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Er Oprah ţađ öflug ađ hún kemur Obama nćr forsetastólnum ?

Oprah Calls Obama "The One"

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Oprah Winfrey introduced one of her favorite things people at what the NY Times called "the largest spectacle of the campaign cycle" - the Oprah for Barack Obama rally in Des Moines, Iowa. Winfrey said, "For the very first time in my life, I feel compelled to stand up and to speak out for the man who I believe has a new vision for America," and told the audience of 15,000 said, "I am here to tell you, Iowa, he is the one. He is the one!"

Winfrey, who was introduced by Obama's wife Michelle, also said:

“If we continue to do the same things over and over again, I believe we get the same results...When you listen to Barack Obama, when you really hear him, you witness a very rare thing. You witness a politician who has an ear for eloquence and a tongue dipped in the unvarnished truth...

 

There are those who say that Barack Obama should wait his turn. There are those who say that he should take a gradual approach to presidential leadership. But none of us is God. We don’t know what the future holds, so we must respond to the pressures and the fortunes of history when the moment strikes. And Iowa, I believe that moment is now.


Fyrir alla sem hata Bush

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An exhibit at the main branch of the New York Public Library is drawing outrage from Republicans because some of the work on display depicts former and current members of the Bush administration posing for fake mug shots. Each official in the visionary series, called “Line Up”, is seen holding a slate with a date of arrest corresponding to a date when the official said something about Iraq that was not “reality-based.” Matthew Walter, director of communications for the state GOP, told the Daily News:

It is simply inappropriate to have political attack art, in the form of egregious doctored photographs of the President and other high-ranking officials who have dedicated their lives to public service, in a taxpayer-funded building frequented by schoolchildren and the general public.

No wonder conservatives are always ready to cut budgets for libraries – they’ve become places where an innocent schoolchild’s allegiance to public servants like George Bush and Karl Rove can be egregiously corrupted. Of course, it’s important to note that “Line Up”, by artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, is part of a much larger exhibit called “Multiple Interpretations: Contemporary Prints in Portfolio”, which includes prints from 23 different artists on a wide variety of themes. Among them are artists like Olafur Eliasson, who is the subject of an upcoming retrospective at MoMA, as well Ernesto Caivano, whose decidedly apolitical "Knight Interlude" consists of twelve prints depicting a knight transforming into a tree.

Herb Scher, the director of public relations for the NYPL, spoke with Gothamist and stressed that "the library collects work from a wide range of political satire going back centuries. This work fits into that tradition of caricature. At the NYPL we document what is happening in the culture and political satire is important to have in our collections to document for future scholars."

Nevertheless, we can expect the mug shots controversy to spread and are counting the minutes until Giuliani starts reliving his “Sensation” glory days by chiming in. What do you think – should the city slash the NYPL’s funding and burn all the art books or just let the liberals enjoy their ineffectual little fantasy at taxpayers’ expense?


Almenningssalerni

 Fékk ţetta sent í pósti í dag og ţetta er frekar ógeđfellt en ţví miđur satt svona er jú Ísland í dag. 

Guđmundur Rúnar Guđmundsson, rannsóknarlögreglumađur
Ástćđa ţessa erindis míns kemur ekki til af góđu en ég tel rétt ađ allir fái ađ vita af ţessu og hafi til hliđsjónar.

Ég fór í fíkniefnaleit međ hundinn minn í ónefndan verslunarkjarna og eđli málsins samkvćmt beindist sú leit mikiđ til ađ almenningssalernum sem ţar eru. Ţađ sem vakti athygli mína var ţađ ađ hundurinn minn sýndi 3 klósettrúlluhöldurum áhuga og var klósettpappír inni í ţeim öllum. Ég benti öryggisverđinum sem fylgdi mér á ţetta og sagđi hann mér ađ ţađ hafi komiđ ţó nokkrum sinnum ađ starfsmenn sem vinna viđ ţrif hafi fundiđ notađar sprautur og nálar á klósettunum eftir fíkniefnaneytendur og ţá hafi einnig komiđ fyrir ađ áđurnefndir fíkniefnaneytendur hafi, eftir ađ hafa sprautađ sig, stungiđ nálunum upp í gegn um klósettrúllurnar til ađ hreinsa ţćr og ţannig skiliđ eftir örlitla blóđbletti í ónotuđum pappírnum. Ţetta vakti međ mér óhug og spurningar og mér finnst rétt ađ ţiđ vitiđ af ţessu.


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