This bizarre painting depicts the fantasy world the repubs live in

[Philosoraptor]

"one nation under god', by jon mcnaughton

[Solly Mack]

1. Like peering into a very disturbed mind

Meh. Maybe the ah, artist drops acid...which would also explain it.

[MrModerate]

2. And had waaaay too many bad trips . . . n/t

[Philosoraptor]

3. I like the trippy sinning section on the lower right

[Solly Mack]

10. I can see the FSM being photoshopped in, just above the head of Jesus

with his noodly appendages blended in with the clouds (which sorta look like noodly appendages to begin with)...the appendages reaching out and touching the shoulders of the people who have the misfortune of being included in the mind-fuck

The soldier with the modern uniform is supposed to be a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. So the ah, artist says...

[seemunkee]

38. Someone in the lounge put in FSM, Waldo, a squirrel and Moran man

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9065032#9065308

[corpseratemedia]

57. trucknuts on a squirrel!!

i see jesus but....no baby jesus - thank you baby jesus for this rw painting! :silly:

[66 dmhlt]

128. Crashing Squirrelized!

[CitizenLeft]

166. RRROTFLMAO!

[XemaSab]

173. From city of mills

[4_TN_TITANS]

194. ROFL.....

I miss all the good photoshops that used to grace the pages of DU

[Solly Mack]

134. LOL! Thank you!!!!!!!!

[Betty Karlson]

52. The artist may be suspected of racism

Apart from that ONE soldier supposedly depicting the Reverend Dr. King, do you see even one minority in this painting?

[ashling]

69. In the Amen section

That's Clarence Thomas just lower and to the left (imagine that) of Sarah Palin.

[Betty Karlson]

135. I stand corrected. But I'd still say

minorities are more absent from this painting than warranted. And Mrs Palin believes in witchcraft. As witch-burnings were the only human sacrifices the Christians have (sorely mistaken) brought to our God, I'd rather place Mrs Palin in a painting called "One nation, slipping away from under God".

[JHB]

96. Yes, I do see them... way in the back

Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, a black Union soldier. All peeking up fron from the back of the busxxxxpainting.

[booley]

208. Seven

One soldier (though how the hell would a guy in the military be a tribute to MLK, a pacifist? And it was Truman who desegregated the military long before the March on Selma)

There's the immigrant who I guess is Asian? Hard to tell

And there's the college student. So I guess we should be happy that at least this guy knows that black people can learn stuff.

There's also the black civil war soldier (who was fighting against the conservatism of his day)

Frederick Douglas and harriet Tubman (also Liberals of their day. Abolitionism and racial equality were NOT conservative positions in the 1860s)

And there's Sequoyah, the Cherokee who invented their written language.

This just goes to show how cons often co-opt history without even bothering to understand it first.

[Kookaburra]

21. Yeah, but I don't see no gays in that section

I'm insulted. This "artist" clearly doesn't understand who qualifies to go in the trippy sinner section.

[JHB]

41. Wouldn't that be Mr. "hugging himself" on the middle-right?

I mean, they can't show anything "overtly" gay because the whole point is to shove them back in the closet, but the unbuttoned shirt and jacket and the odd pose (and the lack of any more obvious candidates) strikes me as just vaguely "faggy" enough for a Bizzaro-land picture like this.

What else would he be? Hollywood celebrity? (and hey, it could be double-duty as both.)

[file83]

170. Did you notice the Grim Reaper next to the "Gay" guy?

My guess is that the artist is using that to represent AIDS since he's closest to the man we guess is gay.

[truebrit71]

178. I had to look really hard but I found it...this painter is grade-a nutjob..

...and COMPLETELY oblivious to the history of this country...

[JackRiddler]

203. He is, in fact, "Mr. Hollywood" - and you know who the shadowy guy is behind him?

SATAN!

You can go to the artist's site and see a version with scroll-over captions describing the significance of every figure in this Work for the Ages.

I guess the author avoided painting gay men for the usual reasons.

[booley]

210. Gays dont' exist

Remember?

[Mad_Dem_X]

40. Why is there a pregnant woman

in the "sinners section"? :shrug:

[lunatica]

45. 'unwed' sinner of the first degree

sex out of wedlock. Maybe the repentant judge next to her is the father.

[JVS]

150. Those are the Abortion Seeker and Liberal Activist Judge!

[newspeak]

131. yep, there's that pregnant fornicating woman of sin

And, you notice that man with the wad of money, I thought he'd be on the other side, since ya know, everyone loves supply side Jesus.

