Comments on: Sunday Photoblog - Cherry Blossoms

By: countertop

countertop — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:50:25 +0000

Hey

Me and the family were there on Sunday too! It was a shame they had the kite festival this weekend, cause we always enjoy that too. But I wouldn’t go anywhere near the mall on Saturday what with the kites, cherry blossom parade, baseball game, marathon and whatever else was happening.

Anyway, I had actually necer been up to teh FDR memorial. It really is a nice space, well designed and landscaped, but totally repulsive. As I told my oldest as we were walking around in it - its a memorial to the man more responsible for America’s problems than anyone else in the last 100 years. Which earned me a nasty glance or two.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:24:05 +0000

There have been other photos :)

By: Breda

Breda — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:14:12 +0000

Thank you for sharing the photos. The blossoms are gorgeous and it’s nice to finally know what you look like!

By: Alcibiades McZombie

Alcibiades McZombie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:01:50 +0000

New Soviet Man: the theory that if the environment (economy) is changed, people will change with it.

I hear some Communists actually thought they would live for 1,000 years once Communism became dominant.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:04:01 +0000

It bothers me greatly that Madison gets one room in the Library of Congress for his official memorial, and FDR gets that huge testament to the New Man.

By: Dave Hardy

Dave Hardy — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:37:42 +0000

In my day, there was a proposal to have the FDR monument simply read, “If you would see his monument, look around you.”

The people proposing it thought it was praise…