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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:24 PM
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Bush's speech backdrops=more and more cartoony
So, is it me or has it been getting progressively worse? His backdrops are getting bigger, weirder, busier and brighter. What Pavlovian response are they hoping for with this? And why now must the topic of the speech be spelled out onstage in letters bigger than the man saying them? And who is the freak show designing these monstrosities???
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:26 PM
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1. All signs of mass desperation/hysteria
my friend.
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wixomblues Donating Member (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:28 PM
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5. Hear hear!
Wow. A Lions fan.

I'll agree with anything you say. Such courage.
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:36 PM
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11. Oh, is that still on there? I, er, um...
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 02:37 PM by louis-t
put that on there in a more optimistic time. I gotta find a Red Wings icon.
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wixomblues Donating Member (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:39 PM
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13. or our Bad Boys, the Pistons.
The lions, er, yeah. At least it's easy to get tickets.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:26 PM
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2. They need to hire a better graphic designer. But all the good ones are Dem
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:56 PM
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33. I'd be more than happy to help Bushler by designing their backdrops.
:D
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:04 PM
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34. cool, how do you do that multi-level type?
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 07:04 PM by bob_weaver
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:09 PM
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35. What's "multi-level type?"
I'm not sure what you mean, but I used the standard text tool in Photoshop Elements 3.0... damn! if only I had the full version of Photoshop and the entire Creative Suite! I bet there are a lot of cool tools I could use! :D
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:28 PM
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38. In the word "Obey" for example, it looks like there are 3 layers. Is it
just beveling using the beveling options under "Layer Options" on the type?
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:53 PM
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39. In this case, it's just beveling using the beveling options.
I do often use multiple layers for the type too, depending on the effect I'm trying to achieve. :)
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 08:02 PM
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42. Thanks
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:26 PM
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3. Were there majorettes?
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:30 PM
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7. More or less, yeah. That bad. n/t
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ugarte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:27 PM
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4. Aiming for the big Nuremburg rally next 4th of July...nt
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:28 PM
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6. I think Moochy covered it well
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5485796

soemeone's nephew with faked dotcom experience, another eample of nepotism.
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:34 PM
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9. Yeah, that's funny. But I think it's probably more like
some Rove protege who thinks that the blatant symbolism just MIGHT win people over to the Bush mindset. Good luck--that stuff looks like a train wreck.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:33 PM
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8. hmmmm...velllly interesting...


Hmmmm...
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:35 PM
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10. Okay, that creeped me out. n/t
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:55 PM
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19. DING DING DING! Lerkfish, you're our grand prize winner!
The word that came to my mind had more to with Hitler than cartoons.

:headbang:
rockantion
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:02 PM
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20. Notice how hitler didn't really do the nazi salute...
It was just sort of a "hey, I'm the dictator around here and I can just do the flippant pseudo salute".
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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:03 PM
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27. stop it! your scaring the children! Hey.. photoshop that one to...
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 05:04 PM by kansasblue
include the words 'Mission Accomplished. Part II'
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:36 PM
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12. It's so hard to top the previous Navy backdrop
"Mission Accomplished"
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:40 PM
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14. Yet, they have tried. Apparently with...plaid? n/t
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:42 PM
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16. actually, the close up shows it to be a riveted steel plate design motif
and its FABULOUS!

:)
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:45 PM
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17. Yeah...for a kilt design, maybe. Good God. My eyes! n/t
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jokerman93 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:32 PM
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25. LOL That's a Windows wallpaper pattern!
That rivet pattern backdrop is one of the crappy .bmp patterns that came with the old Windows desktop wallpaper. I sh*t you not. It looks identical.

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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:41 PM
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15. All of the Bush administration's public actions are based on
a marketing paradigm. Their presentations are "promotional advertisements" for their nefarious "products". They consider all Americans to be their "customers" and operate under the assumption that most are stupid.
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greiner3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:46 PM
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18. And who said they weren't? n/t
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:21 PM
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22. Are you referencing my statement ".... that all Americans are
stupid"? If so, my answer would be no. However, they are under certain stresses that makes them appear to be stupid.
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mavoix Donating Member (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:15 PM
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21. They consider all Americans to be ...stupid. 
Wouldn't you yourself like to be so obtuse that you can stand
up in front of thousands of people who are obviously there
under duress and think that they all love you and want to
listen to your hogwash?
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:24 PM
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23. As far as I can tell, Bush is a conduit through which his
handlers practice their black arts of marketing. I don't spend much time thinking about Bush as an individual. He was just a convenient
tool for those behind the scenes.
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jokerman93 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:35 PM
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26. excellent!
You're paying attention! Good analysis of the process we're enduring, I think.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:45 PM
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30. Hi mavoix!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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mavoix Donating Member (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:43 PM
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43. Thank you
It's so nice to find human beings who use their brains...I'm home, I'm home.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:26 PM
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24. Make your own at these websites..:-)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=bush+backdrop+generator
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Batgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:17 PM
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28. the one they rejected was even slightly less tasteful
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yknot Donating Member (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:20 PM
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29. CHECK THIS OUT!
http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0548,lim,70455,20.html

Start a thread.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:46 PM
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31. Hi yknot!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:47 PM
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32. Someone should PhotoShop in
a "Fighting Off Impeachment" backdrop. Or maybe "Nowhere to Go But Up"
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Dances with Cats Donating Member (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:12 PM
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36. I think the Bush Family Evil Empire
looted that shit from Disgraced Evangelist Jim Bakker and TAmmy Fayes theme park when it went under, haha....
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:14 PM
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37. Did ya notice he doesn't have to read the speech anymore,
he's got it memorized.
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against all enemies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:55 PM
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40. Had they mothballed the "Mission Accomplished" banner?
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:58 PM
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41. Is that backdrop as absorbent as Charmin?
absorbent.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:51 PM
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44. Karl's too distracted to do the set decorating.
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