[hobbit709]

9. Believe me, not acid!

PCP maybe.

[Solly Mack]

11. I'll go with that

though I have seen some truly trippy paintings that were done during flashbacks

[Xipe Totec]

4. Great Zombie Jesus! n/t

[MrModerate]

5. I think the Jebus-like character is actually Aragorn . . .

Isn't that the One Tree on his chest?

I guess that makes the artist a crypto-Numenorean.

Unless it's a sea anemone, which would make it an adult Spongebob.

[shadowknows69]

70. Nope, that's the tree of Gondor alright.

Hey it won best picture. Why not steal a successful logo to promote the Big J

[Withywindle]

172. I had the exact same thought!

Well, he certainly looks more Dunedain than Israeli....

[pnwmom]

6. And look at all those bad liberals, with their books, money, and microphones

turning their back on Jesus. I can't figure out what the pregnant woman is doing there though. She obviously didn't have an abortion. Is she pregnant out of wedlock? Maybe the Supreme Court justice is the father?

[Buzz Clik]

75. Who the hell knows. It's pure insanity.

[TexasObserver]

7. The judge crying while the (unmarried?) pregnant woman looks on.

The news lady with the mike. The suit with the cash.

Is that an evil professor I see?


I'd love to see a painting of this artist blowing smoke up his own ass.

[Philosoraptor]

8. And a barely visible Satan in a hoody

[TexasObserver]

12. Yeah, Satan is back there being buddies with the college prof and that liberal guy.

I wonder if all those great Americans who died before the Pledge was changed to include "under God" in 1954 are burning in hell. Clearly, they didn't give God and Jesus their proper place.


Which was the first generation of American high school grads to burn the flag? Why, the ones who started pledging "under God" in 1954, and pledged it every day in school for the next 12 years!

That worked great, didn't it?!

[wolfgangmo]

167. That ain't Satan - thats a homeless dude.

Obviously he is a sinner and getting punished by being homeless.

[FormerDittoHead]

13. Is that supposed to be Ben Franklin on the left? Oh my God - this guy is serious!

http://www.lordsart.com/onenaungodby.html

"These men and women were passionately religious and saw the hand of God all around them..."

Here are some things Franklin wrote:

http://www.atheistempire.com/greatminds/quotes.php?author=27

"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Poor Richard's Almanack, 1758

"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."

"He (the Rev. Mr. Whitefield) used, indeed, sometimes to pray for my conversion, but never had the satisfaction of believing that his prayers were heard." Franklin's Autobiography

[Philosoraptor]

14. Also Lincoln, Kennedy, T. Roosevelt, Reagan, where the hell is Bill Clinton?

[Retrograde]

206. I thought it was Thomas Jefferson

But why does he have a halo? Franklin makes just as much sense, I suppose.

And, content aside, the artist needs to study perspective some more.

[leveymg]

15. Also note the weeping Union soldier while Stonewall Jackson looks on.

Reagan makes it into the fold without any lamentation at all. Guess Mcnaughton didn't get the e-mail about JFK.

[Philosoraptor]

18. Hey, it's Sarah Palin right by that Marine!!!

[leveymg]

30. School teachers can't afford titanium frames.

And, Palin doesn't have much use for books. ;-)

[JBoy]

81. Looks more like Bailey from WKRP.

[lumberjack_jeff]

157. A naughty, naughty Bailey in need of a spanking. n/t

[JBoy]

168. Riding without a helmet is pretty naughty...

[TrogL]

213. The wanton slut - she made eye contact!!!

...and she's supposed to be riding side-saddle to preserve her precious hymen.

[JHB]

97. Stonewall? or Grant?

Hard to tell, but why is the Union guy weeping in the first place? What's that all about?

[wolfgangmo]

159. Because the Union was wrong, wrong, wrong.

Some posters here have asked where the minorities are in this pic. My guess given the weeping union soldier is that they are all on the plantations, like they are supposed to be, except for the few "OK" (i.e. white acting) tokens. After all, the union was wrong, wrong, wrong. And if they had any shame or intelligence they would know it and repent before Lord Jeebus.

[HughBeaumont]

162. Frederick Douglass is way . . . WAY in the back and faded.

You can barely see him, but he's there.

[Paper Roses]

16. Politics aside, this guy has talent.

[Philosoraptor]

19. Talent aside, this guy is seriously delusional

[TrogL]

212. Talent? Just what the world needs - another kitsche artist

I get a kick out of spotting problems in Kincaide paintings.

