tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3538204084432969699..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The restored Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-50586018590450267332012-08-27T17:45:54.568-05:002012-08-27T17:45:54.568-05:00I don't understand; are you suggesting that re...I don't understand; are you suggesting that religion should have primacy over the state?Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-68515805069869243062012-08-27T17:17:58.531-05:002012-08-27T17:17:58.531-05:00When societies that are supposed to have separated...When societies that are supposed to have separated religion and state build vast temples to their masters, it is safe to conclude that the state has merely supplanted religion. 032125https://www.blogger.com/profile/11092860450994272341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-40234530330206503312012-08-24T22:25:21.208-05:002012-08-24T22:25:21.208-05:00Presented for your consideration, the interstate h...Presented for your consideration, the interstate highway system, or, as it is known by its official title: The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (although as I recall the Minuteman Missile was too tall to get under the over crossings). They do that all the time (our Congress Critters) they wrap some large (in this case not large) government expenditure passed for the benefit of some small interest group (typically of rich people who make large campaign donations) in the flag to make it unpatriotic to vote against it. It has nothing to do with national security or terrorists.Bubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367554651401120819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-45037935783128535012012-08-23T21:25:26.716-05:002012-08-23T21:25:26.716-05:00I'm hoping that there is a whole lot more to t...I'm hoping that there is a whole lot more to the feature than as described here, so it will be mystifying to anyone contemplating actually trying whatever. Decent folks really don't try very hard to contemplate defeating security with the intent of harming many all at once. Indecent folks, however... --A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-28225606651542405982012-08-23T21:21:29.996-05:002012-08-23T21:21:29.996-05:00El placer es mío (I like it when I learn something...El placer es mío (I like it when I learn something new too). Cheers. --A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-4489492604897069092012-08-22T22:03:54.624-05:002012-08-22T22:03:54.624-05:00I just happened to be there this weekend. (I'm...I just happened to be there this weekend. (I'm usually on the other side of the country.) It's refilled and looking pretty, though I only saw it from a distance.<br /><br />... Terrorists. Aaargh. I'd like to think that was the given excuse only because there's loads of money available for 'national security' and very little for parks (as your previous post highlighted), but I wouldn't be too surprised if people took that reason seriously. My historian husband tells me that the US Interstate system only got built because we'd need it to evacuate cities in case of a Russian attack. It's a bizarre glitch in the human mind, and our politicians have been exploiting it like crazy since the end of WWII. Mel V.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-44843400075281248312012-08-22T21:16:11.795-05:002012-08-22T21:16:11.795-05:00I don't know, Timothy, but I think many (?most...I don't know, Timothy, but I think many (?most) similar sites have their road access protected with those steel pylons driven deep into the ground. Presumably the Lincoln Memorial's road access was similarly protected, but access "across the pool" was deemed vulnerable to a terrorist in a bomb-laden SUV.<br /><br />???it's a weird mindset...Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-77277009857680349852012-08-22T20:24:54.969-05:002012-08-22T20:24:54.969-05:00Can anybody explain how this broken down pond migh...Can anybody explain how this broken down pond might facilitate a terrorist attack? Are we talking something as simple as driving a . . . tank? a truck? . . . across the pond? Or is it something much more clever than that, and I am just not smart enough to see it?Timothy Benefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666250876947801196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47230857350401756102012-08-22T20:22:07.842-05:002012-08-22T20:22:07.842-05:00Thanks! I learned a new word. I have never seen ...Thanks! I learned a new word. I have never seen "agita" before.Timothy Benefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666250876947801196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-16702800274509309142012-08-22T15:53:06.355-05:002012-08-22T15:53:06.355-05:00Well, humans are goofy that way: we wait until som...Well, humans are goofy that way: we wait until something is a crisis before dealing with it head on, and even then, we handle it just enough to get it out of crisis mode and then leave it on the side of the road for someone else to deal with long-term. <br /><br />I still don't understand why we have to know every little detail of the construction and safety measures of public monuments and buildings. If terrorists weren't listening, then ok. But they are more interested than anyone else in knowing about any new security feature. <br /><br />This bad habit we have of acting like everyone within earshot is a decent human and means the rest of us no harm, so let's hold nothing back. Blab blab blab. Willfully naive, to our neverending peril.<br /><br />That's the goofy mindset that gives me agita. --A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-86039786652437610912012-08-22T14:34:41.203-05:002012-08-22T14:34:41.203-05:00You are correct. So goofy. I hope someone thought ...You are correct. So goofy. I hope someone thought up this threat after exhaustively trying to get this fixed by every reasonable means. And finally, in utter desperation they shouted, "But terrorists could just drive right into the monument!" And then people were like, "OH MAN! We gotta fix this!"Brad Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197301845256854051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-58818657854760284852012-08-22T13:08:50.872-05:002012-08-22T13:08:50.872-05:00Your final paragraph says it all. DHS has become t...Your final paragraph says it all. DHS has become the biggest boondoggle ever, and no politician has the nerve to say no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-16108811361334860992012-08-22T12:28:37.787-05:002012-08-22T12:28:37.787-05:00The which might do what, now?
Goofy.The which might do what, now?<br /><br />Goofy.Not Importanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307127026012212518noreply@blogger.com