The republicans have started a new strategy of getting stuff named after their dubious leaders while these guys are still alive and you still remember who they are. so it is not too soon to start thinking about the horrid possibility of being forced to use airports and highway rest stops named after dubya. What should we do to avoid this?
2007-02-02 03:10:22 · 17 answers · asked by niko 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
FYI, none of this is 'new' or particularly unique to any political party...
Kind of like all the stuff named after Senator Robert (KKK) Byrd (Democrat)...who is still alive and wasting air...for some reason this 'King of Pork' keeps getting reelected.
He has over 30 things named after him...here's a short list of some of them:
Robert C. Byrd Drive, from Beckley to Sophia (Byrd's hometown)
Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center at Wheeling Jesuit University
Robert C. Byrd Highway
Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution
Robert C. Byrd High School
Robert C. Byrd Freeway
Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism
Robert C. Byrd Science Center
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Center
Robert C. Byrd Technology Center at Alderson-Broaddus College
Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, near Princeton
Robert C. Byrd Bridge between Huntington and Chesapeake, Ohio
Robert C. Byrd addition to the lodge at Oglebay Park, Wheeling
Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Pine Grove
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarships
Robert C. Byrd Expressway, U.S. 52 near Weirton
Robert C. Byrd Institute in Charleston
Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing
Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse
Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center
Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center
Robert C. Byrd Federal Building (there are two)
Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex
Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center
Robert C. Byrd Rural Health Center
Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to the veteran's hospital in Huntington
Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park, Hardy County
Robert C. Byrd Scholastic Recognition Award
Robert C. Byrd Community Center in the naval station, Sugar Grove
Robert C. Byrd Clinic at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center at Marshall University
2007-02-02 03:19:45 · answer #1 · answered by VodkaTonic 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Give an example of naming something after a dubious Republican leader. Wait, I'll cut to the chase because I bet your going to say Ronald Reagan. RR was arguably the most popular president since JFK and enjoyed a landslide re-election. Maybe that meant that not only Republicans thought he was a great leader. The economy went from stagnant and cruddy with record inflation under Carter to one of the strongest ever under Reagan. Government revenue climbed to new heights even though RR enacted the largest tax cut in history, putting more money in everyones pockets. Government defecits under Reagan were largely due to a Democratic Congress not holding true to their promise of controlling spending. Reagan led the US to vistory over the USSR, who was the greatest threat to the US's way of life, in a Cold War that had lasted since the 50's(maybe even earlier, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now).
Oh, and the Dems dont do exactly what you are talking about? Speaking of Carter the Navy named a Nuclear Attack Sub after him. Face it, he was one of the worst Presidents in a long time, but still he is memorialized prior to his death.
New strategy. Read some history, don't rely on what others who think exactly like you talk about. James Buchanan, the 5th President, was a Democrat. I know for a fact their are many schools named after him. Franklin Pierce ranks 3rd on the list of worsts, a Democrat.
2007-02-02 03:30:18 · answer #2 · answered by meathookcook 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Usually things like this are voted in at city hall/council meetings. These are generally open to the public and citizens do have the right to speak out against something they don't want, so you can always lodge a protest there.
I don't think it's that big of a deal, though. History will remember him and what he has or hasn't done - that's much more of a legacy than having some rest stop named after you.
2007-02-02 03:17:13 · answer #3 · answered by SARAH A 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Do you have ANY sense of history? What republicans are you talking about? I'm aware of Reagan International, but do you have any clue what he brought to the world? I'm not aware of anything major named after Bush1, Ford, or Nixon. I'm also unaware of anything named after Clinton, Johnson, or Carter. I'm sure there are local streets and honors given in their home states and hometowns, but this is not what you are griping about. You would take Reagan International and use that one naming as a generralization this broad? The man defeated Communism and brought down the iron curtain! Are you old enough to remember the sledge hammers being taken against the Berlin wall where previously, those who tried to cross were shot on sight? Get a sense of history and of perspective. One airpost hardly qualifies your hysteria.
2007-02-02 03:20:07 · answer #4 · answered by lizardmama 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'll celebrate ! Thanks for the idea. I'll email my congressman asking for Bush Airport, and hope security there does not use the Clinton imposed rules that helped the 9/11 terrorists hijack those planes.
2007-02-02 12:30:59 · answer #5 · answered by mountainclass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey, if we are able to call streets and airports after Presidents, we are able to additionally call sewage flowers after Presidents! and that i won't be able to think of of a greater installation tribute to Bush than this!:)
2016-11-02 03:19:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually those are great ideas! I have a few other suggestions...
"The George W Bush Iraqi Children's Orphanage"
"The George W Bush Unemployment Line"
"The George W Bush Hospital for Iraqi Veterans" (closed- lack of funds)
"The George W Bush Statue, Signifying When He Let Exxon NET Almost $40 BILLION of Our Dollars"
"The George W Bush Library, Complete with 'Where's Waldo' and "My Pet Goat' Books"
2007-02-02 03:27:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Sorry, you are too late! It's already been done! ha ha
Have they named a bridge after T. Kennedy yet?
2007-02-02 03:45:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
LOL We have an airport named Bush Field in our area. It's been a failure too.
2007-02-02 03:18:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Move to France
2007-02-02 03:14:11 · answer #10 · answered by C B 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