[leveymg]

28. By whose measure? This is Soviet Realism, and not well done. Go to the guy's site and look at his

other paintings. The pastoral landscapes are like something you'd buy at a "$15 Buys You Fine Framed Art" warehouse. Suitable for hanging in a Motel 6.

[lunatica]

49. And what a waste of talent that is

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

141. No he doesn't.

It's hackwork.

[wolfgangmo]

161. No he doesn't

While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, in this case, ugly goes to the bone.

It isn't even that well done. He saw a niche of stupid church dwellers who would pay to have art that reflected their twisted souls and he exploited it. I hope he is laughing all the way to the bank.

The rest of the stuff on his website is pure crap, IMHO.

[Hissyspit]

191. I could paint this, but I don't.

The 'I don't' is really important.

[Chulanowa]

17. All kinds of crazy

It's like he realized he doesn't understand Christianity, History, or American politics, and while reeling from this epiphany of ineptitude, he decided to break out the oils and share it with the rest of us.

+10 points for the Lincoln jazz hands though

[bettyellen]

55. LOL

[Vickers]

199. "Lincoln jazz hands"

:rofl:

[zbdent]

20. the ironic thing is ...

if Jesus were alive today, Bush would have had him in Gitmo, and some real terrorists would have been counting their 5K pieces of silver for turning him in ...

[Buzz Clik]

22. One nation, except the assholes to the left of Jeebus with their back to him.

Yeah, those lefties need to eat shit and die. THEN, we'd have one nation.

Who Would Jeebus Purge?

[Canuckistanian]

23. Funny, that's my idea of Hell

Surrounded by sanctimonious pricks telling me how to live my life.

[Buzz Clik]

24. And for the record, that white guy is Jeebus's modern day publicity agent. This is Jeebus:

[Mister Ed]

190. You're correct. Jesus is black.

Think about it:

God is black.

We know because the Good Book tells us so. It says He made the first humans in His own image. And it's a matter of archaeological record that the first humans were Africans. So, clearly, God is black.

The Bible also tells us that Jesus is the Son of God. Obviously, if Dad is black, his Son is going to be black.

So: God's black. Jesus is black. And some of these pseudo-Christian racist righties are gonna be in for a big surprise when their Judgment Day comes!

[CBGLuthier]

25. Why is Lincoln channeling Al Jolson?

[Philosoraptor]

36. mammy! Mammy! MAMMY!!!

[8 track mind]

211. Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gaaaaaaaaallll! n/t

[wolfgangmo]

160. Why are all of them doing a chorus line thing on the right side of Jeebus?

One, singular obsession.

[TrogL]

215. You sure that isn't the Time Warp?

[HughBeaumont]

26. The white Blind Melon Jesus asks the boy to point out where it says "under GAWD"

"Aaaaaaaaaand you're pointing to the signatures. No kingdom for you!"

[eShirl]

27. Is that supposed to be the U.S. Constitution he's holding up?

We were meant to be a slavery country?

[piratefish08]

29. Why are they worshipping Kurt Cobain holding a record contract?

sad, little deluded minds.........

[leveymg]

33. You put your finger right on it. I thought I recognized that guy. LOL

[piratefish08]

35. Smells Like Pregnant Teen Spirit!

[cherish44]

31. My suggested title for this: J.C.'s Lonely Hearts Club Band

wow this guy got ahold of some bad stuff

[Starry Messenger]

32. Oh for the love of FSM.

There are so many things wrong here. On the left are two civil rights leaders who are literally the furthest back in the crowd. There are only two other black dudes and an asian guy and the rest are white people. Jesus is portrayed as some Nordic godlike being. Ronald Reagan is so prominent he rivals Jesus for eyeball time. Then he randomly sticks an astronaut in there? WTF ever.

[leveymg]

34. The really weird thing is Martin Luther King dressed up as an Iraq War soldier next to Reagan

The name tag says "KING".

[Starry Messenger]

37. You've got good eyes.

I can't see the name tag. My eyes keep drifting back to Reagan, who looks like he's wearing lifts.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

43. Mr. Sharpeyes, what are the titles of the books?

There's one being held by the black guy in the white shirt in the lower left side and the academic looking guy(?) in the upper lower right also has a book.

Is it Mika with the microphone? Ha! Sure looks like her!

[leveymg]

53. "The Origin of the Species", by Charles Darwin. What else could it be?

There's no title on the book held by the black guy. Guess the McNaughton couldn't think of a single book that he considers fit to be read by American students, other than the Bible.

