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dissention
10-25-2005, 10:58 AM
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

This is NOT a joke!

Protecting the Presidential Seal. No Joke.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/24/business/24onion.html?ei=5090&en=b40eb239c3b34014&ex=1287806400&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1130256068-5aj+BNC4brUtgAWWyC4ckQ

You might have thought that the White House had enough on its plate late last month, what with its search for a new Supreme Court nominee, the continuing war in Iraq and the C.I.A. leak investigation. But it found time to add another item to its agenda - stopping The Onion, the satirical newspaper, from using the presidential seal.

The newspaper regularly produces a parody of President Bush's weekly radio address on its Web site (www.theonion.com/content/node/40121), where it has a picture of President Bush and the official insignia.

"It has come to my attention that The Onion is using the presidential seal on its Web site," Grant M. Dixton, associate counsel to the president, wrote to The Onion on Sept. 28. (At the time, Mr. Dixton's office was also helping Mr. Bush find a Supreme Court nominee; days later his boss, Harriet E. Miers, was nominated.)

gldstwmn
10-25-2005, 11:15 AM
Theoretically, doesn't that seal belong to all of us anyway? :confused:

strandinthewind
10-25-2005, 01:27 PM
Theoretically, doesn't that seal belong to all of us anyway? :confused:

It does, but I am pretty sure not everyone can use it for a business.

Richard B
10-25-2005, 01:30 PM
Ridiculous.

DavidMn
10-25-2005, 01:32 PM
(((SIGH)))))). how ridiculous...:rolleyes:

chiliD
10-25-2005, 02:01 PM
I guess Loren Michaels has gotten the "seal of approval" or "approval for the seal" from the White House? :shrug:

DavidMn
10-25-2005, 02:02 PM
I guess Loren Michaels has gotten the "seal of approval" or "approval for the seal" from the White House? :shrug:Probably the latter.... or lack thereof