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MineralMan

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11. Here's the whole photo, by the way:

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Fri May 17, 2013, 03:48 PM

May 2013

Note that it isn't just the President who has a Marine holding an umbrella over his head. Heads of state get that kind of treatment, it seems. It's a matter of respect.

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New Scandal Rocks Washington [View all] EarlG May 2013 OP

Oh this is good! Allow me to add: JaneyVee May 2013 #1

Include this one! Baitball Blogger May 2013 #2

Those things are best left to professionals Cirque du So-What May 2013 #3

Do you have a version without the big cat? JHB May 2013 #5

What? And revise history? Cirque du So-What May 2013 #13

LOL!!! Segami May 2013 #19

How dare a white man be asked... sybylla May 2013 #4

!!! :-) Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #20

Meh, it defies standard protocol and precedence .. But as CIC he can do that. SQUEE May 2013 #6

Here's a Bush under an umbrella: LeftinOH May 2013 #7

Yeah, poor palin.. it's gotta hurt. st ronnie! rofl Cha May 2013 #8

I love it! Rex May 2013 #16

Looks like a cushy job to me. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #9

Well, it appears that elected Presidents have MineralMan May 2013 #10

Here's the whole photo, by the way: MineralMan May 2013 #11

Oh noooes!!! Now our Marines are holding umbrellas for Mooslums!!!!! LeftInTX May 2013 #15

I had to dig for that photo. The cropped one is the only one MineralMan May 2013 #17

The RW will create a scandal out of someone breathing!! LeftInTX May 2013 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author kentuck May 2013 #12

After seeing the picture finally, I know what the true outrage is about. Rex May 2013 #14

LOL Scurrilous May 2013 #21

K&R Solly Mack May 2013 #22

I don't know the rules regarding Marines Jenoch May 2013 #23