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Most people think Billy Pappas is crazy.  And why wouldn’t they?  Who other than a crazy person would spend more than 8 years of his life drawing a single portrait? And of a celebrity, no less?  But that’s what Pappas did. Every day, seven Billy Pappashours a day, Pappas stood in front of an easel, arms steadied by slings and drew, with a razor sharp pencil, what he believes to be the most detailed, precise and life-like drawing ever created. His 14” × 17” work is based on Richard Avedon’s 1957 photograph of Marilyn Monroe. It’s not an iconic photo, but it might show Marilyn Monroe...

Washington (AP) - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients. There are many unknowns about Nidal Malik Hasan, the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. Most of all, his motive. But details of his life and mindset, emerging from official sources and personal acquaintances, are troubling

Wait...did I said portrait of the Prophet Muhammad? Take that back. What I meant was Jesus portrait. Man of great courage, this guy. NOT.

Shows what I consider to be the darker side of Obama.

Comparing recent official Presidential Portraits, Obama is the only one with a smirk. And the flag is almost non-existent in Obama's portrait. Obama = Epic Fail

The iconic image of President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign is now on display permanently at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The original painting, by Los Angeles artist Shepard Fairey, was unveiled yesterday –- and now hangs in the “New Arrivals” section for the many visitors in the district during inauguration to see. Fairey’s red, white and blue portrait collage with Obama’s face over the word “hope” was reprinted in mass quantities, donning campaign shirts, posters, hats, buttons and stickers throughout the campaign.

The Office of the President-Elect today released the new official portrait for Barack Obama, who will take the oath of office on Tuesday. New White House photographer Pete Souza captured the image on a digital camera, a first for an official presidential portrait.

The Obama Transition Team released today the new official portrait of President-elect Barack Obama, to be hung in federal office buildings from Limestone, Maine, to Wasilla, Alaska (and on to Honolulu, natch) after he takes the oath of office on January 20.

Pace spoke of the portrait and thanked Egeli “for treating me gently,” but also spoke of the portrait that “is the canvas of my heart.” He said it was an incredible privilege to serve. “I miss it. I miss being able to reach out and touch folks in uniform,” he said. “If I could find a way to serve the nation again, I would.”

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2009 – It’s a plain, unadorned painting -- just a general officer in service-dress alphas looking straight at you. But the portrait of retired Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace now hanging in the Pentagon captures the measure of the man. Retired Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and artist Peter E. Egeli unveil a portrait of Pace during a Pentagon ceremony, Jan. 13, 2009. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The portrait hangs on the E-Ring in the...

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- President George Bush was presented a gold medal Saturday at the unveiling of his portrait at the Union League of Philadelphia. "Welcome to my hanging," the president joked to the crowd upon his arrival. He was given several ovations by those on hand. Bush drew laughs for his self-deprecating comments about his looks. Bush's portrait was painted by Mark Carder. The club has a gallery displaying portraits of every Republican president since Abraham Lincoln. "(Carder) did a really fine job with a challenging subject," Bush said. "I was taken aback by how much gray paint...

President George W. Bush playfully kicked a football and presided over the pre-game coin toss on Saturday as he basked in the pageantry of the annual Army-Navy game, one of the sport's most storied rivalries. The crowd at Lincoln Financial Field let out hearty cheers of "USA, USA" as Bush made his way to midfield for the ceremonial coin toss,…MORE Earlier in the day, Bush got a look at how history will remember him — at least in one artist's view — as he presided over the unveiling of his portrait at The Union League of Philadelphia. "Welcome to...

Make Your Mark In History: You Are Invited To Play A Role in the Creation of Barack Obama's Presidential Portrait From Ken Kragen, who brought America "We Are The World" and "Hands Across America," in partnership with Rock The Vote, JoinTheDot presents "What's Your Message to the Next President," which invites millions of people to get a dot in Barack Obama's Presidential Portrait and attach a message to their dot. The portrait is made from millions of tiny dots - one of them could be yours. Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV (1888PressRelease) November 12, 2008 - The traditional Presidential Portrait is evolving. It’s...

Mystery of 'missing' Shakespeare portrait 30 October 2007 NewScientist.com news service It is the kind of argument William Shakespeare himself would have enjoyed. On one side is a claim that a famous portrait of the Bard has gone missing and been replaced by a fake. On the other side, the claim is dismissed as nonsense. The row is over a painting of Shakespeare known as the Flower portrait. Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel from the University of Mainz, Germany, examined the portrait in 1996 and pronounced it an authentic representation of Shakespeare, painted in 1609. In 2006, the National Portrait Gallery in London...

