While we were all focusing on trivialities such as healthcare and cap-n-tax, the Obama administration was gleefully planning to spend a chunk of change on a new embassy in Great Britain. Seems the old one in Grosvenor Square was too old, too small, and too frilly for modern use. And, oh yeah, there are some security issues that they needed to address as well.

Yesterday the plans for the new building were unveiled. The design was submitted by an architecture firm in Philadelphia and will be built on a five acre site on the banks of the Thames about a mile away from Parliament. It is a 12 story special-security-energy-efficient-technology-type glass modern design that looks amazingly like… wait for it… AN ICE CUBE!

Oh, the security solution? This 21st Century technological marvel features a semi-circular water feature.

Generally recognized as a MOAT.

For a billion dollars London will now be the site of America’s first architectural tribute to Global Warming – a melting ice cube.