Dane County (Madison) Illinois, City-County Building– The Soviet-style concrete, soulless aesthetic perfectly captures the political essence of Obama, who did his best to entrust bureaucrats with life-and-death power over ordinary folk with no accountability.
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Leftists unwittingly propose the perfect government monument to Obama
American Thinker / Blog
by Thomas Lifson
6/19/2017
Excerpt:
So far, America’s First Black President has not had a lot of stuff named after him, although some of his biggest fans are pushing the idea of naming Chicago’s Midway Airport after him, thereby dishonoring the heroic Navy veterans who turned the tide of the Pacific War at the battle for which the Airport is named. This is no idle matter of a plaque in some remote location. …
The idea of replacing the historic aircraft with (perhaps) a giant animatronic version of Obama uttering his most remembered phrase, “If you like you insurance, you can keep your insurance,” has a certain amount of appeal in this age of irony, but humanitarian concerns would not allow it, since passengers frequently are stuck for hours waiting for delayed flights.
The bureaucrats of Dane County (Madison) have a much more appropriate building in mind to memorialize Obama. The Capital Times of Madison reports:
Madison and Dane County leaders are hoping to inject a note of inspiration into the seat of local government by renaming it after the only president who ever set foot near it.
At a Thursday press conference, County Executive Joe Parisi announced the effort to christen the structure known for 60 years as simply the City-County Building as the President Barack Obama City-County Building.“Barack Obama was the JFK of our generation,” Parisi said at the steps of the seven-story edifice. “He deserves to be honored, and he deserves to be recognized, not only for his accomplishments, but for his commitment to civil discourse and respect, both for those with whom he agreed and for those with whom he disagreed.”
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