Case in Point: "A body painting done on nude people that's an optical illusion that creates an image of Obama when viewed from a certain angle? Well, OK... I guess..." VIA: Flares into Darkness: Jumping Jehosephats!
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
-- Exodus 20
Of course, this is all just an extension of the Bush Worship of the Last 8 Years. Isn't it. No? But, a commenter notes, what about:
Remember all the adulation bestowed on President Bush? This is nooooo different! How about the "W" tattoos that seven out of ten right wingers still proudly wear on sensitive areas of the body? Couldn't score a chick without one! And what about all the giant Bush murals on every public building? Or the statues in butter, chocolate, or ice that you saw at every wedding, banquet, or holiday feast. Not to mention the toe-tapping, lighter flicking songs of praise that every rock band recorded if they wanted to get a record on the radio. And the Bush-as-Rambo style comic books that are still flying off the shelves- what about them, HUH? And the GWB toys, the board games, the action figures...
Aww now c'mon. Remember all the adulation bestowed on President Bush? This is nooooo different! How about the "W" tattoos that seven out of ten right wingers still proudly wear on sensitive areas of the body? Couldn't score a chick without one! And what about all the giant Bush murals on every public building? Or the statues in butter, chocolate, or ice that you saw at every wedding, banquet, or holiday feast. Not to mention the toe-tapping, lighter flicking songs of praise that every rock band recorded if they wanted to get a record on the radio. And the Bush-as-Rambo style comic books that are still flying off the shelves- what about them, HUH? And the GWB toys, the board games, the action figures...
As a side note on the picture- I wonder why they didn't use the guy's erect johnson to represent the mole?
JWM
Posted by: jwm at March 1, 2009 8:30 AMI'm sure they would argue that Obama is not a graven image but a groovin' image.
And sure, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." But what about after me?
Posted by: Gagdad Bob at March 1, 2009 9:17 AMI knew that feminists had the president's ear, but that lady in back is taking it a bit far.
Posted by: Gagdad Bob at March 1, 2009 9:26 AM"Remember all the adulation bestowed on President Bush?"
No. As a matter of fact, I do not. After the controversy of the Florida election, the character assassination from the MSM began immediately. There may have been a bit of a let up after 9/11, although Fatso Moore's post attack comment has a special place in my heart: "Why New York? They didn't vote for Bush."
Posted by: Fat Man at March 1, 2009 9:53 AMWas this piece of "art" photographed in Greece? That sure looks like the Parthenon and Acropolis in the background. Of course the Greeks had a long tradition of making statues of deities. Cf. Acts 17:16-- "While Paul was waiting for [Silas and Timothy] in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see that the city was full of idols." Only difference now is that the idol is American.
Posted by: Connecticut Yankee at March 1, 2009 3:16 PMI just keep thinking I'm going to wake up.
Posted by: Cathy at March 1, 2009 8:02 PM"'Remember all the adulation bestowed on President Bush?...'
No. As a matter of fact, I do not..."
FatMan, I think JWM's posting is what's called "sarcasm", at least I hope so. He certainly can't be serious. The sad thing is that a lot of these new Obama idolaters are. They really effin' think he's the New Messiah. God (the real one) help us all.
Posted by: waltj at March 2, 2009 6:26 AM
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