Down Comes The Washington Monument

[Ricky LIbtardo]

You knew it was coming.

Washington and Jefferson monuments will be reduced to rubble, it's just a matter of time now. The cancel culture will feign outrage until bulldozers wipe out every bit of our history.

The sanitation police.

"American history is not all glorious... George Washington was a slave owner. We need to call slave owners out for what they are. Whether we think they were protecting American freedom or not, he wasn't protecting my freedoms," the network contributor said.

CNN's Angela Rye: Washington, Jefferson Statues "Need To Come Down"

CNN's Angela Rye called for statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to come down Thursday on the network. "American history is not all glorious... George Washington was a slave owner. We need to call slave owners out for what they are. Whether we think they were protecting American...

www.realclearpolitics.com

 

[LoneLaugher]

Would you support adding a plaque to the monuments which explains the facts regarding the
slave ownership the former presidents?

 

[Fang]

Would you support adding a plaque to the monuments which explains the facts regarding the
slave ownership the former presidents?

No. But I would support people going to school and getting an education so they know what they are looking at when they go to DC. They'll understand the monuments represent who we used to be, not who we are today. They represent a different time with different standards. They represent US history, the good and bad. It will be then that they understand how far we have come as a nation.

 

[Ricky LIbtardo]

Would you support adding a plaque to the monuments which explains the facts regarding the
slave ownership the former presidents?

Doesn't matter what I would support. You soyboys are going to bring it down in the end anyway. But you'll name everything you can Robert Byrd. Are you going to put plaques on every thing named after him that he was a Grand Wizard of the KKK. How about the Grand Wizard Freeway?

Fucking hypocrites.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

That's not going to happen, just a soy boy's wet dream

 

[LoneLaugher]

Would you support adding a plaque to the monuments which explains the facts regarding the
slave ownership the former presidents?

Doesn't matter what I would support. You soyboys are going to bring it down in the end anyway. But you'll name everything you can Robert Byrd. Are you going to put plaques on every thing named after him that he was a Grand Wizard of the KKK. How about the Grand Wizard Freeway?

Fucking hypocrites.

What? Don't want to keep people from learning about our history, do ya?

 

[LoneLaugher]

Would you support adding a plaque to the monuments which explains the facts regarding the
slave ownership the former presidents?

No. But I would support people going to school and getting an education so they know what they are looking at when they go to DC. They'll understand the monuments represent who we used to be, not who we are today. They represent a different time with different standards. They represent US history, the good and bad. It will be then that they understand how far we have come as a nation.

Why not do both?

 

[Ricky LIbtardo]

Would you support adding a plaque to the monuments which explains the facts regarding the
slave ownership the former presidents?

Doesn't matter what I would support. You soyboys are going to bring it down in the end anyway. But you'll name everything you can Robert Byrd. Are you going to put plaques on every thing named after him that he was a Grand Wizard of the KKK. How about the Grand Wizard Freeway?

Fucking hypocrites.

What? Don't want to keep people from learning about our history, do ya?

Here's the list of your Grand Wizard. Chop, Chop, get those plaques up.

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United States Senator Robert Byrd (November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) represented the U.S. state of West Virginia as a Democrat in the United States Senate. During his tenure as chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Byrd secured billions of dollars of Federal funds for projects throughout West Virginia, many of which bear his name.[1][2][3] Byrd served four terms as Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee: January 3, 1989 through January 3, 1995; January 3, 2001 through January 20, 2001; June 6, 2001 through January 3, 2003; and January 3, 2007 through January 3, 2009. As a New Deal Democrat, Byrd used his position as chairman to battle persistent poverty in his home state of West Virginia, which he referred to as “one of the rock bottomest of states.”[4] "I lost no opportunity to promote funding for programs and projects of benefit to the people back home," said Byrd.“[4] Within two years of his chairmanship, Byrd surpassed his announced five-year goal of making sure more than $1 billion in Federal funds was sent back to West Virginia.[5] In referring to his economic contributions to West Virginia, Byrd said in 2000, "West Virginia has always had four friends: God Almighty, Sears Roebuck, Carter's Liver Pills and Robert C. Byrd."[3]
Byrd's steering of billions of Federal dollars to West Virginia earned him the sobriquets "King of Pork" by the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Citizens Against Government Waste[6] and "Prince of Pork" from other taxpayer groups.[3] According to Citizens Against Government Waste, Byrd was the first legislator to bring $1 billion of "pork" spending to his home state.[3] The group named Byrd its initial "Porker of the Year" in 2002.[3]
In addition to providing Federal funding to special projects, Byrd also ensured that many Federal complexes were built in West Virginia, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division complex in Clarksburg, the United States Coast Guard's National Maritime Center in Kearneysville, and a training center and firing range for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near Harpers Ferry.[1] Clarksburg's FBI facility was the first of the major Federal complexes to be built under Byrd's leadership as chairman of the appropriations committee.[3] In West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, Byrd helped bring ten federal facilities that employed more than 3,200 people.[7] None of these facilities are named for him, however.[1]
The Clifford Hollow Bridge carries the Robert C. Byrd Highway over Clifford Hollow near Moorefield, West Virginia.
More than 50 buildings built with funds from US taxpayers directed to West Virginia are named for either Byrd or his wife, Erma Ora Byrd (née James).[2] Several transportation projects named for Byrd have gained national notoriety, including the Robert C. Byrd Highway.[8] Also known as "Corridor H" of the Appalachian Development Highway System, the highway was dubbed "West Virginia's road to nowhere" in 2009 after it received a $9.5 million earmark in the $410 billion Omnibus Appropriations Act.[8] The highway received another $21 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.[8] Critics argued the traffic on the highway was too light and the cost too high for the project to continue construction until its proposed completion in 2035.[8] The State of West Virginia argued the highway was necessary as "an ideal evacuation route for Washington, about 100 miles away, in case of an emergency."[8]
Contents