Mika's not really liberal media. None of them are.

[JHB]

64. There's a page that gives a magnified view...

...and identifies the people (with satirical commentary)

credit to one of the posters below for the link:
http://www.shortpacked.com/McNaughton%20Fine%20Art.htm


"Professor"'s book is "The Origin od Species" by Charles Darwin (of course)

The book held by the guy next to the marine is "The Five Thousand Year Leap". The author, in three words: Glen Beck's Guru.

[Buzz Clik]

78. What? No "Heather Has Two Mommies"?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

142. If you go to the guy's website and scroll over each figure...

it gives you the artists interpretation for each figure.

For example, the immigrant in the lower left is cowering before the white Jesus because he's a heathen. Also, America is good because we have freedom of religion, including these cowardly heathens.

[woo me with science]

198. If you scroll over the teacher,

you learn that the value of good teachers "cannot be underestimated."

[Peace Patriot]

83. Ah, an astronaut! Thanks! I was thinking the black guy was a Cylon. nt

[Starry Messenger]

101. It's Christa McAuliffe

who was killed in the Challenger disaster. Sort of random and tasteless of the artist.

[Lilith Velkor]

124. There's an Original American all the way in the back

I don't see an Asian.

[Starry Messenger]

132. I think he's in the foreground on the left.

Holding his arm up? I might be wrong, now that I've had coffee and looked a little closer it's hard to really tell. I also missed the black Civil War soldier in the back. He's sort of obscured by Franklin's giant head.

[eppur_se_muova]

175. It's like the Monty Python Ypres sketch ... nt

[Mad_Dem_X]

39. Wrong on so many levels

One of which is that God and Jesus are not even mentioned in the Constitution.

[Vinca]

42. I guess the painting wouldn't work if they put the Jesus

born in the Middle East in the painting. The wingnuts only love Swedish Jesus.

[JHB]

44. Is that Frederick Douglas next to Davey Crockett?

Trippier and trippier....


And did Davey really dress the way they had him in that Disney movie?

[LeftinOH]

46. I'm gonna have to learn photoshop - just so I can make some alterations to this n/t

[Hugin]

47. Ok, I give up...

Where's the squirrel?

[LeftinOH]

54. That's what I was hoping for - a giant squirrel in the foreground.

[warrior1]

48. The First American's

[LeftinOH]

50. The woman's face directly above the Constitution..is it, is that -Terri Schiavo? --

or a younger Stockard Channing?

[PassingFair]

51. What's the paper on the steps? The trashed Constitution?

Yes, better to replace that GODLESS document
with the 10 Commandments or what ever the
glowing dead guy is holding up.

Where's our Masonic imagery at?

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

71. Supreme Court Decisions - Marbury v Madison, Gibbons v Ogden

Roe v Wade, Kelo v New London, Everson v Board of Education

Courtesy of the hilarious site with the key in post # 56.

[Starry Messenger]

56. Here's a link that tells who people are:

http://www.shortpacked.com/McNaughton%20Fine%20Art.htm

Rollover for (satirical) descriptions.

[leveymg]

60. That is too funny for words. Did you do that?

:+

[Starry Messenger]

65. I wish!

:D I found it on a Huffington post article about this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/06/jon-mcnaughton-painting-s_n_311912.html

edit: hmm, must have been off of somewhere else, looks like that is different.

[knitter4democracy]

127. I needed that extra commentary. I get it now!

What a scary, crazy painting.

[truebrit71]

181. ROFL! That is funny!!

:rofl:

[Gwendolyn]

209. That was a hoot!!! Thanks! :-D n/t

[justiceischeap]

58. I like how John Adams and Alexander Hamilton are Lincoln's "back-up" girls n/t

[Buzz Clik]

73. They are The Pips to Abe's Gladys Knight. "Woo woo!! Leavin' on a midnight train!"

[Orsino]

59. Viggo looks really pissed off...

...about the terms of his LotR contract.

[shadowknows69]

62. Bwah ha ha ha!!! Best laugh I've had all week thanks.

"Will you stand? Sheep of the West!!!"

[shadowknows69]

61. That is really frakking disturbing. I'm glad I have therapy tomorrow.

Just imagine a bunch of Iranian citizens gathered around the grand Ayatollah or Mohammed instead of the founders and Caucasian Jesus and it's the same picture. In place of Jesus there should just be a giant dollar sign.

[Burma Jones]

63. He's no Thomas Kinkade!!!!

Where's Nixon?

