By Chrissy the Hyphenated
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Let me just say first off that I was very disappointed to see the photo of Dubya. Sigh.
Chrissy’s Site Bites: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2534645170056011884PFaydE
Photos and text: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/o/Obama-resolute-desk.htm
As for Obama’s appalling use of a gift from Great Britain to dis Israel, that one angers me anew every time I revisit it.
Chrissy’s Site Bites: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2751456450056011884hoLpRw
News source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/10/obama-phone-photo-seen-as_n_213693.html
The body language is interesting.
Asserting Dominance, Claiming and Proclaiming Superiority
- Flaunting ownership of a status symbol.
- Making everyone else stand for a meeting.
- Phallic displays (legs wide apart, hands near crotch).
- Dominant positioning in the middle of the group where back or back of head will always be turned to some members.
Chrissy’s Site Bites: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2742384710056011884iCklBl
Resolute desk history: http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/furnishings/resolute-desk.htm
Body language: http://changingminds.org/techniques/body/dominant_body.htm










