White House Warns: Don't Photoshop Obama Gun Pic

[green73]

The White House has released a picture purporting to show President Obama "skeet shooting" at Camp David. An activity he claims he does "all the time."

The White House also warns all you mischievous internet types to not mess around with the picture:

"This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House."

http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/02/02/White-House-Warns-Don-t-Photoshop-Obama-Gun-Pic

You know what to do
http://memegenerator.net/

 

[fr33]

Please somebody put lady liberty at the end of the barrel.

 

[pcosmar]

Piss poor Shoulder contact.
Hope it bruises.

 

[BSU kid]

I guess the FOIA is now null and void.

17 U.S.C. § 101
In the United States, U.S. Government works are covered by 17 USC § 105.59 "Copyright protection … is not available for any work of the United States Government, but the United States is not precluded from receiving and holding copyrights transferred to it by assignment, bequest, or otherwise." Exceptions are available for certain works of the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Postal Service. Copyright protection may be available for U.S. Government works outside the United States (see FAQ Section 3.1.6). When a copyrighted work is transferred to the U.S. Government, the Government becomes the copyright owner and the work retains its copyright protection.

 

[phill4paul]

http://memegenerator.net/Duck-Hunting-Prez

 

[freejack]

Oh no you di'int!

 

[kathy88]

Reported.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

The photograph may not be used ... in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President

NO PROBLEM! LOL!

Don't clay pigeons usually fly higher than that? Maybe he's been taking lessons from Dick Cheney?

-t

 

[ronpaulhawaii]

"...The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House."

Can I assume that any memes of how they would disapprove of this photo being made into memes (using borders for the text) is fair game?

 

[presence]

http://memegenerator.net/Duck-Hunting-Prez


BEAT ME TO IT!!!

+rep

 

[presence]

 

[phill4paul]

Piss poor Shoulder contact.
Hope it bruises.

Probably photoshopped the smoke.

 

[ItsTime]

I guess the FOIA is now null and void.

This

 

[LibertyEagle]

Isn't he holding the gun rather strangely? It almost looks at an angle to his body.

 

[mello]

So, would it be a felony if I photoshopped him blowing holes into the constitution or would I just get audited every year?

 

[ItsTime]

Isn't he holding the gun rather strangely? It almost looks at an angle to his body.

They don't want us to photoshop it because they already photoshopped it hahahaha

 

[Pericles]

Isn't he holding the gun rather strangely? It almost looks at an angle to his body.

The stance of someone not comfortable with a firearm.

 

[presence]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse

That statement is actually a blanket statement on all the photos on the whitehouse flicker page

if you right click on any of the photos a link comes up:

This photo is

United States Government Work

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[pcosmar]

The stance of someone not comfortable with a firearm.

And people that know that, notice.

 

[phill4paul]