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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Airbrushing History

A culture that airbrushes
its history is already dead.
 

Boned Jello

“ In the well-known original image, Churchill makes a "V" shaped symbol with his fingers – while gripping a cigar in the corner of his mouth.

But in a reproduction of the picture, hanging over the main entrance to a London museum celebrating the wartime leader, he has been made into a non-smoker through the use of image-altering techniques. [story]
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AHEM
Boned Jello
Marc Miller
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9 comments:

  1. Anonymous6/20/10, 2:07 PM

    Another "Ahem". BTW, Roosevelt asked that his only memorial be a simple stone in a grassy square near the National Archives. According to his wishes, a block of granite about the size of a large desk was placed near the north entrance of the National Archives.
    The Dems would have none of this, however, and under Clinton blew about $60 million (2009 dollars)in Federal funds and ate up 800 feet and seven acres of beautiful Potomac waterfront in a sprawling paean to their patron saint. In addition, the memorial required about $10 million for upkeep which hasn't been raised yet.
    Of course, this pales when compared to the $600 million spent on the Harry Reid Memorial Mausoleum to Smelly Capitol Tourists, but I digress.
    Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick

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  2. DougM6/20/10, 2:11 PM

    See my comments on 6/15 at 12:28 & 12:41 (anim.)

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  3. BlogDog6/20/10, 2:49 PM

    Yes, Gen. But you do it so well.

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  4. Rodger the Real King of France6/20/10, 5:47 PM

    We are riding the same wave Doug ...

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  5. DougM6/20/10, 7:40 PM

    Yeah, cowabunga, duude!

    It's just that C&S doesn't handle graphics in comments (one of my favorite toys), so I took the lazy-guy's way out (my favorite method).

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  6. Anonymous6/20/10, 10:52 PM

    Does this mean he is not smoking a...."Churchill"? I'll check JR Cigars to see if they changed em to "Monica's.

    Anymouse

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  7. Rodger the Real King of France6/20/10, 11:23 PM

    Doug, an entirely acceptable method of making a point.

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  8. rbrandt6/21/10, 7:38 AM

    Ok, Roger - see Roosevelt has you fallen for the pull my fingers gag, again. You've been sitten on his knee too.

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  9. Anonymous6/21/10, 7:01 PM

    That's right, rbrandt, Rodger is known to be rather caustic when dealing with liberals.
    GrinfilledCelt

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