८ ऑगस्ट, २००८

The Obama salute.

Why is anyone paying any attention to this self-promotion by some lame Los Angeles "creative agency"? If this design came from the Obama campaign it would deserve the kind of vociferous ridicule we saw in response to the Obama seal. If the design was excellent it would deserve the admiration we saw for the independently produced "Progress" poster. But the Obama salute — which looks like a hand gesture for "fuck me" — is just stupid and bad and not from the Obama campaign, so it's nothing at all.

IN THE COMMENTS: AllenS said:
It's the universal sign for the onion ring.
That's a reference to my old onion rings postmore here — where I said "the 'O' of an onion ring is a vagina symbol." Which is why I'm saying now that the salute looks like it means "fuck me." It's a way to say "here's my vagina," just like the upraised middle finger means "here's my penis."

Bleeper said:
When rotated 90 degrees forward and oscillated, The Big Jerk Off.
Paging Chip Ahoy. Remember when he did that thing to my vortex on Melrose?

५७ टिप्पण्या:

Bob म्हणाले...

Nothing says Sturmabteilung like having your own salute.

Joaquin म्हणाले...

Link doesn't work.................

TJ म्हणाले...

Bob, I totally agree.

Good thing Obama's got nothing to do with this.

Roger J. म्हणाले...

Good heavenss--I don't worry Obama as much as I do about his followers--there are some real nut cases out there. I mean NUTS

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Link fixed. Sorry.

Hoosier Daddy म्हणाले...

Gee, chanting crowds, Che inspired posters and now a salute.

While it may not be from the Obama campaign, it certainly says a lot about the mindset of his followers.

Hoosier Daddy म्हणाले...

Touche, Roger.

UWS guy म्हणाले...

This thread needs more titus.

Triangle Man म्हणाले...

"George Bush had his three-fingered W salute..."

AllenS म्हणाले...

It's the universal sign for the onion ring.

john म्हणाले...

Shouldn't there be a carrot somewhere?

john म्हणाले...

AllenS - touche

Bob म्हणाले...

Trevor Jackson: Bob, I totally agree.

Good thing Obama's got nothing to do with this.


Touché indeed, Trevor. The difference is that in this case, the salute is being advocated by the designer as an official greeting, whereas the Bush salute never made it past the light-hearted college-football stage, and certainly would have been forgotten but for the MSM pointing it out.

knox म्हणाले...

Althouse is right. This has less to do with Obama and more to do with the obnoxious world of advertising and the desperate need for attention:

Husong tells me that he got the idea after seeing the famous Obama-Progress poster by artist Shepherd Fairey. "We wanted to get involved some way," he says. ... We want to see it everywhere, but more importantly we want this sign to take the world by storm."

Agencies (some more than others) are desperate for publicity. There's nothing worse than a creative brainstorm for a "good cause" client. It's all under the guise of "uniting people, helping our country, blah blah..." but it comes down to "how can we start up some buzz about us?" Lots of people in the ad biz are not unlike actors.

EnigmatiCore म्हणाले...

It isn't from Obama, but it is by and for the people caught up in the cult of Obama.

Have you seen the Star Trek clip? It is hilarious that it uses the same hand gesture as the call-sign of space hippies, who speak in glowing terms of "The One."

What are the odds?

अनामित म्हणाले...

Why is anyone paying any attention to this self-promotion by some lame Los Angeles "creative agency"?

I don't know, why do you mention it? Because it is silly? There was a serious bit of election news in the NY Times this morning Group Plans Campaign Against GOP Donors.

Yet one more example of leftists making an publishing blacklists, attempting to intimidate those who disagree with them into silence. Imagine the shoe being on the other foot here...

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

I'm reminded of the groovy Original Star Trek Episode The Way to Eden with the hipsters playing their music and forming a similar hand structure.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

enigmaticore -- apparently I agree with you!

TJ म्हणाले...

"whereas the Bush salute never made it past the light-hearted college-football stage"

Are you thinking of the hook-'em horns, Bob? I remember lots of '00 and '04 rallies with the W flying high among the supporters. The only difference here is that we are able to actually trace its origins.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

If only it were Barack Herbert Obama!

AllenS म्हणाले...

Looking at it again, the sign and the surrounding raysm, has an appearance of a Scientology factor to it.

bleeper म्हणाले...

Big O.

Big Zero.

Herbert.

When rotated 90 degrees forward and oscillated, The Big Jerk Off.

Feminist's vagina symbol.

Something rude in some overseas country.

Something rude here.

He's got it all - I sure hope this spreads - nothing like a snappy salute to cement a movement. When one guy does it...

section9 म्हणाले...

Think Star Trek: Space Hippies.

"We Reach".

This is just....gay.

अनामित म्हणाले...

The Star Trek linkage has been confirmed. See instapundit.

Finally, Obama's campaign is making sense to me. It's designed by old Trekkies!

Bissage म्हणाले...

Let’s not get too critical of the Obama salute. After all, this one is already taken.

bleeper म्हणाले...

Ann, you made me laugh. I can see vortices forming all over the convention floor now - this is going to be most totally excellent.

Trooper York म्हणाले...

Hey do you think he can get a couple of track guys to do the salute if they win some medals?

That would be good for a bunch of publicity, eh.

Bissage म्हणाले...

That's racist!

Trooper York म्हणाले...

Hey since Paris is endorsing McCain, they can get Britney to do the salute with her cootch.

She's very talented.

