Hi guys,

Picture of a MINI during Beirut evacuations:

http://www.bloggingbeirut.com/archiv...k-Ferries.html

 

DON'T SHELL THE CAR!

Or, the people either...

Let's just all agree that explosives are a Very Bad Thing, Ok?

 

MINI, get thee hence!

 

Depends on what you're doing with them. I like explosions:

 

Actually there are very nice cars in Lebanon. You see lots of late model BMW's, MB's, MINIs, you name it.

Terrible situation over in the middleast. Unfortunately, as usual, innocent people are paying for the broken dishes.

 

and, per my insurance policy, having your car destoryed by missles is NOT covered. it's oddly #1 on the list.

 

It's kinda scary how so many continue on regardless of the violence going on around them.

 

Looks like a "loose" "loose" situation.

 

Good spotting!
Bad day...

 

Some more spotting .. following the mini at the evacuation dock from last time, here is another pic , this time in BBC's 2006 photos of the year. They actually have 5 people in there ..

The situation it's in is quite depressing - but the political commentary is misplaced here so just some wishes of peace and love for '07 to everyone .. and the pic of a mini to start the year with.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/h...006/html/3.stm

 

What a contrast! 5 kids in a brand new MINI amid all that devastation...

 

I want a co-pilot like her!!!

 

That's crazy. Just the thought of being able to plan a life over there, and get an education and a career, and buy a Mini Cooper and drive it past a bombed building one day is crazy. Drive past and not be one of the ones caught inside, but maybe next time you will, you know? Crazy.

 

Unreal. Did you notice the one with the camera phone? They're just as techno conscious as we are, even with all of that devastation going on around them.

 

We'd be the same way if it were our country and our cars!

Here's hoping 2007 will be a calmer gentler year and our troops start coming home from the Middle East.

 

Probably, We've never experienced any of that type of warfare on our home front (9-11 excluded) in modern times. I just find it amazing to see a picture of people driving looking almost (calm, for a lack of a better word) amid all that back-yard war zone... We've been so fortunate and a bit naive most times. I think we're all praying for a better year!

 

This photo was taken last summer. Here is some info from the press release:

The picture shows a group of young Lebanese driving through a South Beirut neighborhood devastated by Israeli bombings. The picture was taken on 15 August 2006, the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah when thousands of Lebanese started returning to their homes.

http://www.worldpressphoto.com/index...bandwidth=high

Lance

 

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Thanks, Dave.

Didn't realize it had been posted before...but now it is an award winning photo!

Lance

 

Check out the winner of latest World Press Photo of the Year contest.

http://www.worldpressphoto.com/index...bandwidth=high

 

Just read the text on that one again....

BATTLESHIPS????

They don't exist anywhere except as museums.

There's something disturbing about that latest image.

 

I just noticed her as well.

 

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...469070,00.html

excerpt:

"At first everyone said: That must be those rich, chic Lebanese visiting the poor neighborhood like a tourist attraction," Bissan says. "But that's completely untrue."
"We're from Dahiye, from the suburb, ourselves"

On Aug. 15, the day of the ceasefire, Jad borrowed a friend's orange Mini Cooper. For weeks the siblings had heard nothing about whether or not their apartment block was still standing -- now that the fighting was over, they wanted to go and see for themselves.

etc ... etc ..