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Original Post: Truth2Power in photos Naja   Member since Aug 25th 2006 1157 posts Mon Jun-08-09 04:32 PM Original Post     President Barack Obama talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call from the Oval Office, Monday, June 8, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House. Comments Grazi Galvao ( Busy busy off-line ) says: First! Obama!! Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) johnsonshepherd says: Apparently Yahoo and the Obama Administration Don't Believe in Free Speech Submitted by davidswanson on Sat, 2009-06-06 05:49. Media By Shepherd Johnson I was on flickr, a service of Yahoo.com, making comments on several photos of the Official Whitehouse Photostream with the following text and image: "The Obama White House is supporting a new bill (sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham & Joe Lieberman) whose sole purpose is allowing the government to suppress any 'photograph taken between September 11, 2001 and January 22, 2009' relating to the treatment of detainees in the 'War on Terror.' In other words, Obama wants Congress to change the FOIA so that the courts can't compel release of any more torture photos." www.flickr.com/photos/28432909@N05/2668981958 Here is the same photo from another website: I had posted it on several of the "official Whitehouse photos" in the comments section. At about 11:00pm on June 05, 2009 my flickr account was terminated. No explanation or anything. One second I was on and then I could not access my account. When I got back onto flickr using another account I went back to the Whitehouse site and all of my postings had been scrubbed. They were gone. I had about a years worth of work on that account and they just terminated my account with no warning. Some of the photos I had on the account had no back ups so they are now gone forever. www.flickr.com/photos/24153209@N06 Apparently, flickr is OK with censorship and apparently so is the Whitehouse staff and the Obama administration. I find it rather ironic that I was making a comment on the Obama administration's support for a censorship bill when I find myself being censored by both Yahoo and the Obama administration. It is also apparent that the Obama administration wishes to hide the criminal acts of the Bush administration by supporting the Graham/Lieberman bill. This is unfortunate, so many people voted for Barack Obama because of his platform of Hope & Change, however many are now waking up to the fact that words like "hope" and "change" are really nothing more than campaign rhetoric used to solicit votes from an ill-informed and lazy populace. Where is the change? Barack Obama is looking more and more like George Bush every day. Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink | delete | edit ) *Blueberry Pie says: johnsonshepherd you are so annoying... no one care about your shit (and your a lazy photographer) Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) M@rtin.. says: hi Barack ! Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) lat454205 / Lisa says: Another great one. Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) dustinhenderlong says: His soles are clean. Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) Roberto Hunger Junior says: Perfect Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) Dimas Filho © Fotografia says: hi Obama!! Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) digitalyeti says: @johnsonshepherd I would believe this specifc forum is more about the photos posted and discussion pertaining them, not to serve as a political soapbox for whoever wanders into it and feels they have something to air. Propriety, my friend. There's a time and place for everything. Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) dede778 says: Hello. Mr. President ! Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) *Roseméa MacPherson says: Welcome back!! I hope you had a great weekend!! How does Michelle and the girls got to France when you take Pres. airplane? Do they have another 2 aiplanes.. for the wife. You don't have to tell.. Just curious!! XOXOXOXO Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) ••SEMA•• says: verry gooodd ) Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) marymrevis says: Excellent shot of our leader hard at work. Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) kolored says: lol.. hard at work with his feet up on the desk. finally somewhat of a nice, honest photograph.. but still not good enough to be a fave. Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) johnsonshepherd says: @digitalyeti Oh, I am so sorry, I didn't realize the comments section was reserved for sycophants. You lot may be content with Obama swallowing cheeseburger after cheeseburger but I would like something done about tha horrible state of our country. The first comments I posted on this photostream did pertain to the photos being mentioned, I posted about Obama's Cairo speech and al Qaeda, guess what? those comments were scrubbed. Censorship by the Whitehouse and flickr. My subsequent comments are pertaining to the torture photos. If this is not the time to have a dialogue about this digitalyeti, then when? I'm sick of being force fed photos of Bo the Obama puppy by Peter Souza the Whitehouse propagandist. Enough is enough, let's see some REAL change Mr. Obama not more of this Bush administration redux. Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink | delete | edit ) Fabian Stürtz says: great shot Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink ) johnsonshepherd says: @Blueberry Pie Nice language. I checked out your photostream, you're no Ansel Adams either. Posted 3 hours ago. ( permalink | delete | edit ) Im Not Angry! says: still makes me smile seeing him sitting there nice shot Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) gcardinal says: Nice shot ) and @johnsonshepherd get a life, you are annoying. Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) geertfotografeert says: One of the best shots Pete! Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) Something For Kate says: Really great shot! Fab angle, composition and shallow DoF. Man, I wish I could spend just a day being a White House photographer! Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) Kiki FL says: Love the shot and instant favorite! Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) kolored says: dude.. you posted that same obnoxiously long comment on several pics. quit spamming. if you want to have a dialogue then write something sensible from scratch.. you're simply provoking flickr into banning you and then whining after they do. not cool. Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) johnsonshepherd says: It is a shame that you would denigrate my freedom to express myself, nay my 1st Amendment right to free speech, by calling it "spamming". Way to shut down the discussion. Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink | delete | edit ) sgtpepper23 says: and the spamming continues... There must be a way to report this doofus. Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) Renidroc says: Great to see these photos and great camera :-) Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) johnsonshepherd says: @sgtpepper23 Why don't you call Homeland Security? You are not interested in discussion, only cheerleading. Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink | delete | edit ) Richard- says: Welcome back Mr. President. Some of us are glad you're here and I see you've worn out yet another pair of shoes walking around Europe. PS: Don't feed the troll folks. Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) Mirko M.Photography Prato! says: Obama uno di noi!!!!!Lo stimo tantissimo che porti la pace in tutto il mondo! Mirko. Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) THROUGH_HAWAIIAN_EYES says: @johnsonshepard: ~I would rather be a meaningful specific than a wandering generality.~ Author KNOWN ~Remember when you point one finger at someone you have 3 fingers pointing back directly at you.~ Author KNOWN You are viewing a photograph of the President of the United States of America. If he wants to put his finger up his nose, he has the RIGHT to do so. We are guests here, privileged to see these photographs made public on flickr by the Official White House Photography Staff. "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. " ~Martin Luther King, Jr.~ Aloha Mr. President, Moanalani Ke`alohilani Roquette Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) kolored says: it is a shame that you would abuse your right to free speech.. Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) digitalyeti says: @johnsonshepherd There are many and certainly far more apropos forums on the interwebs to discuss the issues you bring up. No one is trying to stifle anyone's freedom of speech, but there is something to be said about staying on topic given the subject of this particular forum. This forum is about photos from the White House. Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) Mr. Chapel says: It would be cool under the image: "Man, try to understand,dont mess whit me,I am the BOSS!" )) Respect,I'm far away from america,but i1m really happy for him! Posted 2 hours ago. ( permalink ) techmeister says: Excellent portrait and DoF. Nice work! Posted 90 minutes ago. ( permalink ) stevej_1960 says: Great shot. The lines are already wearing onto our President's face. His eyes seem to display a weary intensity that few see in the passing glanses seen on television. Posted 80 minutes ago. ( permalink ) Vincent Wang Yean Perng says: Haha, Mr Obama's feet almost look as though they're not a part of him in this photo. Oh by the way, since this image is posted on the internet (therefore it's international), there are some cultures that view showing of the soles of the feet/shoes as disrespectful. I'm not one of them but I've been told that there are such cultures around. Posted 79 minutes ago. ( permalink ) TKoutdoor says: Caption Contest? "Man, I'm telling you... I've got just the car for you! You'll love it! American made... Straight from GM! Yeah, that's