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Scootaloo

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36. And for those complaining about money spent for repairs...

Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:46 PM

Sep 2013

The money was already wasted on commissioning and installing the thing. Wanna save money? Take it down, sell the bronze for piping, the tiling for pavers, and plant a nice tree there instead. Maybe a black locust, if they really want to symbolize Saint Ronnie's legacy to the community

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ARSONISTS SET FIRE To Life Size Ronald Reagan Statue At A California Sports Park. [View all] Segami Sep 2013 OP

How is cleaning up the neighborhood of unsightly trash considered arson? Th1onein Sep 2013 #1

Exactly +1 DontTreadOnMe Sep 2013 #4

when Napalm is used Skink Sep 2013 #10

When it's a jar. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #13

Kids. Iggo Sep 2013 #2

Must of been a college prank. Rex Sep 2013 #3

That poor metal would be much happier as plumbing fixtures. hunter Sep 2013 #5

Steely Dan's For Uptight GOP Palin Wannabes? HangOnKids Sep 2013 #6

Steampunk. hunter Sep 2013 #58

Got that right gopiscrap Sep 2013 #14

These guys just weren't trying very hard jmowreader Sep 2013 #7

Sawzalls! Thread winner. nt longship Sep 2013 #38

Thermite boots. hunter Sep 2013 #59

The new Burning Man? KamaAina Sep 2013 #8

I wish I could take credit. LeftofObama Sep 2013 #9

Arsonists? I'd consider them Artists LondonReign2 Sep 2013 #11

Those aren't arsonists. They're patriots. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #12

People are GETTING FED UP! Th1onein Sep 2013 #15

More like FIRED up! Fawke Em Sep 2013 #43

Is he using the shovel to bury AIDS dead or the middle class? Robb Sep 2013 #16

Really? DUers are praising this? MineralMan Sep 2013 #17

Maybe they'll have to build a cage around him... hunter Sep 2013 #18

So, you think this is appropriate activism? MineralMan Sep 2013 #19

No. hunter Sep 2013 #21

Iran-Contra was treason. Enthusiast Sep 2013 #63

Yep. delta17 Sep 2013 #34

they are "Freedom Fighters" Agony Sep 2013 #37

I totally agree. I hate and dispise Raygun but Raine Sep 2013 #42

No, but it's really no different than this stunt: Fawke Em Sep 2013 #45

I agree. Th1onein Sep 2013 #74

Gee, I'm shocked at your response. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #54

ya kind`a sad... madrchsod Sep 2013 #57

I consider the arsonists the moral equivalent of our founding fathers. nt Democracyinkind Sep 2013 #67

American colonists once tore down a statue of King George III Downtown Hound Sep 2013 #69

Go out and win one for the Crisper. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #20

Statues are stupid jsr Sep 2013 #22

especially this one n/t LiberalElite Sep 2013 #26

Why does the statue have a shovel? hatrack Sep 2013 #41

A counter-productive stunt struggle4progress Sep 2013 #23

Statues like this are political. hunter Sep 2013 #40

Burning stuff to make a statement encourage more of the same, not all of which will you like struggle4progress Sep 2013 #46

Gahndi and Martin Luther King are dead. hunter Sep 2013 #50

If I was there I would have pissed on it ... from a safe distance. lpbk2713 Sep 2013 #24

Why is Ronald Reagan at a sports park anyway?? JaneyVee Sep 2013 #25

So the kids know what a loser looks like, of course jmowreader Sep 2013 #39

Finally got what he deserved. Rider3 Sep 2013 #27

I would support installing another statue... adirondacker Sep 2013 #28

No need for this ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2013 #29

The money they raise to fix it wil be a few less bucks to the Cruz Campaign. FSogol Sep 2013 #31

Don't be too sure of that struggle4progress Sep 2013 #47

Well, that'll be weeks of time Fox isn't devoting to more important mind-warps Scootaloo Sep 2013 #32

Burning in Hell for what he did to the Working Class FreakinDJ Sep 2013 #30

Yeah, there should be an eternal flame burning around the statue deutsey Sep 2013 #65

For those posters so concerned about the statue's well-being... it's a statue Scootaloo Sep 2013 #33

A single fire that didn't even destroy the statue. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #35

And for those complaining about money spent for repairs... Scootaloo Sep 2013 #36

Too bad a bunch of good dems weren't nearby to piss on it RetroLounge Sep 2013 #44

I wouldn't piss on that man if his face was on fire FreakinDJ Sep 2013 #62

After Reagan left office... Wounded Bear Sep 2013 #48

Is this guy for real? My money is on punk kids, not some profound political statement. tritsofme Sep 2013 #49

I don't condone arson, but it couldn't happen to a better figure. liberal N proud Sep 2013 #51

LOL mwrguy Sep 2013 #52

Well he set fire to the middle class. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2013 #53

Of note, this is Temecula CA, as red as it gets nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #55

i drive by a statue of reagan on his horse many times each day. madrchsod Sep 2013 #56

Sad that so many support and applaud this... Lancero Sep 2013 #60

We are better!! Segami Sep 2013 #66

Post 1... Lancero Sep 2013 #72

Welcome to DU. Iggo Sep 2013 #68

Sorry, but we're still better Downtown Hound Sep 2013 #70

Republicans... Lancero Sep 2013 #71

And, yet raygun in his "god-like" gop status couldn't have gotten Cha Sep 2013 #61

When your media find it delightful that statues of other world leaders were bombed malaise Sep 2013 #64

Bronze getting a little blackened isn't "damage". kentauros Sep 2013 #73