Barack Obama's Face Could Single-Handedly Revive Our Economy
Feeling glum about America's economic woes? Sure, it may just be a mental recession, but that doesn't mean that it don't hurt.
That's why I was thrilled to read this Wall Street Journal piece about a homegrown industry that's really taking off: artistic homages to Barack Obama…
Much of the Obama art market is centered on "street art," a graffiti-inspired genre that takes the form of posters, stickers and other works that are meant to be plastered in public spaces. Limited-edition campaign posters that originally sold for as little as $45 are now selling at online auction site eBay Inc. for thousands of dollars, bid up by people assuming that prices will rise even further if Mr. Obama is elected.
Yes, he has his own art market now, just like Jesus and those poker-playing dogs. And talk about wealth creation — people are making mad scratch off this business. Perhaps you can, too!
Knowledgeable collectors have already turned a profit by buying multiples. Tanley Wong, a 30-year-old consultant for Fannie Mae in Washington, D.C., owns 30 to 40 Obama art prints, including several of [Shepard] Fairey's "Hope" prints, which were originally handed out at a rally at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mr. Wong, who has donated $1,000 to the Obama campaign, bought the posters for roughly $75 each on eBay from UCLA students and has subsequently resold some online for about $700 each.
"I'm really happy I was able to sell those and use the money to buy more art," Mr. Wong says. "Art's an investment."
Whoa there. If Fannie Mae is involved, this market is headed for collapse in five… four… three…
Hey, do you think the Fed would bail out Shepard Fairey? I guess they'd have to, because they set a precedent when they stepped in for that Bear Stearns guy. Besides, I hear art's an investment.
Kind of the way homes used to be.
(image via Ink Blot)
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I'm paying close to $200 a week, to get my kid to camp and back. I just had to send off a hefty check to the govt., to pay for a war I don't support. That's taxation without representation. I'm paying for an energy scam that is so secretive, the people aren't even allowed to know what kind of back room deals are going on. No bid contracts my patootie. It's time for justice. People. Wake up. Roughly 3/4 of you aren't voting. Where are your brass conjones? Let's get tough with these politicians. We are a force to be reckoned with, if we'd just get out of our prozac haze and come to our senses. No wonder the pharmacueticals are making the most money. Wake up. Get Smart. Hybrids are on the market now. I'll probably get the Ford Escape or Toyota Highlander. It's time to change. It's time for some accountability. It's time to get rid of Cheney.
Cheney has his Halliburton Golden Parachute, so if the country slips into depression, he'll be okay. Maybe he'll help the last few gas stations left in America, and we'll visit him for old time's sake. The time of these monopolies is over. Oil is over. The whole world knows it.
LOL. Guys are so predictable.
Anyone got lube so we can watch these two wrestle?
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I feel strongly that poetry should not be permitted.
The State of Our Union
This hot mess
Our state is in
is not bound
indefinitely
to fossil fuel
sure, it has its place
but we are stronger
we are smarter
America
Wake Up
The State of Our Union
is upon us
it is
what we make it
Time will tell
if our intuition
bears fruit
mine already has
my own predictions have come true
factor in what scientists have been saying all along
and the inevitability
of a future
beyond oil
is undeniable
somewhere along the way
we gave up our power
this crazed citizenry
gentle
calm
good
faithful
we can do it, America
stand up for your country
take it back from monopoly
somehow
we have been hypnotized
by a constant feed
of tripe and circumstance
streaming potpourri
combing morbid curiosity
visceral tragedy
twinges of injustice
speculation
postulation
and just plain hot air
these pundits
they don't know any better than you or I
It always gets back to just the facts, ma'am
follow the money
it'll usually give you the best clues
about where to start
those who have gained control
of America's future
are working for their own gain
Halliburton is more than just a govt. welfare hog
it's also Cheney's golden parachute
riches beyond most American's comprehension
Trillions?
I don't even know exactly how much that is
I do know
billions per month
is too much
to pay for something I don't approve of
Iraq
for one
Especially while Bin Laden is licking his chops for American blood
Those reports
on the news
that the search was over
what is that?
then why have we given so much power to the president of late?
Is it all to make oil deals happen? Is "democracy" the new code word
for shifty oil deals and quid pro quo goings on
secret meetings
dictators are lining up for a private meeting
and they've got money for the Bush library to prove it
what is happening to this great country?
How has the fox been let to run rampant in our henhouse?
Why do roughly 75% of the American population forfeit their vote?
With the other 25% making all the rules
How did energy policy become secret
back room deals
Cheney's personal playground
it's time to stand for America
Thank God Gore Grew a Pair
Now he's saying the things
He should have been saying years ago
While he and Bubba played the game of Kyoto
oil is a dinosaur technology
meet the new green, baby
The Eco Economy will boom
raise America up by its bootstraps
and liberate us at the pump
We are the Saudi Arabia of Wind
We can solarize our way to freedom
with plug in hybrids, solar rooftops and backyard windfarms
Our national security depends on it
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