• February 12, 2012
FUTURE TECHMOLOGIES

by Jim Newell

3:33 pm June 17, 2008

MOST ELITIST PHOTO OF ALL TIME: The Detroit Free Press is so in-the-tank for Barack Obama that they used some terribly expensive camera to cover his rally with Al Gore in Michigan yesterday. It’s a 360-degree shot of a packed Joe Louis Arena, and you can swivel it, zoom in, zoom out, marvel at the diverse crowd of hard-working white Americans and black children, or whatever it is that gets you off about these big Hopey cult rituals. [Detroit Free Press]

{ 48 comments }

shortsshortsshorts June 17, 2008 at 3:36 pm

Wow! There must have been more than 30 people in there!

Q2 June 17, 2008 at 3:36 pm

A hand smeller!

stankfest June 17, 2008 at 3:37 pm

That was like an LSD trip. Get used to it if drug taking Barry gets in office.

Doglessliberal June 17, 2008 at 3:38 pm

if you squint, you might be able to see some hard-working white people in that audience….

Botswana Meat Commission FC June 17, 2008 at 3:41 pm

Cool toy. Only interesting if you want to see the Red Wings 1987 Stanley Cup banner up close.

AngryBlakGuy June 17, 2008 at 3:41 pm

…if they did that in a McCain rally you would realize that 3/4′s of the crowd are computer generated avatars!

RuperttheBear June 17, 2008 at 3:42 pm

At Disney World’s Epcot, Canada has a 360 degree camera film, “O Canada,” narrated by Canadian actor, Martin Short.

And it’s just like this, except without black people. Just saying.

cockfightbarmitzvah June 17, 2008 at 3:44 pm

Awesome. If you point your mouse skyward to the arena roof and then spin clockwise, you’ll get my exact POV of when I saw the Grateful Dead back in ’88 tripping on cat tranquilizers.

AngryBlakGuy June 17, 2008 at 3:45 pm

…HOLY CRAP they did the same thing for John McCain’s rally!!!

http://acontrecourant.be/IMG/im1-3.jpg

shortsshortsshorts June 17, 2008 at 3:45 pm

[re=18161]Botswana Meat Commission FC[/re]: …or the 1935 Detroit Tigers?

Uncle Al June 17, 2008 at 3:46 pm

It’s so high-tech. It’s almost like they were using…. a video camera!

El Bombastico June 17, 2008 at 3:46 pm

First thing I did with this was try to find some hot chicks. Then I remembered it was taken in Detroit.

WhatTheHeck June 17, 2008 at 3:47 pm

Ken, can you install a camera like that in your D.C. office so I can see what the staff are doing at all times.
It would be fun to see Wonkette 360ยบ – what, with all the drinking and so forth.

Mabalz Izhari June 17, 2008 at 3:47 pm

Looks like the only empty seats were for LOL Kwame and his entourage.

JamesMichaelCurley June 17, 2008 at 3:48 pm

[re=18168]cockfightbarmitzvah[/re]: You made me realize that the first time I saw the Dead was twenty years before that. I think I’ll go take a nap now. Wake me when they serve the Jello.

stankfest June 17, 2008 at 3:48 pm

[re=18174]El Bombastico[/re]: Mayor Kwame was scoping out for new meat

hoboking June 17, 2008 at 3:48 pm

I wanna know – what’s that guy doing on stage? The Hornpipe?

Doglessliberal June 17, 2008 at 3:49 pm

[re=18162]AngryBlakGuy[/re]: sort of like his wife the CinBot?

stankfest June 17, 2008 at 3:51 pm

[re=18176]WhatTheHeck[/re]: is there actually a Wonkette Office? I thought they worked at home for no pay.

DoctorCulturae June 17, 2008 at 3:53 pm

[re=18170]AngryBlakGuy[/re]: Which reminds me, when will there be a Skin Heads for McPain website?

Manofsteel June 17, 2008 at 3:55 pm

That’s an impressive crowd for a school night. Then again, it’s not like people in Michigan have jobs to go to anymore.

Gopherit v2.0 June 17, 2008 at 3:55 pm

[re=18155]stankfest[/re]: Hey Tony.

Gopherit v2.0 June 17, 2008 at 3:56 pm

[re=18182]hoboking[/re]: I think Obama has him doing a little soft-shoe.

Boo_Boo_Hoff June 17, 2008 at 3:57 pm

Nah, they just borrowed a camera from some real estate company that uses it for virtual tours of houses for sale. Plenty of those in Detroit now.