right, Government Motors! I'll have to take your offer to the boss... One moment please... Michelle, you got a minute? Another guy with an offer on that 2009 GM Hybrid... :-) Nice photo Pete! Posted 79 minutes ago. ( permalink ) lolbrandon says: Wow, Pete, you've got the best photography gig in the world! And you really deserve it, too. These photos are amazing. Posted 76 minutes ago. ( permalink ) johnsonshepherd says: @THROUGH_HAWAIIAN_EYES That is the real question, now isn't it? Is this an Official Government site or something else entirely. This photostream is bought and paid for by tax dollars, so ma'am, I am not a guest of it, I am one of it's investors. It is in essence, public property, I can say and do as I please, this is still a free country is it not? I am questioning this considering the events of my account being deleted and my comments censored? At what price freedom? Posted 75 minutes ago. ( permalink | delete | edit ) *Summer's Rose says: OK Johnsonshepard, time to go to another stream or better yet do something constructive instead of your gibberish here...like watch CNN or MSNBC! Dude, you are one angry indivudual! Posted 73 minutes ago. ( permalink ) Blue387 says: He put his feet up on the Resolute desk! Posted 50 minutes ago. ( permalink ) johnsonshepherd says: @kolored You have it all backwards kolored, an abuse of free speech would be to make campaign promises to obtain votes and then not deliver on those promises. An abuse of free speech would be to tell the American people that the crimes of the Bush administration are in the past and that we should for get about them. Are we a nation of laws Mr Obama? Why haven't Bush/Cheney et al been prosecuted? Apparently we ARE NOT a nation of laws. Supression of photos which depict children being raped in Iraqi prisons. What kind of man are you Mr Obama that you would condone such a thing? Not very much of one. Posted 49 minutes ago. ( permalink | delete | edit ) blake.fawley says: i thought he was holding a wheat thin when i saw the thumbnail haha Posted 40 minutes ago. ( permalink ) johnsonshepherd says: @digitalyeti Are you reading what you are typing? Mr Obama pledged a more open government. How open is that government if his administration can't even take criticism on a site that same government set up. No, this is the perfect place for me to make comments to my government about the abuse of prisoners and the PHOTOGRAPHS of these abuses, which the Obama administration is try to hide. Who knows maybe ole Pete will take up some of these concerns with the President after having read this, not likely, but who knows. Posted 38 minutes ago. ( permalink | delete | edit ) zve482 says: Man you nailed the exposure dead on! Great shot of the President making Foreign Relations Hospitable. Posted 35 minutes ago. ( permalink ) johnsonshepherd says: @Summer's Rose Have you ever stood up for anything in your whole life? All indicators point to "no". Political discussion doesn't seem quite your speed, stick to American Idle. Posted 33 minutes ago. ( permalink | delete | edit ) Julio Teixeira says: Godspeed mr. Obama, Godspeed. Posted 27 minutes ago. ( permalink ) kolored says: not really.. what you're talking about is called "politics". besides, i'm sure that obama knows lots of things now that he didn't when he was campaigning. anyone who takes everything politicians say to heart is naive. what you can do is wait another 4 years and vote for ron paul or whoever you think would be a better choice. posting obnoxiously long manifestos that irritate people will not get you very far. besides.. what are you all worked up about? bush is out of office.. leave the man alone, he did what he thought was best. Posted 26 minutes ago. ( permalink ) gcardinal says: @johnsonshepherd Dude get a life or end it. Who in hell cares about your crap? take you it to some other place. Now I really miss "report idiot" button. Posted 23 minutes ago. ( permalink ) Digammo says: Looks like he stepped in one of Bo's White House lawn mines. Or he;s been tap dancing too much. Posted 20 minutes ago. ( permalink ) WinaVD says: AWSOME Obama!! Awesome shot!!!very cool style !! Posted 17 minutes ago. ( permalink ) johnsonshepherd says: @kolored I think you are wrong, kolored. Clearly somebody at the Whitehouse read my comments about al Qaeda and Obama's Cairo speech. They were deleted. Anybody else gotten a comment about their comment from Pete Souza, his staff or the Whitehouse? Deleting my comments IS a comment. And it reflects directly back upon the Whitehouse and Mr. Obama himself. It's just not the cheerleading they had come to expect from everybody else. Why do you continue to comment on my comments kolored? It's obviously gotten me very far. Oh and kolored? Take a look around, these are photos of the President of the United States, if that ISN'T political, then I don't know what is. Posted 6 minutes ago. ( permalink | delete | edit ) When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute. -Walter Lippmann Alert Printer-friendly copy | Permalink | | Reply | Top

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