It's seriously mind boggling that anybody in the White House could believe that there's a snowball's chance in hell of that not being caught.

Wow. That's... wow. Just SO DUMB - covering things like that up just draws attention to them

No you can't have a free and open democracy.

NOT YOURS!

What "Mission Accomplished" banner?

Standard procedure. They've scrubbed clean quite a few of the President's speeches where he mentions things that no longer exist.

In other news, Winston Smith is happily employed.

could someone be so kind as to post the article in here? i'm getting blocked here at work.

Yeah, yeah, thought police, blah blah blah. Victory Gin, yadda yadda.

bales
It's not an article, it's a YouTube video.

Basically, he's showing that the White House edited the video footage of the "Mission Accomplished" speech. Before, it had him speaking against the background of the ship, with the Mission Accomplished banner in the background.

Now, that video has no such banner, and has some applauding people pasted into the background. Not even done well, either.

John Kerry hates our troops.

Isn't that why they say that the winners get to rewrite history ?

This is what he meant when he promised to restore honor and integrity to the White House?


*praying for impeachment*

PianoJosh:

thanks.

wow.. what a dirty ass trick. shows you how keen this administration is to subtlty.

Why add a black bar? Why not just crop the video?

More for the memory hole.

Worst commentary EVAR!!

That guy should go on the road with Madden. Thank god he didn't have the doodle thingy.

mialynneb: That guy should go on the road with Madden.

And you gotta WHAM! the video here and here.

I'd be more likely to forget about the banner if three penguins popped up from a hole in the ground, looked around suspiciously, and then disappeared down the hole again, waving their cute little fins.

All of the videos on whitehouse.gov are formatted the exact same way. I'd guess the white house videographers shoot everything widescreen, and the webmasters didn't set up the letterboxing right when encoding the files.

Sorry, nothing to see here. Move along.

jarrett: Sorry, nothing to see here. Move along.

So explain why the background in the video is completely different from the picture.

jarrett: All of the videos on whitehouse.gov are formatted the exact same way. I'd guess the white house videographers shoot everything widescreen, and the webmasters didn't set up the letterboxing right when encoding the files.

Sorry, nothing to see here. Move along.

sarcasm right?......

/hopes so

jarrett
Okay then, where did the applauding people come from?

Just another example of why this man is in the running for:

Apply the "Mission Accomplished" banner directly to the forehead.
Apply the "Mission Accomplished" banner directly to the forehead.
Apply the "Mission Accomplished" banner directly to the forehead...

japhy: Why add a black bar? Why not just crop the video?

looked like something left blank intentionally for news channels to throw a crawl up against.

THAT mission WAS accomplished.

Fabian: sarcasm right?......

I don't understand how that could sound sarcastic. All of the videos on the website have the black bar. Is someone suggesting the white house cropped every video just to make the censorship look consistent?

neglogon: So explain why the background in the video is completely different from the picture.

The video and photo were taken from locations with different focal length lenses. It's all a matter of perspective.

Seriously, people. This is just silly.

And of course, the source is unimpeachable.

Big deal. They cropped out something that turned into a political firestorm. It's politics, people. Not real.

Rosemary Woods must have risen from her grave as a zombie, and then blessed GWB with a gift of 18 minutes of -this space intentionally made blank-

jarrett

I don't understand how that could sound sarcastic. All of the videos on the website have the black bar. Is someone suggesting the white house cropped every video just to make the censorship look consistent?

I pulled up a bunch of videos randomly and some have the black bar and some do not so it's pretty clear that it wasn't done intentionally to just the "Mission Accomplished" speech.

Unless you're a tinfoil hat wearer and think that they randomly put the black bar in other videos to make us think it's random ;)

I still stand by my earlier assertion that he sucks though.

I think you're all overreacting. Obviously this is the widescreen edition!

/yes, that was sarcasm

z_gringo: banner?

BANNER? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING BANNER!

Once again, the Village Idiot attempts to "revise" History.

Walking Carpet: You are so right. (Cue Talking head newsman)...In today's news, in a landslide, Dubya has won the less than coveted title of Worst President ever. When asked for his reaction, fellow idiot and Reboobagain Herbert Hoover said "Well, we tried hard by throwing hard by throwing the Nation into a debilitating Depression, but Dubya and his action of starting a war in Iraq just was the event that lost it for us". As usual, Karl Rove was attempting to put a positive spin on Dubya being such a Dumbass.

All You Farkers
Hope you all went to the polls today and voted. It's the least you can do as a citizen.

WalkingCarpet: I still stand by my earlier assertion that he sucks though.

I agree with that. Bush sucks. The entire administration sucks. The vast majority of their policies really, really suck.

However, this video is not altered or censored. Trying to make this into a big issue is not wise.

Furthermore, if you look at the composition of the video, the banner isn't just out of frame... it's waaaay out of frame.

That Warren Harding fellow sure thinks we are out of touch.

There are several instances of the White House website being scrubbed of unwanted words that could come back and damn them. And while I don't buy any conspiracy theory concerning the banner, it is clear that it was cropped out of the video intentionally.

Sooner or later, someone will forget.

You're right, Jarret. The angle is very different (look at the radar dome).

WalkingCarpet: it's pretty clear that it wasn't done intentionally to just the "Mission Accomplished" speech.
....
I still stand by my earlier assertion that he sucks though.

Agreed.

Made this a while back. I just need to change the words "a post-it note" to "your propaganda".

Flab: look at the radar dome

I'm pretty sure that's a CWIS, not a radar dome. But I could be wrong.

Now I'll let you kids get back to your pointless bickering over political over minutiae...

jarrett: Furthermore, if you look at the composition of the video, the banner isn't just out of frame... it's waaaay out of frame.

Excellent point. Move along, people. While Bush does suck, this is a non-story.

No. No, I saw it. I'm pretty sure of it. But like John Kerry, it was simply misunderstood.

This is an obvious fraud.

All the videos on Whitehouse.gov are in Real format. Nobody installs that piece of crap.

I just don't understand why they wouldn't want the banner to be seen. I mean, it's almost like saying something, then when you're called on it, you claim you never said it - even though it has been recorded...


Stand up and be proud! You've been running the country for 6 years with your party in control of Congress. You fired every person who was an expert on the Middle East, didn't listen to any of your generals, and refused to fire Rummy or Rice even though they were colossal farkups because you believe in them.

So list your accomplishments for everyone to see and be proud!

Yeah so what's your point.

We've never been stay the course either.

ManAtWork: All the videos on Whitehouse.gov are in Real format. Nobody installs that piece of crap.

Not when they know about Real Alternative.

Non-issue. The camera for the video was never at such an angle as to capture the banner.

Can't explain the black bar, but the banner wasn't ever in-frame on that vid.