Originally, I didn't want to get all in a huff about Obamamania's presidential seal. After all, every candidacy loves to abuse imagery to send some kind of subliminal message to the masses.
But after reading Matt Hurley's piece on the seal, I think there is a larger context to this whole seal deal. Namely, this "every thing Obama" has taken on cult like status. It's not the faking of his seal to look like the presidential seal that's the issue but the message that his seal (and his presidency) somehow transcends our established political institutions.
From Matt
And now, we examine the...uh...changes:
- The most noticeable change is the replacement of the shield with the Obama logo. Does this mean that the logo's creator believed that Obama was more important than America, which the shield represents?
- Behind the eagle head, is a rising sun - which in this context is supposed to evoke the idea that america's best days are ahead not behind (a noble thought), but does the logo's creator actually think that the only way America gets to see those better days is through Obama?
- The Latin phrase "E pluribus unum" which means "out of many, one" suggesting that out of many states emerge a single nation or out of many people have a single people and nation emerged is replaced with the Bob, the Builder classic line in Latin, "Vero Possumus" or "Yes, we can!" Again, the logo creator has chosen style over substance by ignoring America's history. On purpose?
If Obamamania is elected, what's next? Giant statues of him on all our public squares? Offices required to frame pictures of him?
I know it borders on the absurd but if you listen to clowns like Will Smith talk about this guy, you start to wonder.
If you've never heard the song Cult of Personality by Living Colour, you need to.
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