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Appropriation - complete with cover up

The Obama campaign poster by Shephard Fairey still looks pretty cool but the artist has been totally busted after issuing proceedings to end accusations he had used a photograph taken by photojournalist Mannie Garcia.

As for that word HOPE.  It was thrilling when Obama became president - but he had little practical experience and despite various peakTV moment 'radical' proprosals such as to close Guantanamo Bay and to give the Palestinians a fair deal all came to nothing,  or actually less than nothing.  Bush-style troop surges and routine complicity with Israel have been maintained (admittedly, unavoidable in both the US and UK where all main parties would be bankrupted if those lobby groups withdrew funding - and the associated swing vote over there can be pivotal).  One of the low points was when the Washington administration of HOPE promptly withdrew funding from UNESCO when they recently recognised that Palestine actually existed.  FAIL.

Full story on the artist's LIES and criminality are on the BJP website.