http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061201125.html?referrer=email
"Communism was not the only monstrous phenomenon determined to destroy free and open societies," said Lantos, who is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Lantos, a Holocaust survivor, said he had fought against Nazism and communism, and "it is now my privilege to fight against Islamic terrorism determined to take us back 13 centuries."
Our man made this final fusion of fiends
at the dedication of Washington's wonderful new bronze replica (shown left) of the
Tiananmen students' famed "Sister Freedom" statue, which was itself a clumsy papier-mache
copy of the Statue of Liberty. The CIA needs to recruit more art students, obviously -- this
monstrosity was clearly cobbled together by a cabal of aspiring MBAs and computer programmers.
Much here to rechew, isn't there, for all us thoughtful ruminants. Casting the silly thing in bronze certainly ups the kitsch factor of the original. Nicely mirrors the degeneration of the idea of liberty itself.
Comments (7)
Whoooooo-aa, Tommy boy. Steady, big fellow. Whoooaaa.
In other news:
'VICTIMS OF CAPITALISM' MEMORIAL PROJECT BOGS DOWN;
CITE SPACE, FUNDING CONCERNS
Posted by Mike Flugennock | June 14, 2007 12:26 PM
Posted on June 14, 2007 12:26
Oh my god! That's what they got for $650,000!? Man, I expected something far more grandiose, and dare I say it, Stalinist than that. I mean it's supposed to be representing the slaughter of 100 million people!!!!!! I wonder how long it took them to settle on that number, by the way?
Anyone every read Blum's comment on this thing in his anti-empire report?
Posted by Tim D | June 14, 2007 10:56 PM
Posted on June 14, 2007 22:56
totalitarian minds
require totalitarian memes
to retain various forms
of ortho self
or greater other or holier other or or ...
world historical
actualizing motives
pluralistic minds
like american minds are
don't
need no stinking totalizations
our heads are endemic
compartmentalizers
we can act for and against ourselves
or any target othersfor that matter
with
"no big problems "
even if uncle sam extinguished
a billion souls
we'd never sense a need
to add em all up
'cause
hell
the causes and methods and times
were all so
"completely " different
Posted by op | June 15, 2007 7:32 AM
Posted on June 15, 2007 07:32
That thng looks like it's made out of poor quality choclate. Won't it melt in the Washington humidity?
Posted by Brian | June 16, 2007 12:03 AM
Posted on June 16, 2007 00:03
I'm not at all sure I like the anime version of the Statue of Liberty. And why is Count Lantos posing with Marth Rae's evil twin sister?
Posted by AlanSmithee | June 16, 2007 6:43 AM
Posted on June 16, 2007 06:43
You eeeediot.
That's not Martha Raye, that's Shari Lewis! See, how she's got Lambchop in her lap?
Wait a second...
What?
That's a dog?
Oh, damn.
Never mind.
Posted by Mike Flugennock | June 17, 2007 9:08 AM
Posted on June 17, 2007 09:08
sister liberty is for st hill
Posted by op | June 18, 2007 7:55 AM
Posted on June 18, 2007 07:55