Photos: Talk to the Hand (The Obama Presidency, February 9th 2010)

[Clio the Leo]

Figures of US President Barak Obama and Chinese Prime Minister Hu Jintao are seen sitting together in a bed on a float for the upcoming Carnival Rose Monday Parade in Cologne, Germany, as it is presented to the media on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The float satirically illustrates the ties between the USA and China.



http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/09/making-moves-a-healthier-generation">Making Moves for a Healthier Generation
President Barack Obama signs a memorandum on childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House,Washington. Standing, from left are, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, first lady Michelle Obama, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.







Is it just me, or those two young bucks looking at the First Lady of the United States in a way that might get them sent to Gitmo?
First lady Michelle Obama points out some student athletes as she announces a campaign to combat the rapidly growing problem of childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.



http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/09/reaching-across-aisle-jobs-and-health-reform">Reaching Across the Aisle on Jobs and Health Reform
U.S. House of Representatives minority leader John Boehner (2nd L)(R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walk towards the West Wing of the White House after speaking to the press, following a meeting by bipartisan leaders of congress and U.S. President Barack Obama that discussed the economy and jobs, in Washington February 9, 2010.




And I bet you thought President Obama was the ONLY one who bowed!
Vice President Joe Biden, far left, takes his seat in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, before the start of a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs. From left are, Biden, House Minority Leader of John Boehner of Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. , the president, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev.








Just bundles of JOY, both of them!


Still not smiling.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMW2cf57beY&feature=sub">Video: President Obama Holds News Conference
A hand is raised as U.S. President Barack Obama fields a question during an impromptu news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington February 9, 2010.


"Happy!" Obama
President Barack Obama smiles during the start of the daily briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.


"Gettin' Ready to Kick Some Ass" Obama


"Stern" Obama


"Throwin' down some knowledge" Obama


"Appearing to be listening while really thinking about how good Michelle looked in that green dress" Obama


"Stop saying I made a deal with Pharma because you're pissing me off" Obama


"Uncle Sam" Obama


"Pointing like Biden" Obama


"Trying to do a Jedi Mind Trick on Helen Thomas (but it's not working)" Obama


White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs reads the words "Eggs, Milk, Bread (crossed out), Hope, and Change" written in marker on his hand as he briefs reporters, after President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been seen with hand written notes on her hands in recent public appearances.





http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/09/a-celebration-music-civil-rights-movement-0">A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement
It's 7pm and, yes, we STILL look FABULOUS!
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive for a concert entitled �In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" in the East Room of the White House Washington February 9, 2010.






Actor Morgan Freeman, left, speaks with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , and his wife Marcelle at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement hosted by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.


A papier-mache figure representing U.S. President Barack Obama and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R), who pulls a Trojan horse on a carnival procession float, is pictured during a preview in Cologne February 9, 2010. The carnival procession will take place on Rose Monday, February 15, when hundreds of thousands of people all over Germany will celebrate.






A papier-mache figure representing the statue of liberty and U.S. President Barack Obama on a carnival procession float is seen during a preview in Cologne February 9, 2010. The carnival procession will take place on Rose Monday, February 15, when hundreds of thousands of people all over Germany will celebrate.

[gateley]

1. If ooks-lay could ill-kay

:scared:

[pnorman]

6. This is my other "saver" from that lot:

THANKS FOR THE LAUGHS!!!!

[gateley]

21. God - those expressions speak volumes. Do you know

what that building is behind them?

[tabatha]

2. Boehner looks like he can't quite believe what he sees in Obama.

I think he is shocked, and also wary because they were so outclassed at the GOP retreat.

[vaberella]

3. Are those last 3 pics good or bad?! Michelle looks fabulous. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

5. Yeah, there's a lot going in that last one, huh?

Of special note is where Lady Liberty's torch is. :wtf:

[vaberella]

9. Totally. n/t

[Cha]

4. Pres Obama and Michelle look Gorgeous

going into the Civil Rights Music Ceremony.

boehner appears sick when he looks at Obama.

[my2sense]

7. Not sure what is meant

about the young boys looking at Michelle. They simply looked happy to be there with someone they look up to. Interesting that you see something else.

[polichick]

12. I don't see it either - those boys just look happy. nt

[PassingFair]

16. Not "boys"....."young bucks".

WTF?

[polichick]

20. I was going to say that teenaged boys are often unfairly suspected in this culture...

...but these don't even look old enough to be teens.

[my2sense]

24. Exactly - African American boys are always assumed to be

hyper sexual and looking for their next prey. Which is total BS and speaks volumes about those that imply such. I find the OPs comments insulting.

[Kalun D]

8. Interesting post

first pic, Obama the corporatist is in bed with the Chinese, well yes that's pretty much true

Last pic, while putting up a front that says world peace, (while ramping up Afghanistan and not getting out of Iraq)
Obama farts on lady liberty, by not reversing any of the bush rights shredding like Gitmo, signing statements, posse comititus, habeus corpus, etc.

all the pics in the middle are the usual ObamaRahma "Hope and Change" fictional TV show, (brought to you by... large corporations)
the pics of the rupugs are thrown in there just for the WWF political show, behind closed doors they are all working for the same corps. Just look at how Obama has kept Gietner, Bernanke, Gates, ALL REPUBICANS, and he hasn't changed hardly anybody at Justice, all the main bush people are still there.

