Rains wash away Mount Obama in Charlotte, N.C

Washington Times ^ | 9/1/2012 | Stephan Dinan

[KansasGirl]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A torrential downpour that struck Charlotte Saturday afternoon damaged the Mount Rushmore-style sand sculpture bust of President Obama — an ominous beginning to what many fear is a plagued convention.

Workers were trying Saturday afternoon to reform the base of the sculpture, built from sand brought in from Myrtle Beach, S.C., pounding and smoothing out the sand that had washed off the facade.

[Right Wing Assault]

is it even LEGAL to remove 1.5 tons of sand from Myrtle beach?

I think it takes about 15 tons of paper applications to the EPA and a bunch of other agencies to ask for approval. The review process should take about 5 years.

They went ahead without permission? Life in prison for whoever took the sand.

[Right Wing Assault]

Greece took a few years to collapse after Dick Obama had his Greek columns. God was merciful.

This time around, God gave the American(?) “Idle” about a day to live before vengeance was His.

[Eaker]

See Post# 128.

[Slings and Arrows]

I see the resemblance.

[expat2]

Very nice ode.

[Irish Eyes]

And we have more severe storms building to the west. Chance of severe weather every day this week...50%.

Are you from NC?

[Upstate NY Guy]

“And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually”
Props....anytime you can seamlessly work a Hendrix lyric into a thread is a good day.

Yes! A very good day. And not a very good sign for the Dems. You can be sure that lyric is playing in the back of many a progressive mind tonight.

[erod]

Haha castles made of sand!

[struggle]

It’s a sonnet!

[funfan]

Hey Hey hey it’s Fat Albert.

[Ax]

I think it rather resembles Yaphet Kotto.

[Pride in the USA]

Oh, the irony! It kind of sums up Obama’s whole presidency, doesn’t it?

[Mad Dawgg]

Oh man, how appropriate!

[bunster]

The original one they were constructing was the DNC logo — but cancelled that one — they said “for security reasons” — on Friday — guess Clint did get under his skin on Thursday night.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Baraq could never be Tokra. He’s Goa’uld all the way.

[Peter ODonnell]

I had a vision of a “Mount Blamemore” with both Obamas, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. Of course, it would be the back of Joe’s head as he is always going the wrong way.

[lonevoice]

Oh, my Lord, sister! I seriously haven’t laughed this hard in ages. Did you read up-thread that severe weather is predicted for every day this week?

God has a sense of humor, let there be no doubt.

[metmom]

Dear God,

Thank you.

Sincerely yours,

metmom

[illinifan]

Ha... I didn’t even get the irony of Hurricane “Isaac”. Thank you for the LOL moment. God certainly has a sense of humor ;-)

[Jeff Head]

A house built on a foundation of sand...and great was the fall thereof.