Propoganda alert on front Yahoo page. UNREAL!

[gatorboy]

They have a poor black woman wrapped in a friggin American flag???

Could they kiss more Pro-Bush ass if they tried?

[DesEtoiles]

1. To me this says: America where are you that I am here suffering like this?

[Matariki]

4. i see that photo as poignantly tragic

the loss of everything we ever might have believed america to be.

[LunaSea]

5. agreed.

[davepc]

2. People will see in that picture what they want to see.

I see this:


and this:

[Eric J in MN]

3. I don't mind that photo.

She doesn't look pleased by what is going on.

[gatorboy]

6. When I see it I think of the Jessica Lynch video

Where she was carried out clutching the flag as if it was a first request. "Quick! I must embrace the stars & stripes"

[prolesunited]

7. Neither Bush nor the GOP

own the U.S. flag. It's a statement that this tragic woman is one of our own and we let her down.

[magnolia]

24. Exactly!!!!

I am SO sick of people acting like Bush owns the flag. If someone has a flag...it must mean they love Bush. Bullshit! I love the flag and hate Bush...so there!

[etherealtruth]

25. Sadly true n/t

[proud patriot]

8. the picture tells me her country failed her

and makes me cry

[Hell Hath No Fury]

10. That's exactly what I saw...

I think it's meant to be ironic. I see a woman living in this "great" country of ours and treated like shit. It broke my heart.

[proud patriot]

20. .

:hug: :cry:

[WI Independent]

9. Please don't tell me...

when you see a flag the first thing you think is Bush! He's trying to sell that... PLEASE don't buy it! The flag was around long before him and (hopefully) will be around long after.

It is OUR flag... not any politician's past or present.

I see it as a negative on Bush... the government failed her, she only has OUR flag to keep her warm!!!

[gatorboy]

14. Absolutely not.

I agree with everyone here that it probably does send the exact opposite message it's trying to convey. And I honestly don't despise the flag for what it really means. I just know how these people like to use it.

And I do think that this woman was originally used as a photo-op to show that America has come to save the day (Just check out the title forthe news link: "Relief for New Orleans ") and obviously from posts here, that message backfired.

[Field Of Dreams]

11. This photo sums up the travesty of this situation and the

government's lack of response in so many mays.

It is one of those photos I will never forget.

[unrepuke]

12. She's desecratin' the flag! Unconstitutional! Arrest that woman!

:sarcasm:

[sundog]

13. that pic speaks volumes

tragic... don't think it's pro bush at all

[bpilgrim]

15. here is the uncropped version -------- --------- ---------- > IMAGE

more...
http://news.globalfreepress.com/gallery/index.php?cat=19

peace

[phusion]

23. Looks like a blanket

:puke:

[nonconformist]

16. I think it speaks VOLUMES

as in - YES, this is America you're seeing, not some 3rd world country

as in - where is my country in my time of need?

[applegrove]

17. I think it would have been more appropriate to put it on that woman

who died in the wheelchair.

[ShockediSay]

18. It's also a first feed pic for AOL

Coincidence or concerted efforts?

[BlueStateGirl]

19. I wonder if the Repubs will get her for flag desecration?

[xultar]

21. I think the photo makes mr patriotic cowboy look like a pile of steaming

puke mixed with shit

[StellaBlue]

22. Reality check

Since when have poor, Southern blacks been embraced by America and treated as American citizens?!?!?!?!?!

This photo is just the summation of the history of this continent.

[Deus Irae]

26. maybe with the shortage of toilet paper

that was likely at that shelter, people found good uses for it later.