John McCain ~ Iraq ’some kind of day at the beach’

After the ACLU’s tropical paradise anti-Gitmo ad with the missing quote, another politically charged image popped up concerning John McCain’s stance on the war in Iraq, this one referring to a "day at the beach" (click to enlarge):

McCain is quoted as saying on CNN in August 2006: "The American people … were led to believe [...]

Close Guantánamo Bay

The American Civil Liberties Union is floating around this new image for their close the Guantánamo Bay prison campaign:

They quote Vice President Dick Cheney as saying, "They’re living in the tropics… They’ve got everything they could possibly want."  It goes on to say that "Torture and indefinite detention are shamefully un-American."  Finally, they encourage people [...]

Cyprus and Malta begin using the euro

Cyprus and Malta, two island nations in the Mediterranean, began using the euro on January 1, 2008.  More here.
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White House Christmas Cards

The oceans, for many, are a veritable masterpiece of god, and this year The White House Christmas card featured the seas in a verse from the New International Version of the Bible.

It’s Nehemiah 9:6, which reads:
You alone are the LORD.
You made the heavens, even the highest heavens,
and all their starry host, the earth and all [...]

WSJ: Whose Beach Is It Anyway?

As the beach recedes into the properties of people with homes along the Texas Gulf Coast, the state is upsetting residents by telling them to get out of the public right of way on the beach.  Read about it here (with video).
The water at Surfside Beach has come up 200 feet since the early 80s [...]

Donald Trump’s multi-billion-dollar golf course resort rejected

If you were wondering the fate of the Donald Trump seaside golf course after the post on one man who was holding out, well, wait no longer.  The plans for the $2 billion resort have been nixed by the planning agency according to the Telegraph.  It’s strange, too, since Scotland is culturally one place where [...]

Sentinel: ‘Beachfront pork’ is bad federal policy

Hurricane Isabel created the destruction seen in this picture, but it was federal policy that rebuilt the road in the same place.  Is this the proper function of our government?
The Orlando Sentinel has a critique of the recent Water Resources Development Act.  In an "Other Views" piece called "Beachfront pork: Bad science and bad federal [...]

Weeks later ~ palm trees still the focus of California fire images

You won’t find many images of the recent California fires in the media that don’t contain palm trees.  The Huffington Post front page today has a new one up with an article claiming that perhaps more could have been done to stop the fires:

Surely there must be other things in Southern California to take pictures [...]

US officials being investigated for $730m US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq ~ $138m overrun

The biggest escape resort in the world currently under construction is the US Embassy in Iraq.  Perhaps nowhere in the world is an American safe zone with a few happy moments more desired.  They call the area "The Green Zone" for a reason.  According to the AP and MSNBC, the embassy itself will sit on [...]

Political cartoon at the beach by Bertual Reality

Here’s a sliver of a funny cartoon from Bertual Reality at Blogspot.  Click to go to their post to see the dangers that are lurking:

Thanks to Debbie for sending along the link.
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