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All are muslim protestors, and this is only a sampling of the crazed protests that are going on in every continent, all over the world. The ones above are from India and the Phillipines, but these last two are from Chicago and NYC. I wonder what percentage voted for Obama... 99.8% or 99.9%?

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090104/481/0c6f73d8856d4995b2938583e29d4f5f/http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090104/capt.0c6f73d8856d4995b2938583e29d4f5f.indonesia_israel_protest_jak103.jpg?x=400&y=269&q=85&sig=4uegUWFKDQbcB_ccAcKtHA--World reacts to U.S. electionMuslim protesters wearing masks of, from left, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, take part in a rally against Israeli air strikes on Gaza, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama greets onlookers after working out at the Semper Fit Center at Marine Corp Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008.

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U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and his wife Michelle vote in the U.S. presidential election at the Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School in Chicago, November 4, 2008. U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) chats with his daughter Malia as he casts his vote in the U.S. presidential election at the Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School in Chicago, November 4, 2008

"Participants in the Fantasy Fest Masquerade March make fun of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's bid for the vice-presidency in Key West, Florida. ""Revellers portraying a Secret Service agent, Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and his running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (L-R) walk down a street during the Fantasy Fest Masquerade March in Key West, Florida."

Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008 at Kirkwood high school in St. Louis. US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (right) introduces former president Bill Clinton during a rally for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama profited from the coveted backing of former secretary of state Colin Powell and a jaw-dropping cash haul entering into the final fortnight of the epic White House race Former president Bill Clinton listens to a speech by Democratic senatorial candidate Rick Noriega during a rally, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, in...

I know Obama's creepy apprenticeship under George Clooney is nothing new, but how is this image for unsettling? (source:http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/1842,features,obama-the-hollywood-candidate) Ingrid Bergman put the actor's mentality perfectly: "It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying." Substitute "cry" for "know what's going on," and you've got the foundation for Hollywood's involvement in politics. I doubt any FReepers care about celebrity political endorsements, but does anyone personally know an individual who was profoundly affected by a celebrity endorsement? I'm just trying to determine the number of Americans who are completely incapable of thinking independently. There is a...

New York Senator Hillary Clinton acknowledges a 3-minute ovation during the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, August 26. Democratic women Senators appears on stage at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 26, 2008. U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28. US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama watches New York Senator Hillary Clinton addressing the Democratic National Convention on a TV screen in Billings, Montana on August 26. Vice Presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden (R) (D-DE) stand at the podium...

Protesters get pepper sprayed by the police after a demonstration got out of hand in downtown Denver, Colorado August 25, 2008. REUTERS/Mark Leffingwell (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) Masked protesters shout slogans near the Pepsi Center, site of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 24, 2008. Denver will host the upcoming convention, which begins Monday August 25. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) An injured demonstrator gets help getting pepper spray washed out after a protest got out of hand in downtown Denver, Colorado August 25, 2008. REUTERS/Mark Leffingwell (UNITED...

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, talks with Francisco Cano, right, and Felicitas Rosel about the Nevada foreclosure crisis at their home in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Former US President Bill Clinton takes a picture with a camera given to him by students at the Photojournalism Workshop, a center where high school students learn writing and photography, as he campaigns for his wife Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.,...

Democratic presidential hopeful New York Senator Hillary Clinton (L) arrives on stage with her husband, former US president Bill Clinton (C) and daughter Chelsea Clinton, in Louisville Kentucky on May 20, 2008. Asked in an interview with People magazine, to appear Friday, whether his 28-year-old daughter Chelsea would ever consider running for office, the ex-president said: "I don't know. "(AFP/File/Robyn Beck) Former President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton listen to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during her Kentucky Presidential Primary night rally in Louisville, Kentucky, May 20, 2008. (John Sommers/Reuters) New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson speaks at a press...

"Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Hillary Clinton tries on a pair of glasses after talking with supporters at Lynn's Paradise cafe during a campaign stop at in Louisville, Kentucky."