Brown: I want Lady Thatcher portrait to hang in No 10The row surrounding Margaret Thatcher's Downing Street meeting with Gordon Brown has intensified after it was revealed she has accepted his offer to commission a painting of her and for it to go on permanent display in No10. The latest evidence of the extraordinary harmony between the two is likely to cause further controversy on both the Labour and Tory benches. A bitter rift is said to exist between Lady Thatcher and David Cameron. Conservative sources claimed she had no qualms about having tea with Mr Brown partly because the...

ANNAPOLIS -- Perhaps former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s best excuse should be that he was too busy running Maryland to sit long enough for a painting, but Mr. Ehrlich's four-year term has ended and his official portrait still is not hanging inside the State House. Mr. Ehrlich has declined to say why he has no portrait to go with those of the state's 12 other most recent governors, hung in the second-floor reception room, a stately space in which governors hold press conferences and other events. Former staffer Paul E. Schurick said only that Mr. Ehrlich, the state's first...

Here is a quote from the blog: "If a non christian student steals or destroys the portrait of the person that the Bridgeport WV High School alleges to be Jesus. How will the school board punish the kids religious dissent without violating the kids civil rights?" http://www.sheck.com/serendipity/

A portrait of Jesus that has been at the center of a lawsuit for it's removal from a Bridgeport HS has been stolen.

Queen asked to stop soliciting lawsuit funds by Gary A. Harki staff writer Saturday, August 12, 2006 6:57 AM CDT BRIDGEPORT — Harrison County Board of Education member Mike Queen was contacted by the West Virginia Ethics Commission on Thursday and asked to immediately stop soliciting contributions for the “Christian Freedom Fund,” he said. The fund was established to pay legal costs incurred by the board in a lawsuit filed to force the removal of a painting of Jesus at Bridgeport High School. Money in the fund primarily would be used to pay for legal fees should the school...

  Organizers of the first ever JESUS FEST in downtown Clarksburg have invited the volunteers for the "Christian Freedom Fund" to attend JESUS FEST on Saturday, August 12th.       JESUS FEST chairman Frank Jarman invited Harrison County school board member Mike Queen to be a guest speaker on the main stage Saturday.  Mike will speak at 12:30pm.  The main stage is located in front of the Harrison County Courthouse.Queen will use the opportunity to update attendees on the success of the fund drive for legal fees to protect a portrait of Jesus which has been hanging at Bridgeport High School for...

Dear Friends, On August 8th, Dr. Dallas Bailey of Lost Creek sent me a nasty email suggesting that my support of the effort to keep a portrait of Jesus hanging in a local school was unethical since I am an elected member of the Harrison County Board of Education. He further suggested that he was going to seek an opinion from the WV Ethics Commission to stop my public support of the portrait. At 10am this morning, the West Virginia Ethics Commission contacted me and asked that I immediately stop soliciting contributions for the "Christian Freedom Fund" . That...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- It's not exactly the DaVinci Code, but a scholar at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts is thrilled with what was found by X-rays of one of the museum's 16th-century paintings. The painting by Italian artist Gerolomo Bassano depicts the preparation of Jesus Christ's body to be placed in the tomb. X-rays at Washington County Hospital revealed a hidden portrait. Beneath the painting is a man's face, his upper body and his hands clasped at his waist. Researcher Mary Pixley said it was common for artists in need of a canvas to paint over their work....

HEY CLINTON! (RELATIVE) SIZE DOESN'T MATTER. by Mia T, 4.27.06   "I thought of the grand size of this. Then I realized that if you go to the White House and look at all the portraits of the presidents, there are some that are so big they have to be hung in a special space down in the ground floor and if you really look at the size of the presidents' portraits, there are [sic] an inverse relationship to their importance to the country and American history. So I'm at least apprehensive about that." bill clinton National Portrait Gallery,...

The National Portrait Gallery unveiled portraits of Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.)

A painting of George Washington by artist Charles Willson Peale is expected to sell for a record $10 million to $15 million when it is auctioned on Saturday, Christie's auction house said. The painting, signed and dated 1779, is one of eight full-length portraits of Washington painted by Peale, the premier portrait artist of the American Revolutionary period, and is the only one known to be in private hands. The record for an American portrait sold at auction is $8.1 million, for a half-length portrait of Washington by Gilbert Stuart. It was sold by Sotheby's auction house in November. The...

