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Obama Graffiti Illustrates Divide
It appeared on a lonely street corner in Chicago: a stenciled silhouette of Barack Obama holding a microphone that connects to the United States. Immediately one wonders, What does it mean? We can assume that this graffiti, somewhere on the streets of his hometown, is a gesture of support for Senator Obama. But it's hard to deny the bleak effect it has on the viewer.
Obama stands on a street corner--one hand holding a microphone, the other hand pleading--while on the other side hovers the United States, streaked with dripping paint. The only link between the Senator and his country is a long, meandering wire that he seems one step away from tripping over.
The raw loneliness is also marked by the image's physical disconnectedness. A passerby on one side of the street only sees Obama speaking to a rally, while someone on the other side sees nothing but the U.S. floating from a frail string. Only a person turning the corner or standing on the other side of the street sees the complete image. Even then, the street corner's three-dimensional divide is hard to ignore.
But, what about the image itself? Is the Illinois senator and probable Democratic presidential nominee speaking to us or through us? Is the fate of our nation inexplicably linked to this agent of change, or are we simply the vehicle or amplifier for his personal message and ambitions?
B. Brandon Barker is the author of the novel Operation EMU.
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(Page 1 of 6)TJ1:29PMMay 13th 2008
THE IDIOTS LEADING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO ITS DOOM
MISOGYNIST AND LOSERS
TED KENNDY..PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO LOST
DODD..PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO LOST
EDWARDS..PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO LOST
RICHARDSON..PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO LOST/TRAITOR
KERRY..PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO LOST
JOE ANDREWS..PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO LOST/TRAITOR
JESSE JACKSON..PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO LOST
HOWARD MOOOO DEAN... PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO LOTS
NANCY BAAAAH PELOSI... THATS A WHOLE OTHER STORY
A BUNCH OF LOSERS
NEXT WE ADD OBAMA..LOSERS
VOTE HILLARY OR MCCAIN
OXOXOX
TJ, OBAMAMANIA BUSTER FOR ALWAYS
David S.1:34PMMay 13th 2008
Uh, Brandon, I take it you were an art major?
TJ1:37PMMay 13th 2008
THE PICTURE I SEE IS A "SPEECHAMANIAC" FILLING UP THE UNITED STATES WITH HOT AIR. . .
I SEE A MAN FAR FROM THE TRUTH LYING TO AMERICA, AFRAID TO SHOW HIS FACE. HE WANTS TO TURN THIS COUNTRY INTO ZIMBABWE..
VOTE HILLARY OR MCCAIN
WE DONT WANT CHANGE, NOT THE OBAMA KIND
I BELIEVE JEREMIAH WRIGHT WHEN HE SAYS; "OBAMA IS JUST BEING A POLITICIAN. HE THINKS JUST LIKE ME."
OXOXO
TJ THE OBAMAMANIA BUSTER.
Save the country from Obama1:45PMMay 13th 2008
Hopefully, Obama will be back in Chicago after Nov. & alone.
MichelleG1:48PMMay 13th 2008
Well, he's much bigger than the U.S. so I think it portraits the country as a vehicle for him.
NoKoolAid1:57PMMay 13th 2008
This is a very interesting image. I think the message it's trying to get across is that Obama stands alone. He is disconnected from America. His only connection to America is through his words and not his whole self. He could easily get caught up in the wire or he could pull the plug if he wanted to. It's a strong statement.
USA Always2:08PMMay 13th 2008
Obama is all talk and NO action. His speeches are Nonsense for dreamers who do NOT bother to look up Obama record which is down right scary. Those in Washington DC backing him up had better be prepared for what's to come. More than likely we will lose to McCain. Most of us who are backing Hillary will NOT back Obama even if Hillary was the VP Its Hillary or We will go with the lesser of 2 evils McCain.
When the USA sinks down even further than it is today the American People will blame all of you in Washington who never bothered to do a background check into Obama's background, forcing us to vote for McCain, when we could have had Hillary who would turn our Country around so we can begin to heal from drowning debt.
