I'm at the Lenin statue counter protesting the protestors if you want to swing by say hi give me the finger etc. Black shirt black jacket, look like typical pj fan
some protestors are beginning to leave, they seem like nice enough people. one guy is filming.
What? No khakis?
khakis yes, underwear no Im being accused of being a paid protestor working for Soros
I'm at the Lenin statue counter protesting the protestors if you want to swing by say hi give me the finger etc. Black shirt black jacket, look like typical pj fan
some protestors are beginning to leave, they seem like nice enough people. one guy is filming.
I'm at the Lenin statue counter protesting the protestors if you want to swing by say hi give me the finger etc. Black shirt black jacket, look like typical pj fan
some protestors are beginning to leave, they seem like nice enough people. one guy is filming.
What? No khakis?
khakis yes, underwear no Im being accused of being a paid protestor working for Soros
I'm at the Lenin statue counter protesting the protestors if you want to swing by say hi give me the finger etc. Black shirt black jacket, look like typical pj fan
some protestors are beginning to leave, they seem like nice enough people. one guy is filming.
What? No khakis?
khakis yes, underwear no Im being accused of being a paid protestor working for Soros
Members Only jacket?
Jordache...the mariners game let out so I'm on my way to the polka club
If someone said there’s a statue of Lenin in the Fremont neighborhood you’d expect it to be of John Lennon, not Vladimir.
But for a neighborhood whose motto is “De Libertas Quirkas,” the freedom to be peculiar, it’s not a surprise.
The path to Seattle from Poprad, Slovakia, for this 8-ton bronze of the Communist revolutionary occurred because Lewis Carpenter of Issaquah saw it, bought it and brought it back after the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
He died in 1994, but the family still owns it, and Jon Hegeman, with the Fremont Arts Council, says it’s still for sale for $250,000 or best offer.
The 16-foot Lenin, striding boldly and backed by flames and firearms, still evokes strong responses, though he died 91 years ago.
Lenin was responsible for untold deaths, and many equate him with Hitler and Stalin. Vandals often paint the statue’s hands blood red.
He joins more than 60 other art installations in Fremont, including the Troll, the Guidepost marking the “center of the universe,” “Waiting for the Interurban” and the Rocket.
Fremontologist and neighborhood expert Kirby Lindsay Lanay says, “I hate it in the sense it upsets people. I understand their pain. I like art that makes you feel good.”
Mike Clark with the Fremont Arts Council says, “It’s perfectly Fremont.” At first he was opposed to the statue and “now, totally indifferent. It’s super popular and part of the (Fremont) shtick.”
Lindsay Laney says, “Love him or hate him, he’s as much a part of Fremont as the rest of our art. We dress him up in a tutu for gay pride.
“Taco del Mar made a giant (tinfoil wrapped) burrito for him to hold, but it looked like a doobie.”
There are few places in America where a statue of Lenin would find a home, and now the Communist revolutionary looks out over a capitalistic commercial business district.
Hegeman says if Lenin sells, he’d like to see another statue in its place.
Imagine John Lennon.
And, today Vlad's statue is back in the local news...
If someone said there’s a statue of Lenin in the Fremont neighborhood you’d expect it to be of John Lennon, not Vladimir.
But for a neighborhood whose motto is “De Libertas Quirkas,” the freedom to be peculiar, it’s not a surprise.
The path to Seattle from Poprad, Slovakia, for this 8-ton bronze of the Communist revolutionary occurred because Lewis Carpenter of Issaquah saw it, bought it and brought it back after the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
He died in 1994, but the family still owns it, and Jon Hegeman, with the Fremont Arts Council, says it’s still for sale for $250,000 or best offer.
The 16-foot Lenin, striding boldly and backed by flames and firearms, still evokes strong responses, though he died 91 years ago.
Lenin was responsible for untold deaths, and many equate him with Hitler and Stalin. Vandals often paint the statue’s hands blood red.
He joins more than 60 other art installations in Fremont, including the Troll, the Guidepost marking the “center of the universe,” “Waiting for the Interurban” and the Rocket.
Fremontologist and neighborhood expert Kirby Lindsay Lanay says, “I hate it in the sense it upsets people. I understand their pain. I like art that makes you feel good.”
