Linda sent me a PDF of a screen shot from the front page of the August 18, 2012, edition of the Washington Post. The first picture is of the paper "in general" to capture the date and the name of the publication. If there's any doubt that it is the Washington Post, a quick google will confirm that it is.
The second photo is zoomed in on the map seen in the photo above. It might be a bit difficult, but one can see the abbreviations of the states.
Check the source for the map: the pipeline route was provided by TransCanada. The underlying map was provided by the US State Department.
It seems I have seen this map before, and may have even posted it. If so, it is doubly scary. This is from August 18, 2012, which means the US State Department has not caught the error and provided a correct map. And, TransCanada is also in the dark with regard to "which" Dakota borders Canada.
Little wonder the decisions that come out of Washington.
[If you have trouble seeing the state abbreviations on the second map, your browser may allow you to click on the photo, opening a new page, where you can zoom in further.]
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Along this same line, I posted the following note on December 16, 2011: Easterners think the Keystone XL's proposed route is through the Keystone State, Pennsylvania.
Stuff I can't make up.
Bruce,
ReplyDeleteThe second picture is very interesting seeing as ND and SD are reversed. I guess the Washington POST needs a geography lesson!
DWJ
Worse, the source of the map is the US State Department.
DeleteIt looks like the US State Department can't tell North from South or up from down but then again look whose in charge.
ReplyDeleteThat's what BIG government gets you. Their hands are in everything, dictating right from wrong. Obama and his cronies not knowing their North from South and head from their A**. Not a surprise.
ReplyDeleteThe error is so incredible (placing "south" above/north of "north") one almost gets the feeling it was done on purpose as an inside joke.
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