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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Ptui. A Statue To Murtha
2010-11-10
How should the late congressman John P. Murtha be remembered in bronze?
Ironically? Sarcastically? Scornfully??
Should it be with a smile or a furrowed brow? With the look of lawmaker worried about legislation or a veteran politician on the campaign trail? Should a hand be contemplatively placed in one pocket or outstretched to greet a voter?
Hands up and cuffed?
Don't forget to include thirty pieces of silver in one of the hands.
Those are the kinds of decisions that face organizers of a campaign in Johnstown to raise $150,000 to commission a statue of Murtha, who as the longtime chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending was one of the most powerful lawmakers of the past half-century.
How about in a torn Marine Corps uniform, stripped of decorations, with a broken sword at his feet?
Posted by: Anonymoose

#8  Ha! Sounds like back in the 70's when the Jolly Green Giant was stalking the UC Berkeley campus...
Posted by: mojo   2010-11-10 14:33  

#7  There is an unpopular statue in northern San Diego County called the Cardiff Kook. Don't wanna give anybody any ideas. Just sayin'...
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2010-11-10 12:53  

#6  No. It should be made of porcelain.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2010-11-10 12:12  

#5  Who cares? Put the thing out at Boondoggle International airport where nobody will ever see it.
Posted by: mojo   2010-11-10 11:10  

#4  Make it of whatever they want.
Whatever they use It will still be covered in Pigeon shit forever.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-11-10 10:20  

#3  I vote they make it bigger, and fancier, and encompassing all the meanings that the great man himself encompassed in his long career. Make two -- a model and a full-size version, the first for his home town, the second in front of the state capitol building. Buy a pretty piece of ground at each site to hold the thing, and surround it with benches and flower boxes that the passers by might take a bit or rest while they contemplate the Great Man.

After all, every penny spent on this travesty is money unavailable for more nefarious purposes.
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-11-10 10:07  

#2  How about as the dump in a rest stop toilet?

How about a hand outstretched in a Lobbyists pocket?

How about as the congressional equivalent of a WWII propaganda poster Jap?
Posted by: Alan Cramer   2010-11-10 09:55  

#1  How about a FAT bronz pork chop accepting the PAIN IN THE ASS award??
Posted by: armyguy   2010-11-10 09:51  

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