• 1Academia, science, and technology
• 2Commerce
• 3Community
• 4Government
• 5Healthcare
• 6Recreation and tourism
• 7Transportation
• 8Erma Ora Byrd
• 9References

Academia, science, and technology[edit]
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia.

• Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston, West Virginia[9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Auditorium, National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia[9][10][11]
• Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9][10][12][13]
• Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Laboratory, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia[9][10][14]
• Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education, University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia[9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9]
• Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center, Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia[9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, Princeton, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Health and Wellness Center, Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia[9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia[9]
• Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg, West Virginia[6][9][15]
• Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) Bridgeport Manufacturing Technology Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia[9][10][16]
• RCBI Charleston Manufacturing Technology Center, South Charleston, West Virginia[6][9][10][16]
• RCBI Huntington Manufacturing Technology Center, Huntington, West Virginia[9][10][16]
• RCBI Rocket Center Manufacturing Technology Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia[9][10][16][17]
• Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia[9]
• Robert C. Byrd Library, Wheeling, West Virginia[9]
• Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center, University of Charleston in Beckley[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Moorefield, West Virginia[9]
• Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia[10]
• Robert C. Byrd Metals Fabrication Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia[9][10][17]
• Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia (affiliated with Fairmont State University)[9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia[6][9][18]
• Robert C. Byrd Regional Training Institute, Camp Dawson near Kingwood, West Virginia[9]
• Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Technology Center, Alderson–Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center[6][10]

Commerce[edit]

• Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex, Rocket Center, West Virginia[6][9][10][17]
• Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park, Moorefield, West Virginia[6][9][10]

Community[edit]

• Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Pine Grove, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Sugar Grove, West Virginia[6][10]

Government[edit]

• Robert C. Byrd Rooms, Office of the West Virginia Senate Minority Leader, West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia[9]
• Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Beckley, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Charleston, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton, West Virginia[6][10]

Healthcare[edit]

• Robert C. Byrd Clinic, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to Veteran's Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia[6][9][10]

Recreation and tourism[edit]

• Robert C. Byrd Addition to the Lodge at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Conference Center (also known as the Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism), Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia[6][9][10]

Transportation[edit]
The Robert C. Byrd Bridge crossing the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia and Chesapeake, Ohio.

• Robert C. Byrd Appalachian Highway System, Appalachian Development Highway System in West Virginia[9][10][19]
• Robert C. Byrd Bridge, crosses the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia and Chesapeake, Ohio[6][9][10][19]
• Robert C. Byrd Bridge, Ohio County, West Virginia[19]
• Robert C. Byrd Drive, West Virginia Routes 16 and 97 between Beckley and Sophia, West Virginia[6][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Expressway, United States Route 22 near Weirton, West Virginia[6][9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Freeway, United States Route 119 between Williamson and Charleston, West Virginia (also known as Corridor G)[6][9]
• Robert C. Byrd Highway, United States Route 48 between Weston, West Virginia and the Virginia state line near Wardensville, West Virginia (also known as Corridor H)[6][19]
• Robert C. Byrd Interchange on Interstate 77[9]
• Robert C. Byrd Interchange on United States Route 19, Birch River, West Virginia[9][19]
• Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center, Wheeling, West Virginia[9][10]
• Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam, Ohio River in Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia[6][9][10]

 

[Fang]

Would you support adding a plaque to the monuments which explains the facts regarding the
slave ownership the former presidents?

No. But I would support people going to school and getting an education so they know what they are looking at when they go to DC. They'll understand the monuments represent who we used to be, not who we are today. They represent a different time with different standards. They represent US history, the good and bad. It will be then that they understand how far we have come as a nation.

Why not do both?

Why do we need to add a plaque? Do you think pulling down monuments, changing names, police reform, apologizing for being white and adding plaques is going to stop blacks from getting slaughtered in the inner cities by other blacks? The stats support quite the opposite, that doing these things gets more blacks killed. I won't support anything associated with a false narrative that gets more blacks killed. Yes, I realize I'm in the minority with my line of thinking. But I have facts and stats on my side so I'll stay where I am.

 

[OldLady]

George Washington was an able leader of men. He was a good general of our rag tag army of farmers and somehow held them together when the Continental Congress couldn't even keep boots on their feet or pay them for up to a year at a time.

