Posted on 11/07/2008 3:22:21 PM PST by Winged Hussar
Note the use of the Great Seal of the United States at the upper left of the Web psge.
Sec. 713. Use of likenesses of the great seal of the United States, the seals of the President and Vice President, the seal of the United States Senate, the seal of the United States House of Representatives, and the seal of the United States CongressI don't see "President-Elect" mentioned anywhere in this material, and Obama does not YET represent "the government of the United States." Note also how he uses this government (.gov) Web site to attack President Bush, as if this government-owned Web site was Barackobama.com and he was running against Bush. I am not sure this guy understands the responsibilities of the office he is going to assume, or the dignity with which its holder is supposed to conduct himself.(a) Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States... or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
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the people wanted change there going to get it. tradition and law be damned.
He made up his own seal months ago and got elected president without having to prove citizenship: What’s a little thing like this?
He’s going to give us lots of opportunities to make fun of his hubris. I intend to just laugh at stuff like this...as publicly as possible.
You really should take a ‘chill pill’
God is in control . . . “Trust in Him”
meaning God not Hussein
I’d love for this to be some kind of real criminal violation, but I think it’s too much of a grey area. For example, to say that the President-Elect using the seal is “conveying... a false impression or sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States” is not going to stick. After all, he may not represent the government at this moment, but in under 3 months he most assuredly will :(
In almost every list pride (or hubris or vanity) is considered the original and most serious of the seven deadly sins, and indeed the ultimate source from which the others arise. It is identified as a desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to give compliments to others though they may be deserving of them, and excessive love of self (especially holding self out of proper position toward God). Dante's definition was "love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbor." In Jacob Bidermann's medieval miracle play, Cenodoxus, pride is the deadliest of all the sins and leads directly to the damnation of the titulary famed Parisian doctor. In perhaps the best-known example, the story of Lucifer, pride (his desire to compete with God) was what caused his fall from Heaven, and his resultant transformation into Satan. Vanity and narcissism are prime examples of this sin. In Dante's Divine Comedy, the penitent were forced to walk with stone slabs bearing down on their backs in order to induce feelings of humility.
Better yet, I’m wondering if he is going to continue to use his Obama logo on all official correspondence and the whitehouse.gov website.
This campaign is about marketing. They are branding him as POTUS already. This campaign is as close to a pure marketing campaign as I have ever seen.
“He can do whatever he wants”
Richard Nixon found out otherwise, the hard way.
Perp walk! I wanna see the perp walk!
(Makin’ fun of the libtards when they were saying that about Rove et al during Plame.)
I like how at the bottom it says “OBAMA TRANSITION BARFING”.
He also had his own dopey Office of the President-Elect sign on his make-believe podium at the press conference. What’s with this guy’s ego?
Note: The Eagle emblem on the website isn’t actually the Official Seal, which incorporates a double circle outline with “Seal of the President of the United States” included within, and fifty stars lining the inside area surrounding the eagle.
Re: “meaning God not Hussein”
You did need to clarify that, because Obama’s followers think he is God. He is going to create five million “green” jobs, along with an unlimited supply of rainbows and unicorns.
Re: “Note: The Eagle emblem on the website isn’t actually the Official Seal, which incorporates a double circle outline with “Seal of the President of the United States” included within, and fifty stars lining the inside area surrounding the eagle.”
It sure LOOKS like the Great Seal (not the Presidential Seal) of the United States.
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