Shepard Fairey, you are a genius..

Via obeygiant.com

The man behind one of the most iconic pictures in history, also runs a pretty Fresh sticker and poster company. Maybe you've heard of www.obeygiant.com? if not, check it out!

Shepard Fairly describes the campaign of his company:

The OBEY sticker campaign can be explained as an experiment in Phenomenology. Heidegger describes Phenomenology as “the process of letting things manifest themselves.” Phenomenology attempts to enable people to see clearly something that is right before their eyes but obscured; things that are so taken for granted that they are muted by abstract observation.

Wondering where the famous original of Barack Obama is now?

....hanging in the Smithsonian....Nice.

Obama + Bunny

Via: TMZ

This picture is so cute.

Conservatives Upset Over Obama Bow to Arabs

Via Fox News

It was the bow seen around the world.
Last week, President Obama greeted King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia with what appeared to be a bow, outraging conservatives who say the leader of the free world has no business bending over to foreigners. But the White House denies that the president bowed.

A video of the greeting shows Obama significantly stooping before the 84-year-old monarch. The alleged bow left a bitter taste with many conservatives.

“By bending over to show greater respect to Islam, the U.S. president belittled the power and independence of the United States,” the Washington Times said in an editorial.

“Such an act is a traditional obeisance befitting a king’s subjects, not his peer.”

State department protocol prohibits presidents from bowing to any one. But other presidents have flirted with breaking it. President Clinton apparently semi-bowed to Japan’s Emperor Akihito but the White House said it was a slight tilt. And while President Bush never bowed to King Abdullah, he famously held hands with him in 2005 while walking on his ranch in Texas. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs addressed the issue Thursday when he denied that the president bowed.

“I think he bent over with both hands to shake his hand,” Gibbs said before asking why the incident was being raised a week after it happened.When a reporter said people were still discussing the incident, Gibbs used his signature sarcasm to dismiss the claim. “I can only imagine it is of great cause and concern for many people struggling with the economy,” he said.

Don't we have more important issues to worry about?

NEW SCHOOL OCCUPATION ENDS IN 22 ARRESTS

Via the NY post today.

Educate. Speak. Change.

Police in riot gear swarmed a New School University building this morning, arresting 22 students and ending an occupation after just five hours.

Protesters dressed in hooded sweatshirts with scarves covering their faces had taken over the building, at 65 Fifth Avenue, at 6 a.m., hoisting an anarchist flag from the roof and draping across the door a banner reading, "New School University is now occupied."

It was the second protest in five months calling for the resignation of President Bob Kerrey.
Witnesses said more than 30 cops, wearing helmets and some carrying shields, stormed the school shortly after 11 a.m. They arrested 15 men and four women. Another three were arrested outside. Charges are pending, cops said.

Protesters immediately accused cops of using force and tear gas to take back the school -- but police denied using any excessive force.

"It took the pigs and New School authorities pepper spray, tear gas and beating up some bystanders outside," ranted a blogger who claimed to represent the protesters.
The blog then called for supporters to rally outside NYPD's 6th Precinct, where the occupiers were being held.

"No force was used," said a police spokesman. "Everything was peaceful."

The same building had been occupied for 30 hours in December by a group calling themselves "New School in Exile." It claimed to be protesting Kerrey's management of the school.

Students announced they would "shut down the university" if Kerrey did not resign by April 1.
Kerrey told the school's Free Press newspaper, "I cannot consider them students at this point."
Cops closed Fifth Avenue, between 12th and 14th Streets, to pedestrian traffic for the duration of yesterday's protest..