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a town hall meeting in Watertown, S.D., Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) holds seven months old Kabian Allen, after a workplace town hall meeting at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, May 14, 2008. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. leaves the Russell Senate Office Building after a workout, Tuesday, May 13, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama,...

Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during a rally in Central Point, Ore. Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reacts to supporters during a rally in Central Point, Ore. Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.2ce4732a35934cdd88d36f1cc53af862.clinton_2008_sddl101.jpg Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reacts to supporters with Rapid City, S.D., councilman Malcom Chapman at a rally in Sioux Falls, S.D., Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., gestures to the crowd after being introduced by Rapid City, S.D., city...

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., looks at a racing helmet presented to her by driver Sarah Fisher, left, during a campaign event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Ind. Tuesday, May 6, 2008, the day of the Indiana primary election. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., offers a Sharpie pen to an aide after signing race car helmets while campaigning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Ind. Tuesday, May 6, 2008, the day of the Indiana primary election. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Senator Barack Obama attends a Democratic party Jefferson-Jackson...

In this image released by PBS, Bill Moyers, left, interviews Rev. Jeremiah Wright in his first television interview with a journalist since he became embroiled in a controversy for his remarks and his relationship with Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama, Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Wright, Obama's former pastor, said that publicizing sound bites of sermons in which he condemned U.S. policies was 'unfair' and 'devious,' and done by people who know nothing about his church, according to excerpts of the PBS interview to be released Thursday. (AP Photo/PBS, Robin Holland, HO) Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.,...

In this March 10, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is illuminated through the crowd during a campaign stop at Revello's Cafe Pizzeria in Old Forge, Pa. How can they not be tired? Clinton and Barack Obama are undeniably exhausted. They've been campaigning hard for more than a year, and their wall-to-wall schedules won't let up anytime soon. Neither wants to cede ground in their epic struggle for the Democratic nomination. Fatigue, however, breeds unforced errors — and both candidates have made some in the past few weeks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) In this...

"Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks with traveling reporters on her campaign charter plane shortly before take off in Winston-Salem, N.C., Friday, April 18, 2008. Pictured from left to right: aide Huma Abedin; and traveling press secretaries Jamie Smith and Mo Elleithee."

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Chelsea Clinton react as four-year-old Sonya Wilkerson, right, jokes around on stage during her mother Kerri's introduction at a campaign event at Haverford College in Haverford, Pa., Thursday, April 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Four-year-old Sonya Wilkerson takes the microphone as her mother Kerri introduces Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., during a campaign event at Haverford College in Haverford, Pa., Thursday, April 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaigns with her daughter Chelsea Clinton at Haverford College in Haverford, Pa.,...

A pro-Tibet demonstrator stands with demonstrators and supporters during the Olympic Torch relay in San Francisco, California April 9, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) A pro-Tibet demonstrator is seen behind a Chinese flag before the beginning of the Olympic Torch relay in San Francisco, California April 9, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown smiles as the Olympic flame arrives at 10 Downing Street in London April 6, 2008. (Jeff Moore/Pool/Reuters) Mayor Gavin Newsom (L) talks with a police officer before the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco April 9, 2008. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez-San Francisco Chronicle/Pool/Reuters) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary...

US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) listens to US Commander in Iraq General David Petraeus and US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testify about the state of the war in Iraq before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington April 8, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES) Commander in Iraq General David Petraeus and Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speak before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 8, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (C) speaks with Commander in Iraq General David Petraeus...

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks during a press conference after the NATO-Russia Council meeting at the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania. Officials and analysts say that as both Putin and US President George W. Bush prepare to exit the world stage, their aim is to "turn down the volume" on disagreements and send out a general message of cooperation to smooth the way for their successors. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova) Former president Jimmy Carter in Washington, October 23, 2007. Carter, one of a handful of high-profile Democrats who has remained neutral in his party's presidential primary battle, has hinted that he supports...

