The Barack Obama National Monument Planning Committee

As you are all well aware, it is customary in many nations, and particularly in the United States, to commemorate the greatest leaders with monuments of some kind. I trust you are all familiar with Mt. Rushmore, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial, to name a few. Given who will become the 44th President of the United States, I think it is clear by comparison that we will need to start planning another such site, whose relative splendor is concordant to the greatness of his contribution relative to other commemorated figures. In light of the demanding nature of this task, I feel we should begin now, and that it is if anything too late. Therefore, I am pleased to begin taking suggestions for the Obama National Monument.

In making your recommendations, please consider the following:

1. Location- While the most obvious choice would be National Mall, might other locations be more fitting? Also, should we consider bull-dozing some less important structures to make way for this one? There'd hardly be a less potent symbol of "change."

2. Funding- While it's obvious that public funding should and will be used, circumstances here are extraordinary. In particular, I am sure the citizenry will want to have ways to express their gratitude to his Excellency. Should we therefore accept private donations? In-kind labor/material contributions?

3. Historic Value- Barring any wildly unforeseen calamity, the ensuing eight years will probably mark this country's definitive Golden Age, and the apex of its power and prestige in the world. Thus, much like Rameses II's temple at Abu Simbel, Pericles's Parthenon, or Suleiman the Magnificent's Blue Mosque, this monument will probably become the definitive symbol of the US for historians in coming centuries. We should therefore take care with what sort of long-term image we want to project

4. Information Value- To what extent should the monument inform visitors of the great deeds of his Excellency? The Lincoln Memorial, for instance, does a fair amount, whereas others have very little readily apparent. If we choose to catalogue his memorable acts, how will we be able to provide enough space to accommodate this?

 

Can't we just etch his visage into the moon with a laser beam?

 

Ah! This is a grand idea. I am glad that someone had the foresight to think of this in advance. I suppose, that we could tear down the Jefferson Memorial? I mean, everyone who goes to Washington really only goes to look at the White House from three miles away and look at the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument, and I think that those three landmarks should remain.

We're going to need several acres at least for this monument, so procuring the land shall be difficult, but I'm sure that the local residents will be glad to donate or sell their land affordably to assist in the building of this monument.

This has already been planned. It goes without saying. But we need something people can visit.

 

Barack Obama Memorial KFC

 

Oh, yeah, and we SOOO need to honor a Socialist who hasn't even been voted into office. Yes, that's right, I said Socialist. Because he is one. I compare him to Robin Hood, because he wants to steal from the Rich (tax them to oblivion), and give to the poor (spend the Rich man's taxes that he paid on Social Programs for the poor).

 

you make that sound like its a bad thing.

 

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Jabba-wocky = Barack Obama

 

Because it is. Ever heard of the USSR? That's what it will become like if he succeeds with that.

 

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Negative. Jabba-wocky is Malia Obama, who is nine years old. Hence his two primary obsessions.

 

Simply put, if you were a hard working person, who worked your a** off to get lots of money, and all of a sudden you get taxed up the behind so somebody lazier than you can be nearly just like you, how would you feel?

 

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you really dont understand how this whole "economics" thing works, do you?

 

I in fact do. I don't want the rich to become middle class, while the poor become middle class too.

 

Lol. Marxist-Leninism =/= Socialism

 

Whatever. Marxist-Leninism AND Socialism are not good for a country that has worked just fine with Capitalism. Maybe for a third world country, but not for a superpower.

 

so kev, what do you call the magical fairy land in which your brain resides?

 

lol, as though government regulation (and control over some aspects) of the economy is a new thing in the United States.

 

I will not respond to insults in a debate. That is a faux-pas.

And I believe that the Government should have no place in people making money. Its a free country.

 

lol

 

Our country hasn't worked just fine with capitalism. Our country has worked fine with a mixed economy, you know, capitalism with regulations. Obama isn't going to turn America into the USSR, and for you to say that is intellectually dishonest.

Besides, throwing around buzz words like socialism, communism, etc, doesn't aid your point.

 

ImaginAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYSHUN!

 

That's great, because it sure works as well as pure socialism.

 

Okay, so he won't turn America into the USSR (or USSA), but I will not endorse or vote for a presidential candidate who believes the Government should have direct influence in people's every day lives, including their income.

 

Yeah, combining socialism and capitalism doesn't work at all.


Look at Scandinavia with their free health care, high living standards, free admission to college and universities etc.


What a terrible place I live.

 

Then that's fine, because Obama isn't what you just described.