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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Hat tip to Sarolta Cump for all of these Homeland-Security finds. Some of the photos were taken before the presidential race got going, but they present issues that have very much carried through into the campaign.
First: John Ryan Brubaker from Portland, Oregon, captured this street commentary a couple of ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Joyce from Santa Monica, California, spotted this church/state juxtaposition during the '06 elections:
[Vaguely Artistic / Flickr]
She wondered whether religious imagery in polling places was legal. The answer depends, apparently, on where you live, but it's an issue that continues to be debated.
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
This photograph connects two major election issues: immigration and a military stressed by Iraq and Afghanistan. It was taken two years ago by cobalt123 at an immigration-reform march in Phoenix, Arizona:
[cobalt123 / Flickr]
The boy's sign does appear to be on target, at least according to the numbers from the beginning ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Cobalt123 photographed this mural near the corner of 16th Street and Thomas in Phoenix, Arizona -- John McCain's home city (hat tip to Sarolta Cump):
[cobalt123 / Flickr]
Cobalt isn't exactly sure what it means, but here's her interpretation, based on the way she sees immigration issues playing out in her community:
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
The Iraq war started five years ago yesterday. Here is one American's textured experience of it. Jayel Aheram is a 24-year-old active-duty Marine, a blogger, and an avid photographer. He's also a Ron Paul supporter, so it's easy to assume he might be against the war, but what he writes ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Since Afghanistan isn't front and center in the MSM or the campaigns at the moment: a reminder of the Americans and Afghans for whom it is daily reality. These pictures were taken several years ago -- in 2005 and 2006 -- but could be from yesterday. The photographer is violinsoldier ...
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