I suspect BoJo‘s not the only Oxford grad to have his portrait done Andy Warhol-style, but he’s probably the only one who had it done in this pose:
And, as I said on Guido‘s blog, it appears that he has an extra finger on his right hand. I see now one source of his evergreen popularity. Or is that six of them?
from Gawker. You must check out the comments section on their post; one of the very best. “I hope they don’t invite Cheney!” for example.
From the Cowboy Junkies and Jesus’ General.
and from the comments:
From an interview with the Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmons:
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“…It is a stark and brutal idea: the celebration of war, so endemic in our society, is akin to celebrating the killing of our children. So I wrote the song with that context in mind. After I wrote it, I realized that there were many more layers to the song and idea…
[snip]
The other layer was a bit more subtle. The title of the song refers to the rising of the Star of Bethlehem in the December sky. The Star of Bethlehem heralded the coming of Jesus and his message of peace and love and good will toward our fellow man (a message that seems to be completely lost in these times). But it also struck me that, according to Christians, Jesus was sent by his Father to die for our sins. Another father sending his child off to die for what he perceives is the greater good…”
The man knows what he’s talking about. I shall make no comment about the fact that I found this while doing a Google Image search for the new Boris Johnson poster.
None whatsoever.
From the fine line of motivational office decor at Despair.com.
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