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Kosovans short of funds for Bill Clinton statue
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| Oct 2, 2007
| pool writer
Posted on 12/16/2007 5:02:43 PM PST by ThreePuttinDude
PRISTINA, Serbia (AFP) — A group of Kosovo Albanians [muslims] appealed Tuesday for donations after they ran out of money to build a statue of former US president Bill Clinton.
"With this act we will express sympathy, love and respect to president Clinton," Agim Rexhepi, head of the Friends of America association, told reporters.
The three-metre (10-foot) tall monument is still under construction in a studio in the city of Podujevo, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the Kosovan capital Pristina.
"The main work that remained unfinished is casting the statue in bronze. It can only be done outside of Kosovo," said sculptor Izeir Mustafa.
According to Mustafa's estimates, the work to sculpt the statue and cast it in bronze would cost between 60,000 and 70,000 euros (85,000 and 100,00 dollars).
Pristina already has a Bill Clinton Boulevard, which is graced by a 7.5-metre (25 feet) high mural of the former US leader.
Clinton is admired among Kosovo's ethnic Albanians for his support of their struggle to separate from Serbia.
The project to erect a statue in his honour on one of the squares along the thoroughfare was approved by local authorities earlier this year.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clintonlegacy; islam; kosovo; libtards; serbia; wrongside; wrongwar
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To: ThreePuttinDude
Maybe they could get a Robert Reich statue instead?
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:03:45 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(Huma for co-president!)
To: ThreePuttinDude
Pants on or off? I’m just sayin’!
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:04:19 PM PST
by
aliquando
(A Scout is T, L, H, F, C, K, O, C, T, B, C, and R.)
To: ThreePuttinDude
I betcha if they took up a fund to NOT build the statue, they’d make more $.
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:06:17 PM PST
by
NordP
(Such tough choices ahead, I'm now a "middle of the road" voter--somewhere between RUSH & Savage ;-))
To: ThreePuttinDude
I’ll be happy to loan them a quarter if I can find one in the sofa.
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:06:24 PM PST
by
claudiustg
(You know it. I know it.)
To: ThreePuttinDude
No... is this Scrappleface?
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:07:12 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(Duncan Hunter is like a cheeseburger and fries. Simple presentation with no frills.)
To: ThreePuttinDude; fieldmarshaldj; ExTexasRedhead; clintonh8r; no dems; Kuksool; SandRat; ...
A statue of Clinton? Will there be a kneeling statue of Monica Lewinski aside it?
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:09:05 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
To: ThreePuttinDude
"The main work that remained unfinished is casting the statue in bronze.
They should leave out the Monica Lewinsky portion of the statue.
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:09:38 PM PST
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! Duncan Hunter is a Cosponsor.)
To: ThreePuttinDude
Okay, how hard can it possibly be to cast a ten-foot-tall phallus?
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:10:14 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(Bill Clinton is a semen stain on the Presidency.)
To: wastedyears
is this Scrappleface? No, this is some serious stuff over there. The islamics in Kosovo love the guy.
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:11:00 PM PST
by
ThreePuttinDude
()... Cevapi & Slivovitz for everyone....()
To: ThreePuttinDude
I suggest an animatronic statue....here is an artistic rendering.
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:14:06 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(I guess I done see'd that varmint for the last time....)
To: Bobalu
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:15:28 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(Duncan Hunter is like a cheeseburger and fries. Simple presentation with no frills.)
To: Bobalu
Maybe they would be happy with the real thing.
Bill could undergo cryogenic freezing, be encased in a glass chamber, and put in place of the planned bronze statue.
hilllllary might even quit frowning so much.
It’s a win, win, as far as I’m concerned.
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:17:25 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Just saying what 'they' won't.)
To: Bobalu
ha ha ha. that’s a good one...thanks for the laugh
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:18:28 PM PST
by
ThreePuttinDude
()... Cevapi & Slivovitz for everyone....()
To: ThreePuttinDude
With this act we will express sympathy, love and respect to president Clinton," Agim Rexhepi, head of the Friends of America association, told reporters.BBBBBBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRFFFFFFFFFF!!!
Sorry!! gotta put the 'ol keyboard in the dishwasher now./sigh
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:19:04 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Merry CHRISTmas!!)
To: Kenny Bunk; Liz; calcowgirl
Gee, I wonder if
THIS THREAD could be related to this one???
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:19:07 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: Clintonfatigued
And will he be licking a cigar too?
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:19:55 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: Clintonfatigued
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:21:23 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: Bobalu
You just gave PEZ an idea for a new dispenser.
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:21:28 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: Calpernia
They just need to put the squeeze on the Chinese dishwashers!!!!
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posted on
12/16/2007 5:23:09 PM PST
by
Cheapskate
( Celebrate Sept.8 as Pajamatag , the day the pajamahadeem busted Dan Rather!!)
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