One Day’s Mad Is The Next Day’s Madcap
At the end of another long and all-too-serious week, I thought I'd offer up something a little offbeat.
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Whaaaaaaaaaah!!!
Barry Blitt's cover illustration on the new New Yorker has a great twist. Not sure I completely understand it, but it still made me lol.
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The Steele Watch: No Business Like Show Business
What a great send-up of "stage act" Michael Steele.
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The Tim Watch: Scrambled Or Over Easy?
Because Geithner is obviously not running around with his hair on fire, the look of deliberation implies one of two opposite meanings.
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The Gap
Even the White House slide show on the health care forum seemed a little distant, by the way, playing with backgrounds and spending two pics on the presence of Teddy Kennedy. Given the White House emphasis on bipartisanship, dialogue and interactivity in these forums, it's also curious the person...
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Michelle At Arlington
Perhaps the photo op of the week involved Michelle Obama at the Women in Military Service Memorial Center at Arlington.
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Rushmania
Despite plenty of options to choose from, both WAPO and the NYT ran the same picture of "the head of the Republican Party" within the past few days. Why?
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Your Turn: Karl Has Young Repubs For Lunch
This photo (that Rove posted himself on Twitpics the other day) comes with all kinds of delectables.
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Peace Train
This White House photo broadcasts at least two things. One is Team Obama's speed and momentum. The other is the Administration's progress in laying claim to the political middle.
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Michelle Obama’s Official Portrait (Or: Take That, Jefferson!)
In a brilliant if subtle move, Michelle Obama uses her official White House portrait to juxtapose herself, as First Lady, with slave-owning Thomas Jefferson.
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Little More State Of The Union
I enjoy the tilt-shift technique. Still, I'm wondering about the dynamics here, in this State of the Union photo by Brooks Kraft for the TIME White House photo site.
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Refusing To Sully The Everyday Hero?
Consider these two "State of the Union" photos, and particularly, their implications for the difference between Obama and Bush.
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Bury Us Not On The Lone Prairie
Equally recognized for his theatrics, his blind fiscal conservatism and his presidential ambitions, last week Governor Mark Sanford galloped onto the national stage by threatening to reject $2.8 billion in federal stimulus dollars for S.... Last February, Jim Morrill at Standard.Net offered this background on the Gov when Sanford...
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Con-Census (From Both Sides): Gregg Looked Suspicious
Was Judd Gregg a trojan horse? Seems there were suspicions, on both sides, from the beginning.
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Your Turn: The World’s Been Waiting
BAGnewsNotes readers respond to the Michelle O. Vogue cover.
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Oh Lord
Although Reid was only resting his eyes for a moment, the image -- taken in the heat of the Senate stimulus debate -- symbolizes and epitomizes what's wrong with the Democrats.
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Friday Afternoon Your Turn: I’ve Looked At Clouds From Both Sides Now
Although I'm constantly amused by the over-the-top images and juxtapositions leading The Huffington Post , I haven't really called one out before. This seemed particularly enticing, though, especially for a Friday afternoon.
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