The Joker
The White House released a photo purportedly showing obama skeet shooting… with a caveat:
"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."
Oh, dear. We’re a tad thin-skinned, aren’t we? Wish we knew what he was shooting at, since skeet tend to fly skyward… Those in the know: are there skeet that fly at one’s face?
Obama’s reminds me of John “I served in Vietnam” Kerry’s photo:
How does he cheek not have a huge bruise on it? Recoil anyone? And his shoulder? People on other sites are also questioning the 2 puffs of smoke from different area’s on the rifle.
Oh, you just know they photoshopped him into that picture. Or, someone as clueless as obama had him stand there, put the rifle in his hands and said ‘shoot’!
It’s a shotgun, not a rifle. Only firearms with rifled barrels are referred to as rifles. Shotguns have smooth bores.
And it’s a magazine, not a clip…
Eh, what do I know from shotguns? I don’t have any…
…and why does he always look SO little? He’s not a short guy. Weird.
Small men look small.
Ain’t that the truth!
Also, it’s undoubtedly a shotgun that’s been ported to reduced muzzle climb.
http://californiayankee.net/2013/02/do-not-manipulate/
Assuming the photo is real someone that really didn’t like him showed him how to hold that shotgun. It is not even close to the way to handle the recoil of a shotgun.
I have only seen a few ported shotguns fired, I’m not a claybirds shooter, still, smokeless powder rounds do not normally put out that much smoke. My black powder handloads do, though.
I do have some small experience with ported handguns, in bright light one sees nothing but a small amount of flash, in dim light it’s a pretty good sized fireball. The gas is still full of fuel, when it hits the oxygen-rich outside air, if flashes into flame. I know of no sporting shotgun shells that put out that much smoke.
My guess is that he has included himself, without actually doing much, if any, of the shooting that happens at Camp David. And there is much shooting there, the Secret Service and the Marines there do a lot of practice and shoot claybirds for fun. And shooting at claybirds helps the SS and Marines in acting against an air attack by small planes, helos and now, drones.
Many Presidents have been shooters, LBJ used to figure out ways to avoid losing bets he made.
I looked at it in photoshop and it’s surprisingly real. The only questionable pixels are on the barrel near the front, but that probably isn’t anything.
He looks “I’m going to drop this snake after the photo op” awkward.
Of course, another explanation is that he sucks so hard at clays he waited until it almost hit the ground to shoot.
Ah! Could be.
But how could he see it with those dark sunglasses? On an overcast day?
Yeah, amber or yellow lenses would be good, as well as a vest or pouch for shells. But what the fuck do I know?
…yeah, it’s not as if you shoot, or anything…
he does not need to hold any shells with all the assitants he has – I am surprised they did not both hold it and shoot it for him – I keep wondering what that path is for just past him – but than I have no idea what the land looks like
>>>>Those in the know: are there skeet that fly at one’s face?
I’m sure it could be arranged!
JANA! Good to see you!
I was so disgusted by the election, that I stopped reading the news… Turns out that not giving a damn what happens to the country freed up a lot of time!
Am FINALLY starting to give a hoot again, so I’m at least reading blogs and headlines again…
Oh, am also dating again, three years after the split. That takes up some of my time….
Oh, I have to take breaks myself. Many, many breaks.
Dating is GREAT news; so happy to hear that!
re: Dating
It’s a jungle out here… I find that my patience is far thinner than it was 20 years ago. I don’t suffer fools gladly…
Tie Mike up if you have to, but don’t let him slip out of your fingers!
I’m so grateful for him, it’s scary. I thank God daily for my good fortune because, like you, I’m what my mom called ‘picky’. Can’t be just any tom, dick or harry.
Hang in there; I’m certain you’ll find someone you’ll mesh with; someone who loves dogs!
I found out during dinner with someone that they were allergic to dogs.
Check, please!
Exactly!
My first husband -clearly one of God’s little experiments that went terribly wrong- didn’t see the ‘need’ for dogs, but he put up with my dachshund.
Except he wasn’t all that nice to him. It wasn’t just his lack of a heart that killed the marriage [in six months] but it helped.