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Obama unveils new Symbol
Examiner.com ^ | 3-3-09 | Phoenix Conservative

Posted on 03/03/2009 1:38:57 PM PST by Scott Martin

Barack Obama sure likes his symbolism.

Who can ever forget the hopeful rising sun coming up over a horizon of stripes, suggesting a new day of change coming?

Or the Obama for President seal, complete with a spread-eagled eagle, heart filled with the hope of Obama's first seal?

And certainly not the self-adulatory hubris of the Office of the President Elect.

Today President Obama unleashed the latest creation of his egomaniacal mind, a stamp that will forever glorify (and transform, I'm sure) all the wasteful projects stemming from his porkulus spending bill, ARRA.

President Obama announced today that his administration will begin stamping an emblem on projects funded by the economic stimulus packageso that people can easily recognize the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act....

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 111th; agenda; arra; awjeez; bho2009; bho44; obama; porkulus; socialism; stimulus; stimuluspackage; symbolism
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To: xcamel
very good !


61 posted on 03/03/2009 1:55:10 PM PST by tomkat (lexington, concord, flyover)
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To: Incorrigible

Let us critique this design.

The stars are arranged a rectangular grid, rather than in staggered rows, like the 50-star flag. This makes the field look less like the flag than it should.

"RECOVERY.GOV" is the name of a website, not the name of a government office. Websites are ephemeral things, with no substance, making this logo look insubstantial.

The gears do not mesh, and never can. The keyway on the larger gear is a cross, which is never used because it is structurally weak and difficult to machine. To anybody with even a small familiarity with machinery, looking at those gears causes almost physical pain.

The plant is small and insubstantial, not robust and productive. I have a lot of wild mint in my garden, and this looks like the little weeds I have to pull every week.

The three sectors, blue for government, red for industrial and green for agricultural, are not in the proper proportion. The government sector is half of the total pie. As much as the Obamites might like that idea, we are not there just yet.

The blue government sector is over top of the productive sectors, which suggests a level of government control which is seen by many as a negative thing.

62 posted on 03/03/2009 1:55:25 PM PST by gridlock (BTW, Mods... It might be time to add "Barack" and "Obama" to spellcheck)
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To: Scott Martin

63 posted on 03/03/2009 1:55:37 PM PST by TheRedSoxWinThePennant
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To: Scott Martin
Who can ever forget the hopeful rising sun coming up over a horizon of stripes, suggesting a new day of change coming?

You mean that recycled Weather Underground symbol?
64 posted on 03/03/2009 1:55:50 PM PST by aruanan
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To: Scott Martin

65 posted on 03/03/2009 1:56:02 PM PST by Bassfire (freepin with a smile)
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To: Scott Martin

66 posted on 03/03/2009 1:56:04 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Zer0's friends are criminals, foreign/domestic terrorists, perverts, sexual deviates or tax cheats!)
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To: Crazieman

I understand the marijuana and the bleeding red cross and the vacuous space over recovery, but, what is with the stars?


67 posted on 03/03/2009 1:56:16 PM PST by depressed in 06 (Not one dime, means bring a big bag of dimes.)
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To: Scott Martin
This one is better:


68 posted on 03/03/2009 1:56:59 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Crazieman
Is that IT?

Buahahahahahhahahahahahah!

69 posted on 03/03/2009 1:57:06 PM PST by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, ( member NRA)
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To: r9etb

I have a button I’m making. It’s red on black with Army stencil lettering that reads F.O..


70 posted on 03/03/2009 1:57:18 PM PST by aruanan
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To: GoCards
Absolutely nothing,

She is perfect and beautiful as she ever was. God Bless her......

71 posted on 03/03/2009 1:57:51 PM PST by sniper63 (Silent and stealthy - one shot - one kill)
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To: tomkat
For a minute, I thought he might have meant this symbol...

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72 posted on 03/03/2009 1:58:34 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Grampa Dave; Old Sarge; musicman; potlatch; devolve; MeekOneGOP; ntnychik; BOBTHENAILER; ...

73 posted on 03/03/2009 1:58:37 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: wagglebee

I was just going to post that!

We’ve nicknamed the mascot “Mr. Stimulus.”


74 posted on 03/03/2009 1:58:43 PM PST by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: Scott Martin

75 posted on 03/03/2009 1:58:44 PM PST by JHBowden (Keep the Change!)
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To: depressed in 06

“I understand the marijuana and the bleeding red cross and the vacuous space over recovery, but, what is with the stars?”

the stars are what you see once you get knocked in the head from Obama’s plan


76 posted on 03/03/2009 1:58:55 PM PST by ari-freedom (Hail to the Dork!)
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To: Ladysmith; vidbizz
found it here: http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/the-salute/
77 posted on 03/03/2009 1:59:27 PM PST by dubie
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To: r9etb

Now I know what it reminds me of!

Remember the camera from the 1953 version of War of the Worlds...

78 posted on 03/03/2009 2:00:31 PM PST by gridlock (BTW, Mods... It might be time to add "Barack" and "Obama" to spellcheck)
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To: Bassfire

ding ding ding- we have a winner!


79 posted on 03/03/2009 2:01:06 PM PST by silverleaf (Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose")
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To: ari-freedom

Eating a healthy helping of Pork Barbeque could have accomplished the same thing.


80 posted on 03/03/2009 2:01:10 PM PST by DannyTN
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