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Sun Oct-16-11 09:41 PM
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| 29. Seriously. Some people are never satisfied. |
| -Ok... This Is A Pretty Fucking Awesome Pic !!! |
WillyT |
Oct-16-11 08:27 PM |
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Thanks for the chills, WillyT! Wow! nt |
gateley |
Oct-16-11 08:29 PM |
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Yes, it is, my dear WillyT! |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Oct-16-11 08:32 PM |
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K&R! |
Fire Walk With Me |
Oct-16-11 08:32 PM |
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K/R - I hadn't realized how big the monument was |
CakeGrrl |
Oct-16-11 08:35 PM |
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The way I heard it was .... |
Tx4obama |
Oct-16-11 09:35 PM |
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No resemblance. And the "button" should be open. Yay for out-sourcing. |
WinkyDink |
Oct-16-11 08:37 PM |
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Right On! |
zalinda |
Oct-16-11 09:58 PM |
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Speaking on aesthetics, the Chinese simply cannot "do" an Occidental eye. Socially, this whole |
WinkyDink |
Oct-17-11 01:00 PM |
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It's going to have to grow on me |
lunatica |
Oct-16-11 08:42 PM |
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Wonderful Drawing !!! |
WillyT |
Oct-16-11 08:44 PM |
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yours actually looks more like king than the statue. |
EdMaven |
Oct-16-11 08:56 PM |
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Beautiful work. Your drawing. |
chill_wind |
Oct-16-11 09:10 PM |
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Close up photos of the statue |
Tx4obama |
Oct-16-11 09:42 PM |
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That? IS SUPERB! |
WinkyDink |
Oct-17-11 01:01 PM |
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I don't care for the look or the pose. To me it seems stern and smug. |
elocs |
Oct-16-11 08:44 PM |
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I think its horrid. Who on earth approved it? |
Peregrine Took |
Oct-16-11 08:47 PM |
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The organization that raised the money and paid for it. n/t |
Tx4obama |
Oct-16-11 09:37 PM |
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Agreed. Plus it was designed and built in China |
Lorien |
Oct-17-11 01:43 AM |
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Maybe that's why he looks so ticked off. |
Union Scribe |
Oct-18-11 04:11 AM |
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Wow... You Guys Gave Some Serious Issues To Deal With... |
WillyT |
Oct-16-11 08:50 PM |
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Right, because everybody has to agree with you. |
elocs |
Oct-16-11 09:11 PM |
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The ADA Is A Beautiful Thing, No ??? |
WillyT |
Oct-16-11 09:24 PM |
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I so agree. I think it awesome. It conveys his unstinting strength and rock hard determination, |
snagglepuss |
Oct-16-11 09:57 PM |
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Maybe the statue should be made in America by American artists |
Lorien |
Oct-17-11 01:44 AM |
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Maybe a serious yet not stern visage? |
WinkyDink |
Oct-17-11 01:02 PM |
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It's "Socialist Realism", same style as Lenin, Stalin, and Mao statues. |
Odin2005 |
Oct-16-11 08:52 PM |
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yes it is. Thanks for the pic |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-16-11 08:52 PM |
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Who the hell approved a Soviet-style Socialist Realism statue? |
Odin2005 |
Oct-16-11 08:55 PM |
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The committee for the memorial chose him |
tammywammy |
Oct-16-11 09:21 PM |
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I Guess This Would Have Been Better |
WillyT |
Oct-16-11 09:02 PM |
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Seriously. Some people are never satisfied. |
kestrel91316 |
Oct-16-11 09:41 PM |
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Yup he was a pretty awesome man |
madokie |
Oct-16-11 09:07 PM |
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Gives me chills |
Aerows |
Oct-16-11 09:12 PM |
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Other angles |
chill_wind |
Oct-16-11 09:31 PM |
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So magnificent |
Aerows |
Oct-16-11 09:35 PM |
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I wish I'd been there too. |
chill_wind |
Oct-16-11 10:00 PM |
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And see the close-up shots in comment #30 :) n/t |
Tx4obama |
Oct-16-11 09:45 PM |
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Stern? Imperious? The world's capitals are full of this crap. |
Monk06 |
Oct-16-11 09:28 PM |
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what the fuck are you talking about? |
trumad |
Oct-16-11 09:41 PM |
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Monumental sculpture is universally in bad taste and makes the subject look ridiulous. |
Monk06 |
Oct-17-11 01:49 AM |
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In case you don't get my point........... |
Monk06 |
Oct-17-11 02:03 AM |
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Do you like the works of Edmonia Lewis? |
Mimosa |
Oct-18-11 04:42 AM |
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And to top it off flat footed doggerel poetry.......... |
Monk06 |
Oct-17-11 03:15 AM |
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Yes, I can imagine he'd say it, because he did |
tammywammy |
Oct-17-11 07:51 PM |
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Thanks you just distroyed my memory of a man capable of profound oratory. What a flat footed phrase. |
Monk06 |
Oct-18-11 03:11 AM |
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You sound desperate to justify your error. |
mattclearing |
Oct-18-11 04:25 AM |
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No I admit the error or I would have deleted my post. I am just disappointed |
Monk06 |
Oct-18-11 05:24 PM |
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It's part of the monument's theme. |
mattclearing |
Oct-19-11 02:50 AM |
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A statue that makes The Rev. Martin Luther King look like Chairman Mao? |
Hissyspit |
Oct-17-11 03:25 AM |
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Disagree with you on the Lincoln Memorial |
trumad |
Oct-17-11 07:53 AM |
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Me, too. |
Mimosa |
Oct-18-11 04:34 AM |
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Someone spent their time crafting this with their own hands |
Aerows |
Oct-16-11 09:39 PM |
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In CHINA, is the point some are making. And I most certainly can opine that it FAILS as a statue |
WinkyDink |
Oct-17-11 01:05 PM |
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I was watchng parts of the dedication service this morning |
tnlefty |
Oct-16-11 10:02 PM |
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A monument to outsourcing: |
Lorien |
Oct-17-11 01:45 AM |
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Beautiful! |
yoyossarian |
Oct-17-11 08:03 PM |
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Outsourced, even the stone came from China |
Mimosa |
Oct-18-11 04:32 AM |
#53 |
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