Obamas Atop One World Trade Center: The Nation's Clean Up Man
The significance of Obama atop the nation's most symbolic reclamation project.
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Pink Slime — Plus, the Return of Rick Perry!
When the public found out last week that most of the country’s beef has ammonia-infused pink slime in it, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and his buddy Rick from Texas headed over to the pink slime factory in Nebraska for some damage-controlling photographs.
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Putting the Atheist Point A-Cross
Looking at photos of the Reason Rally, I’m struck by how many ralliers depend on religious iconography to visually express their atheism.
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The Obama Flag
For all the symbolic weight still invested in the Stars and Stripes, it’s easy to see how swapping out the fifty states with "The One" plays right into alarmist narratives about the European-style socialist Obama taking over.
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Santorum in the Flesh
Having just committed himself to stamping out pornography in the U.S., might we be looking at the emperor with no clothes?
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Three Men with Beards
Since the visibility of married gay couples has not yet become normalized within the optics of State, it’s hard not to read this as a significant symbolic moment.
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The Abbottabad Landscape: Disappearing bin Laden
The absence of bin Laden’s lair sends a clear signal that yes, the man himself is really, truly gone.
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Last Word on the Afghan War: That’s Entertainment?
Afghan landscape meets global war on terror meets ... John Bonham?
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Drudge, Tea Party Impressionism and the "Fine Art" of Obama Bashing
Turning one of the Tea Party’s favorite verbal punch lines - that Barack Hussein Obama is trampling the U.S. Constitution - into a feast for the eyes.
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