Here Are The 30 Most Powerful Photos Ever Taken

worldtruth.tv   "These 30 powerful photos are famous and poignant, they will forever be cemented in history. The images that were captured are so intense, they are impossible to be forgotten. They said a picture is worth a thousand words… but it’s impossible to say just how many words these are worth. Prepare to be left speechless."

Here are TD's main choices:

16. Embracing couple in the rubble of a collapsed factory

 

23. Christians protect Muslims during prayer in the midst of the 2011 uprisings in Cairo, Egypt

 

29. Inside an Auschwitz gas chamber

A long flight back home for Barack? Just guessing. I don't know. I can't say.

American Thinker   "Check out the pictures below.  Did an irate Michelle make misbehaving Barry switch seats at Mandela's funeral?"

 

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(Above) Notice Michelle's body language; her knees are pointed away from Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Michelle's back is to her.

Another apology tour including some bowing?

Updates from here on:
Experts snap at memorial selfies
"Nothing good can come of bringing an iPhone to a memorial service.

"That’s the consensus of etiquette experts who said Wednesday that President Barack Obama’s selfie at Nelson Mandela’s memorial was no time for a picture-perfect moment, but differed over whether it amounted to a serious protocol violation."

Obama and selfies; Did you think Rush Limbaugh wouldn't have an opinion?   "The Biggest Selfie Boo-Boo Since Weiner"

The Sydney, Australia, Morning Herald covered the episode this way: "US President Barack Obama may have moved the masses attending Nelson Mandela’s memorial service with his stirring eulogy, but it was his grinning "selfie" with the Danish and British premiers that set social networks abuzz."
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But keep in mind: "The event was a memorial service and not a funeral for Mandela, who died last week aged 95, and the mood was one of joy and hope as mourners sang, danced and chanted their way into the stadium."

 

Of Course: Photographer Who Took POTUS Selfie Photo Ashamed He Broke News    “ 'That’s kind of a bummer.” Let’s translate that from MSM to English: I broke news — I’m a successful wire service photog! But I broke news that made Mr. Obama look bad. I’ll never hear the end of this from my peers standing around the Monsieur Coffee machine in the AFP break room in their Paris HQ. I am a failure of a photographer. I’ll never be stupid enough to break news again. Mon Dieu! Where did it all go wrong?"

 

If the above seems petty, it is because many of us remember this:

 

And we remember the total lack of grace Mr. Obama has returned to President Bush in the years since. 

The Tunnel Dweller, writing from down where we can observe the character of today's Democrat party. This is most definitely NOT my father's or my Democrat Party (Except for shaking off it's Jim Crow roots).

UPDATED: When do we finally stop the harassment of little boys by school administrators?

Legal Insurrection   "We need a K-12 Insurrection."

 

The "war on little boys in elementary schools continues unabated.
Little children are being punished with suspensions, expulsions, and permanent damage to school records based on standards of conduct carried into elementary schools from the adult world. Typically, but not exclusively, the insanity is directed at little boys for alleged violation of zero tolerance gun and sexual harassment policies."

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"The Principal is defending the punishment:

District superintendent Robin Gooldy told The Associated Press on Tuesday the boy was suspended because of a policy against unwanted touching.
“The focus needs to be on his behavior. We usually try to get the student to stop, but if it continues, we need to take action and it sometimes rises to the level of suspension,” he said.
He said officials have not heard from the girl’s parents, and no legal action is anticipated because it was only a violation of school policy.

"Something needs to be done about out of control school administrators."

 

LI lists these related prior posts:

• 10-year old Johnny Jones suspended for shooting imaginary arrow
• The zero-tolerance war on kindergarteners
• 12-year old RI student suspended for small keychain “gun”
• Maryland school offers counseling for students troubled by “pastry gun” incident
• 6-year old brings Quarter-sized toy gun on bus, threatened with detention and suspension
• Second Grader Suspended for Pointing Pencil Like a Gun
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• UPDATE below

He looked lovingly into our eyes and we knew we'd follow him no matter what...