Saturday, December 10, 2005 00:38 IST JNW HEADLINE NEWS Portrait of a 'Palestinian' mother By Ryan Jones December 9th, 2005 US President George W. Bush insists Palestinian Arab mothers only want peace and tranquility for themselves and their children, but Hamas' newest Palestinian Legislative Council candidate stands for the exact opposite. Mariam Farhat, 56, has over the past five years become something of a symbol of “Palestinian” motherhood amidst the ongoing terrorist war to eradicate the Jewish state. Farhat has not only given three of her sons for this grisly cause, but has actively participated in their training as well,...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - A couple of former political foes, Gray Davis and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, joined forces Wednesday to unveil Davis' official gubernatorial portrait - a bright painting showing a smiling Davis standing in a field of golden poppies with Carmel Bay in the background. "I love it," California's 37th governor said after the portrait was hung on the third floor of the Capitol's historic west wing. "I hope that portrait reminds people how beautiful California is and of our obligation to preserve it for future generations." It hangs next to paintings of his four predecessors - Ronald Reagan, Jerry...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart sold for $8.136 million on Wednesday to an anonymous bidder at Sotheby's in New York, a record for a U.S. artist at auction, the auction house said. The price was below the $10 million to $15 million pre-sale estimate. A second portrait of Washington failed to sell, a Sotheby's spokesman said. The portraits on sale on Wednesday were among a group of works being sold by the New York Public Library to raise money for books and other materials. Stuart is known for his portraits of the first...

One of the most famous portraits of English playwright William Shakespeare is not him after all, Britain's National Portrait Gallery announced Friday. The Grafton Portrait is one of the most iconic images of the literary giant. However, after nine months of restoration work and research, the National Portrait Gallery announced that it has no evidence to support the view that it is of Shakespeare. Scientific investigation proved that the picture, painted in oils by an anonymous artist, dates back to 1588, when the playwright would have been 24. An inscription on the painting records the date of 1588 and the...

A portrait of President Bush has led to the filing of a federal lawsuit, after a New York schoolteacher says she was ordered to remove the image from a display of U.S. presidents and ultimately was forced to resign her position. Jillian Caruso, 26, of Suffolk, N.Y., is suing the Massapequa Union Free School District in Long Island for unspecified damages along with reinstatement to her position at Birch Lane Elementary School. Caruso claims she was forced to quit by principal Joyce Becker-Seddio, who happens to be the wife of state Assemblyman Frank Seddio, a Brooklyn Democrat. In her complaint...

A New York woman claims that she was forced from her teaching post by an elementary school principal who objected to her Republican activism and last year ordered the removal of a portrait of President George W. Bush from the educator's Long Island classroom. In a federal discrimination lawsuit, Jillian Caruso, 26, claims that she was improperly forced to resign her job by Birch Lane Elementary School principal Joyce Becker-Seddio, the wife of state Assemblyman Frank Seddio, a Brooklyn Democrat. In her U.S. District Court complaint, a copy of which you'll find below, Caruso contends that she was retaliated against...

A New York woman claims that she was forced from her teaching post by an elementary school principal who objected to her Republican activism and last year ordered the removal of a portrait of President George W. Bush from the educator's Long Island classroom. In a federal discrimination lawsuit, Jillian Caruso, 26, claims that she was improperly forced to resign her job by Birch Lane Elementary School principal Joyce Becker-Seddio, the wife of state Assemblyman Frank Seddio, a Brooklyn Democrat. In her U.S. District Court complaint, a copy of which you'll find below, Caruso contends that she was retaliated against...

Survival Mode? With his economy in tatters and international pressure rising, Kim Jong Il may be running out of options By Hideko Takayama and Christian Caryl Newsweek International Dec. 6 issue - You have to give credit to Kim Jong Il for one thing—he knows the score. The North Korean leader's subjects may be largely ignorant of the bleak situation in their country, owing to the country's all-encompassing propaganda machine, but Kim himself clearly has no illusions. Shortly after the revolutions that toppled half-a-dozen communist dictatorships in Eastern Europe back in 1989, according to Japanese journalist and North Korea watcher...

