USPS Left Hand Salute FAIL

Who does she think she is… Obama?

I do like how USPS has awesome rates on shipping to FPOs and APOs though.


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24 responses to “USPS Left Hand Salute FAIL”

  1. “Who does she think she is… Obama?”

    +1,000,000

  2. Either some idiot photographer thought her arm was blocking the stars or the photo editor came to the same conclusion and mirrored her in. Either way they’re idiots.

    1. Dillankid Avatar

      Probably the most likely argument.

  3. Theblackknight Avatar
    Theblackknight

    thats not a salute, the lights where in her eyes,right? right?

  4. At least she- and Barry- salute better than John “I’m the next JFK!” Kerry. Now THERE’s a trainwreck.

  5. Ernest Young Avatar
    Ernest Young

    Out of curiosity, why is it considered sooo bad to salute left handed (especially if a person IS left handed)

    1. Left handed people are evil, that’s why.

      1. We are too!

        Wait…what?

  6. Jeff Stevens Avatar
    Jeff Stevens

    All the research I can find says Obama did not salute left handed. The most common was a photoahopped photo.

    When I see a kid salute wrong I usually see it as cute.

    1. I was thinking the same thing, kids tend to do things incorrectly and it can be cute. I’d say the little girl is 4-6, so it’s alright. Old enough to be in girl scouts, then we’ll have to talk.

  7. At least they have the flag hanging in the right direction.

  8. He probably used a left handed salute because of balance and composition. While incorrect, it creates a better photo in terms of use of space and proportion of the foreground to background. Unfortunately, photographers and art directors love taking license with reality for the sake of “looking good” despite those of us who know better.

    1. Balance and composition you say?

      Zoom the picture out, have the girl stand underneath an American flag set on a blank background. Have her do a proper, right hand salute.

      Mission accomplished.

  9. terrible swift sword Avatar
    terrible swift sword

    It is also endearing , sweet and naive.
    She is just a little girl , cut her the slack we call “childhood”

    0123

  10. That last bit was sarcasm, right?

    It was massively annoying to be on deployment and only be able to ship things to yourself by way of USPS…

    1. ENDO-Mike Avatar

      Honestly I’ve never tried through Fedex or UPS, but the rates to FOBs across the world that I’ve shipped to have been basically the same price as the continental USA. Seems to take less than 2 weeks too, which I think is pretty good for that rate.

  11. I thought Noobama’s salute was to grab his crotch.

  12. I’m pretty sure the target audience for this (service members and their families) have seen, more than once, a child make just such a salute. Having the photo this way could very well have been intentional for just that reason. Tug the heart-strings…

    And it could be some schlub at an agency who thinks his doorman is in the military because of the gold braid.

  13. Punish3r Avatar

    Ive had LT’s salute me with there left hand before so when a 8 year old girl does it im not as effected lol

  14. “little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.”

  15. CDBingham Avatar

    The reason the USPS has good rates for shipping to APO and FPO is because they dump the mail on the Military to take care of. This has been going on since the 80’s. I am not saying this is good or bad just a fact. I don’t know if the military gets a cut of the postage for operational expenses but if I had to guess it would be no. http://hqdainet.army.mil/mpsa/

  16. fun2try2 Avatar

    nice photo shop job..by a true patriot who respects the presidency and his country..
    http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/photos/lefthand.asp

  17. Bet none of you know that in the Army you salute with your left hand while you’re carrying a guidon. Maybe this girl had a package in her right hand…

    1. ENDO-Mike Avatar
      ENDO-Mike

      I did not know that! Excellent point John.