The Iran reference with Ahmadinajad is the same bogus one as the corp whore media presents. Iran is signatory to the IAEA and are abiding by it, they are allowed to pursue nuclear power generation. Israel is whining that they are not when Israel is the one with secret Nukes and no IAEA signatory or inspections.

kind of a conflicting post, wonder if the OP realizes it.

[Clio the Leo]

10. The photos I choose and the order in which I post them are never random...

.... sometimes I simply put them in an order that I think is visually appealing.

A lot of times though, I'm trying to communicate a message and half the fun is seeing if anyone can pick up what I'm putting down. (lol right Jen?)

Example: how many outstretched, open palms were in this OP?

But, like any form of self expression, there are as many interpretations as their are interpreters.

One thing is certain. Barack Obama is a pop icon the likes of which we have never seen. His portrayal by artists world-wide, be it favorable or otherwise, fascinates the heck out of me.

One of my all-time favorites by Ray Noland ...

[GoCubsGo]

13. +1

That picture is exactly what came to my mind after watching "Countdown" the other night. Harry Shearer was complaining about how President Obama did not spend enough time visiting New Orleans. Meanwhile, others are complaining that he is not spending enough time on LGBT/DADT, health care, jobs, the economy, national security, the wars, the banking system... On and on it goes. People are so concerned about their own issues that they forget just how big all the other problems are. He is only one man with only so much time.

[Clio the Leo]

25. Glad you (all) like that. Here are some more by that artist...

(Blago)






(more)
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS360US360&um=1&q=ray+noland&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=21

[Sultana]

19. Nice

[tallahasseedem]

23. Thank you for posting this...

that is a great picture!

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[MadBadger]

22. Ive never understood the obsession of people like you shitting on Picture threads

[Kalun D]

27. Ambiguous

the post is ambiguous

Besides ObamaRahma has sh*t on the working people that gave him their votes

because it's just the same old corporate SH*T.

[MadBadger]

28. I dont understand the obsession of people like you to shit on Picture threads.

[Kalun D]

29. Okay, I'll explain

Obama promised some things. So I gave him my vote.

Like reversing the erosion of civil rights, specifically like closing Gitmo and ending the signing statement

Like helping the Unions to get card check

like stopping the revolving door between the corps and government by not appointing lobbyists and insiders

like meaningful health care reform

the list goes on, I don't have time right now.

Obama has done mostly the exact opposite of what he promised. He hasn't done JACK SH*T for the workers.

The bankers, many of them republicans, pulled the biggest heist in this country's history.

Obama has backed them all the way. He was front/center pushing for the $700 BILLION bailout and he appointed REPUBLICANS to positions of bank oversite.

Gietner and Bernanke are REPUBLICANS, which goes to show you the DLC and repubs are one and the same.

the exact same people that were part of the heist, and NONE of the rules have been fixed to stop it from happening again.

And the phony derivatives ARE STILL GOING ON.

I don't understand the obsession of people like you who continue to believe the ObamaRahma fairytale, even after the ugly truth has been rubbed in your face.

The ObamaRahma TV show is phony from front to back. It's an IMAGE brought to you by Madison avenue. It's not real.

what is real is the rich corps are continuing to fleece the workers, exactly like under the bush boy.

[MadBadger]

31. I dont understand the obession of people like you to shit on picture threads.

[Kalun D]

34. I don't understand

I don't understand the obsession of people like you to support a phony politician who sh*ts on the American worker.

and fix your xylophone, it's stuck on one note.

[polichick]

11. Boner is obviously filled with hatred - probably just another racist fuck...

The Republican "leadership" is showing how ugly and disgusting it really is.

[Jennicut]

14. Well, Boner and Mitch are two miserable pieces of crap, aren't they?

[JNelson6563]

15. I think all on this thread can at least agree on that!

These pics so clearly show what shitheads they are. And if I had Mitch's bucks I'd get a chin installed.

Julie--who wonders how long till John (the Fake Tan One) Boehner gets skin cancer

[Jennicut]

17. Time for a chin implant!

[Robbie88]

36. Boehner especially...

He always has that sour look on his face as though whatever activity he happens to be involved in is the absolute last thing he wants to be doing...

[Beacool]

18. The pics of the floats are a riot.

The German floats are always full of meaning and pretty much on the money.

McConnell looks like a turtle missing its shell. Boehner is actually a good looking man, but boy, if looks could kill........

Michelle looks very nice in her black dress.

:D

[ProgressOnTheMove]

26. The Boehner one is classic, hilarious.

[Jackeens]

32. Stupendously lovely Clio - as ever!

:toast:

[Clio the Leo]

33. Same to you but more of it! :) NT