Just to show you how brilliant Obama is enjoy this UTUBE video. Makes you wonder how Obama made it thru Harvard.
Click here: YouTube - Obama Claims He's Visited 57 States
Obama, the Harvard Graduate, and tell me if he is smarter than a 5th Grader? Some are saying he looks as if he is still using drugs in the video. Makes a person wonder. I would bet all those Patriotic, hardworking, Church Loving, gun totting, folks in PA know darn well there are 50 States in the USA, Obama- Ohhh Drama.
Perhaps its a matter of mixing up the USA with,the OIC-Organization of Islamic Conference-which has its primary goal as "to promote solidarity among all Islamic member states." Maybe it was a Freudian slip? He just was tired and got the U.S.A (50 states) mixed up with the OIC (57 Islamic nations.
WHY ???? doesn't the media report this the way they reported on VP Dan Quayle when he misspelled a Potato. The Media has not reported Obama's dangerous ties to our enemies thru Rezko, to Saddams close knit ties.
( Obama lies about their relationship ) he has met some of Saddam's top & corrupted men.
Click here: Rezko Watch
There is a lot of info at the above website that will let you know just what Obama is all about and its NOT good for America.
Rezko had Obama drop in, at times to help Rezko lure important Middle Eastern bankers visiting Chicago to invest in his real estate projects. On April 3, 2004, house party hosted by Rezko for Iraqi-British billionaire businessman Nadhmi Auchi ( Saddam's money Launder ) according to witnesses, both Sen. & Mrs. Obama attended and Sen. Obama toasted Mr. Auchi.
Rashid Khalidi and his wife, Mona Khalidi, founded the Arab American Action Network in Chicago and Mona Khalidi served as its president. They have been described as Obama's friends. A 2005 farewell dinner held in their honor by AAAN was attended by Ayers and Dohrn; Obama delivered a testimonial to the Khalidis.
Aiham Alsammarae is the former Iraqi Minister of Electricity convicted of stealing $650 million from Iraqi reconstruction funds who is a long-time Rezko friend, having attended technical school and been in business with Rezko since the 1970s.
Aiham Alsammarae is the former Iraqi Minister of Electricity convicted of stealing $650 million from Iraqi reconstruction funds who is a long-time Rezko friend, when Alsammarae was incarcerated in Baghdad's Green Zone in fall 2006, Alsammarae's children contacted Obama for his help in freeing their father.
Why is Washington DC not investigating any of this. Is it NOT a serious Security Problem for the USA,
kaflooey2:10PMMay 13th 2008
"pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"
Save the country from Obama2:12PMMay 13th 2008
USA Always, hear. hear! Obama is dangerous to our country.
Maybe hes talking from kenya2:15PMMay 13th 2008
Maybe he's talking from Kenya. That seems to be the country he really loves.
JOHN PAUL2:17PMMay 13th 2008
One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning.
Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates. That means the only way she wins is if Democratic superdelegates are ready to risk a backlash of historic proportions from the party’s most reliable constituency.
Unless Clinton is able to at least win the primary popular vote — which also would take nothing less than an electoral miracle — and use that achievement to pressure superdelegates, she has only one scenario for victory. An African-American opponent and his backers would be told that, even though he won the contest with voters, the prize is going to someone else.
People who think that scenario is even remotely likely are living on another planet.
As it happens, many people inside Clinton’s campaign live right here on Earth. One important Clinton adviser estimated to Politico privately that she has no more than a 10 percent chance of winning her race against Barack Obama, an appraisal that was echoed by other operatives.
In other words: The notion of the Democratic contest being a dramatic cliffhanger is a game of make-believe.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9149.html
tom2:23PMMay 13th 2008
Obama trying to make the USA turn the corner?
BTW, he is the winner
PROUDAMERICAN2:32PMMay 13th 2008
I hear the Swift Boat bells a-ringing! It's music to my ears!
THINK ABOUT IT! Obama does have a lot of terrorist friends.
