Posted on 07/08/2009 3:21:31 PM PDT by Publius772000
On the web page as well as the banner covering a large portion of Mt. Rushmore, Greenpeace blathers on about honoring America’s leaders, not politicians.
In principle, I agree with their assessment. Barack Obama is no leader. He is an ideologue, wholly committed to special interest groups, like Greenpeace, instead of the principles upon which this nation was founded. He cannot speak without prompts, cannot make decisions without polls, cannot lead without consensus. He is no Lincoln, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, or Washington. Not even close.
To point out this fact, Greenpeace took it upon themselves to attach a giant photo of Obama to one of the most hallowed places in the United States. To exhort their Messiah to fix a climate problem which doesn’t exist, they have desecrated the epitomes of true American leadership.
George Washington was the founder of the greatest nation in the history of the world who voluntarily gave up power to maintain the free Republic of the United States. Thomas Jefferson helped pen the words of the Declaration and was a staunch advocate for the rights of man. Abraham Lincoln was as gifted a leader as the nation has known, despite his humble beginnings, as he reforged a nation with compassion. Theodore Roosevelt was a leader in every sense, who never asked others to do what he himself had not done or would not attempt.
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I’m sure they drove there so how much pollution did they make by protesting .
they end up doing what they are protesting against the clowns
and the left think they have brains, my word what Muppet’s they are
O.R. the bozo lover might have said some of my things I bet but I wouldn’t know anymore as I can’t watch him anymore
I’m with you there, friend. If I had written what I had REALLY wanted to write, it wouldn’t have been very kid-friendly. It actually took me a couple of minutes to process this completely... it’s stunning, even for the enviroNazis...
I would be more than banned, I would have uninvited company from afar.
Leftwing totalitarians.
How in the hell were they able to get up there with such a large banner and then do what they did? Where were the park rangers or were they willing conspirators? Is this some more of the change we can believe in?
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gaining access to the top of the monument is relatively easy from the back.
there is a staircase that goes up the backside of George’s head.
So much for security at our national landmarks. If Greenpeace could unfurl a banner on Mt. Rushmore without being caught, they could just as well have permanently vandalized the monument.
The first line of their poster was ok. And the message that obama is just a politian was ok. So they got 2 out of 3.
You’re right... I’m actually ok with the message that Obama isn’t a leader. I just don’t agree that pushing global warming legislation is the way to become one, nor could I ever condone placing a banner on Rushmore... as one of the comments on my blog described it: monstrous.
They are beginning to be a rival for the ACLU in stuff you scrape off you shoe on the step with this nonsense.
So did they actually place this banner on Mt. Rushmore or did they simply doctor a video that had been previously shot?
No, it’s actually there, and, as of 3:00EST or so, it was STILL there, as the park staff was having difficulty removing it due to wind. It is no Photoshop stunt.
I wonder how much damage they caused in securing their ropes?
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