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A tear for WTC victims falls from distant Russia
The Star Ledger ^
| Tuesday, August 23, 2005
| RONALD LEIR
Posted on 08/23/2005 9:24:44 AM PDT by lizol
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posted on
08/23/2005 9:24:49 AM PDT
by
lizol
To: lizol
There's some irony in the fact that our formerly longtime enemy knows more about constructing a memorial than our own leftist citizens, who were fellow travellers with that enemy.
To: lizol; ValenB4; anonymoussierra; zagor-te-nej; Freelance Warrior; kedr; Sober 4 Today; ...
Zurab TsereteliThanks for the article, but considering the designer, I'm a bit afraid to see what this will look like. This guy's "style" is usually scary (though his statue of Marshal Zukov is impressive).
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posted on
08/23/2005 9:28:32 AM PDT
by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
To: babyface00
I still can't believe that this many years after 911 there is still NOTHING there to commemorate the fallen. That is a national shame.
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posted on
08/23/2005 9:29:20 AM PDT
by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
To: jb6
I think Afghanistan commemorates them.
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posted on
08/23/2005 9:33:26 AM PDT
by
conservativewasp
(Liberals lie for sport and hate their country.)
To: jb6
I must admit I have no idea who the guy is.
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posted on
08/23/2005 9:34:51 AM PDT
by
lizol
To: jb6
That is a national shame
No argument here.
Of course, look how long it took for us to build a WWII memorial in DC...
To: lizol
That was a nice gesture by the Russian people, and I'm grateful to them for it. At first I thought it was going to be erected in Russia, but I guess it's going to be in New Jersey?
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posted on
08/23/2005 9:39:10 AM PDT
by
Aliska
To: lizol
Why are they putting this thing in Bayonne, New Jersey, anyone know? Seems a bit like shunting it off to a distant location. Considering the fact that we haven't gotten our act together on a memorial yet, one would hope this gift could be given more prominence.
To: jb6
What I realized last night, watching the National Geographic shows on 9/11, is that nothing short of the video and pictures from that day really captures the emotions in quite the right way. I found myself getting enraged all over again and I think that's a good thing.
To: jb6
Here he is with a model of it:
And here's what looks like an artist's conception:
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posted on
08/23/2005 9:54:52 AM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! We willna be fooled again!")
To: Tennessee_Bob
I see now - Bayonne give one a straight shot view of the setting. Sorry, I'm not a New Yorker, as you may well understand.
To: Tennessee_Bob
It looks like a piece of damn crap.
To: Tennessee_Bob
Welp I'm definitly not disappointed in my fear of what this guy's monument will look like. Scary. I wonder how much drugs he took in his youth?
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posted on
08/23/2005 10:02:24 AM PDT
by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
To: steel_resolve
You should see some of the "art" that Raleigh put up on Capital Blvd, at tax payer's expense of course, or the sorry excuse for "art" at the NC Art Museum.
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posted on
08/23/2005 10:03:21 AM PDT
by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
To: Tennessee_Bob
I like modern art.
I think it's powerful and evocative. A beautiful tribute.
Spasibo to the Russians.
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posted on
08/23/2005 10:04:14 AM PDT
by
ClearBlueSky
(Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
To: lizol
He made the Stalin (at Yalta) monument that no one wants. He made the 3 story Peter the Great cement monument in Moscow (on the river) which was originally meant to be Columbus for Columbus, Ga, USA. They looked at it said hell no, so he chopped off the head and replaced it with Peter's and sold it to Luzkov (what the hell was Luzkov on when he bought that?). He's building a giant stone henge in Georgia, north of Tbilisi, equally scary.
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posted on
08/23/2005 10:07:53 AM PDT
by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
To: babyface00
Very true. Until Tom Hanks did Saving Private Ryon, the monument was a none-starter.
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posted on
08/23/2005 10:08:36 AM PDT
by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
To: jb6
You're kidding about the Peter's the Great memorial story, right? :-)))
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posted on
08/23/2005 10:35:19 AM PDT
by
lizol
To: lizol
I like it.
Thank you, Russia.
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