PHOTO Written in Sand

[Jackeens]

The name US President Barack Obama is written on a beach near Colleville-sur-Mer on June 6, 2009, during commemorations to mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 1944

AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN

[AzDar]

1. Awesome.

Thanx for the photo, Jackeens.

:thumbsup:

[AFSCME girl]

2. That is awesome!

Thanks, Jackeens! :yourock:

[stevedeshazer]

3. Hard to imagine our previous prez getting that type of reaction

[Hepburn]

5. Guess this isn't real close?

:evilgrin:

[Jackeens]

6. ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hepburn]

7. ...

...one of my all time fav Boooosch pics! Glad you enjoyed it!

:hi:

[Phx_Dem]

11. OMG. ROLF!

It doesn't quite give you the lump in your throat that the sand writing does.

:rofl:

[stevedeshazer]

22. heehee

That's what I'm talking about.

[sarah553807]

24. good one!

[firedupdem]

4. Cool pic! n/t

[geiger]

8. It's almost unbelievable. This brings tears to my eyes. One person CAN make a difference for good.

It's about time.

[tridim]

9. What, no flaming effigy?

I suppose the Freepers will start referring to Obama as the "Freedom President"?

[Clio the Leo]

10. There you go! Obama beach!....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8454572

[Phx_Dem]

12. I wonder if Brown made his remarks before or after

he wrote this in the sand? lol

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[Cha]

15. Obama Beach!? How

could he ever come out with that? I couldn't get the link Jefferson had to work for me.

Is it instead of Omaha Beach?

[Jackeens]

17. Yikes, yes, Gordon called Omaha Beach 'Obama Beach' & he's being ridiculed on UK TV tonight.....

...what next for the poor guy?

[Cha]

18. Oh well, he just had

"Obama" on the brain..when I move back to Kaua'i next year I'm going to carve Obama's name in the sand on the beach at PolihaleB-)




http://www.kauaiexplorer.com/kauai_beaches/polihale_beach.php

[Jackeens]

19. That is one beautiful beach - when you write the name make sure you post a photo

:-)

[Cha]

20. Yeeaah..by then

I should be able to learn how to do all that..I'm excited!

[Jackeens]

21. Is it a permanent or temporary move?

What a truly glorious place to live!

[Cha]

25. Permanent..I lived there

from '92 to '98 and then came to New York for an extended stay but next year I retire back to Kaua'i.

My son has lived there since '85 and it will be good fun to get back to the IslandB-) I'm just a beach bum at heart:loveya:

[blaze]

13. I LOVE this photo!!

And I love that the world no longer hates our President.

Sigh.

:hug:

[madamesilverspurs]

14. Nifty pic.

Can anyone identify the odd markings to the right of the base of the heart? (there are four of them, almost look like a letter K)

[Jackeens]

16. Hi madamesilverspurs

I think those markings are down to my not-too-succesful efforts to remove the Getty watermark from the photo - original here:

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&p=Barack%20Obama%20is%20written%20on%20a%20beach%20near%20Colleville-sur-Mer&src=standard

[Wednesdays]

23. K&R

:kick: