A Monument To Ben Nelson? Seriously? Seriously.
Caption: The Ben Nelson statues, depicted in the drawing, honor “small-town life, the Boy Scouts and what you can accomplish,” said McCook City Councilman Jerry Calvin.
McCook's city fathers managed to avoid getting scorched by the political firestorm swirling around the community's favorite son.
It took some explaining to constituents who were upset about the way their hometown hero — Sen. Ben Nelson, a Democrat — voted Monday to cast the crucial 60th vote in the health care debate in the Senate.[..]
Life-size bronzes depicting a teenage Nelson receiving his Boy Scout Eagle rank from his parents will be erected on the grounds of Nelson's vacant boyhood home.[..]
The council faced similar opposition several months ago when it voted to rename the local airport “McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport'' to honor the U.S. senator for his support of federal air service funding and other local initiatives.
That was before Nelson became the deciding vote on moving the health overhaul legislation ahead.
“To a few people, if you have the wrong letter behind your name,” as a Democrat or a Republican, “you're bad,'' Berry said.[..]
The Nelson sculpture will be titled “On my honor.''
A more apt title would be "On the take from lobbyists", n'est ce pas?
Seriously!!!!
Some stuff you can't make up!
Like Jack Nicholson said in his movie, "The Missouri Breaks".
Paste Nelson's face inside all the toilet bowls of America.
Doesn't this drawing make it appear the boy (who looks like he has a man's head) is rather, er, excited to be receiving this honor? Very strange rendering of pants wrinkles otherwise.
approved by Larry Craig.
His Dad (or uncle, neighbor, Scout Master or whoever) does seem to be standing just a little too close to the lad.In that vein (puh dum pump pishh...)I'll put my money on Larry having something to do with this..
Just what this country needed. *sigh*
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should be titled: 'hey dad, take a step back'
LMAO!!!!
me-oww!
I guess I am one of those people who don't look at crotches FIRST.
Whoever discovered this rendition? Thanks. It's hilarious.
why Dad's (Harry Reems it appears) man-purse had a Fleur de lis on it ...?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur_de_lis
official symbol of the socialist-communist-Universal-health-care-and-paid maternity-leave-havinest-poutine-eatinest-FRENCHIEST-Province of Quebec ... uh-oh here comes Glen Beck, Doctor of Symbolology ...
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...irony. Symbol of an almost-socialist Canadian province on one hand, and an autocratic ("L'etat c'est moi.") French/Spanish royal dynasty on the other.
BTW, that's the kid's bag. The fleur de lis is also used by the Boy Scouts.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
yeah I kinda figured that, just thought that if it had been a Non-Fox News approved statue Der Beck$ter would have no problem pointing out the Obvious Marxist Symbolism.
if he ever had an excuse to tie any D to Quebec Separatists and sink his chubby jowls into the FLQ! ....whooooodoggy field-day for Fox.
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I read the article and it doesn't say if the citizens of McCook are angry because Nelson voted for watered-down reform or because he voted for any kind of reform at all. My guess is it's the latter as Republicans have rural Americans trained to be against anything that favors their self-interests.
This is a very creepy statue. It looks like something done from the 1950's, but I guess that is exactly the America that Nelson wants, especially for women.
Yellowbird,
Maybe some could make a "Ben Nelson Urinal Sticker" or Joe Libeirman sticker similar to one's made of Jane Fonda back in the 80's/90's.
The sticker was circular with Fonda's face looking to the left,a Hammer and Sickle was imprinted on her cheek. Around the outer edge was written," Jane Fonda's Urinal Sticker!"
I used to place in the men's room at the CNN Center back when Ted and Jane lived there.
Just so long as we make one of Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich and Tom Delay and Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld... and... and...
There's way too many republican criminals afoot.
Helpful FAIL
Kind FAIL
Brave FAIL
Duty to others FAIL
Here's a site with one of the various Hanoi Jane stickers pictured on it. There were various types of her stickers.
pownetwork.org/2007/px/191.html
happy to pay for this:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&cl...
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Hey man, everyone needs something to topple.
I don't know where you got the graphic to accompany your story, but Nebraska's premier conservative political blog, Leavenworthstreet is currently running a story about this and has a photo of the actual statue prominently displayed It is quite different than the one you show here.
One of the comments found there infers that Sen. Nelson may have coughed up the cash for this himself through the auspices of the Nebraska Community Foundation, an organization for which he serves as an honorary board member. Shades of Roland Burris!
I find it amusing that Sen. Nelson is receiving serious flack from both the right and the left on his behavior over the health care bill. He recently said, "it's like going home and getting bit by the family dog." I say it is like the family dog getting swatted with a rolled up newspaper after being caught chewing the family couch to bits.
It's a scale model, made of modeling clay.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
OK, for you arbiters of internet nit-pickery, Andy K is correct. The image on Leavenworth street is a scaled maquette, an approxiamation, as it were, of what the actual statue will look like. My bad. You all may beat me about the head and shoulders with your Festivus poles if you like.
its happened before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlf5ucFanpY
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"The Ben Nelson statues, depicted in the drawing, honor 'small-town life, the Boy Scouts and what you can accomplish,' said McCook City Councilman Jerry Calvin."
Mind if I sit out the honoring of the Boy Scouts? I tried to join the Scouts almost 60 years ago, but as a boy with a serious sight problem, they didn't want me -- or at least there wasn't room for me.
"A more apt title would be 'On the take from lobbyists', n'est ce pas?"
Mais oui!
if I screw over millions of people that need help, I can get a monument too? Sweet!
NOBODY 2012
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