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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: tombogan03884 on January 30, 2013, 06:23:01 PM
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http://www.newsmax.com/US/reagan-obama-library-demolition/2013/01/30/id/488082?s=al&promo_code=123D9-1
The University of Chicago Medical Center has announced plans to turn Ronald Reagan’s childhood home in Chicago into a parking lot for President Barack Obama’s library.
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks previously denied the Gipper’s home landmark status in 2012, according to The Washington Times, and the university subsequently scheduled demolition to begin in January. Officials claim the home does not reach landmark status because it is not architecturally significant and the nation’s 40th president did nothing notable while living there.
With the wrecking balls in place, it could be 90 days or less before the home is knocked down. In its place, a plaque would serve as the marker of the historic spot, according to university representatives.
Reagan was 4 when his family moved to the 832 E. 57th St. home in the Hyde Park District of the Windy City.
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Whatever, when history looks back on their actions it will reflect the petty little people they are in the scrolls, by name, for all that care to see.
Whiny, little, B!TCHES....
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http://www.newsmax.com/US/reagan-obama-library-demolition/2013/01/30/id/488082?s=al&promo_code=123D9-1
The University of Chicago Medical Center has announced plans to turn Ronald Reagan’s childhood home in Chicago into a parking lot for President Barack Obama’s library.
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks previously denied the Gipper’s home landmark status in 2012, according to The Washington Times, and the university subsequently scheduled demolition to begin in January. Officials claim the home does not reach landmark status because it is not architecturally significant and the nation’s 40th president did nothing notable while living there.
With the wrecking balls in place, it could be 90 days or less before the home is knocked down. In its place, a plaque would serve as the marker of the historic spot, according to university representatives.
Reagan was 4 when his family moved to the 832 E. 57th St. home in the Hyde Park District of the Windy City.
I wonder how many significant people made contributions to society when they were 4 yo. ::)
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Let's see, we can honor both Presidents: One because we have a home he lived in that could be used for some administrative, historic, or learning center; and the other by putting his library on campus. But Nooooooooooooooooooo! To honor the great one we will try to erase the memory of another.
This is a blatant message sent loud and clear of what Chicago, and Pres. BHO because he approves, thinks of Pres. Reagan.
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I found a great spot for BHO to put his parking lot:
Mud Flats southeast of Lodwar, Kenya
(http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/small/5072060.jpg)
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41867550,d.eWU&biw=1454&bih=810&q=kenya&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x182780d08350900f:0x403b0eb0a1976dd9,Kenya&gl=us&sa=X&ei=IxkMUemVFYHI9gTBuIDwAQ&ved=0CJEBELYD
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So, has every home or apartment of every president been preserved as a landmark? Probably not. Should they? Probably not. An airport, a ship, a ranch, a library and whatever else. Isn't that enough for crying out loud? DO we want to be like Rome where everything is a monument? I think not.
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Would you rather remember a local connection to Reagan or Obama .
Obama is still in office and I try not to remember that every day.