"See, the irony is that what we need to do is get you and Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this ****."
Posted on 07/17/2006 1:14:49 PM PDT by wouldntbprudent
Wouldnbprudent explains: This is a series of photos from the G8 conference with some "body language" expert telling you what they mean. Check it out!
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Elvis is pretty universal, so here's hoping. Even is he isn't, I just hope the next PM is as much of a friend and ally as this Prime Minister is.
But it's fun silly crap.
Feel free to make up your own mind about the pics---to me, they tell me more about the dynamic at the G8 than thousands of words printed in the LSM.
I agree with you about Blair, especially as to how he apparently was walking. Not good.
Wow....these idiots are just now figuring this out???
My amatuer interpretation:
These pics are great because Bush looks large and in charge.......and other world leaders are wanting to be around him and want to be a part of whatever he is doing....no one wants to be left out!!!
Agreed. We need all the friends we can get. :o)
BBC Expert's view: Blair looks bad in a lot of these pictures. The others are walking quite purposefully, but Blair is very stiff and erect, as if he has stopped - the others all look as if they are moving forward.
Weegee's view: Obviously Blair is NOT stationary, or else he would not be "next to" the other leaders. It is a selective editorial decision to run with a photo that has him out of step with the others. The 'expert' is using these words to draw an allusion to Blair politically.
Photograph someone walking down the sidewalk (consecutive images) and some will be better at conveying motion than others. Now work with multiple figures walking. You may like aspects of one image more than another. That is the secret. Sometimes it is best to "overshoot" coverage so that the editor has more photos to choose from.
This is a continuation of the type of jabs the press took at Bush running audio gaffes (when they heard the same speech delivered without flaw several times that week) or scowling images.
Also from the first vantage point, it does look as though Chirac came up and butted in. Bush did not even turn around toward him. Then you see Blair was there on the other side---as if Chirac came in and cut between Blair and Koizumi and Bush did not turn away, knowing Blair was still behind him.
IOW, Blair might be ticked that Chirac butted in.
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These pics are great because Bush looks large and in charge.......and other world leaders are wanting to be around him and want to be a part of whatever he is doing....no one wants to be left out!!!
Exactly. These pics tell me about all I need to know about how Bush is operating on the world stage.
All I would "read" into that shot is that Tony Blair has a sore back, for whatever reason. He's moving almost as if he's wearing a brace.
Our Japanese friends did a good job in Iraq also. Their support and commitment has been very appreciated. :0)
Well, now that you mention it . . . !
They could be cousins....seriosuly
Two things about this pic:
One, the sign saying "United States of America" in front of Bush. Yaknow, just in case . . .
Two, Bush appears to be the only leader wearing the flag of his nation as a lapel pin.
The BBC has way too much time on their hands. Do they ever publish real news?
Do you really want them to? :-)
"The BBC has way too much time on their hands. Do they ever publish real news?"
Well, at least they didn't indulge themselves with a fussy little tangent over who was wearing what, in what color and by what designer, as they've been known to do in the past.
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