Monday, July 13, 2009

Malia Obama wears a peace-sign T-shirt in Italy; Barack Obama in charge of offensive in Afghanistan.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/07/13/hate-speech-finds-a-home-on-the-web/?icid=mainhtmlws-maindl1link4http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicsdaily.com%2F2009%2F07%2F13%2Fhate-speech-finds-a-home-on-the-web%2F

I can't help but remember a poster for a Amanda Bynes film called WHAT A GIRL WANTS. Amanda, in the first version of the poster, flashed the two-fingered peace sign. Warner Brothers apparently shrieked because the film came out in the post-9/11 George Butch Jr. era; Ms. Bynes' peace sign was airbrushed away in the next version of the poster.

One wonders if Sasha and Malia are allowed to speak to their father about peace in the world. Or, maybe they do--and Barack solemnly shushes them with the words "PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH" just like the GOP slogan of two decades ago.

And the more things stay the same.....

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