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1 posted on 01/02/2009 6:52:00 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

— Shelley


2 posted on 01/02/2009 6:54:50 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Libloather

His son is named Roland, his daughter Rolanda.
The guy’s an egomaniac.


3 posted on 01/02/2009 6:55:16 PM PST by conivorous
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To: Libloather

What is with Chicago? They let dead people vote and they chisle stone monuments to the living.


4 posted on 01/02/2009 6:56:27 PM PST by MathDoc (Don't blame me, I voted for Governor Palin and the wrinkly white-haired guy)
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To: Libloather
There are close-ups of the monument on this thread: Roland Burris Has Already Constructed His Terrifying Death Chamber
5 posted on 01/02/2009 6:58:34 PM PST by BlessedBeGod (Obama's not my president, and Blagojevich is not my governor.)
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To: Libloather

I can’t think of a better place than a cemetery for a Chicago Democrat to tout his qualifications for office. Going straight to the electorate is always the key to political success.


6 posted on 01/02/2009 6:58:39 PM PST by I_Like_Spam
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To: Libloather

He’s a legend in his own mind.


10 posted on 01/02/2009 7:10:39 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: Libloather

Ugh what an egomaniac. I’m sure he’s in public service for the right reasons.


14 posted on 01/02/2009 7:22:13 PM PST by The Worthless Miracle (I will not gird my loins for Joe Biden.)
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To: Libloather

“...Burris was the first African-American exchange student to Hamburg University in Germany from Southern Illinois University in 1959.”

Who said he’s not qualified to be Senator?


18 posted on 01/02/2009 7:40:16 PM PST by Buck W. (BHO: Selling hope, keeping the change.)
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To: Libloather

Looks like a granite outhouse.


21 posted on 01/02/2009 8:04:58 PM PST by smokingfrog (I'll go green when they plant me in the ground.)
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To: Libloather

Would the last sane man in Chicago please say aye...*crickets*


22 posted on 01/02/2009 8:10:05 PM PST by TheWasteLand
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To: Libloather
Burris, the Pharaoh of Illinois :)
25 posted on 01/02/2009 11:57:22 PM PST by blueplum
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