Little Lord Pissypants and the Very Scary New Backdrop ---pix--->>>

[Stephanie]

You talking to ME, peasant?





US President George W. Bush grimaces while listening to an audience member's question after an address to the City Club of Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio. With the Iraq conflict entering its fourth year, Bush took aim at critics who say his upbeat forecasts for that country are out of touch with the bloody reality(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060320/photos_ts_wl_afp/ccf09884908dfeeeeb6c4957a0bbcd1a










And here he is arriving in Cleveland - it looks grim everywhere he goes >

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. Geez, talk about a dark overlord.

Why don't we just cut to the chase and dress him up like darth vader? You know, play the imperial death march when he walks into places.

[Stephanie]

3. They want you in the the proper mood for WW III

You always want to set the tone when launching a new product.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

44. Because there is already a Darth vader in the house!

(I was looking for Chaney but found this)

Peace

Proud Members of Melonhawg Society

[MADem]

2. Why are all those edifices glowing? Neutron bomb, perhaps???n/t

[blondeatlast]

20. I was wondering the same thing. Very creepy.

Creepy backdrop, creepy words, creepy, creepy man. :scared:

[Theres-a]

4. I just read a thread in LBN

About defending israel from iran using our military.Add these pictures and it's a bonifide end'o times scenario.:scared:

[Stephanie]

5. yeah they are setting the mood for war

no doubt about it

[Theres-a]

7. And now this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=708885&mesg_id=708885

[KC21304]

6. Vote the photo up , everybody !

I gave it 5 stars.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

8. Holy Ginblossom!

. . . look at the left side of his face in pic 1. Capillaries bursting by the dawn's early light.

Can't convince me he's not hittin' the Tanqueray for breakfast . . .

[ClintonTyree]

13. His eyes too.........

I haven't see a picture of him with clear eyes for years now. They're always bloodshot, "like two piss-holes in the snow", as my Dad used to say. ;)

[katty]

9. hey W... for whom the bell tolls-it tolls for thee

[KC21304]

10. K & R

:kick:

[Strangefire]

11. He looks freakin' demonic in the third photo. (nt)

[CrazyOrangeCat]

12. Issuing an A.P.B. for SwampRodent!

New material for your nukular-day-glo-apocalyptic make-over. . .

;)

[Marie26]

32. This one doesn't even

need Swamp Rat. It'd be hard to make this much creepier than it already is.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

38. You're right. Nightmarish just as it is.

[Tsiyu]

14. That backdrop: like noxious gasses were spewed

and settled on everything....freaky.

Now he's sending a message to the Demonic portion of his base? :shrug:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

15. Yeah, that's one schizoid backdrop.

Never seen anything like it. :scared:

[Gormy Cuss]

16. Or, all the important commerce locations are protected by force fields

while the rest of the area is bombarded by Stars of Freedom on the March.:sarcasm:
That is one weird image.

[Marie26]

37. And he was asked a question about

the "End Times" at a planned town hall meeting. Planted question? Too paranoid?

[IndyOp]

17. They are using everything NASA knows about how to

calm people, about what makes them feel good -- distance, water, the color blue.

Add in the power of familiar landscapes and the flag (the signal to "stop thinking") and BOOM -- you have a calmed audience awash with warm, affectionate emotions.



The audience has to FIGHT to resist that background.

:grr:

[spindrifter]

18. Pink is a better calming color.

[IndyOp]

19. You may be right. Blue is what I remember from a NASA blurb -

maybe the presence water means that blue will be present, so maybe NASA's observation is just an accident - :hi:

[spindrifter]

21. Here's something on color research.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_psychology

[Alamom]

22. THE YELLOW RUG HE LOVES.........

Yellow:
Positives
Sunlight, joy, happiness, optimism, idealism, wealth (gold), summer, hope, air

Negatives
Cowardice, illness (quarantine), hazards, dishonesty, avarice, sissification, weakness

[Marie26]

25. Except it doesn't calm me

I have to fight not be creeped out by it. That may be what they were thinking, but it's all wrong. The water surrounding the city makes people think of New Orleans after Katrina, the all-powerful American flag hiding in the background makes you think of the NSA always watching, the glow looks unnatural, & the blue color makes the city look dead. I hate that backdrop.

[Stephanie]

40. so why does it freak me out?

it looks like a scary movie I saw in my dreams

[riona]

45. aha! it's another message from god!

[IndyOp]

46. I agree, I think the 'glow' on the city has religious overtones...

Is that what you meant by "another message from god!" -- ?

:hi:

[riona]

47. absolutely, i'm in awe

[Marie26]

23. Cleveland always looks grim

What was the point of that backdrop? No slogans, no nothing. It actually reminded me of New Orleans somehow.

[DJ MEW]

26. I thought that too

I was thinking of Katrina when I saw those pictures too. Cleveland just doesn't have a pretty city scape.

[Marie26]

27. It doesn't

Maybe they were trying to make Cleveland look pretty & went too far?

[xxqqqzme]

28. that's what I thought it was a first glance.

Looks like the cover of some sci-fi doom novel. Creepy! what's w/ the halo effet around the buildings? Creepy! Creepy! Creepy! If I lived in Cleveland, I'd be thinkin' 'bout getting out real soon.

[Marie26]

31. Creepy for sure

The thing actually made me feel afraid for a second. Isn't that nuts? I've never seen a Bush backdrop before w/o a "slogan". It'll usually say "Protecting Our Freedom" or "Victory In Iraq" or whatever simple message they want Americans to get from the speech. But there's no slogan here, which makes me think the backdrop is the message. And what it says, in many subliminal ways, is "be afraid". I don't think it's a coincidence so many of us are reminded of Katrina, or nukes. They're twisting our fears like they always do. Maybe they're just getting more sneaky about it.

[Stephanie]

41. You're exactly right - the backdrop says "be afraid"

and it says, get ready, we are going to bomb Iran.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

24. Oh... BELLBOY

Take your bags and head back to Craw... Kenne... where ever the fuck it is you come from.

[Lars39]

34. But it's shiny and makes that noise...and it's smooooth!

:D

[SPKrazy]

29. Not So Much Scary As It Is Infuriating As To The EXPENSE

to make these damned backdrops for him all the time.

Theatrical propagandists of the 21st Century.

[Hutzpa]

30. On the Cleveland image ....nearly looks like the

Nazi salute. Images looks real grim.

:argh:

[eppur_se_muova]

33. What's with the hand on the bell? Looks like Captain Queeg there. nt

[malaise]

35. Dark clouds are circling

like vultures zooming in on lame and dying ducks.

[Initech]

36. So does Bush have Satan's direct line now?

[CrazyOrangeCat]

39. Yep, Snarlin' Dick works right down the hall . . .

:evilgrin:

[michael_1166]

42. There are white, "protective" halos...

... around the buildings - how cheap! Who designs this crap?

[symbolman]

43. This just screams for a good photoshopping

of that robot from "The Day the Earth Stood Still"...

I get the impression of him being like the "Omega Man", the last man on Earth, like he's saying, "Well, if the shit comes down hard at least I'LL still be here.." :)