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This comedy thread is dedicated to Freeper Bahbah from her EG friends, who has recently passed away and we miss her so.   Pinging all photoshoppers, poets, and friendly snarkers to join the fun!   Vacation Gal has been busy lately travelling around the world as we have all heard. Please keep comments and contributions positive, thanks! Vacation Gal visits Stonehenge. Vacation Gal visits the great Pyramids.

Sacrifice is something that many Americans are becoming all too familiar with during this economic downturn. It was a key theme in President Obama's inaugural address to the nation, and he's referenced it numerous times when lecturing the country on how to get back on its feet. ~snip~ While many of us are struggling, the First Lady is spending the next few days in a five-star hotel on the chic Costa del Sol in southern Spain with 40 of her "closest friends." ~snip~ To be clear, what the Obamas do with their money is one thing; what they do with...

The Obama administration faced an embarrassing diplomatic blunder today after it was forced to pull a warning about racism in Spain - just as the First Lady arrived in the country for a summer holiday. Soon after touching down in the Costa del Sol yesterday morning, Michelle Obama was pictured taking in the sights of Marbella with daughter Sasha, nine, surrounded by a throng of bodyguards. Staff at the U.S. State Department removed the contentious advice to travellers, which included the phrase 'racist prejudices could lead to the arrest of Afro-Americans who travel to Spain,' from its website on Monday.