Landmark for Bush

Disneyphile · 07-10-2008, 10:29 AM

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,7483745.story

Now, that's a movement I'd support!

sleepyjeff · 07-10-2008, 10:55 AM

It's funny on the surface but I do wonder if it's a path we really want to go down...........after all, this sort of pettiness can easily be employed by both sides.

BDBopper · 07-10-2008, 12:14 PM

Well I guess if they put Hoover's name on a dam....

Though I don't understand why they would want to name a facility that provides an improvement after Bush. Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Kevy Baby · 07-10-2008, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

It's funny on the surface but I do wonder if it's a path we really want to go down...........after all, this sort of pettiness can easily be employed by both sides.

My thoughts exactly.

Gemini Cricket · 07-10-2008, 12:39 PM

I think naming a sewage facility after Bush is bad form.
But then again, I don't want anything (landmarks, statues, buildings) named after him. Yeah, I'll give having his own library named after him but that's all.

innerSpaceman · 07-10-2008, 01:27 PM

I think it's a bit of political theater. If the plant is renamed, I would think of it as an after-effect of a great bit of political action by the public.

To get attention, you need press. To get press, you need drama. Political Drama is the only way for the powerless in this society to have the free speech effect on politics that is essential to the concept of America.

Old-style protesters aren't allowed anywhere near the people or entities to whom they are trying to communicate. Instead, they are shunted off, far-away, to fenced-in animal pens called, apparenly with zero Orwellian irony, "Free Speech Zones."

I don't think it matters at all if the plant is untimately renamed ... but if it is, it will be a kind of silly thing done in service of a glorious goal.

Ghoulish Delight · 07-10-2008, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Old-style protesters aren't allowed anywhere near the people or entities to whom they are trying to communicate. Instead, they are shunted off, far-away, to fenced-in animal pens called, apparenly with zero Orwellian irony, "Free Speech Zones."

In the surprisingly good movie Super High Me, comedian Doug Benson stands in front of a "Free Speech Zone" sign and proclaims, "Fvck Free Speech Zones!"

NickO'Time · 07-10-2008, 04:41 PM

I soo wish I could sign this.

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sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	It's funny on the surface but I do wonder if it's a path we really want to go down...........after all, this sort of pettiness can easily be employed by both sides. __________________ River Guardian-less
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BDBopper Not Taking Any Crap! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cleaning Up America, One Step At A Time! Posts: 1,694	Well I guess if they put Hoover's name on a dam.... Though I don't understand why they would want to name a facility that provides an improvement after Bush. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
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07-10-2008, 12:39 PM	#5
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I think naming a sewage facility after Bush is bad form. But then again, I don't want anything (landmarks, statues, buildings) named after him. Yeah, I'll give having his own library named after him but that's all.
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07-10-2008, 01:27 PM	#6
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I think it's a bit of political theater. If the plant is renamed, I would think of it as an after-effect of a great bit of political action by the public. To get attention, you need press. To get press, you need drama. Political Drama is the only way for the powerless in this society to have the free speech effect on politics that is essential to the concept of America. Old-style protesters aren't allowed anywhere near the people or entities to whom they are trying to communicate. Instead, they are shunted off, far-away, to fenced-in animal pens called, apparenly with zero Orwellian irony, "Free Speech Zones." I don't think it matters at all if the plant is untimately renamed ... but if it is, it will be a kind of silly thing done in service of a glorious goal.
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07-10-2008, 04:41 PM	#8
NickO'Time Missed it by that much.. Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 678	I soo wish I could sign this. __________________ Yeah, right.
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