tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060865309044072246.post3336848464991989271..comments2024-03-07T05:18:38.474-05:00Comments on Bread upon the Waters: But Not a Single Photo of Obama Signing Away $410 Billion. . .Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060865309044072246.post-38984811098430712742009-03-15T04:09:00.000-04:002009-03-15T04:09:00.000-04:00And So it Goes in Shreveport blog had a picture of...And So it Goes in Shreveport blog had a picture of a billboard emblazoned with Obama and caption "You Can Too!" Not a public building, but still pretty big. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, Obama spent a lot of time building the ultra-cool motiff, but then he's been practicing since before Chicago. Even Dennis Miller called Obama "a cool cat." Style over substance has been a problem for a long time, but now we have style hiding substance (a bad bit of substance). I think this could be relatively new for the US.yukio ngabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132998741555231924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060865309044072246.post-5632990207736621312009-03-14T20:14:00.000-04:002009-03-14T20:14:00.000-04:00True, Yukio. I feel the same. But putting it toget...True, Yukio. I feel the same. But putting it together was a real education for me. Because I have been avoiding looking at images of him whenever possible, I had not been aware of the intensity of the staging of his images as "the heroic (but ultra-cool) savior" on just about every magazine out. His media worshipers did everything but display murals of his face on the sides of public buildings (well, it probably was done somewhere, but I missed it).Quite Rightlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06454908849040454661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060865309044072246.post-38097976670256001322009-03-14T20:05:00.000-04:002009-03-14T20:05:00.000-04:00That thing is hard to watch. If I see much more of...That thing is hard to watch. If I see much more of Obama's condescending and ingracious smile, I'm gonna puke.yukio ngabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132998741555231924noreply@blogger.com