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

67. Although clearly a devotee - note the glowing light seeping from the Capitol and Supreme Court?

Now if those 2 got together, what a blockbuster art powerhouse that would be! Imagine this same picture, but with winding flagstone paths shrouded in wisteria and cherry blossoms and all the people holding gently glimmering candles? (Except the Godless ones in the lower right, natch) The Franklin Mint would go crazy!!!!!

[Odin2005]

66. That is majorly messed up.

[spanone]

68. god??? i thought it was one nation under bob!!!!

[treestar]

72. Why is the union soldier crying?

State's rights?

[Buzz Clik]

74. He could have had a V-8

[Echo In Light]

76. Shouldn't they be depicted forming a lynch mob to cut the hippy's hair before they stomp him?

[ehrnst]

79. No to mention he's wearing a dress...(nt)

[Echo In Light]

80. Next comes the high grade dope and anal sex

[Buzz Clik]

77. Why isn't Jeebus riding a dinosaur?

[leveymg]

85. Dinosaurs died out in a flood 3,000 years earlier. What are ya, some kind of ignorantmouse?

O8)

[newtothegame]

82. There's something wrong with Americans reaching out to God? Makes them disturbed?

Why not, reaching out to my fellow man has never worked out too well for me.

[ieoeja]

183. There is something disturbing about thinking America is God's chosen country.

There is something disturbing about portraying Jesus as an Anglo in an attempt to pretend that White men are God's chosen people.

There is something disturbing about taking men famous for their Atheism/Deism and pretending they were devout Christians (e.g. Franklin, Payne, Jefferson, Washington and probably more in that pic).

[JBoy]

84. Why is that British airman crying?

Maybe it's Richard Dawson, hearing that he's being written out of Hogan's Heroes.

[gatorboy]

86. Jesus was a white guy?

[HughBeaumont]

163. Jesus was a serious James Franco.

:)

[merh]

87. Wow, Jesus gave us the constitution.

I must have missed that in the Bible/NT and my history books.

:crazy:

And why is Lincoln painted in the Al Jolson pose?

[Echo In Light]

99. If this keeps up he may even attain Chuck Norris-type mythical status!

[merh]

104. I'm sure you noticed, Reagan is not wearing a flag pin on his lapel

and his hand isn't over his heart.

And where is Norris? I don't see him in the painting? Perhaps he is there but can't be seen because he is standing behind Reagan, he is a short little man.

And there is not a Bush to be found.

[Peace Patriot]

88. Could that be Daniel Jackson (wearing glasses, holding book) among the sinners

with Anubis (in the hood) behind him? Can anybody read the title of the book the guy with glasses is holding?

[chatnoir]

105. Darwin's "The Origin of Species"

[JHB]

106. It's "Origin of Species" by Darwin

Post #56 has a link to a site that has a magnifier function to (satiricly) identify the people. The writing is visible there.

[gkhouston]

130. No, it's Connor MacLeod of the clan MacLeod and he's hiding a sword under the book.

He's about to slaughter all of them. :evilgrin:

[Hissyspit]

193. He represents College Professors who teach Evolution.

Under the influence of Satan (hooded figure behind all the evil liberals). This painting is stupid as shit.

Except in that it will make a lot of money for this asshole.

[saltpoint]

89. Which one is Bill O'Reilly?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

93. He's playing Jefferson.

See the loofah?

[saltpoint]

100. lol

[gratuitous]

90. Why is Aragorn holding a Chinese menu?

Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein?

[sofa king]

91. It's the opening line of a bad joke.

Fifty white guys, eight white women, and a one-armed black soldier are blocking traffic outside of the Cannon building when Jesus comes along and says...

[Blue_Tires]

92. if this is satire, this it is THE pinnacle of western civilization

if the artist was serious, then I don't know what to say....

[deaniac21]

94. Looks like something right out of Missouri.

[Marr]

95. Flag, God, and things like "free trade"... they're all part of one big

sacred stew for these types of people. I don't think that's coincidental. I think the concept is pushed in a thousand little ways in our culture. Figures like Washington and Lincoln aren't so much examined as historical figures, but elevated and enshrined as quasi-religious ones.

[SoCalDem]

98. Why is Abe Lincoln singing "Mammy" ? & George Washington giving gang signals?

:)

[saltpoint]

102. An entire line of Jesus geo-action figures is in the works. This one is Beltway

Jesus.

I think ANWAR Jesus is next, featuring Jesus of course, in the foreground of giant oil equipment, EX-Governor Palin alongside, surrounded by kneeling, reverent oil executives...

