A stranded pig rests on a barn after Iowa River floodwater broke a levee near Oakville, The Des Moines Register says today. In nearby Burlington, "law enforcement officers are doing what a week ago would have been unimaginable -- shooting hogs on sight as the animals try to climb to safety atop a levee that's protecting thousands of acres of farmland." Photo by Rodney White, Register.Cutlines Only showcases Gannett website art. From a non-work computer, use this link to e-mail suggestions; see Tipsters Anonymous Policy in the green sidebar, upper right. Or leave a note in the comments section, below.
This is a great photo. It can represent what is happening to Gannett. The home under water can represent the sinking of Gannett and the pig can represent the neglected employees hanging on for dear life.
ReplyDeleteI think the pig on top more closely represents Dubow riding on top of his sinking heap of Gannett. For now, he has found the only dry spot, and he is the only living thing left. He is so fat because he has kept his nose to the trough for way too long, and so his girth is responsible for pushing everything below him deeper into the rising waters while he waits for someone to come along and save him.
ReplyDeleteWhy wasn't the photo mainstreamed with a black or Hispanic pig?
ReplyDelete@10:32 p.m.: How do you know that's not a caucasian Latino pig? ;)
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