{"id":5501,"date":"2011-04-11T14:38:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T14:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2011-04-11T18:19:49","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T18:19:49","slug":"stupid-then-stupid-now-as-captured-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=5501","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Wrong With This Picture&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"What%27s%20Wrong%20With%20This%20Picture.....\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>OK, it&#8217;s not necessarily the picture, but the policy is&#8230; well&#8230; ill advised &#8211; because you end up with picture perfect moments like this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How images \/ photos, in one captured moment, reveal the idiocy or flaws of certain government policiesy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Stupid Then: <\/strong>Remember This?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"elinagunpoint\" src=\"http:\/\/www.swamppolitics.com\/news\/politics\/blog\/2008\/06\/21\/Elian.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno got justifiably blasted for her handling of the Elian Gonzales episode, forcibly deporting him at gun point. With its large Cuban population, this one picture probably <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swamppolitics.com\/news\/politics\/blog\/2008\/06\/elian_gonzales_still_a_factor.html\">put Florida in play<\/a> for the 2000 Presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Stupid Now:<\/strong> France.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"hijabban\" src=\"http:\/\/msnbcmedia1.msn.com\/j\/MSNBC\/Components\/Photo\/_new\/110411-france-veil-ban-615a.grid-6x2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the downside, this image captures something disturbing, something that just doesn&#8217;t sit well. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/42528909\/ns\/world_news-europe\/\">actions of the French police this morning<\/a> so goes against the instinct of freedom of religion that western cultures have embraced, and the image will stand as just one more reason for Islam to have a beef with western nations. How many are going to die as a result of this?<\/p>\n<p>On the plus side, France may have finally found a way to be more hated than the United States&#8230; And that&#8217;s no small feat!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PS. \u00a0On the France thing &#8211; No, I&#8217;m not blaming France for the violence that is sure to follow. But people are going to die as a repercussion of this photo.<\/p>\n<p>On the Elian Gonzales picture&#8230; \u00a0Remember that this is pre World Wide Web \/ Internet. It&#8217;s pretty amazing that this got out into the general public at all. It really was a set back for the Clinton White House, though with the Lewinski thing still fresh and hot in the press, this didn&#8217;t make nearly the\u00a0splash\u00a0that it could have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"What%27s%20Wrong%20With%20This%20Picture.....\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>OK, it&#8217;s not necessarily the picture, but the policy is&#8230; well&#8230; ill advised &#8211; because you end up with picture perfect moments like this. &nbsp; How images \/ photos, in one captured moment, reveal the idiocy or flaws of certain government policiesy. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Stupid Then: Remember This? 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