[Echo In Light]

111. Jeebus and *Super ACTION(!) Jeebus, sold separately

...thank god ;)

[saltpoint]

184. The fundies have been re-purposing Jesus for some years now. It's great

to call them on their deceit and manipulation.

I really hope the fundamentalists set themsevles ablaze with all the kookery and mean-spiritedness.

[oldlady]

103. pssst....the woman with the baby on her lap has no wedding ring

she has one on her right hand (around the child) but not her left, extended to Jesus....scandal, scandal! or, maybe she's just the au pair?

[JHB]

110. Silly oldlady, only lllllllliberals have "au pairs"...

Conservatives have nannies, mammies, or if they're rich enough, governesses.

:evilgrin:

[SidDithers]

107. fixed...

Sid

[Crankie Avalon]

108. Why is Reagan standing so far away from Jesus? Did some commie paint this???

Other than that, this is profound enough to be zapped onto a commemorative plate.

[gatorboy]

118. He's keeping an eye on the black guy.

He could go crazy any minute!!!!!

[Crankie Avalon]

129. "Trust, but Verify."

:D

[zonkers]

109. 80 percent dudes.

[piratefish08]

139. and 95% white.

simple minded, deluded fucks...........

[mainer]

112. Where's W? (And I don't mean Waldo)

I can't seem to find him.

[Retrograde]

219. I think he's the M-16 pilot on the far right

It looks a little like W in his younger days.

[Pharlo]

113. Well, this beholder sees a LOT of

easily led astray people mesmerized by a false prophet. There is NO way that the Jesus Christ depicted in 'The New Testament' of 'The Holy Bible' would appear in such fine raiments.

Honestly, this reminds me of nothing so much as the scene from 'The Ten Commandments' where the people are worshipping the Golden Calf.

Nope, change the name of the work to 'False Prophet' and I am almost in complete agreement with this opus. The only two things I would change. Put the money counter from the bottom lower right corner IMMEDIATELY to the right of the False Jesus, whispering into his ear. The other change I would make is to add an image of the 'Real' Jesus to the group at the lower left, agonizing over those so obviously led astray by glitter and the promise of money.

[Mari333]

114. one token black person in front

one vague one in back. no hispanic, buddhists, et al. no muslim americans. and jesus supposedly holding the declaration of independence even tho he isnt mentioned in it at all.
well, of course, it leaves out whole swaths of US citizens. Thats their point.

[Crankie Avalon]

133. Think I see Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth in the backmost row on the left.

Anyway, the artist's space for other citizens was limited by having to have the center be dominated by The Greatest American of Them All: Jesus H. Christ, Himself.

[intheflow]

143. I love how those figures are in the back row.

The only space in contemporary Amerika for blacks is in the military! And preferably the Marines or the Army, certainly not the Air Force or Navy. Oh, and Asian- and Native-Americans? Sorry. You don't exist in history or contemporary society at all.

[Mari333]

177. and jesus, of course, is white and speaks english

Im surprised he doesnt have a mullet.

[TrogL]

216. Mouseover the guy bottom left corner with his right arm up

Non-Christians aren't true Americans.

[rvablue]

115. Is that Ben Affleck on the far right, red shirt, grey jacket? WTF?

Didn't he save the earth from total destruction by blasting an asteroid in space that was headed for our planet?

[Mari333]

116. He has a Facebook page

You can become his 'fan'.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jon-McNaughton/157211518652

[gatorboy]

126. In the last 24 hours come under heavy attack from several liberal blog websites.

Man your foxhole!!! :rofl:

[villager]

117. My God. Had to Google the painter to find out this *wasn't* parody:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/06/jon-mcnaughton-painting-s_n_311912.html

The other side has lost it to an alarming, doubtless irretrievable, degree...

[Lerkfish]

119. the irony is palpable: they've done more to destroy the constitution than anyone else.

so if the right wing nutjob pharisees think that jesus delivered it, why are they constantly subverting it?

[Echo In Light]

121. It's both sad & astonishing watching people vehemently defend their own subjugation

[Blue-Jay]

120. I didn't know that Jesus was from Gondor....

[TuxedoKat]

122. I'd like to see a liberal version of this

with some great heroes of the left who really st rived to live up to Jesus' words and exposing the hypocrisy
of those on the right who just paid lip service to them and exploited them for their own gains.

[Echo In Light]

123. +1

[Mari333]

125. Is he a Mormon? because if he is

the religious reich will pooh pooh him and throw him amongst the sinners on the right. They dont like Mormons much.

