The picture I would like the world to see

If the age-old platitude is correct that one picture is worth a thousand words, I would like the world to see the image of Albert Gore with his hand on the Bible taking the oath of office in January 2009. Bush* would be in the background watching, knowing that the man who would subsequently take his place in the Oval House would be cleaning up a myriad of calamities that should never have happened, calamities for which a Supreme Court decision -- not the will of the people -- cleared the path to erupt.

The picture would represent more than political poetic justice. The inference behind the image would send the following message to the world.

As Americans we sometimes make mistakes. However, we persevere in our quest to right our wrongs, to make whole our transgressions against other people, to take steps to heal our and others' wounds, and to mend and prosper with our fellow man in the walk down the path toward our restoration of a democratic society. Perhaps the tragic consequences of our mistakes cannot be remedied overnight, but today we take our first step down that road to redemption. May history record the fact that by this picture we say to you, we do fight to preserve that which our forefathers gave us and we hold out our hand to you and ask for your understanding and forgiveness.

That's a picture I want to see, and a message I would like to send.

What about you? What photograph does your imagination dream will be snapped as a result of the 2008 Presidential election and what message does your picture send?

A dream come true. Let's hope it comes to fruition.
Ringo

I had this pic as my wallpaper for a long time. Finally took it down because it just depressed me too much to look at every day. But it sums up the past 6 years better than anything else I've read, heard or seen.
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It is so depressing what W has done to this country specifically and the world in general.

I started this thread because some days I feel so depressed just to get up and turn on a new scandal. Tonight I realized when I saw something on Al Gore, that while we still have Bush*, we have hope. A little ....

if your picture is a sample of what is to follow! Thanks.

I had this one as my signature for over a year

the message is the statement by Justice Jackson on War crimes at Nuremberg Tribunal


"To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime, it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."

"that launching a war of aggression is a crime and that no political or economic situation can justify it." He also declared that "if certain acts in violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us."

and the picture is pretty good, too!

Quote:

"The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials, and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections." - Opinion for the Court in West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette 319 U.S. 624 (1943)

More fine words. Thank you for posting them.

It's amazing someone like Jackson came from this area.

Critically speaking, it's crude, simplistic, partisan and overly graphic.

But you could say the same for Fox News.

A classic 1940's black and white photo of *, Cheney, Condi, Gonzalez, Rumsfeld and all of the other hacks that took this country to war based on lies.....

Sitting in the defendent chairs at the Hague....and to see their faces (looking like those arrogant Nazi Bastards) and knowing they were going to either hang or die in prison when found guilty.

Yup...that's my picture!! I'd drink me a nice brew and think Justice has been done!!

who tossed our country into a third world status.

I was so hopeful that Kerry who pledged health care for all, better education, and a role of world leader would be president in 2004.

The Bushbots first sank our country in 2000 with their votes, and tied an anchor to our sunken ship in 2004. Those enablers destroyed our country.

I had a good republican friend tell me that the only reason she voted for W in 2004 was because he could finish up the war he started. What a joke.

the rationale some people use when giving their reason for voting for Bush* -- I know I will never understand it.

I simply could not think of a decent thing to say in reply -- it just kind of took my breath away. To her and her husband, Bush seemed like a nice guy who did the best he could after 9-11. Etc.

She's an old friend. I just let her e-mail sit there for several months before resuming our sporadic correspondence. I studiously avoid politics with certain folks; either they will wake up on their own or they won't.

Hekate

machine beneath the tracks and superman in the turret with a beer toasting the take back of America and a promise to never let that shit happen again.

We are getting some interesting images. Something for everyone.

Your new President will have hands full digging US out of the BIG SHIT HOLE bush dump it in.

What we want to see maybe cannot acheive.

WE WANT HIM TO GO HAGUE FOR WAR CRIMES for the hundreds of thousands of innocents kill by his bloody hand and in your name.

What we want to do is for our goverment to go help Afghanistan and Iraq to rebuild.
To create back a peaceful way of life. Where people will have a choice in what form of goverments they will have. Where they are responsible for their own goverments and where we of the world will always be ready to help if there is a need and request by them.

Why we can not do anything now? Cause they are conquered countries with conqueror still there.
The people is not free. The people keep getting kill. The people will always fight the invader.
Just waste of money doing it now x(

What we might see. That the so called US Freedom, Liberty and Democracy still remain like a sham.
That is what we see today.

In the words of Mick Jagger, you can't always get what you want. None of us will. Hopefully though, after the next election, many of us, including you, will get at least some of what we want. And so we continue to hope and ask others for their dreams.

we may just get what the world needs, an end to the neocons and *!

Yes! The entire cabal should go.

to clean up the mess this bunch of crooks who btw are at the Hague by now, have created for us. in the end America will be better for all.

That theme suggests a strong desire to see an international court hold Bush* and others responsible for their deeds. Dare we dream?

... in Hell!