Friday, November 06, 2009
Congress OKs $500 Billion Monument to Human Folly
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA):
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA):
"From Hannibal's disastrous crossing of the Alps to Custer's humiliating defeat at Little Bighorn, human history has been plagued by senseless mistakes, and it is high time we built a memorial to honor that history. … My deepest hope is that future generations of Americans will one day look upon this pointless edifice and be filled with a sense of awe and wonder at mankind's utter lack of foresight."Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH):
"Our goal is to create a structure that, like the human race itself, is doomed from the outset and plagued by innate flaws that can never be corrected … Not only will it be an aesthetic disaster, but it will also require constant, expensive maintenance."
