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08-29-2017, 09:51 AM #1
Explanation plaques
http://nypost.com/2017/08/28/columbu...nation-plaque/
"Columbus may be getting an asterisk.
Facing mounting criticism of his plan to remove some of the city’s monuments — possibly including the Christopher Columbus statue in Columbus Circle — Mayor de Blasio went to Plan B on Monday.
For the first time, the mayor said that instead of the heave-ho, contested monuments might get plaques that offer explanations of the historical figures they depict."
This may pave the way for Barry Bonds and others at the BB HoF.
Let's meet at * Circle. Then there's the thorny issue of what to call Madison Ave besides * Ave when this effort really gets going."timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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08-29-2017, 10:10 AM #2
We could compromise and replace statues of Columbus with statues of Tony Soprano
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08-29-2017, 10:30 AM #3
Columbus was a despicable person, but it's a little late to put that genie in the bottle. Honestly, the explanation plaque idea is probably the best way forward. And I happen to agree that Bonds should be in the HoF but his plaque should explain all of his career. I would say the same about Roger Clemens, but fuck that guy.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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08-29-2017, 10:31 AM #4
Germany has explanation plaques for WWII sites.
“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis
Kindness is a bridge between all people
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08-29-2017, 10:49 AM #5
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens should have to fight each other MMA style and only the winner gets into the HoF
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08-29-2017, 10:52 AM #6"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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08-29-2017, 10:55 AM #7
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08-29-2017, 11:06 AM #8Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood.
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08-29-2017, 11:15 AM #9"timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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08-29-2017, 11:20 AM #10
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08-29-2017, 11:22 AM #11“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis
Kindness is a bridge between all people
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08-29-2017, 11:26 AM #12
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08-29-2017, 11:28 AM #13
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08-29-2017, 11:30 AM #14
I've developed an appreciation for the Taliban's destruction of historic sites and statues in the Middle East. I now realize they were only embracing modern sensitivities.
"timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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08-29-2017, 11:36 AM #15
If "chalking" politicians' names on sidewalks sent undergrads and professors literally crying for safe spaces, then this undertaking might just break us as a nation.
Godspeed.I still call it The Jake.
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08-29-2017, 11:38 AM #16“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis
Kindness is a bridge between all people
Dunkin’ Donuts Worker Dances With Customer Who Has Autism
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08-29-2017, 11:43 AM #17
Then why do we need to spend taxpayer $ mounting a plaque? Everyone has a phone and unlimited data plans. Click, click, tap. In fact, if everyone did this every time they passed a statue they were offended by, we'd all learn more about history and not be doomed to repeat it all the time.
"timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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08-29-2017, 06:36 PM #18
I was visiting Monjuic Castle in Barcelona--where Franco imprisoned, tortured and executed Loyalists. There is not a sign or plaque anywhere to be seen to explain the significance of the place.
I'm cool with memorials to the Civil War dead on either side. After all we memorialize the Viet Nam war dead and that was a morally questionable war, to put it as gently as I can. Just don't memorialize the generals.
"We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms" M. Knopfler
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08-29-2017, 07:06 PM #19
Explanation plaques
Barry was stronger in the day but the Rog actually has a couple inches on him. My money's on a bloodbath.
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08-29-2017, 07:36 PM #20
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08-29-2017, 07:46 PM #21
Did Roger Clemens kick a puppy or something?
If the shocker don't rock her, then Dr. Spock her. Dad.
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08-29-2017, 07:48 PM #22
I love these things too; everywhere I've lived.
Growing up I loved reading them along the Erie Canal and imagining the long lost towns and villages that used to be there.
There's a bunch around my neighborhood detailing encampments from the Civil War that I find interesting about what happened on a particular spot long before I got there. My favorites are all over Hilton Head and the surrounding lowcountry, describing forts where you can still see the ruins.
My family outwardly moans when I insist on stopping to read these things whenever I see one.I still call it The Jake.
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08-31-2017, 05:10 AM #23
For many years my dad worked with the US Park service to produce story boards. He has done many from the USS Arizona memorial to various parks.
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08-31-2017, 02:27 PM #24
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