Japanese Official Warns of Fissures in North Korea(130 generals defected?) Japanese Official Warns of Fissures in North Korea By JAMES BROOKE Published: November 22, 2004 OKYO, Nov. 21 - After weeks of reports from North Korea of defecting generals, antigovernment posters and the disappearance of portraits of the country's ruler, the leader of Japan's governing party warned Sunday of the prospects of "regime change" in North Korea. "As long as Chairman Kim Jong Il controls the government, we have to negotiate with him, but it is becoming more doubtful whether we will be able to achieve anything with this government,"...

Public portraits of N Korea's Kim disappear 48 minutes ago MOSCOW (Reuters) - Portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il have been taken down from public places where they have been hanging, the Russian news agency Itar-Tass has reported from China. Tass reported the highly unusual move on Tuesday in a dispatch from Beijing quoting an unidentified foreign diplomat reached by telephone in North Korea (news - web sites). The diplomat said guests invited to official receptions in the North Korean capital Pyongyang had seen only portraits of state founder Kim Il-sung. "Only a light rectangular spot on the yellow...

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new movie! in 4 (self-loading) parts UNFIT #9-JOHN KERRY: DEADLY OPPORTUNIST SELF-CONFESSED WAR CRIMlNAL MORPHS INTO SELF-PROMOTER WAR HERO includes KERRY'S cinéma-not-so-vérité BATTLEFIELD REENACTMENTS COMMENTARY BY NIXON, KERRY'S COMMANDERS, CREWMATES, ETC. JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT SERIES: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief by Mia T, 7.29.04   (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com missus clinton's REAL virtual office updatehttp://hillarytalks.blogspot.comhttp://virtualclintonlibrary.blogspot.comhttp://demmemogate.blogspot.comhttp://www.hillarytalks.ushttp://www.hillarytalks.orgfiendsofhillary.blogspot.comfiendsofhillary.usfiendsofhillary.orgfraudsofhillary.com  COPYRIGHT MIA T 2004   THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA GET US KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES 2KERRY-DEMOCRAT CONTEMPT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY[annotated]THE DEMOCRATS-ARE-GONNA-GET-US-KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES1dox in sox on lummox...

new movie! in 4 (self-loading) parts UNFIT #9-JOHN KERRY: DEADLY OPPORTUNIST SELF-CONFESSED WAR CRIMlNAL BECOMES SELF-PROMOTER WAR HERO includes KERRY'S cinéma-not-so-vérité BATTLEFIELD REENACTMENTS COMMENTARY BY NIXON, KERRY'S COMMANDERS, CREWMATES, ETC. JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT SERIES: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief by Mia T, 7.29.04   (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com missus clinton's REAL virtual office updatehttp://hillarytalks.blogspot.comhttp://virtualclintonlibrary.blogspot.comhttp://demmemogate.blogspot.comhttp://www.hillarytalks.ushttp://www.hillarytalks.orgfiendsofhillary.blogspot.comfiendsofhillary.usfiendsofhillary.orgfraudsofhillary.com  COPYRIGHT MIA T 2004 THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA GET US KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES 2KERRY-DEMOCRAT CONTEMPT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY[annotated]THE DEMOCRATS-ARE-GONNA-GET-US-KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES1dox in sox on lummox in box...

JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT SERIES:taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chiefcoming soon!#9-DEADLY OPPORTUNIST: SELF-CONFESSED WAR CRIMlNAL BECOMES SELF-PROMOTER WAR HERO   (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com missus clinton's REAL virtual office updatehttp://hillarytalks.blogspot.comhttp://virtualclintonlibrary.blogspot.comhttp://demmemogate.blogspot.comhttp://www.hillarytalks.ushttp://www.hillarytalks.orgfiendsofhillary.blogspot.comfiendsofhillary.usfiendsofhillary.orgfraudsofhillary.com  COPYRIGHT MIA T 2004 #1-making the tough choices in a post-9/11 world (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) thanx to jla for research #2-understanding the job description (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE)   #3-sang-froid and the "nuclear" button (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE)   #4 - Kerry champions tolerance for terrorists(TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER vs. TERRORIST ANNIHILATOR) ...

THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA GET US KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES 2KERRY-DEMOCRAT CONTEMPT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY[annotated]WHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA by Mia T, 7.26.04 [Kerry Advisor] Berger's contempt for US national security [annotated] Scott JordanBrookesNews.ComMonday 26 July 2004 "[Lindsey's] nicknames have run the gamut from "the Enforcer" to "the Consigliere," the Sicilian word for a trusted counsel to a Mafia chieftain." -- Time Magazine, March 23 19981   he astonishing admission of Samuel "Sandy" Berger, Bill Clinton's longtime National Security Advisor, that he stuffed "code-word"-class secret documents into his pants, sneaked them out of a...

