Posted on 06/15/2009 6:21:21 PM PDT by re_tail20
Mount Rushmore National Memorial's famous stone carvings of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt are about to receive a sculpted visitor: a massive bust of Barack Obama.
According to Black Hills Today, the statue is made of steel and concrete, tops 20 feet tall and weighs roughly 12 tons.
Crafted by artist David Adickes of Houston, Texas, the Obama bust left Adickes' sculpture center earlier this month, shipped in two pieces on the back of a truck , making its way along a 10-state, 40-city tour.
The statue has been spotted in St. Louis, took a rest in Chicago's Grant Park, the site of Obama's election night victory speech, and is now moving through Minnesota.
On Wednesday, the bust is scheduled to be put on display at Mount Rushmore.
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Gagging on the thought.
LOL! And it’s so realistic, too.
they do not honor presidents til they are DEAD! Last I looked the man is not DEAD.
Just who the hell ordered that, and who is paying for it?
How would you be able to support jug ears like that on a rock sculpture?
God’s laws of nature will prevent this outrage.
Satire, surely? No???
Gag me with a spoon!
This is bordering on insanity. A 20 FOOT high bust of a president in office a little over 6 months?
This is hearkening back to the old Soviet Union.
They are going to put this guy on the $1 bill and on the quarter, right? Will that happen this year or next?
Please tell me this is a joke!!
LMOA!
Post of the day! That’s too Hell-Funny!
Not Michell but Barrack
I think a giant chia head of Obama might be nice.
See post #5.
*ducking and running for shelter*
"In fact, Obama's likeness is only the latest to join the sculpture garden at Presidents Park, which contains 20-foot-tall busts of all of our nation's presidents, crafted by Adickes."
That has already come up in conversation. Heaven forbid should Obama gain JFK legacy they’ll put him on the $20. Washington on the $1 is too close to founding father, Lincoln on the $5 is untouchable, Hamilton on the $10 would be possibility, but Jackson on the $20 was more of an evil white man who deserves erasure from commemoration.
Put Obama on the penny. A penny for his thoughts.
It’s time to lock your doors and close the curtains.
Heck, they could put him on all of them for all I care - by the time he’s through we’ll be using them for toilet paper anyway. Maybe we can hit Zimbabwe up for a loan by then. In yuan.
What right has that bastard got to planthis bust at Mt Ruahmore and desicrate the place!
In fairness, this is for President’s Park, not Mt. Rushmore.
They probably did the same for George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan about the same time in their first terms.
Has anyone been there? It sounds nice from the description.1
oh give me a break
H*ll, gag me with a waring blender!
I am just sick with worry at the thought that someone might urinate on that sculpture.
I thought twice about writing this post for fear of putting the idea in someone head.
“A penny for his thoughts.”
I wouldn’t listen to his thoughts for a million!
And those liver lips -- how will they ever keep their true color?
There, fixed it...
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They are going to put Obama’s mug on the $1,000,000,000,000 bill.
It should be entering circulation in about 18 months.
It belongs on Mount Spendmore.
If it wasn't so far away I'd proudly pee on his sculpture!
This calls for a commando raid with enough black paint to change the hair and add the appropriate little moustache. . .
This guy’s head was already too big.
“You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them.” -— God
“If it wasn’t so far away I’d proudly pee on his sculpture!”
You could phone it in!
They captured the essence of his white side: butt ugly.
Sounds like this self elevated sculpture is building his own memorial park.
Who pays for all this crap anyway? It had better be privately funded and not through some stupid natl. arts ripoff circle jerk.
Is this part of the stimulus package?-—— employing out of work starving artists????? The park in question is probably maintained by illegal aliens. I’d sure like to see that “bust” come down.
The cult of personality is getting WAY out of control!
Better still, someone needs to find a fast-growing but officially endangered plant. Then spray the head with a sticky soil-fertilizer mix and plant endangered seedlings.
Under the Endangered Species Act, they CAN’T scrape it off, and must in fact maintain the new habitat, aka Chia Obama. . .
No, on the three Dollar bill!
GASP! Rebelbase! Not in front of George!
LOL. Sheer genius.
I would imagine Obama payed for it. His ego just couldn’t resist.
Do you mean, won’t LAST long?
(Shaking my head) That’s just so very wrong. The guy should’ve carved it out of ice.
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