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©1917 Kellogg's Corn Flakes Magazine Ad. Art by J.C. Leyendecker.![Wed, 2024-09-18 11:15 - “Nature makes no mistakes in her ‘inventions.’ Among the million or so things she ‘invented,’ were feet for our Adamite ancestors to walk on – and toes to make walking sure.
“Then she calloused and hardened those toes into durable, tough ‘nobs’ which gave primal man a good, tenacious grip on the ground.
“Since Nature makes no mistakes, we made no mistake when we copied her and invented the ‘Nobby’ Tread. Tough, resilient callouses that grip the ground with all the tenacity of Adamite toes. . .” [Ad copy]
[Note: The term “Adamite ancestors” in the ad likely refers to descendants of Adam, as in Adam and Eve from the Bible. However, the term also has a more specific historical context. The Adamites believed they had regained the primeval innocence of Adam and Eve before the Fall. They practiced nudism during their religious assemblies, rejecting marriage and other social norms, which they saw as unnecessary in their state of regained purity. This sect was often considered heretical by mainstream Christian authorities.]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54004884213_699beaae6d_q.jpg "Wed, 2024-09-18 11:15 - “Nature makes no mistakes in her ‘inventions.’ Among the million or so things she ‘invented,’ were feet for our Adamite ancestors to walk on – and toes to make walking sure.
“Then she calloused and hardened those toes into durable, tough ‘nobs’ which gave primal man a good, tenacious grip on the ground.
“Since Nature makes no mistakes, we made no mistake when we copied her and invented the ‘Nobby’ Tread. Tough, resilient callouses that grip the ground with all the tenacity of Adamite toes. . .” [Ad copy]
[Note: The term “Adamite ancestors” in the ad likely refers to descendants of Adam, as in Adam and Eve from the Bible. However, the term also has a more specific historical context. The Adamites believed they had regained the primeval innocence of Adam and Eve before the Fall. They practiced nudism during their religious assemblies, rejecting marriage and other social norms, which they saw as unnecessary in their state of regained purity. This sect was often considered heretical by mainstream Christian authorities.]")
©“Tire Toes” ad for United States Tires in “The Saturday Evening Post,” April 21, 1917.You are here
Heathens Reject Obama Sermon
Emulating bin Laden, this week the current President released a video message to the Iranian people. It offered a customized version of the vacuous rhetoric Barry campaigned on:
In his video appeal, Obama said: "This process will not be advanced by threats. We seek instead engagement that is honest and grounded in mutual respect."
He said the US wanted Iran to take its "rightful place in the community of nations", but also insisted that Tehran do its part to achieve reconciliation.
"You have that right - but it comes with real responsibilities, and that place cannot be reached through terror or arms, but rather through peaceful actions that demonstrate the true greatness of the Iranian people and civilisation," he said.
It was his “turn the page” and “write a new chapter” shtick re-purposed into a foreign policy initiative. President Klink attempted to offer Hope and Change to Iran.
Iran’s leadership is not as gullible as 60 million US voters:
Commenting on Obama's videotaped offer of a "new beginning" in relations between the two countries, Khamenei said Iran has yet to see any change in Washington's attitude towards it.
"They chant the slogan of change but no change is seen in practice. We haven't seen any change," he said.
Khamenei criticised US behaviour towards Iran since its 1979 Islamic revolution, saying that the US was "hated in the world" and should stop interfering in other countries' internal affairs.
Iran sees not change, but more of the same failed policies that put the two nations at odds. The Obama promise of a new era in international relations is unkept. The US is still despised. Charisma doesn’t seem to translate perfectly across cultures, and without the narcotic effect of personal magnetism, people are left to evaluate each other by their actions.
Saying that a change of US words was not enough, Khamenei said: "We will watch and we will judge ... You change, our behaviour will change."
The Failed Obama Administration™ reportedly intended this message not for the leadership, but for the Iranian people. I see value in attempting to reach out to those in Iran who prefer to live under a less fanatical regime. But, that’s not what Barry did. He preached to the people who are mostly tightly wrapped into the identity of Iran as a nuclear power.
Either way, a foreign leader attempting to address a nation’s people by unofficial means is meddling. At best. The technique is a proven tool of terrorists, revolutionaries, and enemies at war. Barry is company with Al-Zawahiri and Ho Chi Minh. I do not object to the tactic, but it is self-evidently at odds with President Klink’s tone of open-armed dialog. He offered a friendly message by hostile means.