Mike Clark with the Fremont Arts Council says, “It’s perfectly Fremont.” At first he was opposed to the statue and “now, totally indifferent. It’s super popular and part of the (Fremont) shtick.”
Lindsay Laney says, “Love him or hate him, he’s as much a part of Fremont as the rest of our art. We dress him up in a tutu for gay pride.
“Taco del Mar made a giant (tinfoil wrapped) burrito for him to hold, but it looked like a doobie.”
There are few places in America where a statue of Lenin would find a home, and now the Communist revolutionary looks out over a capitalistic commercial business district.
Hegeman says if Lenin sells, he’d like to see another statue in its place.
Imagine John Lennon.
And, today Vlad's statue is back in the local news...
What happened? Where did it occur? We were promised violence for the cameras and press at the memorial service for Heather. What? It didn't happen? I watched all day just for that?
Why no talk about removing statues of those that committed genocide against Native Americans/American Indians? I guess we will begin to talk remove those statues once were done with the southern racism statues.
If someone said there’s a statue of Lenin in the Fremont neighborhood you’d expect it to be of John Lennon, not Vladimir.
But for a neighborhood whose motto is “De Libertas Quirkas,” the freedom to be peculiar, it’s not a surprise.
The path to Seattle from Poprad, Slovakia, for this 8-ton bronze of the Communist revolutionary occurred because Lewis Carpenter of Issaquah saw it, bought it and brought it back after the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
He died in 1994, but the family still owns it, and Jon Hegeman, with the Fremont Arts Council, says it’s still for sale for $250,000 or best offer.
The 16-foot Lenin, striding boldly and backed by flames and firearms, still evokes strong responses, though he died 91 years ago.
Lenin was responsible for untold deaths, and many equate him with Hitler and Stalin. Vandals often paint the statue’s hands blood red.
He joins more than 60 other art installations in Fremont, including the Troll, the Guidepost marking the “center of the universe,” “Waiting for the Interurban” and the Rocket.
Fremontologist and neighborhood expert Kirby Lindsay Lanay says, “I hate it in the sense it upsets people. I understand their pain. I like art that makes you feel good.”
Mike Clark with the Fremont Arts Council says, “It’s perfectly Fremont.” At first he was opposed to the statue and “now, totally indifferent. It’s super popular and part of the (Fremont) shtick.”
Lindsay Laney says, “Love him or hate him, he’s as much a part of Fremont as the rest of our art. We dress him up in a tutu for gay pride.
“Taco del Mar made a giant (tinfoil wrapped) burrito for him to hold, but it looked like a doobie.”
There are few places in America where a statue of Lenin would find a home, and now the Communist revolutionary looks out over a capitalistic commercial business district.
Hegeman says if Lenin sells, he’d like to see another statue in its place.
Imagine John Lennon.
And, today Vlad's statue is back in the local news...
Why no talk about removing statues of those that committed genocide against Native Americans/American Indians? I guess we will begin to talk remove those statues once were done with the southern racism statues.
It's amazing how consistently you parrot right wing talking points. Is there a daily email, so you all spout the same derp?
Sure I'm all for it. Let's start by getting rid of Columbus day and make it a national holiday for voting.
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Why no talk about removing statues of those that committed genocide against Native Americans/American Indians? I guess we will begin to talk remove those statues once were done with the southern racism statues.
It's amazing how consistently you parrot right wing talking points. Is there a daily email, so you all spout the same derp?
The more Indians we can kill this year the
fewer we will need to kill the next, because the more I see of
the Indians
the more convinced
I become that they must either all be killed or be maintained
as a species of pauper. Their attempts at civilization is ridiculous...
Classic Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Why no talk about removing statues of those that committed genocide against Native Americans/American Indians? I guess we will begin to talk remove those statues once were done with the southern racism statues.
It's amazing how consistently you parrot right wing talking points. Is there a daily email, so you all spout the same derp?
I guess I missed the news the other day about the idiots trying to tear down the peace monument in Atlanta because evidently every monument is racist...
