Posted on 01/04/2013 6:13:49 PM PST by John Semmens
A photo of the 61 female members of Congress including the photo-shopped images of four absentees was defended by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) who says that the altered image “more accurately portrayed reality than the unaltered actual photo.”
“Sometimes what you see isn't as true as what you should see,” Pelosi explained. “Since we now have the technology to seamlessly correct the official record it would be foolish for us not to use it.”
The Minority Leader brushed aside criticisms that altering official history in this manner recalls a practice used by the former Soviet Union. “Just because the Soviet Union was disliked by many on the American right-wing doesn't mean that everything they did was a bad idea,” she said. “There could be very good reasons for erasing or inserting certain persons in official photos. With everything being digital these days modifying the record is simplicity itself.”
In related news, Pelosi asserted that “one of the biggest problems we have in Congress is that many of those in the Republican Caucus don't believe in government. I'm not saying that they don't believe that government exists. They just lack confidence that government is willing and able to provide optimal solutions to society's problems. They persist in the delusion that leaving individuals free to make their own choices is better than letting government with its virtually inexhaustible power and expertise decide what's best for the whole.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/125764-2013-01-04-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-january-6-2013.htm
In the early days of the Bolshevik Revolution, Comrade Stalin (lower right) had few friends and was forced to labor alone. Eventually, he found one friend (lower left) who would assist him him in his efforts for the Russian people. Together, these two friends made contact with a third (upper right). Eventually, many revolutionalies came to appreciate Stalin's genius, and he had a great many friends (upper left).
Mark
A clear *Satire* indicator would be nice. John, as much as I love your writing, there are people here who don’t get the satire part and go and post these gems as Real News somewhere else. Or blow a gasket here! Truly shows your talent.
I once wrote a satire piece about a Free Speech Waiting Period and too many people took it seriously!
Whoa!!!! I almost posted a reply.
Dirty dawg.
Good one.
Stalin had the habit of removing people from photographs. Pelosi just added people to a photograph. So I told the story backwards, to make Stalin and Pelosi do the same thing. It's satire, remember?
That’s what makes these so fun.
I almost got trapped but, then thought “Whoa! Wait a minute. That sounds almost too stoopit to be true”.
I bailed on my response, looked at the poster and was glad I didn’t respond. I would’ve looked even number than I already am.
Satire Shoe? LOL ....WTH?
Pelosi: You have to take the photo before you can know who is in it.
*chuckle*
Queen Nan looks her most elegant best!
‘Rats lie routinely anyway - what’s one more phony photo.....
bfl
Semi news/Semi satire in red at the top not enough for you to see?
LOL John
Hey san fran nan, can we use modern technology to photoshop the two grifters out of the white hut too?
Well, it's not excerpted. That kind of gets it a pass.
While the war on blogpimping has been wildly successful,
branching out into other areas might be pushing it a bit.
Nothing prevents you from starting your own vigilante action, though... ;-)
Of course Botox Nan is fine with anything being “doctored”...
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