Well, it's definitely lame. (And shouldn't the eagle have wiretap headphones on, in light of Obama's recentcave?) The Obama campaign probably should've stuck with a version of this.
The Ramones, as always, show us how it's done (see right). Did the Feds ever pressure them about their seal?
Last year, Michelle Malkin imagined what an Obama-approved presidential seal might look like. She was outraged that Obama stopped wearing a flag pin on his lapel, so she cleverly photoshopped a presidential seal, adding colors, erasing words and putting a peace sign on it. Then she explained all her clever edits:
Changed red stripes to pink. Code Pink.
Changed blue field on shield to yellow. Self-explanatory.
Removed “United States.” Too imperialistic.
Removed snake from eagle’s mouth. Too aggressive.
Wait. Hold the phone. "Removed the snake from the eagle's mouth"? What the hell is she talking about? The eagle has the "E pluribus unum" banner in its beak, not a freakin' snake!
Apparently, during her attack on Obama, Malkin-- the illegal immigration alarmist-- was confusing elements of the President's Seal with the Coat of Arms on the Mexican flag!
As Pres. Nixon would say (baring his teeth): "Now that's funny".
And NOT ONE of the 70+ patriotic symbologists in her comments section even blinked at her mention of a "snake" on the Presidential Seal. Not one. (Check comments #61-63 for even more hilarity.)
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Note the early version of the Ramones seal in this video from a 1977 show in London. I guess the eagle is biting a "snake" with Hey Ho Let's Go tattooed on it.
Oyster, I really don't like that seal, and I've been wondering why it pulls me up so short. (Especially because I thought the Ramones seal was so funny at the time.)
And I think it's because I'd make certain associations if, say, Mike Huckabee had adopted such a thing, or GWB's set designers had hit upon it. I'm sure we'd have the cross or some such in the center instead of the rising-sun thing.
It's a small thing, but it makes me nervous, and these days - for better or for worse - the small things make me more nervous than the larger things. The big things I can put my finger on; the small things make me wonder what's going on.
Barack's Seal is pure cheeseball, pretentious, and juvenile. Will SNL jump all over this? I doubt it. With that seal it would be fitting for BHO to wear a Burger King crown when he is at the podium. With this latest piece of work I believe he might be a malignant narcissist.
Well, you seem to have recovered from Teh Kool-Aid King's rolling over faster than the freshest bitch on the cellblock to please his corporate "supporters" (oh, nooooo, he won't take money from LOBBYISTS, he won't hire LOBBYISTS, and YET... well, you saw the body, the crime scene, you saw.) --- anyway, you seem to be handling it pretty well, Erster. I'm proud of you.
I never took you for one of the Jonestownesque kool-aid drinkers, anyway. Though they have pretty much bullied the fuck out of the blogosphere for the past year to the point that I can't even enjoy the first blogs I called home anymore.
Bet that they wish that they hadn't been QUITE so fucking nasty now, though. Reconciliation is going to have to go better than Reconstruction (#1 or #2), though... Only thing is, we don't really have a winning side at the moment, do we.
That's the one thing that I've yet to see in the schadenfreude fests, even at my own joint: WHAT THE FUCK DO WE DO NOW?!?!?!?
Ain't like we can freeze-dry Barry and wake him up when he grows his balls back, and I don't see Hillary swooping in to save the day. John Edwards has rolled-over so many fucking times, he ought to be puking up singles, just like any other whore.
I see support for Barack is a bit schizophrenic. When he makes dumb mistakes, as admittedly he's doing, you all turn against him as fervently as you support him when he's doing the right things. What exactly is that supposed to accomplish?
So he's got a cheesy seal. Big whoop. Myself, I'm perturbed that he's wearing the flag pin now. But ultimately, it's things like the FISA compromise that should be the lightning rod.
And enough with the "cult" garbage. Even with his flaws and occasional stupid move, Obama is the best candidate in a long time. I'm sorry that any candidate who generates any excitement above the "lesser of two evils" level is immediately branded as issuing out Kool-Aid. Some people cannot be pleased, I guess. Maybe they're not worth pleasing. Yes, I'd like to see Obama purer than he is. But I'm certainly not going to vote for McCain out of spite. I hope no one else here does either.
The Ramones got away with it both because they were a rock band (artistic license) and because they were goofy (parody).
And what does it say above the eagle in Obama's logo? Looks like it might read, "ZERO POSSIBILITIES" but that can't be right.
Finally, thanks for reminding us all that the official motto of the US carried in our eagle's mouth is "E PLURIBUS UNUM." The eagle is the front of the Great Seal and the pyramid is on the back. You can get a better look on the reverse of a $1 bill. The Great Seal was designed before George Washington took office as our first president under the Constitution--but enough trivia for now.
The Obama Seal debuts.
