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Washington Monument: a never ending DC City spending fiasco
Posted by:
the bad tourist
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Date: May 10, 2016 03:44PM
For the second time in four days, the Washington Monument is closed
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George washington is rolling in his grave with the thought the monument would be used to bilk the taxpayer continually for "never ending maintenace" of cold hard stone
George Washington forbid Congress from building him a tomb (because he knew they'd use it for $$$ cash grab) and insisted he never be on a $ denomenation which was "unnafordable to the masses - a symbol of bank xfer, the rich, or power" (thus, $1 bill)
(infact i've never been to the top and dont care - it's not the eiffel tower who'd want to walk high up into a plain stone block with lazers in the windows anyway?)
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George washington is rolling in his grave with the thought the monument would be used to bilk the taxpayer continually for "never ending maintenace" of cold hard stone
George Washington forbid Congress from building him a tomb (because he knew they'd use it for $$$ cash grab) and insisted he never be on a $ denomenation which was "unnafordable to the masses - a symbol of bank xfer, the rich, or power" (thus, $1 bill)
(infact i've never been to the top and dont care - it's not the eiffel tower who'd want to walk high up into a plain stone block with lazers in the windows anyway?)
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Re: Washington Monument: a never ending DC City spending fiasco
Posted by:
Dumbass says what?
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Date: May 10, 2016 04:16PM
the bad tourist Wrote:
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> ...who'd want to walk high up into a plain stone
> block with lazers in the windows anyway?
No one. That's why the Washington Monument has elevators.
Dumbass.
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> ...who'd want to walk high up into a plain stone
> block with lazers in the windows anyway?
No one. That's why the Washington Monument has elevators.
Dumbass.
Re: Washington Monument: a never ending DC City spending fiasco
Posted by:
God, you're stupid
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Date: May 10, 2016 04:20PM
the bad tourist Wrote:
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> George washington is rolling in his grave with the
> thought the monument would be used to bilk the
> taxpayer continually for "never ending maintenace"
> of cold hard stone
1. The monument wasn't started until 50 years after he was dead. George had no clue of the monument.
2. EVERYTHING needs 'maintenace' or it disappears/breaks, even cold hard stone.
Have you never seen pictures of the Parthenon in Greece? The Colosseum in Rome?
3. If it is closed it's the elevator that is in repair.
4. According to the current conditions on the website it is open.
https://www.nps.gov/wamo/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
You are indeed a bad tourist and a mental midget.
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> George washington is rolling in his grave with the
> thought the monument would be used to bilk the
> taxpayer continually for "never ending maintenace"
> of cold hard stone
1. The monument wasn't started until 50 years after he was dead. George had no clue of the monument.
2. EVERYTHING needs 'maintenace' or it disappears/breaks, even cold hard stone.
Have you never seen pictures of the Parthenon in Greece? The Colosseum in Rome?
3. If it is closed it's the elevator that is in repair.
4. According to the current conditions on the website it is open.
https://www.nps.gov/wamo/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
You are indeed a bad tourist and a mental midget.
Re: Washington Monument: a never ending DC City spending fiasco
Posted by:
old
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Date: May 10, 2016 10:55PM
When I was a kid in the 50's, you could walk up to the top of the monument and I did it several times. At some point they banned walking up, but you could take the elevator up and walk down. I guess they had too many heart attacks happening to people walking up.
Re: Washington Monument: a never ending DC City spending fiasco
Posted by:
Fox News
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Date: May 10, 2016 10:59PM
It is all about the Benjamins
Re: Washington Monument: a never ending DC City spending fiasco
Posted by:
kilp
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Date: May 10, 2016 11:03PM
I don't think the DC government spends a cent of taxes on the Washington Monument. Isn't it a Federal operation ie. National Park Service?
Re: Washington Monument: a never ending DC City spending fiasco
Posted by:
OP is republitard from iowa
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Date: May 10, 2016 11:08PM
Hey faggot carpetbagger, no one asked you to come here from whatever hillbilly bullshit place you came from. You are 12, we know you don't understand history. Die slow.
Re: Washington Monument: a never ending DC City spending fiasco
Posted by:
FreeShippingBack
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Date: May 12, 2016 08:33PM
It was a rocking rolling good time for those who were unfortunate enough to be inside at the top of the monument when the earthquake hit a few years back. See video link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgHC2qREslw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgHC2qREslw
Re: Washington Monument: a never ending DC City spending fiasco
Posted by:
Texting on the Job
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Date: May 12, 2016 08:44PM
Serves her right for texting on the job.