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Just RECEIVED the following from ‘somewhere’... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear Friends: We have the distinguished honor of being members of the Committee to raise $50,000,000 for a monument to Hillary R. Clinton. We originally wanted to put her on Mt. Rushmore until we discovered there was not enough room for her two faces. We then decided to erect a statue of Hillary in the Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame. We were in a quandary as to where the statue should be placed....

Donald Trump says removing confederate statues is a slippery slope that could get out of control. Maybe he's right—would that be such a bad thing? More than ever, old monuments to famous white American men are being threatened in the name of progress. Naturally, this has become a rallying cry on the far right, with plenty of encouragement from the most powerful man in the world. At the same unhinged press conference in which Donald Trump again blamed both sides for the deadly violence in Charlottesville last weekend, he also painted a picture of a slippery slope where those fighting...

The story behind a plaque at Mount Rushmore explaining the history of the United States of America with quite a Christian flavor would probably surprise many people. President Calvin Coolidge met the artist Gutzon Borglum who prompted him to dedicate the site for a carving of four president's busts in the 1920's. Coolidge helped to raise funds and was even present as the cornerstone was laid and said, “We have come here to dedicate a cornerstone laid by the hand of the Almighty. …The union of these four presidents carved on the face of the everlasting Black Hills of South...

... And amid this closedpocalypse, the heroic democrats are here to tell you that the ouchies are all thanks to republicans taking you hostage with guns. Why, just yesterday John Boehner himself took over a bank and demanded a bus and nude photos of Bea Arthur. And we wouldn’t know about this evil without the Obama administration cleverly turning off all the lights, that the darkness might illuminate it.

Many laughed thinking it was silly. Well, it has indeed come to pass Rushmore blockage stirs anger in S.D. - Blocking access to trails and programs at South Dakota’s most popular attraction was one thing, but state officials didn’t expect Congress’ budget stalemate to shut down a view of Mount Rushmore. The National Park Service placed cones along highway viewing areas outside Mount Rushmore this week, barring visitors from pulling over and taking pictures of the famed monument.

A UN human official is urging the U.S. to turn over control of lands considered to be sacred to Native Americans, including the site of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, unveiled his recommendations in Geneva on Friday after completing a 12-day visit to the U.S. where he met with representatives of indigenous peoples in six states. The fact-finder also had a chance to meet members of the Obama administration and briefed the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, but no member of Congress agreed to meet with him....

If you saw Libertarian/Republican Ron Paul doing the interview with author Ivan Eland on CSpan’s BookNotes, you probably would have guessed that Eland’s new book “Recarving Rushmore” was not about to rank Presidents with the usual suspects (Lincoln, Washington, FDR, JFK, and other purveyors of big government) at the top. Eland does not disappoint. The book is subtitled, “Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty” and that in itself should provide a clue that this is no ordinary tome of sycophantic praise for the big names Prezes. Lovers of liberty and small government and Libertarians (both small and big...

John F. Kennedy remains a beloved figure almost a half century after his death. Rush Limbaugh is still the main man to Republicans. Although polls show dramatically declining support for a government run health care system, the vast majority of Americans aren't sure what it is they dislike. Such are the results of a new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair survey. JFK was the No. 1 response when Americans were asked which president they would like to see added to Mount Rushmore. Twenty-nine percent named the president assassinated 46 years ago. Ronald Reagan was next with the support of 20 percent of...

Present Barack Hussein Obama declared today that he has surrendered the war in Afghanistan to the Taliban as a token gesture of peace to the world. The Present stated that he will usher in a new era of peace around the globe and will no longer stand for conflicts in any part of the world for any reason. Obama also notified the UN that he will assume the position of Present of the World effective immediately. The news of surrender in Afghanistan to the Taliban sent shockwaves throughout the tribal regions of the Afgan/Pak border areas with some saying that...

Rare Artwork by Mount Rushmore Creator For years, it sat as a paperweight in the home of Jeane Funkhouser. In fact, her daughter, Charlene Mitchell, remembers having to dust under it the entire time she was growing up. It turns out she was dusting under what may be worth millions of dollars. For several decades, the Victoria family has been in possession of an extremely rare Steuben Glass George Washington head created by artist Gutzon Borglum, the man behind the Mount Rushmore sculpture. Funkhouser, also an artist, was given the model as a gift from Borglum's son, Lincoln Borglum, in...

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...

Barack Obama's head is added to Mount Rushmore even before he's elected and he catches hell from the four honored presidents. video link @ The Nose On Your Face http://www.thenoseonyourface.com/

Liberals Secretly Add Obama To Mt Rushmore He is their Messiah and while the "Barack of Obama" was traveling Europe on his nifty excellent adventure the Dem controlled congress has secretly begun installing Obama's face over Teddy Roosevelt's on Mt Rushmore. They cited Obama's 9 point lead in today's gallup poll as justification for naming Obama president with resolution #000000 to coincide with his empty resume. http://chicagoray.blogspot.com

Democrat Barack Obama paid an unscheduled late-night visit to Mount Rushmore Friday, visiting the national memorial at closing time and joking that his ears were too big to ever be included in such a display. Two days after rival Hillary Rodham Clinton made a campaign stop here, Obama joined a group of reporters and staff members for an after-dark sightseeing visit to the national memorial, where the faces of four presidents are carved into the mountain. South Dakota and Montana hold their primary elections on Tuesday, the final ones in the nation, and Obama was campaigning in both states. Asked...

Video of Matthews kissing up to Bush for some reason.

BOOKSHELF The Wrong Way to Mount RushmoreIf you must read Bill Clinton's book, skip pages 1 through 869.BY MARK STEYNSunday, June 27, 2004 12:01 a.m. EDT Is there anything interesting in "My Life" by Bill Clinton? Oh, yes. Page 870.The Clintons are in New Zealand and finally get to meet "Sir Edmund Hillary, who had explored the South Pole in the 1950s, was the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest and, most important, was the man Chelsea's mother had been named for."Hmm. Edmund Hillary reached the top of Everest in 1953. Hillary Rodham was born in 1947,...

What better way to preserve the legacy of Ronald Wilson Reagan and to protect it from the liberal spin doctors who are trying to rewrite history than to reflect on the words of the Mount Rushmore creator John Gutzon Borglum, "I want, somewhere in America on or near the Rockies, the backbone of the Continent, so far removed from succeeding, selfish, coveting civilizations, a few feet of stone that bears witness, carries the likenesses, the dates, a word or two of the great things we accomplished as a Nation, placed so high it won't pay to pull down for lesser...

Would you like to see President Ronald Reagan on Mt. Rushmore? * 12468 responses Yes 43% No 57% Thank you for voting. Click here for some background, and send us an e-mail to share your thoughts. Plus, see past voting results.

Should Reagan be added to Mount Rushmore.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An Ohio state representative wants to see President Ronald Reagan's image added to Mount Rushmore. Rep. Ron Young, R-Painesville, introduced a resolution Monday requesting Congress to add the former president's image to the South Dakota landmark. Reagan died Saturday at the age of 93. He was the nation's 40th president, and is credited with putting an end to the Cold War with the Soviet Union. "During the years of President Reagan, America laid to rest an era of division and self-doubt. Because of his leadership, the world laid to rest an era of fear and tyranny," Young...