Obama's Obsessions, Illustrated by Fosta
A tableau of the new president's obsessions, illustrated by the talented Fosta, from London, aka Nick Foster. Click through for larger size, so you can read all the crazy details. He also did this similar work of Boing Boing editor's obsessions, blogged here previously.
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That old BB one needs to be updated with some chickens and kraut and intimate depilitation gadgets.
This strikes me not so much as a picture Obama's obsessions but as a picture of everyone else's obsessions about Obama.
I mean, do you really think Obama's obsessed with his own birth certificate?
I really really hope, really, that when Obama is actually sworn in he stops this backtracking thing and starts being the somewhat "leftist" candidate we all elected. I am already getting pretty disappointed in some of his choices.
Where's the sweet potato pie? I voted for him because it was an ABBtR thing, but the pie made it easier.
That is a nice illustration. Still, I agree that with Obama we have yet another actor. So much attention is given to the celebrity of the office of President, but it is really just a ceremonial title, a ceremonial office. In the same way, but to a lesser degree, congress has proven itself to be ceremonial by voting against the will of the people on the bailout issue. Those brave souls who voted against the bailout were bullied by Hank Paulson and his bankster buddies under the threat of martial law. Some see that threat as proof that we are already under martial law (ie forced compliance). I tend to agree with that view.
Anyway, the new administration is full of ex-Fed chairmen and Goldman Sachs guys. That is more evidence of business as usual. It seems that, now more than ever, the "left vs right" political paradigm has revealed itself to be a farce. We are faced with the future of becoming a third-world country. We are slaves of the Global Feudal Lords, the international banking cartel. Of course, many more tentacles are wrapped around us, but those few elite sit at the capstone. We already seeing the implementation of many new taxes, such as those recently passed in NY, and there are many more to come. Don't forget, we still have to pay taxes on the $8.5 trillion (at least) that has been stolen from us thus far.
Anyway, people will continue to heap praise or scorn, as the occasion requires, onto whomever plays the role of President. The job is purely PR, purely for public consumption. You can see that clearly in the current situation with GWB taking the fall for the economic crisis. When, in fact, the repeal of the Glass-Stegall Act, which allowed the trading of the risky derivatives, happened under Clinton! Not that he had any choice in the matter either, but still. That just goes to show you that the President exists solely as an outlet for frustration, anxiety, etc.
FAIL.
There's not one mention of Lincoln. He's obsessed with his Blackberry not an iPhone.
This is cute - I'm surprised though that BoingBoing has posted nothing about the recent improvements to change.gov. Especially the new digg-style policy suggestion system called the Citizen's Briefing Book. Some really excellent ideas are rising to the surface in every category.
I just spent the last four hours voting peoples suggestions up and down, responding to comments, and posting a few suggestions of my own. I got into a very civilized and intelligent argument about organic versus conventional farming. It was like what I normally do on the interweb, only I actually felt like I was contributing to our democracy at the same time.
They've already posted a video from a staff member responding to some of the suggestions. Call me an optimist but I really think there's a chance that we citizens are being offered a much more powerful role in this democracy than ever before.
At the very least, go check it out and contribute - it can't hurt and it can do some serious good!
@ #7, Beat me to it.
Also, there is no Spider-man.
Where's the ponies? I'm sure I heard him promise us all a pony. And the printing press to make the money to buy them with. And he should include a shovel and muck bucket to symbolize all the stable-cleaning jobs created as a result...
@foofer
Read about Presidential signing statements and GWB's love for them.
You can't look at the last 8 years' of the unitary executive theory in action and say that the President is just a figurehead.
What no Zume? I'm pretty sure the O Man has a Zune.
no bob dylan?
Here are the half-smokes from Ben's Chili Bowl you ordered: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2009/01/positively-u-street.html#comments
Its a bio-dome from "Silent Running".
But, the issues, people, the issues! We all have a responsibility to make a dif... damn those chili dogs look good.
Also, lmao @Robulus' comment.
Just curious, why is there no comment section for the Sims 3 post?
Click the link to go to Offworld.
Is that an iPhone?
WTF?! Obama didn't run his Presidential campaign from an iPhone you fools!
Where's the Blackberry?
No White Sox? Obama's a die-hard Sox fan like myself which is something in a town dominated (famous for) its North Side "lovable losers" ungh.... Also a shout out to The Dixie Kitchen, which Obama praises on a local foodie show episode that was shelved, but is about to be released soon.
Am I missing something? He's obsessed with an ice cream shop in Eugene, OR? Really?
hey all, apologies for the iphone, should've been a blackberry of course! Just a quick note, it's not really a picture of Mr. Obama's obsessions, think of it more as a portrait. Thanks for all the comments and corrections though. Who should i do next?
i would add a hip-hop cd to the pic, but otherwise, i like it.
Wonderful illustration, even if some of the comments take it a little too seriously.
Like this one.
He ought to illustrate W's obsessions, but how do you illustrate concepts like Arrogance, Anger, Cluelessness, Omnipotence, Blood for Oil, Sweat for Oil, Tears for Oil, Babies for Oil, Mission Accomplished Banners, Torture, Denial of Torture, Admission of Torture, Denial of Admission of Torture, Outsourcing War to Blackwater, If you say a lie enough times it becomes the truth, Anti-Science, Anti-Gay, Anti-Union, Anti-Immigrant, Anti Middle-Class, Inability to admit mistakes of any kind. Heckuva Job, Brownie, Medals for his War Criminal Cronies, Lies, lies, lies lies lies lies.
I'm sorry.
Interesting the framed diploma is from the University of Chicago School of Law, as, while he was a member of the faculty at UChi Law, he received his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law. But then, maybe he liked those diplomas so much he framed them for aesthetic reasons?
maybe I'm oblivious, but can someone explain the compartment in the bottom of the shoe?
I think the shoe represents the awful economic situation he's being handed. During the Great Depression, it was a common symbol of how little money there was, all around, to show someone with holes in the bottom of their shoes, because there wasn't even enough money to get your shoes re-soled, or buy a new pair of shoes, or in many cases, shoes at all.
Obama's shoes.
A Pulitzer prize photograph was taken in 1952 of Adlai Stevenson at a campaign rally in Flint, Michigan. Shot from a worms-eye view in front of the stage, it showed a large hole in the sole of Adlai's right Florsheim. It was famous in its day, hinting at an unexpected side of the aristocratic Stevenson. What the lit'rary people would call a symbol.
Maybe every presidential-aspiring candidate from Illinois inherits this shoe?
missing a pack of cigs too
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http://www.flintjournal.com/125/paper/galleries/history/image/pulitzer.jpg
http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/political-pictures-barack-obama-shoes-haircuts.jpg
hey shit for brains, why don't you ever let my comments go through?
Moderator note: This was too funny not to publish. Getting your comments approved - ur doin it rong.
No comic books?
Damn! It IS an Illinois Dem thing.
Where's Obama's DVD set of The Wire? He called it "the best thing on television"--the man's a genius.
There's also the 'bookshelf' of what he's been documented as reading: http://www.shelfari.com/barack_obamas_shelf
Specifically, no Conan the Barbarian comics? And people say he'll be soft on terrorism...