re: #214 wolfie

On second thought, it might be a ploy to win the Appalachian vote!
Tricky.

Brunswick stew! Yumm!

"Vero possumus" translates as "In truth, we are able."

So it's not quite, "yes, we can." If they wanted "yes, we can," they should have used an icon featuring Bob the Builder, whose motto is "Can we fix it? Yes, we can." This would have complemented nicely their Winnie the Pooh foreign policy platform. Cartoons for a cartoon candidate.

re: #227 snowcrash

I thought it meant "truth possum", I like my translation better.

"truth possum", it is.

re: #106 nyc redneck

and he will outlaw the wearing of purple.
(who care's, only hippies will be hung. no, beheaded, for wearing it.)

Hey, now! Nothing wrong with wearing a dark purple tie with a light grey suit. You live in NY, like myself, so you should know (better).

/Fashion police

re: #219 Charles

I'm no Latin expert, but I think it translates to roughly, "In truth, it is possible."

Considering that most Americans don't speak Latin, and that possums are known for sleeping, the word "possum" in there is ... unfortunate.

Heh... for all that, they went with a latin phrase that has the unintended effect of making you think that he'll sleep through a 3am phone call.

re: #119 realwest

Nevermind the "Fiesty Wife" did Obama himself actually say that McCain would say: "And did I mention he’s black?" ?
Hey Barack Hussein Obama - who's injecting RACE into this presidential contest, hmmm?

Right, we typical white people can't get over the fact that he is black. It has nothing to do with the fact that he is the most liberal senator there is and his policies suck.
/idiots

I think the 'seal' is a silly-ass, wussy, pathetic imitation of the real thing.

Come to think of it....it's rather appropriate.

Could it be that Obama has spent more time running for president than he has being a Senator? His rush for the most powerful seat in the world is just one of the things that makes me worry about this guy. Even he would argue, if he were honest, that he's no where near qualified.

A man who believes he is above the law who wants to be president - I hope this gets more publicity and that he does some jail time.

re: #244 RickZ

Hey, now! Nothing wrong with wearing a dark purple tie with a light grey suit. You live in NY, like myself, so you should know (better).

/Fashion police

do you mean burgundy? or easter purple?
lol. i do like certain shades of purple but hey , it's not me who will outlawing the color.

Housework calls.

Take care!

Obama's seal does not have the colors red, white, and blue.

Obama, a crooked Chicago politician, is hiding behind this unpatriotic seal to distract people from his record as a wimp on foreign policy and immigration.

First he bestows sainthood upon himself with the halo pics, now he's appropriated for himself the office of the president. Next he'd like us to capitalize the 'h' in himself.

re: #243 nyc redneck

"truth possum", it is.

With a tad more flexibility, we could translate it as, "Yes, I'm a rat".

re: #12 Killgore Trout

I think the kicker is here....

The symbol is pretty clearly not meant to convey an endorsement by the Bush White House. It's silly, embarrassing and presumptuous but not illegal.

In fact, Obama is trying to convey that he is "presidential." The seal is absolutely illegal under US law. Barack Obama is violating US law.

I'd love to see him interviewed by Dame Edna. She'd knock him down a peg or two.

"Hello, possums!"

Just when you think Barack can not get any more arrogant he suprises everyone yet again. I hope everyone sees the seal because there are millions of people who will not approve . And this will remind once again of all of the problems he has, people he associates with, flip flops he makes again and again.

The thought of him in the White House makes me shudder. I try to imagine the corruption he will bring but my imagination is just not capable of seeing that large a picture.

I'd like to see people refusing to show their birth certificates when applying for lost IDs and such and say, if Obama doesn't have to show his to be the President of the USA, why should I have to prove anything to the government?

Although the Veritas Oppossum motto is great,

I prefer "Vomitoria ad sinisterum."

CNN has the translation, and a very interesting take on it...seems to me that they are actually not all that fond of Hussein, if I read it right, and the comments are also not what I would expect of CNN readers, in a lot of cases. Maybe people are awakening from their long winter nap, and have removed their eye blinders, and taken their finger out of their ears?

re: #240 mama winger

Defeat the Truth Possum '08!

LOL!

Excellent rally cry! Maybe it will catch on...

Uh, he can't even get his Latin right. I think he wants to say "truly we can" Possumus does mean "We can" but his adverb is wrong. It should be "vere". As in "Surrexit Christus vere", never "Surrexit Christus vero".
Not a big deal? Well, I think it shows a bunch of liberal know it alls trying to impress us, and only showing their ignorance.

re: #259 David IV of Georgia

Although the Veritas Oppossum motto is great,

I prefer "Vomitoria ad sinisterum."

The vomitoriums are on the left.

re: #243 nyc redneck

"truth possum", it is.

It sounds like virulent possum, which sounds like a rabid possum, which suggests netrooters - they at the mouth and are rabidly active on their computers at night.

re: #219 Charles

I'm no Latin expert, but I think it translates to roughly, "In truth, it is possible."

Considering that most Americans don't speak Latin, and that possums are known for sleeping, the word "possum" in there is ... unfortunate.

Under Obama, we will be protected by rolling up in a ball and our own quills will keep us safe, until the threat of war has safely passed.

re: #221 PatrioticNaturalizedAmerican

How can you think about your bladder at a historic moment like that ! Vera will never forgive you! I'll call Keith Olbermann and he'll make you worst person in the world!

Worst bladder in the world!

How about Bigus D... Never mind.

re: #124 stevieray

Def'ny agree . . I know there are some folks here at LFG who have some mad skilz when it comes to funny stuff.

In all the WWW, the Lizardim are up to the task.

'Specially when the Obamessiah and his folk (the circular firing squad) are almost parodies in and of themselves.

The Obamessian Seal is crying out for a Photoshop gag. With a possum.

Like this one: EEK!

(Hat tip: Hellodare)

Hi folks, gee, he's not too conceited is he? Obama is just a train wreck waiting to happen. I can hear the engineer frantically blowing the whistle now...

re: #265 debutaunt

Under Obama, we will be protected by rolling up in a ball and our own quills will keep us safe, until the threat of war has safely passed.

Umm, that is the behavior of a hedge hog. An opossum plays "possum" or acts like it is dead in hopes something won't devour it. An opossum can be an odoriferous animal too, especially when it has been eating carrion.

"Truly, I am a weasel."