Hat tip to Alan Caruba

This audio is dedicated to you lovers of big government (who are not likely to be visiting this site)  Via Neal Boortz

Walk of Shame 

Legal Insurrection

Alan Caruba: Obama's Moment of Truth---About His Lies

Warning Signs

 

Mr. Caruba makes a number of salient points in this excellent column which you are implored to read. But for reasons of my own, I have chosen to excerpt this one:

 

"Obama is the fulfillment of a long effort by the former Soviet Union, begun in the 1920s, to transform our society from one whose values and policies led the world in the effort to oppose communism even as it and European allies embraced socialist programs that are now threatening theirs and our economic stability. “Social justice” is the term adopted and exercised through “political correctness”, a philosophy that paints the U.S. as a heartless, rapacious, racist, capitalist nation more to be hated than admired.

Political correctness played a major role in the election of a virtually unknown first term Senator from Illinois because Americans wanted to demonstrate to the world that a black man could be elected President.

Rebrand ObamaCare all you want: A bad product is still bad

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Canada Free Press   "Even though a recent Rasmussen Reports telephone survey ... shows that 81 percent of voters believe ObamaCare should be repealed or changed, the president and the Democrats are clinging to their health care “titanic” full speed ahead! And instead of the working-class consumer choosing to use the product because they like it, the president and the Democrats are insisting on using the force of law – that only they knew what was in it – to shove this bad medicine down our throats anyway for ailments most of us do not have.
 

"In addition to the false advertising and scare tactics, the president is asking others to help him “spread the word” in his rebranding initiative:"
More here.

 

Urban legend: Obama's wedding ring

Claim:   Barack Obama's wedding ring bears an Arabic inscription reading “There is no god but Allah.”

Snopes says this is false:  Lord of the Ring

"This claim about Barack Obama's ring (shown in more detail here) looks to be an artifact of someone who has never actually seen the ring in question trying mightily to find a hidden message where none exists, however. All of the images used to illustrate the claim are either blurry, low-resolution close-ups or shots taken from too distant a perspective to clearly show the details of the gold band. Isolating the ring from a much higher-resolution photograph of President Obama's hand taken by photographer Miguel Villagran during a 5 June 2009 news conference in Dresden, Germany, shows the ring to bear what looks like nothing more than a plain loop-like pattern, with the top section matching the bottom:"

From About.com/ Urban Legends; Hi-Res Image of Barack Obama's Wedding Ring

"As you can see in the viral illustration at right, someone has worked very diligently to make it appear as though certain Arabic characters match certain lines and shadows on the face of Obama's ring. But, as you can also see, the alleged correspondence isn't just forced, it's utterly reliant on the defects of the fuzzy, low-resolution images used."

 

From The Christian Post: Barack Obama's 'Islamic' Wedding Ring Claim Proven False?  "According to About.com Urban Legends, Obama's ring bears an abstract design instead of an Arabic script initially spoken about by WND and the publication's sources. While the shahada, or Muslim profession of faith's phrase in its entirety states "There is no god but God and Muhammad is the prophet of God," some believed that the president's ring only contained the first part of the statement.
"However, Snopes.com, a website discussing urban legends, also seemed to debunk the rumors that the ring contained any Arabic writing at all."

We appreciate those who keep us abreast of rumors and legends floating around that damage the trust people have in conservative sources.
Hat to to Harley Standlee of Placerville, CA for this one.

The character of this President and, by extension, of the electorate who voted for him twice

Walter E. Williams Slams Obama: 'Incompetent,' 'Beyond Learning'  Video.

Über-Classy: Obama Uses Mandela Speech To Attack Republicans…

Speaking at such an historic event overseas, Obama should have made damn sure to steer clear of any hint of partisanship and moral judgement(sp) against his political opponents. But he can’t help himself.

Because Obama’s central animating principle as president is not leading the nation; it’s his vision of social justice. He doesn’t view himself as Republicans’ president too, but as the man bearing the progressive banner against their immoral, discriminatory ideology of hate.

NBC's Chuck Todd: White House Restricting Photo Access a "Version of Propaganda"

Brit Hume: We Are Riding With Obama Along His "Learning Curve"

... "The inefficiency and sluggishness of the federal bureaucracy is known to every politician and citizen who has had experience with it. But the president seems to have glided through his brief term in the Senate in his four plus years in the White House without noticing until now. Supremely self-confident intelligent people who lack experience often learn lessons the hard way because they don't know enough to know how much they don't know." ... 

That Obama/Castro handshake

What does Allan Gross and his family think about the handshake between Obama and Castro?

"It would have been a great opportunity for President Obama to show his displeasure about Mr Gross and human rights violations in general.  He could have shown the world that we shake some hands, like the President of Brazil, and skip others, like the dictator of Cuba."
 

