Saturday, July 14, 2012

Symbols of real hope, real change

While Russians are busy ripping Lenin statues a new one, the Poles have honored two of history's most effective anti-communists with a statue of Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan.

When it comes to genuine statesmen and great leaders, I can't help feeling as if we're living among Lilliputians these days.
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  1. Gregoryno6July 14, 2012 at 7:00 PM

    Quite so.
    There are only two people in Australia who are happy with Jooolya leading the government: Kevin Rudd and Gough Whitlam. She has relieved them both of the title Worst Prime Minister Since Federation.

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  2. rinardmanJuly 14, 2012 at 8:55 PM

    Hmmm, I wonder what nation of the world will someday erect a statue to honor the Fourth Best President?

    A small statue....with lots of bird sh!t on it.

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  3. richard mcenroeJuly 14, 2012 at 10:16 PM

    rianrdman, of course, it will be raised in Tehran.

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  4. JeffSJuly 14, 2012 at 11:55 PM

    r-man, how about a statue of The Won small enough for dogs to hoist their leg on?

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  5. PacoJuly 14, 2012 at 11:58 PM

    Jeff: What you might call...payback.

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  6. RebeccaHJuly 15, 2012 at 1:57 PM

    Actually, the only statue to Obama will probably appear in some postage-stamp-sized park near The Loop in Chicago (similar to Cincinnati's Fountain Square which features... well... a fountain), or perhaps on a concrete island on some off-the-beaten boulevard in Honolulu. But I wouldn't take bets on this.

    I mean, where are the statues celebrating Jimmy Carter?

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  7. missredJuly 15, 2012 at 4:03 PM

    remember this? February 2010
    statue of President Barack Obama as a 10-year-old boy has been removed from an Indonesian park and moved to a nearby elementary school that Obama once attended, the Jakarta Globe reports.
    The decision to take down the 43-inch statue, which was erected in December, came after more than 57,000 people joined a Facebook page calling for it to be removed and replaced by a memorial to an Indonesian. It was removed Sunday night.

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  8. missredJuly 15, 2012 at 4:03 PM

    remember this? February 2010
    statue of President Barack Obama as a 10-year-old boy has been removed from an Indonesian park and moved to a nearby elementary school that Obama once attended, the Jakarta Globe reports.
    The decision to take down the 43-inch statue, which was erected in December, came after more than 57,000 people joined a Facebook page calling for it to be removed and replaced by a memorial to an Indonesian. It was removed Sunday night.

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  9. JeffSJuly 15, 2012 at 6:30 PM

    Plenty of dogs in the Loop, Rebecca. And it would save wear and tear on so many fire hydrants!

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