Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We are in uncharted territory, to be sure.... Shooting in the dark? It could be a case for IR film? > From: imagist3@mac.com > Subject: Re: [Leica] Breaking News...(even with a leica) More OT??? > Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:30:55 -0600 > To: lug@leica-users.org > > Love your word play Gary. > ;~) > First Bush closed the shutter curtain > over the press coverage of bodies returning > from the first gulf war - because the photographs > produced negative political feedback. > That curtain remained closed ever since. > The current administration is attempting to > work that old stuck shutter back open. > > We'll see how it plays out. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > On Feb 27, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Gary Dalton wrote: > > > > > Words, such as "transparency" and "opaque," might mean that this > > topic isn't OT... Hmm.... > > > > Looking back through US history, I believe that I see governments/ > > administrations that adopted opaqueness as a core value from the > > get-go. It wasn't a matter of becoming opaque. They loved being > > opaque because the safest course was not to disclose any truths > > that might make the populace uncomfortable. > > > > Is the Obama administration transparent? Maybe. Will it become more > > opaque? Maybe. > > > > I'm not so sure all citizens of the US can or will handle the > > coming truths. Maybe the Obama administration reach for a > > "polarizing filter"....(Wanted to stay OT)... > > > > You have to admit: This entry is more OT than prostate > > health...Unless you guys have another use for bayonet mounts.... > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? Hotmail?:?more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_explore_022009