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re: Robert E. Lee monument coming down NOW
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:42 pm to Winkface
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:42 pm to Winkface
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Somebody earlier said it best. To almost every single person in this city, they were just works of art. Someone to look at and maybe discuss. No one was revering anything.
That was me, and I've been saying it for a few weeks now.
I get the desire to argue about the quality of the men depicted in the statues, but that's a losing battle. The more important issue is that they weren't just erected. They've been there for 100+ years, and during the time NOLA has had any number of opportunities to take them down because of the huge groundswell of negative feelings locals had about them.
No one has ever said a damn word about them...
This goes for both sides. One of the funniest damn things has been watching nimrods on my Facebook feed argue back and forth with each other as if they are historians, when really there's just identity politic hacks who have been told by their side it's time to fight with the other side.
These were historical monuments apart from who they represented...local landmarks. They should have never been touched.
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Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:42 pm to Winkface
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I hope he shows up to a saints game this year. Must see tv.
Saw him at Jazz Fest the second Friday in one of the artist booths. I'm sure people gave him a piece of their mind there,
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:42 pm to Perrydawg
Word on the street is they're not using a crane, they are using a Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk to remove the statue
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:45 pm to tgrbaitn08
how in the hell are they getting their hands on one of these?
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:45 pm to fouldeliverer
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"And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service." These two new policies - a call for black enlistment and enticement- turns Union soldiers into an army of liberation in the seceded states.
Naw bub...that turned black folks from slaves that were working in fields to slaves that were dying for Uncle Sam.
Still to this day black folks are slaves to the government...they just don't want to admit it.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:45 pm to fightin tigers
It's my understanding, and it could be just social media posturing, that municipalities and other government entities are exempt from OSHA regulations.
I've read it on other sites, I do NOT know how accurate it is. And really,you think a Federal, executive branch bureaucracy is going to come after a Democrat mayor? C'mon.
I've read it on other sites, I do NOT know how accurate it is. And really,you think a Federal, executive branch bureaucracy is going to come after a Democrat mayor? C'mon.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:46 pm to fightin tigers
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They may not know what they are doing, but the guy running the crane is an expert rigger and it isn't like it is a complicated lift.
What exactly do you know? Your posts have made you seem pretty ignorant to construction things.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:46 pm to wizziko
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Saw him at Jazz Fest
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I'm sure people gave him a piece of their mind there,
Yep I'm real sure all those social justice warriors really told him off
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:46 pm to tgrbaitn08
Now that is going to cost some $$$$$$$$$$$
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:47 pm to fightin tigers
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Why would a plan be needed?
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:48 pm to LSU316
Exactly, he got more backslaps and high-fives in one afternoon, than for the last 8 years.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:49 pm to wizziko
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how in the hell are they getting their hands on one of these?
The USCG owes Mary Landrieu a favor
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:51 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Word on the street is they're not using a crane, they are using a Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk to remove the statue
I seriously doubt that.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:52 pm to tgrbaitn08
Word on the street is the mayor has sent a letter to Paramount to remove the Lee Circle scenes from Dukes of Hazzard.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:52 pm to tgrbaitn08
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The USCG owes Mary Landrieu a favor
if the Coast Guard loans them a helicopter for this bullshite I will lose my mind
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:52 pm to LNCHBOX
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What exactly do you know? Your posts have made you seem pretty ignorant to construction things
I only know the 30 or so lifts I may witness on any given day.
The high risk lifts I have been involved in planning. (Which usually do include engineer input)
The 2 accident investigation teams I have been part of.
I do not to see how this falls in to almost any category that requires a PE stamp. Engineering review, yeah I see that.
This post was edited on 5/18/17 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:53 pm to fightin tigers
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You think B&G (oops) let their crane be operated by an amateur?
Well if they provided an operator, he sure as hell wasn't doing his job in guiding them in rigging the statue up, thus putting his companies equipment (his livelihood at stake) I am sure is General Liability Insurance carrier would have a field day with that one. Not to mention that they violated a pretty big OSHA reg when the where grinding on the forks of the Lull lift in order to slide them between the base and statue. I am sure that they did not have prior engineering approval to change the design of the forks.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:54 pm to Perrydawg
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Not to mention that they violated a pretty big OSHA reg when the where grinding on the forks of the Lull lift in order to slide them between the base and statue. I am sure that they did not have prior engineering approval to change the design of the forks.
If they altered the forks without manufacturer approval that is a huge no no.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 1:55 pm to fightin tigers
I didn't know you were in sales at Neff rentals
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