We really don’t need a “former” Muslim, so-called “Christian” (who attends an anti-American church, which spews "God Damn America" to its congregation), in the White House. OBAMA DENOUNCES WRIGHT AFTER HIS POLL NUMBERS DROP.
WRIGHT IS A "WOUND" FOR OBAMA --- BUT, IT'S SELF-INFLICTED! OBAMA STUCK WITH WRIGHT FOR 20 YEARS AND LIED ABOUT WHAT HE KNEW. TOO LITTLE --- TOO LATE.
Obama's anti-American wife doesn’t qualify as a first lady.
Obama can’t make up his mind who he is --- and we don’t need him pushing the “button”! He is not a uniter. He does not have a political track record. He couldn’t answer tough questions in the debate, so now he’s making false promises.
COME NOVEMBER, WE'LL SEE A NEW SET OF RULES --- THE BIASED MEDIA CAN'T PROTECT THE GOLDEN BOY FOREVER!
TJ2:42PMMay 13th 2008
tom2:23PMMay 13th 2008
Obama trying to make the USA turn the corner?
BTW, he is the winner
____________________________
NOT WINNER YET, UNTIL ALL THE FAT SUPERDELEGATES SING.
Wiley2:52PMMay 13th 2008
OBAMA IS NOT EVEN CONCERENED ABOUT WV OR KENTUCKEY HE GOES TO FLORIDA, MICHIGAN, AND MISSOURI THINKING HE HAS WON AND IS GOING TO TRY TO WIN THEIR VOTE AGAINST MCCAIN.. HERE YA GO STATES HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO SHOW HIM WHAT HE IS.. THERE ARE 6 MORE STATES AND HE BYPASSES THEM HE DON'T CARE HE THINKS THE SUPERDELEGATES BRING HIM HOME.. THE SUPERDELEGATES NEED TO BE VOTED OUT.. THEY NEED TO START LOOKING FOR A NEW LINE OF WORK.. KENNEDY MAKES ME SICK. WE HAVE TO HELP HILLARY LETS GO DONATE AND GET HER OUT OF THIS MESS.. IF WE DON'T LET HER KNOW WE ARE STILL HERE SHE WILL NOT FEEL THE FIGHT TO KEEP MOVING.
HILLARY'08
Sherri2:52PMMay 13th 2008
We will see many of you turn down this rhetoric about Obams when your candidate concedes and begins supporting him. If she is the one you support and she bows out gracefully as expected, she will support Obama, and if you believe in her and what she says, then many will see the error of their current thoughts about Obama. He is a loyal American with a christian belief. He is a man who will make a tremendous difference in this country for the benefit of us all. He inspires and will change this country for the better. Get over this bitterness. Unite and get behind the Man your candiate will soon be supporting
Jean3:00PMMay 13th 2008
OBAMA WILL CHANGE THIS COUNTRY, JUST LIKE OSAMA CHANGED OUR COUNTRY ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.
Kim3:12PMMay 13th 2008
I do not believe it is over for Senator Obama, but it is for the democrats and other potential women who might select to run in the future .Senator Clinton has confirmed every stereotype and fear people can have about a Black candidate and a potential Woman candidate. As a woman, I see the tactics Senator Clinton has pulled ,equivalent to the behavior of a scorned woman going through a divorce. The man must "pay attitude" , and the kids ( the American citizens) must choose, is Senator Clinton platform. The taking down the house and burning the male at the stake, regardless of the consequence of everyone involved is the last thought on her mind, because she needs to have that last word.
Melissa3:15PMMay 13th 2008
When Hillary Clinton withdraws many of her supporters will withdraw as well. .We will withdraw our votes and support from the Democratic Party. The way the Democratic hierarchy and news media have treated her is a reflection of how they treat women in general. A call to unite will go unheeded by Hillary supporters. We simply cannot vote for Barack Obama after he played the race card on Bill Clinton and used obscene hand gestures while uttering Hillary's name.
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