Posted on 04/29/2009 11:10:45 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
Memo to the White House: Not only was flying a Presidential jet for a photo-op Monday over downtown Manhattan in bad taste – it was unnecessary.
Anyone in the White House ever hear of Photoshop?
You'd think the administration would've been tech-savvy enough to realize the merits of the computer software program – what with its constant Internet spin doctoring and the President's notorious BlackBerry infatuation.
The cost of flying one of Obama's official planes – a pimped-out Boeing 747 – along with a F-16 jet over the city cost upwards of $300,000 in taxpayer dollars.
In comparison, the latest deluxe version of Adobe Photoshop "CS4 Extended" costs $999.
So the White House wanted shots of the presidential plane with the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Ground Zero? With some stock images, few minutes and a couple of clicks of a mouse, a White House staffer could've placed the jet in front of just about any New York landmark.
We should know. We did just that. [Ahem, see photos to the right.]
But we can't be the only ones with a flair for Photoshopping. Think you can do better? Be our guest.
Here's how:
1: Copy the Air Force one photo provided at the top of this story.
2: Graft it onto your favorite family snapshot or New York City photo.
3: Upload it directly to our Web site by clicking below in the "Your NewYork" section. Choose the category: Photoshop planes.
And finally, check back tomorrow to see the results.
Save for later. This will be fun.
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And don’t forget to email a copy to the White House, your Congressional representatives, and the DOD...
I'm hoping that the WH finally releases pictures of this very famous photo op -- and then Buckhead shows up and demonstrates that what the WH has released is just something they photoshopped. Which would raise very interesting questions about the real purpose of the fly-over.
bfltr
Especially considering that, you know, there was NO PHOTOGRAPHER ANYWHERE!
Can someone please do a quickie with Heineken guy.
Can you imagine the vitriol out of the mouths of the left had Bush done this?
What do you mean, they probably think Bush did order it.
Where are the actual photos that the alleged photographer took during this event?
I say we’re being lied to. Something was goin on.
Can someone please do a quickie with Heineken guy.
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LOL! That would be epic. ‘Looter Dude’ has a couple of websites dedicated to him. ;-)
http://www.beerlooterdude.net/
Excellent
This is a bit like the birth certificate -- show us the pictures. Good, bad or indifferent, it would be nice to see the objects that you claim to have. As days go by and none of this comes out, you have to wonder: what's he hiding? Do they exist? Is this all a massive fraud?
one of pres obama laughing?
I’d bet the house it was for the George Lucas movie about the “Red Tail” Tuskeegee Airmen.
They can’t say what it was for, because it would kill the movie and Hollywood’s multi-million dollar investment therein.
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