[krispos42]

136. I count 4 african-americans and 6 soldiers.

And perhaps one asian-american.

Interesting.

[Robb]

137. I've always wanted to do this:

Edited to add: I see someone beat me to it. Well, mine's bigger. :D

[Hugin]

196. Congrats, Robb. I added yours as my desktop.

The TrukNutz squirrel assembly is... NSFW!

:hide:

[scheming daemons]

138. Notice that the UNION soldier (left) is ashamed and crying..as is the Supreme Court judge (front)

That tells you the mentality of the artist.

[myrna minx]

140. I love this thread.

:hi:

[JHB]

144. Got the court cases!

Thanks to the magnified view first linked to in #53:
Scattered on the steps are:

Marbury vs. Madison (1803): established judicial review
Martin vs. Hunter's Lessee (1816): first case to assert ultimate Supreme Court authority over state courts in matters of federal law
Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824): established Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce
Everson vs. Board of Education (1947): a church-state matter, strengthened separation
Roe vs. Wade (1973): needs no introduction
Kelo vs. New London (2005): permitted eminent domain seizures for private development projects.

Interesting and very telling what he considers the Supremes worst decisions (and which ones he doesn't). Heck, I even agree about the last one, but it doesn't rate being in the top 6 bad decisions.

[lumberjack_jeff]

155. No kidding. Where's Dred Scott?

[LeftHander]

145. Another biazzarre painting...a little older....

As art goes I think it is satire on 15th-16th C iconographic paintings.

[rucky]

146. I'll hang it next to my Crying Elvis. n/t

[marshall]

147. Here's another by the same artist

Guaranteed to give you the willies!

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[myrna minx]

149. This is going to haunt my nightmares.

:scared:

[Crankie Avalon]

152. Holy Mackerel!

Looks like they're making fun of poor Lincoln?

[JHB]

153. Who says the Republicans aren't a "big tent" party?

Look at it back there, it's huge.

Way behind the card game between the swindlers and the two commies with the facial hair.* Golf guy gets how absurd it is, that's why he's laughing so hard.


*of course, Abe and TR weren't communists, but that's the name the current party would call them.

[Echo In Light]

156. Worthy of its own "caption this" thread

[kwassa]

165. the great liberator playing cards with the great racists

about as meaningful as

Dogs Playing Poker

[LeftHander]

169. HAHAHA That is like these......

[ChoppinBroccoli]

201. According To This Painting..........

..............the two Bushes are dead and playing poker in Heaven, which is apparently somewhere in France (see the French flag in the background?) Apparently Lincoln has told some sort of joke. Everybody's laughing. Ford doesn't seem like he really got it, and is just smiling politely so people don't think he's stupid. Wonder what the joke was.

This just proves how little this painter knows about American history. Lincoln, Eisenhower, Teddy Roosevelt, and believe it or not, Nixon, would refuse to be seen with those other jerks. Nixon was actually one of the more liberal Presidents we've had.

Or is it just that Presidents who started/continued wars get to play at the poker table of Heaven (even if some of them aren't dead yet)?

[Retrograde]

207. Of course Heaven's in France!

Good catch on the flag in the background.

Where are all the other Republican presidents like Taft, Grant, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, McKinley - aren't they deserving of being in the presence of the Great Communicator? And what is Eisenhower laughing at?

[hunter]

204. Agggggh! What is that painting? "Abe Lincoln visits Hell?"

[TrogL]

217. ARGGGG Eyebleach!!

Like warn somebody or something.

[JVS]

148. Oh, that must be us over in the bottom right

[lumberjack_jeff]

154. That's right. Picking out which cars we're taking home after they rapture the rest of those assholes

[depakid]

151. Norman Rockwell meets Salvador Dali

[Echo In Light]

158. This seems more accurate ...

[Swamp Rat]

164. Is that Sarah Palin next to the soldier in the bottom left corner?

You betcha! ;)




:hi: Philosoraptor

[ehrnst]

171. Is that Reagan back there by SCOTUS? Which Judge do you think is weeping?

What yoga pose is Lincoln holding?

Is that John Q. Adams asking why there's a black soldier next to him?

is that Ally Sheedy above the Consitution hand?

Also curious as to the implications of the woman in the Hajib - is that Mary Magdelene?

[FiveGoodMen]

174. And they are many

and they are organized

and they have guns

and they hate the rest of us, Praise Jeebus!

They are the enemy.

[truebrit71]

176. Who's the white dude wearing the curtains in the middle?

..

