"Oh no," he objected.
"Anybody can open an oyster."
Posted on 01/31/2002 6:50:30 AM PST by Jeff Head
"Oh no," he objected.
"Anybody can open an oyster."
God Bless her and their family. May God keep them close to his heart and watch over them ever so close.
POST # 142,330: The statue is a memorial not a political statement.
UPDATE: 142,336
Good Night all and God Bless
Btw, I was reading this weekend and came across this so I thought I'd pass it along.
Excerpt:
It is worth recording the names of those brave men, because, if the forces of political correctness had had their way, their deed would have been airbrushed into the amnesiac limbo of ideological expediency. Like the vast majority of firefighters in New York, McWilliams, Johnson, and Eisengrein happened to be white. How to deal with that politically incorrect fact in this age of "affirmative action"? Simple alter the historical record. Thus the model for the sculpture depicts not the three white firemen but a rainbow coalition of one white, one black, and one Hispanic man. Just as we were going to press, the news came down that the public outcry against this effort to rewrite history had led the sponsors to drop plans for the sculpture splendid if true."
"We imagine a similar thought crossed the minds of those responsible for commissioning the nineteen-foot bronze sculpture that was supposed to be placed in front of the New York fire departments Brooklyn headquarters this spring. Meant to commemorate the 343 firemen killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, the sculpture is based on the famous news photograph by Tom Franklin of the Bergen County Record, of three firemen raising an American flag on a pile of rubble at Ground Zero. Probably all our readers remember that photograph, taken the very afternoon of the attacks, in which fireman Dan McWilliams, George Johnson, and Billy Eisengrein are seen hoisting Old Glory on a length of metal wreckage.
From "Repealing History", in the "Notes and Comments:February 2002", section of The New Criterion. An EXCELLENT magazine!! Congratulations, Jeff! You sure do us proud!
Have a great day!
I do not trust them as far as I can throw them and so we are continuing the petiton now (according to point two in the petition) to insure that whatever plans they come up with are not politically motivated or historically inaccurate. Otherwise, in a few months they will quietly erect some other monstocity.
Hope all is well with you and yours, the words quoted in that article are right on.
BUMP at 142,850
Just signing in to say Good Morning to all
Have to get ready for work now
BUMP at 143,200
Now at 143,275
Headed for 150,000, hopefully tomorrow spometime.
Running at about 500 per hour right now, maybe a little less.
Tuesday at noon will be three weeks. Would love to be at 150,000 by then, whihc would be an average of 50,000 signatures per weeks. Amazing.
It sure is.
Does anyone know what is meant in this mornings Mallard Fillmore
"Looks like its a done deal." "Who said we wouldn't get back to normal?"
This is the one.<P. off to work.
I am still waiting for an official announcemnt from NYC as to what the atcual smemorial will be ... then we will know.
144,350 BUMP
1500 in the last three hours ... 500/hour.
Off to put more bread on the table now ... will check in later this PM.
Its in the Star Telegram news paper.
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