Monuments to Me
Bill McGurn ·
Mar 9, 2011 at 11:03am
How can you be against this reform? Texas Congressman introduces his bill that would ban the naming of public buildings receiving anytax dollars after sitting politicians.
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Jun '10
Re: Monuments to Me
Yes! it's about time. There should also be a provision not to name anything after a politician until that politician has been dead and buried for fifty years. This dead and buried provision should be named the Byrd Amendment in lasting tribute to a real ego-maniacal creep.
Aug '10
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I've never understood why buildings, bridges, etc. under construction have a sign with a long list of credits naming every politician who signed off on it but the same list doesn't appear on your 1040 form, property tax bill, etc.
Jun '10
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On second thought, there should be a coda to the dead and buried provision that mandates a stake driven through the dead politician's heart. We can't take any chances here, these creeps might come back as blood sucking zombies.
Edited on Mar 9, 2011 at 11:21amRe: Monuments to Me
Cas, I'm with you. I also think this is more than symbollic. Some of this drives earmarks, which drives the rest of the spending.
I doubt anyone's going to defend the practice. But they may just let this bill die.
May '10
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I am for that. The taxpayers paid for it. Why should the man that spent the money get his name on it. It is unseemly to name things after these guys, alive or dead. I don't think we should name ships after them either. Ships should be named for battles or men who fought to defend the nation, not Presidents. Presidents already have a day.
Dec '10
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I agree that the provision should only allow names of the deceased to be used as honorifics on public buildings. I work in the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building: it's kind of embarrassing, considering how Dellums left his long service in Congress to become one of the worst-ever mayors of Oakland (CA).
May '10
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Congratulations, Bill, on this.. bill. Someone is listening.
Jul '10
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There should be one exception: Porta-Potties.
Mar '11
Re: Monuments to Me
Just prohibit naming anything (except porta-potties!) after a politician. Most examples tend to dishonor the site or the person