• Should we finish Mt. Rushmore?
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Originally, the iconic mountain was not just to be the four famous faces pictured below, but full standing statues of the four most famous presidents and a massive hall which was to hold the US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and various other famous texts and items of the US. The idea was that it and its contents, a monument to the country, would outlast any disaster short of destroying the mountain, most likely lasting at least as long as the great pyramids. [img]http://img5.travelblog.org/Photos/35953/190068/f/1676893-Mt-Rushmore-0.jpg[/img] This would not be the only statue like this, though. There is the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Horse]Crazy Horse[/url] memorial being built not too far away. It will be the largest statue in the world once completed. It is pictured below with the smaller concept statue. [img]http://www.bikeseatosea.com/photos/CrazyHorse_390x300.jpg[/img] Pros: 1) Will complete a massive monument and the crowning achievement of a great architect. 2) Will provide a nice place for the constitution and such. 3) Will create jobs. Cons: 1) Will cost a hell of a lot. 2) Will permanently change a well-known monument. Provide your thoughts.
The monument for Crazy horse is awesome. Content: [media]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/CHMem.jpg[/media] Those black dots are people, and they're planning on completing his ENTIRE TORSO.
It's a historical monument that technically is "finished." I say leave it alone.
i say add JFK's face
Fuck no. The whole thing is a monument to how much a bunch of ignorant pricks we are. It's built on a sacred fucking mountain for the local native tribes, I mean how much more a bunch of fucking assholes could you be? I say we leave the fucker and just make something better far away, not on a sacred fucking mountain. Like a giant tower. Or a death ray.
Add George Bush :v:
It doesn't look like the mountain will fit standing statues. Nvm. Bad angle. [img]http://images.travelpod.com/users/1414kath/1.1214171760.first-view-of-mt-rushmore.jpg[/img]
Let's put Obama on there.
[QUOTE=ssa gib A;19287036]Let's put Obama on there.[/QUOTE] There isn't any black rock to carve him into
Related; [img]http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/4503144.jpg[/img] What it's [i]supposed[/i] to look like.
[QUOTE=Majache;19286979]Fuck no. The whole thing is a monument to how much a bunch of ignorant pricks we are. It's built on a sacred fucking mountain for the local native tribes, I mean how much more a bunch of fucking assholes could you be? I say we leave the fucker and just make something better far away, not on a sacred fucking mountain. Like a giant tower. Or a death ray.[/QUOTE] yes because they were totally using that mountain.
If that was the idea then they got the expressions all wrong.
^ Wow that would've been cool
Nah, I think it's a big enough middle finger the Native Americans already
As well as the reasons stated above, it wouldn't be the same if it was done with modern machinery.
[QUOTE=Foda;19287116]yes because they were totally using that mountain.[/QUOTE] its ok to nuke the sahara desert because noone 'uses' it right?
[QUOTE=Tugger;19287167]Nah, I think it's a big enough middle finger the Native Americans already[/QUOTE] Maybe at first, but since they're getting that badass Crazy Horse statue, it is pretty much equal now.
Well, we DID nuke Socorros, New Mexico.
Mt. Rushmore never got finished because Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor, died.
[QUOTE=Majache;19286979]Fuck no. The whole thing is a monument to how much a bunch of ignorant pricks we are. It's built on a sacred fucking mountain for the local native tribes, I mean how much more a bunch of fucking assholes could you be? I say we leave the fucker and just make something better far away, not on a sacred fucking mountain. Like a giant tower. Or a death ray.[/QUOTE] you're living on indian land boy
We need to finish Mt. Rushmore before it finishes [b]us[/b] [img]http://forums.explosm.net/images/smilies/clint.gif[/img]
Man, I wish there was a picture of mount rushmore eating a town that I could post right about now.
[QUOTE=ssa gib A;19287036]Let's put Obama on there.[/QUOTE] Obama has been one of the worst presidents thus far.
[QUOTE=redBadger;19287461]Obama has been one of the worst presidents thus far.[/QUOTE] That's quite a feat considering how the last president ran down the country into the ground, and left the next president with the task of trying to fix it all.
Obama is a communist in a lambs clothing. That is all I'm going to say.
[QUOTE=ssa gib A;19287036]Let's put Obama on there.[/QUOTE] We can't finish it because Obama's face won't fit. What TV won't show is that his face is actually 18x larger then any man.
[QUOTE=Electric Eye;19287269]its ok to nuke the sahara desert because noone 'uses' it right?[/QUOTE] why not? Sahara desert is a hellhole which only idiots dare to trek it on foot if we nuke it constantly, get some awesome glassers, and we'll have a new city made entirely of glass in the shithole.
Fuck you guys, Johnson, Grant, Nixon, AND harding were WAY worse than anybody we've had in office for decades. People who say that Obama [I]or[/I] Bush is the worst president ever are merely trying to add effect to their statements.
[QUOTE=redBadger;19287461]Obama has been one of the worst presidents thus far.[/QUOTE] lol kk he isn't even done with his first term. Even if you don't agree with his policies at least give the guy a full 4 years.....
[QUOTE=Foda;19287116]yes because they were totally using that mountain.[/QUOTE] It's their holy mountain, fuck. Should we dig up all the war memorials in foreign countries and build giant steel penises because "they weren't using them"? [editline]12:47AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Bruno;19287523]Obama is a communist in a lambs clothing. That is all I'm going to say.[/QUOTE] uhhhh i think you're doing it wrong there
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