Don’t You Dare Photoshop This
After the ridiculous lie that Obama is an avid skeet shooter (who has never mentioned his hobby before, nor ever been seen to be doing it) and the embarrassing publication of a faked photo of Obama with a shotgun, the White House has arranged a photo opportunity in which President Mom Jeans appears to be shooting an actual death machine — excuse me, shotgun.
NOT the actual photo in question.
It’s clear from his posture that he’s never held a shotgun in his life, was carefully but inexpertly coached, and is so rail stiff that the stock of the weapon appears to be sort of hovering over his shoulder by its very tip. This is the most ridiculous and insulting nonsense the White House and Obama have tried to foist on us in a while, and that’s really saying something.
Additionally, the photo is supposed to have been taken on Saturday, August 4, 2012. This would seem to contradict news accounts that had Obama spending the day playing golf. I don’t know about you, but when I think of playing 18 holes, I think of something that takes up most of the day. Yet Obama supposedly had time to spend the day playing golf, then go back to Camp David and do his skeet shooting, none of it in the waning light of afternoon. Sorry, but I’m calling shenanigans on this timeline.
The White House even tried to claim some sort of executive privilege for their new photo of Rambo (sorry, Obama), saying that you serfs are forbidden to Photoshop it — as if parody and fair use do not apply to The Maximum Leader. I’ve been pleased to see many hilarious photo-manipulations posted subsequently, as American citizens defy Obama’s arrogant and illegal demands. The brittle, defensive, and haughty nature of Obama and his ilk never cease to amaze me. The thought that they would actually release a contrived photo and then claim no one was allowed, legally, to Photoshop it is just mind-boggling.
Here in New York the gun situation is worse than ever. Gander Mountain, one of the few commercial chains left that hasn’t knuckled under to the anti-gun hysteria here (the way Dick’s Sporting Goods did by suspending sales of Modern Sporting Rifles and AR15s) is rationing ammunition. You’re limited to two boxes — IF they have what you want, which they probably don’t.
I stopped recently to listen at the counter as people shopped. One guy wanted 9mm and was told they had only a few boxes of premium self-defense ammo. There was not a round of .22 Long Rifle in the store, nor any .223 or 7.62 x 39. Most of the ammo, except for shotgun shells, was behind the counter, with a sign posted about the rationing. I tried to take a photograph of the sign and they yelled at me — their new “store policy for security” forbids taking photographs inside the store.
More news has come in about the disabled veteran, Haddad, who was arrested in Northern New York on felony charges for possessing what he thought were pre-ban AR15 magazines. Apparently he consented to a search of his vehicle and the police officer who stopped him then found the magazines. This is bad. It’s very, very bad… and going to get worse.