It was also Washington's skill at negotiation that kept the Constitutional Congress on track and maintained a working relationship of compromise that allowed the Constitution to be created.

He was our first President and very mindfully set the precedent for the Executive branch and the office of the President during his eight years.

He deserves the tallest structure in D.C. He was a great leader, and we have a great deal to thank him for.

No, it doesn't need a plaque noting he owned slaves. That should be taught in school, or can be covered by the tour guides, along with other personal tidbits about his life.

 

[Fang]

When will people learn that you can't erase racism by erasing monuments? Fixing attitudes toward one another have to come from each person individually, and each person needs to self reflect as well - both black and white. Looking for a solution by destroying a historical monument is sorely misguided.

 

[Ricky LIbtardo]

George Washington was an able leader of men. He was a good general of our rag tag army of farmers and somehow held them together when the Continental Congress couldn't even keep boots on their feet or pay them for up to a year at a time.

It was also Washington's skill at negotiation that kept the Constitutional Congress on track and maintained a working relationship of compromise that allowed the Constitution to be created.

He was our first President and very mindfully set the precedent for the Executive branch and the office of the President during his eight years.

He deserves the tallest structure in D.C. He was a great leader, and we have a great deal to thank him for.

No, it doesn't need a plaque noting he owned slaves. That should be taught in school, or can be covered by the tour guides, along with other personal tidbits about his life.

You better check your inbox, petunia. You missed yesterday's feigned outrage and talking points. Washington was a fucking slave owner and they're going to knock his monument to the ground and if you don't support it you'll be kicked to the curb by the commie party you love.

 

[jc456]

Would you support adding a plaque to the monuments which explains the facts regarding the
slave ownership the former presidents?

does it change the factual history? So are you for blowing up the country? I mean everyone had slaves who were anyone. It was the way they lived back then. why do you feel if you destroy something that changes? I'm curious.

 

[Manonthestreet]

George Washington was an able leader of men. He was a good general of our rag tag army of farmers and somehow held them together when the Continental Congress couldn't even keep boots on their feet or pay them for up to a year at a time.

It was also Washington's skill at negotiation that kept the Constitutional Congress on track and maintained a working relationship of compromise that allowed the Constitution to be created.

He was our first President and very mindfully set the precedent for the Executive branch and the office of the President during his eight years.

He deserves the tallest structure in D.C. He was a great leader, and we have a great deal to thank him for.

No, it doesn't need a plaque noting he owned slaves. That should be taught in school, or can be covered by the tour guides, along with other personal tidbits about his life.

The Essential Man

 

[BigTy87]

And Martin Luther King was a man whore who fucked everything he saw and cheated on his wife. Let's tear down everything of his since he was a terrible family man.

 

[jc456]

When will people learn that you can't erase racism by erasing monuments? Fixing attitudes toward one another have to come from each person individually, and each person needs to self reflect as well - both black and white. Looking for a solution by destroying a historical monument is sorely misguided.

it is those who behave like they are that have the issue today. Their hate is worse than the slave owners. They don't get it.

 

[jc456]

George Washington was an able leader of men. He was a good general of our rag tag army of farmers and somehow held them together when the Continental Congress couldn't even keep boots on their feet or pay them for up to a year at a time.

It was also Washington's skill at negotiation that kept the Constitutional Congress on track and maintained a working relationship of compromise that allowed the Constitution to be created.

He was our first President and very mindfully set the precedent for the Executive branch and the office of the President during his eight years.

He deserves the tallest structure in D.C. He was a great leader, and we have a great deal to thank him for.

No, it doesn't need a plaque noting he owned slaves. That should be taught in school, or can be covered by the tour guides, along with other personal tidbits about his life.

Technically he was a not so good general.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Would you support adding a plaque to the monuments which explains the facts regarding the
slave ownership the former presidents?

does it change the factual history? So are you for blowing up the country? I mean everyone had slaves who were anyone. It was the way they lived back then. why do you feel if you destroy something that changes? I'm curious.

I have not advocated destroying the Washington monument. Fool.

 

[jc456]

Would you support adding a plaque to the monuments which explains the facts regarding the
slave ownership the former presidents?

does it change the factual history? So are you for blowing up the country? I mean everyone had slaves who were anyone. It was the way they lived back then. why do you feel if you destroy something that changes? I'm curious.

I have not advocated destroying the Washington monument. Fool.

you asked about a plaque, I asked if it changed anything?

 

[OldLady]

George Washington was an able leader of men. He was a good general of our rag tag army of farmers and somehow held them together when the Continental Congress couldn't even keep boots on their feet or pay them for up to a year at a time.

It was also Washington's skill at negotiation that kept the Constitutional Congress on track and maintained a working relationship of compromise that allowed the Constitution to be created.

He was our first President and very mindfully set the precedent for the Executive branch and the office of the President during his eight years.

He deserves the tallest structure in D.C. He was a great leader, and we have a great deal to thank him for.

No, it doesn't need a plaque noting he owned slaves. That should be taught in school, or can be covered by the tour guides, along with other personal tidbits about his life.

Technically he was a not so good general.

He held them together. I wouldn't know anything about tactical stuff.