AlgonquinS म्हणाले...

When you hold your arms in an arc like that, making a big circle, do you know what that universal sign stands for? Me neither, but it probably has something to do with the GIANTS.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

O is for Orwell.

Trooper York म्हणाले...

That the WORLD CHAMPION NEW YORK GIANTS my native american friend.

A simple bow when mentioning them will suffice.

Bissage म्हणाले...

When someone greets you with the Obama salute, is the proper response to put your fist through it?

Bob म्हणाले...

Ann Althouse: Paging Chip Ahoy. Remember when he did that thing to my vortex on Melrose?

And do you see what your vortex almost did? You're playing with fire, lady.

bleeper म्हणाले...

Go to a baseball game in Baltimore, pay attention during the singing of the line "Oh say can you see", and the symbol appear all over the stadium. That would be the World Champion Baltimore Orioles [1983 • 1970 • 1966].

No doubt Baltimore will vote overwhelmingly for Obama. It's all about conditioning.

Trooper York म्हणाले...

"When someone greets you with the Obama salute, is the proper response to put your fist through it?"

I believe you are supposed to insert your tongue.

Are we still talking about Britney?

Bissage म्हणाले...

It's all about the "O".

Trooper York म्हणाले...

Hey I bet Oscar Robertson the original "Big O" didn't realize that he was just a big vagina.

knox म्हणाले...

I believe you are supposed to insert your tongue.

Are we still talking about Britney?


If so, better not. "Who knows where it's been," as they say.

knox म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Beth म्हणाले...

It looks like a partial goatse. I would never hire that ad agency.

Simon म्हणाले...

It's perfect for Obama: a gesture that is literally empty.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Which is why I'm saying now that the salute looks like it means "fuck me." It's a way to say "here's my vagina," just like the upraised middle finger means "here's my penis."

That's a tiny penis. Or maybe it's not.

"She told me you had...ah...

"What?"

...

"No no no........."

"Huge.....UUUgggeee!..."

अनामित म्हणाले...

The Obama salute:

Looks like a sphincter at maximum expansion..you know the one.

The Drill SGT म्हणाले...

Ann said...Which is why I'm saying now that the salute looks like it means "fuck me." It's a way to say "here's my vagina," just like the upraised middle finger means "here's my penis

Close.

Just like the upraised finger means: F__k-you!!

The Obama O means: OMG, We're F__ked :(

EnigmatiCore म्हणाले...

You know what?

I think Obama *is* going to name Hillary as his running mate.

This logo did not make me come to that guess. I only posted the guess on this thread because I couldn't think of any other thread to post it on, and not because the gesture makes me think of Hillary.

I swear.

blake म्हणाले...

Thanks, Beth.

I thought I was the only one who saw goatse...

SGT Ted म्हणाले...

The symbol means: "This is how big of a weenie we're going to use to screw taxpayers. Better lube up!"

veni vidi vici म्हणाले...

yeah, i see it as perfect for his eager supporters to symbolize their pose of "grasping and pulling the One towards their eager mouths so as to swallow him whole".

what a loser ad agency.

as for this "goatse" thing, how exactly is that term pronounced? is it like "curtsey"? or perhaps a dustier, scratchy-voiced thing like "goat-sehh"?

when i googled it, i was scarred for life. now i'd just like to know how properly to pronounce it. in the same way that residents of nevada know the visitors by their pronunciation of the state name as "ne-vahh-da", i'd like to appear credible if i ever find myself discussing this... this *thing* in conversation...

Methadras म्हणाले...

Ha. And DTL is nowhere to be seen on this one? I'm stunned. I thought for sure he would already be getting ready to compare sizes and how the resemblance is quite striking.

Methadras म्हणाले...

blake said...

Thanks, Beth.

I thought I was the only one who saw goatse...


You haven't lived life until you've seen or been goatse'ed. Hey Ann, have you been goatse'ed yet?

Trooper York म्हणाले...

I doubt it but it seems like she spends a lot of time staring at sploog.

Chip Ahoy म्हणाले...

Per Bleeper's suggestion, responding to the page.

Obama sign flipped 90˚, now with beatific halo action. It's actually quite rude.

The other one I did a few weeks ago is less offensive.

Apologies for lateness, I was busy animating Billy Mays which is turning out to be a huge file. I'm making his loudness destroy a room.

Unrelated to anims, there was just now an amazing downpour. The sky emptied as if Himself was having a wee after a night of binge drinking. Every time that happens they issue flash flood warnings. As if anyone who hasn't lived here for two seasons wouldn't already know that.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Thanks, Chip.

I made a new post to send people to it.

Gray म्हणाले...

"I said "the 'O' of an onion ring is a vagina symbol."
Uh, when was the last time you were looking at a vagina, Althouse, and under what circumstances? Because it seems to me that you would need clinical instruments to get it into that round shape...
:D
Well, I'm surprised you didn't instantly realize that the "tribute" reminds more of a call for anal sex. I'm actually a bit disappointed about this, I really thought such a hot conservative goddess like you would be much more familiar about all kinds of sexual activities. Ok, obviously public perception doesn't always match reality. Especially regarding blondes...

blake म्हणाले...

Caffeine soldier: Penises don't actually have hard edges and really couldn't be shaped like the Washington Monument.

Yet, people call it a phallic symbol anyway.

I guess it's more symbolic than literal.

Simon म्हणाले...

Obama salute creator defends his creation. Yawn.