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The descendants of Lee, Jackson and Davis want the Confederate statues to come down By Polo Sandoval and Darran Simon, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/16/us/robert-e-lees-grandson-comments-on-statue-removal/index.html ------------------------------------------------- Re: link above. There are Confederate cemeteries and museums and the statues would be absolutely appropriate there. We have so many Americans that truly deserve a statue for accomplishments that have positively affected America...and all Americans. Let's have more of those. A nice Maya Angelou statue; we need more like that...inspiring statues of good Americans.
Why no talk about removing statues of those that committed genocide against Native Americans/American Indians? I guess we will begin to talk remove those statues once were done with the southern racism statues.
It's amazing how consistently you parrot right wing talking points. Is there a daily email, so you all spout the same derp?
Why no talk about removing statues of those that committed genocide against Native Americans/American Indians? I guess we will begin to talk remove those statues once were done with the southern racism statues.
It's amazing how consistently you parrot right wing talking points. Is there a daily email, so you all spout the same derp?
I'm throwing this out here - last year there was a big debate in my hometown (small town in VA) about changing the name of the high school (there's only one) from Robert E. Lee to something else. I'm guessing the issue will come up again.
See those candles around that statue at UVA, its pictured third, sign reads "only one side love"? That's at the feet of the statue of Thomas Jefferson, original founder, slave owner, slave trader and one who raped his property, a 12 year old black girl.
See those candles around that statue at UVA, its pictured third, sign reads "only one side love"? That's at the feet of the statue of Thomas Jefferson, original founder, slave owner, slave trader and one who raped his property, a 12 year old black girl.
The short answer to your statement is that we honor Washington and Jefferson despite the fact that they owned slaves, whereas memorials to the likes of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson honor them because they fought for the Confederacy, a secessionist movement that had the preservation of slavery as its organizing principle.
See those candles around that statue at UVA, its pictured third, sign reads "only one side love"? That's at the feet of the statue of Thomas Jefferson, original founder, slave owner, slave trader and one who raped his property, a 12 year old black girl.
The short answer to your statement is that we honor Washington and Jefferson despite the fact that they owned slaves, whereas memorials to the likes of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson honor them because they fought for the Confederacy, a secessionist movement that had the preservation of slavery as its organizing principle.
Yes, and for the simple fact that despite flaws, Washington and Jefferson founded this country whereas Lee and Jackson fought to destroy it.
See those candles around that statue at UVA, its pictured third, sign reads "only one side love"? That's at the feet of the statue of Thomas Jefferson, original founder, slave owner, slave trader and one who raped his property, a 12 year old black girl.
The short answer to your statement is that we honor Washington and Jefferson despite the fact that they owned slaves, whereas memorials to the likes of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson honor them because they fought for the Confederacy, a secessionist movement that had the preservation of slavery as its organizing principle.
Yes, and for the simple fact that despite flaws, Washington and Jefferson founded this country whereas Lee and Jackson fought to destroy it.
(raping 12 year old...flaw)
Was there any negotiation concessions or did the South decide to invade the North over slavery?
Kudos to the Johnny Cash extended family!! The Guardian: Johnny Cash’s children condemn Charlottesville far-right protester in Cash T-shirt. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwjI2s4TU
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Im being accused of being a paid protestor working for Soros
Libtardaplorable©. And proud of it.
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Years ago I figured the ACLU would go to trial and remove it. Seriously.
Someone on here was spreading fake news. Sad!
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Sure I'm all for it. Let's start by getting rid of Columbus day and make it a national holiday for voting.
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https://www.rt.com/usa/399584-atlanta-confederate-monument-damage/
By Polo Sandoval and Darran Simon, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/16/us/robert-e-lees-grandson-comments-on-statue-removal/index.html
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Re: link above. There are Confederate cemeteries and museums and the statues would be absolutely appropriate there. We have so many Americans that truly deserve a statue for accomplishments that have positively affected America...and all Americans. Let's have more of those. A nice Maya Angelou statue; we need more like that...inspiring statues of good Americans.
Cheers,
HFD
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/17/544081108/glow-from-candlelight-vigil-in-charlottesville-lights-up-uva-campus
Put the statues in a museum like MOT to preserve them, talk about them, teach about them.
I was agreeing with your statement.
Was there any negotiation concessions or did the South decide to invade the North over slavery?
The Guardian: Johnny Cash’s children condemn Charlottesville far-right protester in Cash T-shirt. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwjI2s4TU