I like to play picture association games-- you show me a picture and I tell you what I see, you know, that kind of thing. So since the Republican Primary reality show is the talk of the town these days I thought I'd do one based on the 
This masterpiece of kitsch looks homemade, but will probably be ubiquitous in tattoo catalogs and on the sides of vans, RVs and motorcycle gas tanks by year's end. It also has the same unfortunate aftertaste a lot of Paul fan art leaves...
...can't for the life of me figure out why. Paul might want to work on that.
(Eye of) Newt's winged five-pionted star makes me think of...
...this. Siriusly.
I don't know who picks these logos for the candidates but someone needs to sit an ultraconservative Catholic like Santorum down and explain that that imagery is directly derived from...
...this imagery. I don't think Rick would appreciate the association much.
Media darling Jon Huntsman (aka Oannes Orion) is probably a bit more au fait with the association symbol watchers might get from his 
...this. Howzaboutyou?
Perry's candidacy has been a trainwreck, and I'm willing to bet intentionally. But this derivative graphic (those are McCain pyramidions atop a Obama sunrise) seems to harken back to the Obama symbolathon...
...especially with the Palm and the Crescent (ostensibly symbolizing South Carolina). Before I die of ennui, let's look at the next graphic abortion...
...Romney's odd ribbon design. I don't know, every time I look at it I keep seeing the "after" shot to...
... this "before" shot.
And even though (Mount) Herman (Son of) Cain dropped out I have to bring up his logo, which was as hilariously and cluelessly awful as his candidacy. Every time I saw it, I couldn't help but think of...
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You's-a gotta wicked sense of humor there, Chris. I guess black comedy is pretty much all politics is good for these days. Sure aint no good to a magico-social-realist like myself.
speaking of huntsman and orion.
he was a character in the tv series "once upon a time"(2011-12), who was was raised by "wolfs". but they just killed him 2 eps ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heart_Is_a_Lonely_Hunter_%28Once_Upon_a_Time%29
and it seems they are releasing a snow white and the huntsman movie in 2012. with thor as the huntsman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_%26_the_Huntsman
if this werent really happening, id be laughing harder. good post, though.
Thank you and yes. To appropriate your last words to me:
ridiculous and narcissistic AND sinister and duplicitous.
I never know where the ones end and the others begin.
All this Paul bashing and anti-Libertarian rhetoric has unfortunately driven me away from this once wonderful blog. And I'm not the only one, I can assure you. Paul just might be another bait-and-switch candidate, but you neglect to consider the broader message of freedom that he brings to people. You're also making broad generalizations about Paul's supporters and implying that if he took office they'd all just acquiesce to his newly revealed tyranny.
Of course Ron Paul could just be another Barack Obama promising one thing and delivering another, but that's still beside the point. What I see here is a process of awakening taking place. People want to see an end to the wars, and would like to get their freedoms back. So no matter who ends up in Office, the people won't rest until a sense of sanity is restored in this country.
You're coming across very nihilistic these days. I'm disappointed to see that you're chosing to sling mud rather than show support for the people out there making an effort to end all the BS. Even if it seems to be from a somewhat unenlightend perspective, at least it's a step in the right direction. And I'm still waiting to hear what politician (or socio-economic system) Chris Knowles supports. Because if there is none, then why not just come out against the state in general? That would make more sense.
Jim, I'm not worried if Ron Paul supporters read my blog or not. I don't think they'd get what I do here anyway. I'm more interested in reaching individuals worried about an endlessly-duplicitous candidate who claims to be antiwar but whose top donor list reads like a who's who of the Military Industrial Complex:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contrib.php?id=N00005906
So ask yourself, does he want to end the wars or is there some hidden agenda at work here? His heart is in the old Confederacy- surely he knows the economies of his beloved Southern states would collapse without defense spending, no?
If he opposes war, then why take money from the war industry? Is this the same reason he takes money --and volunteers--from Stormfront but opposes fascism?
On the subject of
"Clownshow:Every Picture Tells a Story".
I was watching the movie
"Dragon:The Bruce Lee Story" and came across a shot were Bruce comes home from the "Enter the Dragon" film set,after having been shown a premonition of his death by the demon who is chasing him and Brandon (and remember this movie was made before Brandon had died on "The Crow" set)and Brandon is playing with an electric train and behind him is a doll laying on a mirrored window that looks remarkably like a Joker/Crow doll.
You can see the stills here;
http://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2012/01/dragon-precognition.html
I tried to get more info on the net about this scene but drew a blank.Does anyone know what the name of that clown doll is,what show if any it is from ?
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