oh yuck - Smirk's name is on WWII cornerstone

http://www.buzzflash.com/mailbag/04/05/mai04121.html

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Subject: WW II Memorial

Dear BuzzFlash,

I just returned home after viewing the new WW II Memorial on the Mall in Washington, DC.

Aside from my personal feelings that it reminds me of a "Triumph of the Will" film location setting in Nuremberg, I was appalled that the first thing I saw as I approached the monument on the right-hand side was a cornerstone with the caption: "WW II Memorial, George W. Bush, President of the United States, Friedrich St. Florian, Architect, American Battle Monuments Commission 2004."

I have seen many monuments in DC but I have never seen anything stating who the president was at the time it was built/dedicated. I may be wrong, but believe me, I don't think I'll be visiting the memorial anytime soon after seeing THAT name carved in stone. It's bad enough that I have to see "Reagan National Airport" signs all around the highways. By the way, is there a plaque near the Korean War Memorial stating "William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, 1995"? If there is, it's not in a prominent location. Is that honor only given to Republican presidents?

So here is a heads up to anyone who plans on seeing this memorial. Try not to read that cornerstone if you are no fan of GWB. It ruined my experience there and it may ruin yours as well.

A Buzzflash Reader
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can we hope for defacement?

To denigrate the memorial of those brave and patriotic souls who had good reason to believe that they actually were "protecting our Freedom", with the name of our "War President" who is systematically destroying all of the myriad reasons they gave their lives so many lifetimes ago.