tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post6364471845816274858..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Your Dollars At Work?Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-27728044045513912492011-08-16T10:42:43.511-04:002011-08-16T10:42:43.511-04:00I weren't challenging your experience. Sorry t...I weren't challenging your experience. Sorry to hear about the Speer disease. I have read "Inside the Third Reich", and he has a readable style.<br /><br />The surprising thing for me, because so much of the internet descends into Godwin's Law, that someone would actually quote one. But I also found that humorous -- they may have been evil, but none were stupid. And ignoring what they said makes a repeat performance all too probable.RobertSlaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642530076378579530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-65939558023793802352011-08-14T00:19:19.959-04:002011-08-14T00:19:19.959-04:00I remember the bonfire disaster. Sad, especially f...I remember the bonfire disaster. Sad, especially for an engineering school.<br /><br /> RobertSlaughter: Indy has Speer's Design Disease, from the looming State Government Center to the Brobdingnagian Lucas Oil Stadium, public buildings built to no human scale that communicate, "You are a bug" to the public who paid for 'em. So I figure I can speak from some experience.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-25711096917822404422011-08-13T15:46:37.585-04:002011-08-13T15:46:37.585-04:00A few years ago, at my alma mater Texas A&M, t...A few years ago, at my alma mater Texas A&M, the annual bonfire build ended up with a dozen people dead and more injured, when the stack of logs came tumbling down. Google the incident if you want more details.<br /><br />Anyway, on the site of the bonfire the University erected what looks like a modernist mini-Stonehenge of memorials to the dead, complete with etched-in-stone pictures of the students, mini biographies, and memorials to each individual. Basically they died because of poor engineering and improper supervision by the students in charge.<br /><br />TAMU used to be a military academy and still has a contingent of cadets, about half of whom are sworn into the military services upon graduation. At the entrance to the cadet dorm quad on campus, there is a small stone, a few feet tall and long, with small brass pieces listing the names of former cadets who have died in battles, in service to their countries. There are quite a lot of names.<br /><br />A functional sense of perspective can be a real bastard.mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-86982209336408842742011-08-13T15:00:34.314-04:002011-08-13T15:00:34.314-04:00He was going to do the same thing at Stone Mountai...He was going to do the same thing at Stone Mountain, except it was to be a Confederate Memorial cave. That didn't get done, either.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-81733332565176592372011-08-12T22:16:41.517-04:002011-08-12T22:16:41.517-04:00Not to worry. When the oceans rise due to global w...Not to worry. When the oceans rise due to global warming the damn thing will be flooded.Stretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-66286749516473612642011-08-12T16:01:46.176-04:002011-08-12T16:01:46.176-04:00Actually, that shell of the Hospital does add &quo...Actually, that shell of the Hospital does add "Ruin Value" to the Roosevelt Legacy. Kinda fits what "That Man" left behind for Us to "New Deal" with, don'tcha think?Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-58448074328843719522011-08-12T11:44:36.945-04:002011-08-12T11:44:36.945-04:00You referenced Albert Speer? I'll agree it app...You referenced Albert Speer? I'll agree it applies to this travesty, but wow, you *are* a brazen woman. :)RobertSlaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642530076378579530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-68393429558136756802011-08-12T11:01:20.731-04:002011-08-12T11:01:20.731-04:00"'a traveller from an antique land might&..."'a traveller from an antique land might' lean upon his shovel -- and despair."<br /><br />Multi-generational literary humo(u)r. I love it.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-1284594980070783332011-08-12T10:32:52.626-04:002011-08-12T10:32:52.626-04:00Wonder how many folks are going to have an Easter ...Wonder how many folks are going to have an Easter Island experience there in a few hundred years...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />tweakerSpeakerTweakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520767686388236987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-18601191068888429072011-08-12T10:05:49.263-04:002011-08-12T10:05:49.263-04:00As so often happens, this is pretty much a straigh...As so often happens, this is pretty much a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9morial_des_Martyrs_de_la_D%C3%A9portation" rel="nofollow">straight steal</a>. The original is, to my experience, pretty effective but of course the purpose is very different.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.com