[eppur_se_muova]

179. What's with all the crying? Is Jeebuz shedding allergens?

"Dude, come back in six months, we'll have a vaccine by then."

[uppityperson]

180. k&r. Got both commentaries to load, looking back/forth lmao

[Stevenmarc]

182. Oh nice they have Lincoln posing like Al Jolson, that's subtle

[ashling]

185. Couldn't Jesus afford Thomas Kincaid for his portrait?

[MadHound]

186. I see at least four Deists in that painting

Another fucking fundy who doesn't know their history.

[RagAss]

187. Call in the coordinates !

[cynatnite]

188. So, rather than holding the bible, Jesus is holding the Declaration of Independence? n/t

[DireStrike]

189. LINCOLN! ABOLITIONIST!

I bet a good portion of freepers would hate this painting on that fact alone.

AND there are several of "THOSE PEOPLE" in the picture. WITH JESUS!

[Monk06]

192. How come the righteous are on the left and the unbelievers are on the right??

[Maru Kitteh]

202. They are at his right and left hand, respectively

Our perspective is not key in the 'artists' mind, only Jesus'.

[Monk06]

205. So how do we know Jesus wasn't a southpaw ???? Eh? Eh? Eh?

[Mulehead]

195. Attention Photoshoppers:

Could someone shop in the Resident's Eyeball in Tux and Tophat guy over Jeebus?

[Robyn66]

197. I still don't get why the pregnant woman is with the damned

Shouldn't she be with the "good guys" because she didn't get an abortion? And what about the unborn baby (already a person in their book anyway)? What sin did it commit to deserve to go to hell? By sending an unborn baby to hell aren't they in fact ABORTING IT??????? This makes my brain hurt!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

200. There's So Much Wrong With This, I Don't Even Know Where To Begin

The thing that stuck out to me more than anything is the bottom right corner. Isn't the guy in the suit, ignoring everything going on around him whilst counting his money the very EMBODIMENT of the Republican Party?

Why is Jesus holding the Constitution? The artist SEEMS to be saying that the Judge is bad because he enforced the law that says you can't have religious symbols on public property. But where did he get that nonsense? Gee, from the VERY DOCUMENT Jesus is brandishing. And I think the little kid is trying to point that out to him, but Jesus ain't listenin'.

Why are the Founding Fathers standing there with Jesus? They didn't believe in him. They were Deists. I wish George Washington was holding a sign with his famous quote, "The government of the United States is in no way based upon the Christian religion."

Why does Jesus love the soldiers? He was rabidly anti-war. Maybe for a change, some of you Bible-thumpers should actually READ that book you brandish like a weapon. Kinda like the Health Care Bill, they admonish EVERYONE ELSE to read it, but have never actually done so themselves.

Why is the Confederate soldier crying? Because he had the audacity to secede from "God's Favorite Country"?

Why is Frederick Douglass in the background? The Bible says owning slaves is A-OK. And did he stand back there voluntarily, or did Jesus make him sit at the back of the bus?

What's that Asian guy doing at the bottom left corner? He's more than likely Hindu, and therefore doesn't even believe in Jesus, much less get a Hall Pass to Heaven.

Way in the back, fourth from the left.........is that Aunt Jemima? I didn't realize making a damn good pancake got you a Hall Pass to Heaven. Apparently Jesus is a pancake freak.

Why is Christa McAuliffe in that picture? NASA astronauts are all scientists and intellectuals. God hates BOTH of those (see the intellectual college professor, clutching the book by a scientist, down there in the "undesirable" pile).

Jesus apparently hates cell phone users (see the guy on the phone), but isn't he really just a pair of thick glasses away from being the Verizon guy?

Jesus apparently hates unwed mothers (as evidenced by the pregnant woman conspicuously NOT wearing a wedding ring). If He's so against sex out of wedlock, He's probably got some very serious "Daddy Issues." Good thing cheating wives, mothers of bastards, and filandering men weren't considered bound for damnation until AFTER He was born.

[gleaner]

214. Is it my imagination ....

Or is Jesus getting much bigger in every subsequent picture of this nature? This is weird beyond belief whether Jesus continues to grow or not.

[TrogL]

218. That's an old artistic tradition

Earlier renditions of Jesus and saints show them as much larger than others. It's sort of a metaphor gone bad.

[gleaner]

220. Then there was Oral Roberts.....

Who claimed that he regularly conversed with a 900 foot Jesus. I don't think he was artistic, but I did think he would have had to had a really big sofa.:crazy: