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One Nation, Under a New Obama Salute (Zig Heil already taken)
US New World Report ^ | 8/8/08 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 08/08/2008 5:59:25 AM PDT by teddyballgame

George Bush had his three-fingered W salute that supporters flashed when greeting him at presidential campaign events in 2000. And now, if a Los Angeles creative agency gets its way, Sen. Barack Obama will see fans meet him with his own salute like the one above. "Our goal is to see a crowd of 75,000 people at Obama's nomination speech holding their hands above their heads, fingers laced together in support of a new direction for this country, a renewed hope, and acceptance of responsibility for our future," says Rick Husong, owner of The Loyalty Inc. Husong tells me that he got the idea after seeing the famous Obama-Progress poster by artist Shepherd Fairey. "We wanted to get involved some way," he says. So, the agency came up with their own a symbol of hope and progress that also plays off Obama's name. "We thought, 'Let's try and start a movement where even while walking down the street, people would hold up the O and you would know that they were for Obama,' " says Husong. Much thought went into the relatively simple idea. "You interlace your hands in a circle, the interlacing being a symbol of different types of people coming together and the circle a symbol of unity," he says. Their design, unlike Fairey's, is free, and Husong is urging people to download it and print it on posters and T-shirts. "We want to see it everywhere, but more importantly we want this sign to take the world by storm."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; blueturban; nobama08; obama; theone
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To: aruanan

Someone out there invent something even more stupid that liberals will jump to. It’s unfair. There has to be something stupider they can “equalize” themselves to. (sarcasm off).


41 posted on 08/08/2008 6:44:36 AM PDT by JudgemAll (control freaks, their world & their problem with my gun and my protecting my private party)
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To: Gondring
Take off every 'zig' !!

Oh, good, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

"For great justice !!"

42 posted on 08/08/2008 6:45:15 AM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Slide.)
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To: wally-balls

Flying A-hole, lol


43 posted on 08/08/2008 6:49:13 AM PDT by GoCards
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To: andy58-in-nh

Looks more like the symbol for an a**hole to me..just sayin’.


44 posted on 08/08/2008 6:49:15 AM PDT by calex59
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To: Malacoda

Thanks for the warning - I’ve never heard that term before, and I definitely don’t wish to see pictures of it. That said, the “Prolapsed Rectums” would be a great name for a garage band.


45 posted on 08/08/2008 6:49:56 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

The "Obama Goose Egg" -- the divine symbol of Obama's qualifications to be president.

46 posted on 08/08/2008 6:50:42 AM PDT by Maceman (If you're not getting a tax cut, you're getting a pay cut.)
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To: andy58-in-nh
Obama's progress: a big fat zero.
47 posted on 08/08/2008 6:51:59 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Whale oil: the renewable biofuel for the 21st century.)
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To: capt. norm
It's nice to know that the theories and practices of the guy on the right (who was an evil genius) are still in use...


48 posted on 08/08/2008 6:55:55 AM PDT by Lx ((Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.))
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To: Soliton

LOL!


49 posted on 08/08/2008 6:57:42 AM PDT by SoKatt
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To: aruanan
Not just in Brazil. That gesture was interpreted the same way right here in the U.S at my high school many moons ago. As far as I know nothing has changed.
50 posted on 08/08/2008 6:58:47 AM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: Maceman
I think you are correct:


51 posted on 08/08/2008 6:58:57 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.)
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To: 50sDad

When the play came to Boston, I brought my wife who had never seen the movie before. She loved it and rented the movie that weekend.
Now if I could just get her to start liking The 3 Stooges and Benny Hill...


52 posted on 08/08/2008 7:00:04 AM PDT by Holicheese (Hillary deserves the CMoH for her time in Tuzla!)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Love it. Did you do that graphic?


53 posted on 08/08/2008 7:00:57 AM PDT by Maceman (If you're not getting a tax cut, you're getting a pay cut.)
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To: Maceman

Yep, it’s mine. I may do another.;-)


54 posted on 08/08/2008 7:01:48 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.)
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To: 50sDad
“Don’t be shtupid, Be a Smarty, Come and Join Obama’s Party!”

Heh. I too was thinking of those lyrics, particularly the "Heil Myself" part.

55 posted on 08/08/2008 7:02:34 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: manapua

All hail the sacred glowing sphincter!


56 posted on 08/08/2008 7:02:39 AM PDT by Soliton (> 100)
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To: 50sDad

Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder were incredible together in that movie. As was Ken Mars... After 40 years, I can never hear the word “debris” without thinking of Roger, the director.


57 posted on 08/08/2008 7:07:55 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.)
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To: Tax-chick
They took that from “Star Trek.” (The old series.) “ONE.”

Fitting, actually. Violent cultists (with some of the followers totally brainwashed by the leaders) on a path to self-destruction.

58 posted on 08/08/2008 7:07:57 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

I think it’s great. If I were you, I would post it in as many online places as I could. I think it could be as big as Sore Loserman, and could really embarrass Obama and his devotees once that image becomes ubiquitous online.

I’d also send it to Fox News, Hot Air, Rush and a whole bunch of others — just to build “blogosphere buzz.”

I know I’ll be posting it a lot whenever a good opportunity presents itself.

Great work!


59 posted on 08/08/2008 7:11:24 AM PDT by Maceman (If you're not getting a tax cut, you're getting a pay cut.)
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To: Charles Martel; Tijeras_Slim
I think it’s a sign of the Opocalypse.

LOL! Good one, T_S.

60 posted on 08/08/2008 7:12:18 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("And the rum is for all your good vices.")
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