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In reply to the discussion: Mary Engelbreit is selling a print with all proceeds [View all]Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)45. When looking for that pic, I came across another story about that painting.
Unfortunately it's not a feel good story.
Why couldnt Obama have chosen THIS Norman Rockwell painting to hang in the White House?
Posted on August 25, 2011 by Kevin DuJan // Hillbuzz, Political Figures, Political Figures - The Left, The Race Industry
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No one is hurling epithets, making threats, or being victimized in any way though all appreciate the historic and unprecedented nature of the first black familys arrival.
Like with any great art, you can read whatever you want into this painting. If youre part of the Race Industry and your livelihood depends on fostering a conceit that Americans just hate black people, then youd probably claim this snapshot was taken mere seconds before a horrific scene of intolerance took place the quiet before a racially motivated storm. Thats sure how Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Henry Gates, and Barack Obama and (most especially) Michelle Obama would see it.
~snip~
A recent poll showed that 64% of the country thinks race relations have either stagnated or worsened during Obamas presidency, because even though the media claims Obama is the first post-racial president, his entire propaganda machine is fueled by race-baiting. The race card is the weapon of choice of this White House, and race determines Obamas point of view in all that he does.
Im sure the Norman Rockwell Museum would have been honored to loan the White House either New Kids in the Neighborhood (1967) or The Problem We All Live With (1964), but Obama and his team chose the dated painting, specific to one horrible moment in the past, that recorded ugliness and hatred that just no longer exist[emphasis mine] instead of celebrating progress and recognizing just how far America really has come.
Posted on August 25, 2011 by Kevin DuJan // Hillbuzz, Political Figures, Political Figures - The Left, The Race Industry
~snip~
No one is hurling epithets, making threats, or being victimized in any way though all appreciate the historic and unprecedented nature of the first black familys arrival.
Like with any great art, you can read whatever you want into this painting. If youre part of the Race Industry and your livelihood depends on fostering a conceit that Americans just hate black people, then youd probably claim this snapshot was taken mere seconds before a horrific scene of intolerance took place the quiet before a racially motivated storm. Thats sure how Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Henry Gates, and Barack Obama and (most especially) Michelle Obama would see it.
~snip~
A recent poll showed that 64% of the country thinks race relations have either stagnated or worsened during Obamas presidency, because even though the media claims Obama is the first post-racial president, his entire propaganda machine is fueled by race-baiting. The race card is the weapon of choice of this White House, and race determines Obamas point of view in all that he does.
Im sure the Norman Rockwell Museum would have been honored to loan the White House either New Kids in the Neighborhood (1967) or The Problem We All Live With (1964), but Obama and his team chose the dated painting, specific to one horrible moment in the past, that recorded ugliness and hatred that just no longer exist[emphasis mine] instead of celebrating progress and recognizing just how far America really has come.
http://hillbuzz.org/why-couldnt-obama-have-chosen-this-norman-rockwell-painting-to-hang-in-the-white-house
I guess this dude doesn't read the comments on YouTube or YahooNews. Either that or he's just a liar.
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WTH FB?!!! I was thinking of putting it on my FB page.. so they would take it down from mine, too?
Cha
Aug 2014
#14
Oh that's what happened! I was telling my sister in NY about it.. that somehow the poster
Cha
Aug 2014
#27
And, the "appeal" evidently won out! I'm off to share it on my page.. mahalo, justiceischeap.
Cha
Aug 2014
#28
I love ME's stuff, but I'm sure a lot of her fans are people who would imagine her work somehow
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#34
When looking for that pic, I came across another story about that painting.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#45
I wonder if they would take it down if we all put it on our own sites? A little DU protesting!
jwirr
Aug 2014
#17
Aloha, jwirr.. I shared it on my page. Evidently, FB changed their minds and it's shared all
Cha
Aug 2014
#43