THE DEMOCRATS-ARE-GONNA-GET-US-KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES: #1WHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA by Mia T, 7.24.04   dox in socks on lummox in box on fox (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com COPYRIGHT MIA T 2004 Look, Larry... [W]e were... not at war in the 1990s... and young Americans were not deployed... under President Clinton. What American would not trade the movement in the right direction that we had under President Clinton?   John KerryLarry King LiveJuly 8, 2004 kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE)...

dox in socks?(the kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants series) by Mia T, 7.21.04   (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com    "I wish I knew who leaked it. It's interesting timing." bill clinton   There were two major techniques that we used to implement McCurry's strategy of getting all the bad news out early and helping reporters write bad stories. The first was overt and fully approved within the White House chain of command... "document dumps." The second method was covert, both to the outside world and within the "official" channels of the White House -...

Look, Larry... [W]e were... not at war in the 1990s... and young Americans were not deployed... under President Clinton. What American would not trade the movement in the right direction that we had under President Clinton. John KerryLarry King LiveJuly 8, 2004 kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.commissus clinton's REAL virtual office updatehttp://hillarytalks.blogspot.comhttp://virtualclintonlibrary.blogspot.comhttp://demmemogate.blogspot.comhttp://www.hillarytalks.ushttp://www.hillarytalks.orgfiendsofhillary.blogspot.comfiendsofhillary.usfiendsofhillary.orgfraudsofhillary.com President Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel R. Berger, is the focus of a criminal investigation after removing highly classified documents and handwritten notes from a secure reading room while preparing for the September 11 commission hearings. Mr....

THE REAL "REAL DEAL" (what Kerry's commanders and crewmates REALLY think of him--with transcripts) by Mia T, 7.18.04     KERRY SWIFT-BOAT-VET FRAUD!  (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) KERRY A 'LOOSE CANNON' I do not believe John Kerry is fit to be the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States. This is not a political issue. It is a matter of his judgment, truthfulness, reliability, loyalty and trust all absolute tenets of command. His biography, Tour of Duty , by Douglas Brinkley, is replete with gross exaggerations, distortions of fact, contradictions and...

Did John Kerry pick a running mate or hire a lawyer when he selected John Edwards? by Mia T, 7.18.04  PLAINTIFF PETTIFOGGER EDWARDS' 1ST JOB AS KERRY RUNNING MATE: KERRY DEFENSE LAWYER (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com   "There is no one better prepared to keep the American people safe than this man. And if you have any question what John Kerry is made of, just spend three minutes with the men who served with him 30 years ago who still stand by his side. [Emphasis added.] They saw up close that this man is a...

PLAINTIFF PETTIFOGGER EDWARD'S 1ST JOB AS KERRY RUNNING MATE: KERRY DEFENSE LAWYER by Mia T, 7.17.04 UNFIT! Hear Kerry's Commanders + Crewmates("Three Minutes" - the REAL "Real Deal")  (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com   "There is no one better prepared to keep the American people safe than this man. And if you have any question what John Kerry is made of, just spend three minutes with the men who served with him 30 years ago who still stand by his side. [Emphasis added.] They saw up close that this man is a leader and he has...

UNFIT! Hear Kerry's Commanders + Crewmates("Three Minutes" - the REAL "Real Deal")  (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com COPYRIGHT MIA T 2004

  UNFIT #6: The Deadly Kerry-Hollywood Axis HOW CAN YOU PUT YOUR CHILDREN'S LIVES IN ITS HANDS? WHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA by Mia T, 7.13.04 (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com "Well, I haven't been briefed [about the new al Qaeda plans of a large-scale attack on the United States] yet, Larry. They have offered to brief me; I just haven't had time." John KerryLarry King LiveJuly 8, 2004   "I think most Americans subconsciously believe something [another terror attack on the United States] is going to happen. It's a matter of when, and...

vetting missus clinton... by Mia T, 6.04.04 There was no indication of who the "surprise" candidate was. "It could be Hillary. It's assumed that she has been vetted on a separate track from the others. At least that's the talk. No one here knows for sure," says the source. Edwards was due in Boston after the July 4th holiday for campaign appearances, at least one of which was to be with Kerry. According to a Clinton Senate staffer in New York City, late on Wednesday, a staff colleague called from the road and indicated that "the Senator may need to...