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., seated with Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton, waits to speak about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and his legacy on the 40th anniversary of the assassination at the Mason Temple Church of God and Christ in Memphis, Tenn., Friday, April 4, 2008. Members of the Memphis Tennessee "Beloved Community" carry signs as they march to the former Lorraine Motel, now part of the National Civil Rights Museum, where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, April 4, 2008. April 4 marks the 40th anniversary of the...

"Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, has a word with aide Huma Abedin prior to the start of a discussion on jobs, Wednesday, April 2, 2008, during a campaign event at the IBEW Local Union 5 Training Facility in Pittsburgh " "Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks to members of her staff on board her campaign charter plane shortly before take-off from Washington's Reagan National Airport, Friday, March 28, 2008. At left is aide Huma Abedin."

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., accompanied by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, right, and John W. Manzetti, president and CEO of Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, second from left, listens to an explanation by Charlotte Smith, left, a project manager in wound healing research with non-embryonic stem cells, Wednesday, April 2, 2008, during a visit to the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., looks through a microscope as Dr. Iliya Lefterov, second from left, looks on during her visit to a lab researching Alzheimer's Disease, Wednesday,...

This is the ONLY photo from the film in the wire coverage I see on Yahoo, everything else is of Geert Wilders or the protesters: A demonstrator holds a banner with a photo of Geert Wilders during a demonstration in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. Wilders released a film criticizing Islam and its holy book the Quran on Thursday, March 27, posting it on a Web site. The Dutch government had warned Wilders that a film offensive to Muslims could spark violent protests in Islamic countries, like those two years ago after the publication of cartoons of the Prophet...

Mandi Hamlin, right, who claims a Transportation Security Administration agent forced her to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane demonstrates what she was asked to do by the TSA during a news conference Thursday, March 27, 2008, in Los Angeles, as her attorney Gloria Allred looks on. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left is is checked by security personnel prior to boarding an airplane, Wednesday, March 26, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Former US Vice-President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Al Gore addresses media representatives in...

A mural depicting US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is painted on the side of a building in New York March 26, 2008. The mural contains a partial transcript of Obama's "A More Perfect Union" speech that was delivered on March 18, 2008. Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, walks away flanked by a bodyguard, right, and a campaign staffer, after speaking with reporters during a brief impromptu interview given while he was taking some days off from his campaign, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, in Great Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Tuesday, March 25,...

Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) adjusts his tie before speaking at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council March 26, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks about the economy, Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., talks with traveling press secretary Doug Hattaway, right, as trip director Greg Hale looks on at left, after boarding her campaign charter plane at Washington's Reagan National Airport, Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary...

"US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, reacts on receiving a souvenir from Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche, right, as Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, gestures at a public reception at the Namgayal complex in Dharamsala, India."

U.S. President George W. Bush points toward the Oval Office in a reference to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (L) winning the presidency after they met at the White House in Washington March 5, 2008. McCain scored victories in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island on Tuesday to complete his improbable comeback from the political graveyard last summer to become his party's standard-bearer. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy point to the crowd at his Ohio and Texas primary election night rally in...

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., is silhouetted by a light as he speaks at Tulane University in New Orleans Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Lisa Mount right, and M.K. Wegmann second from right, wear costumes about Super Tuesday on Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Carnival revelers were greeted with warm weather for Fat Tuesday Straight from the Mardi Gras parade, 'Glo' Gloria Cunningham signs into the Democratic Caucus at the Town Hall in Crested Butte, Colo. with her costume on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Two revelers wear costumes like senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 R.M. Elfer left, and Judy Weaver wear...

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., smiles as he puts on a napkin before eating gumbo at Dooky Chase's restaurant Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listens to a question at a press conference the morning after the Super Tuesday primary elections Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Phoenix, Ariz. Boosted by his victories, McCain asked his loudest conservative critics Wednesday to 'calm down' and support his Republican presidential candidacy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., walks past red white and blue balloons as he boards his charter plane Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Phoenix, Ariz. After his Super Tuesday victories in California, New York and other major states, McCain, an underdog for months, proclaimed...