Cookoo's nest was the first i remember of him. Just a great character actor.
Posted on 09/27/2009 3:47:38 PM PDT by machogirl
Photo of Obama and Spain's First Children Causes a Stir September 25, 2009 04:53 PM ET | Paul Bedard, Alex Kingsbury | Permanent Link | Print
By Alex Kingsbury, Washington Whispers
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was in for a rude shock if he thought the same privacy conventions that shield the children of public figures in his home country would extend to the United States. Zapatero brought his wife and two daughters along on his trip to New York for the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly, and on Wednesday he and his family posed for a photograph with President Obama at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The photo caused a huge stir in Spain because the public had never before seen an image of its leader's children, ages 13 and 16, who appeared in the photograph sporting slightly gothic attire.
The photo, credited in the Spanish press to White House photog Lawrence Jackson, was posted on the State Department Flickr site, according to sources. Conservative news outlets in Spain prominently featured the photograph of the Socialist leader's family—with the faces slightly pixilated to comply with the country's aforementioned privacy laws concerning minors—in their papers and on their websites. The conservative El Mundo newspaper put the photograph on Page A1. The liberal El Pais, meanwhile, ran a detailed explainer about why it was not publishing the offending image.
After a request by the Spanish government, the White House removed the photograph from the State Department website. But it was too late. Many Spanish in-boxes today were flooded with a series of E-mails with the photograph—obviously altered—depicting the two teens as members of the Addams Family, the band KISS , and J. R. R. Tolkien's troll-like Orcs.
The tucking is nice below the chest. Brings the eye in.
They are wearing what they want. I’m still pondering if that’s a good thing for them?
I think of the Stones? song. “you can’t always get whatcha waaaaaaayant”.
Where’s Pugsley?
Is this a funeral for Cousin It?
You have got to be kidding!
Is this going to be the picture on the *official* White House Christmas Card?
Thank you for asking. He’s laying at my feet while I type. ;)
Cousin It was placed in one of the photos early on the thread.
In the book, didn't she look better when she was younger?
What about HOPE?
Yep. Those girls are the spitting image. :)
(I really feel sorry for those girls having their youthful follies become the mockery of the whole world. Their parents should have had some common sense.)
Compared to most "Goth" types, that IS toned down. Sad to say.
That’s it. Their parents should have known better. Even if no pictures were taken, sometimes you have to conform and leave the rebel look for an appropriate venue.
Have you seen the video where they show about 300 snapshots of hussein posing with various people like your pic showing how his face does not change a single bit in any one of ‘em?
Creepy
Oh, those are so clever, Sparko. Very artistic, and the chipmunk is a nice touch!
Ping to more cute pix. I’ve laughed so hard at the comments in this thread, my sides are hurting.
I almost just choked on my root beer.
It’s all up my nose.
I have a niece that dresses “slightly goth”. I can’t imagine her parents letting her show up at an important event dressed like that, say a wedding?
I guess compared to other gothies, they probably are toned down. I know that fashion is subjective, but they are attractive teens and this kind of attire detracts. It looks depressing to me.
I'm an old tough cookie, but that darned maggot made me jump a mile. Just another effective detail in a highly effective movie.
It was a master stroke to have a Bulgarian play Pontius Pilate, by the way. Bulgarians and Romanians are supposed to be descended most purely from the ancient Romans -- at least that's what we read before the days of DNA testing. I suppose somebody is looking into it now.
I wonder if they drink clamato juice and shop at trendy goth/vampire shops? ;-)
Gives me hope for the American theater — I’ve always thought the Brits had the best character actors in the world, but there are some VERY good Americans out there.
Was that an episode of South Park or did you create it? lol
LOL,,,Trick or Treat ????...;0)
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