Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Gore and Hull Statues on Capitol Grounds: A New Cause for Teabaggers?

Posted by Jack Silverman on Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:37 AM

click to enlarge An artist's rendering of the proposed statues of Al Gore and Cordell Hull at the Tennessee State Capitol
  • An artist's rendering of the proposed statues of Al Gore and Cordell Hull at the Tennessee State Capitol
Attention, Tennessee teabaggers: With teabag fever riding high after the undeniable success of your Tax Day Tea Party at the Capitol (though I was disappointed to learn there was nary a scone to be found), wouldn't it be a shame to let that momentum fizzle? Can you really wait till next April 15 to break out the Earl Grey in support of, er, whatever it is you're supporting? And are you going to sit on your Lipton's while the Grand Socialist Conspiracy that brought you President Obama and his stimulus funds rubs your face in it with statues of Al Gore and Cordell Hull, right there on the very Tennessee State Capitol grounds where you like to congregate? This move to immortalize Tennessee's two Nobel Peace (read: capitulation) Prize winners is a slap in the face to regular, hardworking Americans. As if Gore and his shameless profiteering under the guise of this pseudo-scientific "global warming" nonsense weren't bad enough, they want us to pay homage to Hull, the man partially responsible for creating that hand-holding pansy-fest known as the United Nations? Now that it's unanimously passed the House and the Senate State and Local Government Committee, these statues are just a Senate vote away from defiling ground zero for your favorite talk-radio-inspired paranoia-ganza. Sure, the statues are being privately funded, but who do you think is going to pay to clean off all the pigeon crap and eggs (hint hint)? And wouldn't you think the ninnies who craft our bills and resolutions would at least know how that it's spelled Nobel, not Noble? God knows it ain't a prize for nobility--but then again, what would the pagans who dreamed this resolution up know about God anyway.

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Ha, Noble. Twice!

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Posted by Ashley on May 6, 2009 at 12:41 PM

I think the Gore statue would go great right up next to where Phil Valentine spoke. That would be perfect.

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Posted by chris1974 on May 6, 2009 at 1:59 PM

Hull is pretty hot for a dude that died in like, the '50s. Hotter than Gore for sure.

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Posted by Ashley on May 6, 2009 at 2:07 PM

"Hull is pretty hot for a dude that died in like, the '50s. Hotter than Gore for sure."
You only say that because he's carrying a gun.

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Posted by chris1974 on May 6, 2009 at 2:29 PM

Oh, you think Hull is hot? You ain't seen hot, baby. Wait till the greenhouse effect raises the temp of the average Nashville July day to 107 degrees.

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Posted by Al Gore on May 6, 2009 at 2:31 PM

Get that prick Edward Carmack's statue out from the most prominent place on the capital grounds, PLEASE.
An ur-wingnut who loved lynching, was a dedicated prohibitionist, hated the 14th and 15th amendments, and toted a gun around downtown (but couldn't shoot well enough to save his life). Meaning he should be a role model for the state house GOP, except for the fact that he was a Democrat back when the Democrats were the party of racist scumbag scoundrels.

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Posted by DG on May 6, 2009 at 3:24 PM

Cap and Trade is a load of bull. It takes money away from one group, and gives it to another, but it doesn't do what it purports to do, which is reduce pollution. In fact, it will increase pollution. Think of all the energy that will be expended by this new lump of bureaucracy! Tell your Congressperson NO!
If you, as I do, want to improve the environment, then let's drill for clean-burning natural gas. It's easy to switch existing gas engines to LNP, so why is there no government mandate? Drill wells, build pipelines, install new tanks at gas stations, put thousands to work!
Nuclear fusion and the hydrogen economy are coming, so why do the tree fuggers sweat it so much? Don't they know that know that global warming is on furlough? You know, the way Al Gore was on furlough when called to service? No bull!

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Posted by Joe Carmen on May 6, 2009 at 4:17 PM
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