Tits_LaRue June 17, 2008 at 4:02 pm

Is the chick behind the camera wearing socks-and-sandals? How gauche… OMG the guy right in front of the camera has a horn growing out of his head! Wow. Obama really does welcome everybody, even goat-headed demons!

Gopherit v2.0 June 17, 2008 at 4:04 pm

[re=18170]AngryBlakGuy[/re]: Found another:http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/2843_kkk_ceremony.jpg

Servo June 17, 2008 at 4:08 pm

Those are just leftovers from the Redwings victory party.

RuperttheBear June 17, 2008 at 4:10 pm

[re=18180]stankfest[/re]: LOL LOL LOL

metropolitan June 17, 2008 at 4:14 pm

wow, very cool, but even with the zoom feature i couldn’t find one hot obama girl in the place (though one of the photographers has a nice pair of thighs). what’s the deal? i thought that was the number one reason to go to obama rallies over mccain ones.

twoeightnine June 17, 2008 at 4:15 pm

You can do this with any digital camera.
http://www.panoramas.dk/panorama/index.html

DoctorCulturae June 17, 2008 at 4:17 pm

[re=18222]metropolitan[/re]: Not in Dee-troit. Remember he’s courting the bitters who are, shall we say, appearance-challenged.

Botswana Meat Commission FC June 17, 2008 at 4:42 pm

Is that Angry Blak Guy standing up with the angry black t-shirt on, gettin’ all buck wild and causin’ drama?

AngryBlakGuy June 17, 2008 at 4:50 pm

[re=18251]Botswana Meat Commission FC[/re]: …nah, Im the black guy in 30th row passed out on the floor with a half empty bottle jack in his hand! Sorry, sometimes you can drink just a little too much of the 80 proof hope if you know what I mean!

Makeithurt June 17, 2008 at 4:58 pm

Whhhheeeeeeee!!!!! Again, again!!! Whhhheeeeeeee!!!!!! This is fun!!!! Whhheeeeeee!!!!! Oops, gonna puke.

WIDTAP June 17, 2008 at 5:07 pm

Where’s Waldo?

graceless June 17, 2008 at 5:08 pm

[re=18269]Makeithurt[/re]: jinx.

mothermaven June 17, 2008 at 5:09 pm

[re=18168]cockfightbarmitzvah[/re]: Wow, man. It’s like I am right there with you…now where did we put those cat tranquilizers.

shortsshortsshorts June 17, 2008 at 5:14 pm

[re=18258]AngryBlakGuy[/re]: Yep. After finding out that EVERYTHING Sinclair said is “oh-so-very-true,” I’m right there with you, diving back into the bottle from whence I came.

TGY June 17, 2008 at 5:18 pm

Gee, I’m not sure I can believe in that change.

Borat June 17, 2008 at 5:18 pm

[re=18155]stankfest[/re]: Then he’s got my vote as long as he passes some out…what did Hillz call it in PA, “street money”

Borat June 17, 2008 at 5:18 pm

[re=18155]stankfest[/re]: Then he’s got my vote as long as he passes some out…what did Hillz call it in PA, “street money”?

TGY June 17, 2008 at 5:18 pm

OK, ok, that was pretty cool, though.

[re=18281]WIDTAP[/re]: Where’s Al Gore? He should be visible from space, even.

Eclectablog June 17, 2008 at 5:29 pm

What’s totally awesome is that my wife (Anne Savage) took that photo and that creepy bald guy in the yellow shirt is me.

15 minutes of fame counting down now…

metropolitan June 17, 2008 at 5:42 pm

[re=18329]Eclectablog[/re]:
damn, it’s 5:42 here, can i get your autograph?

metropolitan June 17, 2008 at 5:46 pm

[re=18329]Eclectablog[/re]:
damn you look like you’re about to open a can of whoop ass on someone there.

problemwithcaring June 17, 2008 at 5:53 pm

Aren’t there any Latin-Os in D-town, or are they all ex-HCSFJM?

sleepy June 17, 2008 at 7:24 pm

not that you need all 360 of these degrees to prove it, but detroit was once (and maybe still is) known as, among other things, “america’s fattest city.” and host, coincidentally, to superbowl xl.

Eclectablog June 18, 2008 at 8:19 am

[re=18438]sleepy[/re]: Yeah, and there’s my fat beer belly right there to prove it. Well at least Wonkette called me “hard working”. And white.

My 15 minutes are now expired. *sigh*

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