Yes, you are precisely correct. Here is the statue of one of history's most dangerous genocidal tyrants, in Ballard USA as you mentioned. ONLY DISGUSTING PEOPLE KEEP STATUES OF LENIN:
123 posted on 02/23/2006 3:06:42 PM PST by Emmet Fitzhume
("Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure." President Reagan)
It's better then that. Every state had official 9/11 observances. Governor Gary Locke lead the one for Washington state, and wouldn't even wear an American flag lapel pin.
124 posted on 02/23/2006 3:10:23 PM PST by CWOJackson