Rubio slams Obama handshake with Castro  “ 'If the president was going to shake his hand, he should have asked him about those basic freedoms Mandela was associated with that are denied in Cuba,” Rubio said."

 NRO:  The Damage of a Handshake   ... "Until now, every American president had studiously avoided this mistake: At U.N. and other gatherings U.S. Secret Service and diplomats were under orders to make sure such a “photo op” so highly desired by the Castros did not happen.

"With his action President Obama has squandered U.S. prestige and honor."

Naturally Jimmy Carter liked it.  Because Mr. Carter and apparently President Obama never met a despot they did not like.

So did NBC's Brian Williams

Obama Shakes Blood-Stained Hand of Mass Murderer Robert Mugabe -Update: NBC Flushes Down The Memory Hole…   "Along with the brutal repression of his people, Mugabe’s forces have slaughtered an estimated 20,000 people."

 

Crowd Fail: Abbas, Mugabe Cheered, Bush Reportedly Booed At Mandela Memorial   "The fact that Bush has saved millions of African lives seems to have been lost on the crowd at the memorial, most of whom seemed to be African National Congress adherents.

"The ANC has its own legacy of terrorism and murder so perhaps cheering terrorists and dictators are right in line with that history.

"Bush, in a typical classy move, rose to applaud Obama’s remarks on Mandela, always showing respect to the office of the President."

 

Marshall Lambert @Marshall_ZA Follow

George and Laura Bush give @barackobama a standing ovation after his landmark speech at the #MandelaMemorial

TSA agent confiscates plastic toy pistol from sock monkey

Examiner.com

 

"Thanks to an alert TSA agent in St. Louis, Mo., the world is now safe from "Rooster Monkburn," a cowboy sock monkey whose tiny two-inch-long plastic pistol was confiscated, KING 5 reported Sunday.
"According to KING, Phyllis May of Redmond, Wash., is “appalled and shocked and embarrassed all at the same time” about the incident that took place last Wednesday.
"May, KING said, owns a small business making and selling the unique toys."
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"Common sense, it seems, has not been government policy for at least the last five years."

Life in the good old USA

Obamabot Singer Katy Perry Says She Banned Her Parents From Watching Her Perform At Obama’s Inauguration Because They’re Republicans…
"Aren’t libs always telling us how the right needs to be more tolerant and inclusive?"

 

Judge Orders Colorado Cake Maker To Serve Gay Couples  "The order from administrative law judge Robert N. Spencer said Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver discriminated against a couple “because of their sexual orientation by refusing to sell them a wedding cake for their same-sex marriage.' ”

America is no longer the Land of the Free.  "Nicolle Martin, an attorney for Masterpiece Cakeshop, said the judge’s order puts Phillips in an impossible position of going against his Christian faith: “He can’t violate his conscience in order to collect a paycheck. If Jack can’t make wedding cakes, he can’t continue to support his family. And in order to make wedding cakes, Jack must violate his belief system. That is a reprehensible choice. It is antithetical to everything America stands for.' ”

 

Armstrong Williams; Political Correctness: Bullying at its Worst  "According to the American Bar Association, “hate speech” is speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits."

 

MTV Declares Miley Cyrus Its Artist of the Year
Enough said.

From the I-kid-you-not department:
PTA Grinches in Frisco Texas Ban Red and Green at Christmas Party    "The rules are: There can be no reference to Christmas or any religious holiday, no red or green, no Christmas trees, and nothing that will stain the carpet of course."

Solving the income inequality puzzle

http://legalinsurrection.com/tag/a-f-branco/

Washington Times   "At the same time, the president’s programs have discouraged the bottom 15 percent from earning income. He essentially gives them a free ride by providing years of unemployment benefits, virtually free health care, and liberal welfare and food stamp benefits. The result has been the classic “the rich got richer and the poor got poorer.”
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"Bob and Ed are hungry and don’t know how to get food. Jane has been fishing all day and has 10 fish. This represents a very unequal distribution of wealth. The president’s solution would be to take 6 fish from Jane and give three each to Bob and Ed. The distribution is more equal for now, but there are two long-term problems.
"First, Bob and Ed have been made dependent on Jane for food. Second, Jane must catch enough food each day to feed herself and two others. In the long-run, this will not work."  Full article
Hat tip to John Uhrig, Plano, TX