How did Cynthia McKinney rate a parkway in Atlanta?

[Rex_Goodheart]

I was driving down Memorial Drive in Decatur, Ga., and saw the road marked by a sign as the "Cynthia McKinney Parkway".

WTF?

How do living politicians get parkways named in their honor?

[MyNameGoesHere]

1. I guess

from here

http://www.house.gov/mckinney/news/pr61400c.htm I don't see it as any big deal really. What's the beef? And what law says they have to be dead?

[CrownPrinceBandar]

5. Yup......

Bobby Byrd's got all kinds of things named after him here in WV: roads, schools, bridges, etc... And last I checked, he was still above ground.

[ulysses]

2. the eastside I-20/I-285 interchange

is named for Zell's old Lieutenant Governor, Pierre Howard, who is still alive.

ed. for spelling

[nuxvomica]

3. Isn't there a highway in Texas named after Poppy Bush?

I don't think this is something new. Remember the Hoover Dam?

[lithiumbomb]

4. pretty normal for GA

About half the roads around here are named for people who are very much alive. I think it's silly, but it's not unusual.

[Peace Patriot]

6. Ah! So, when a great representative like McKinney, who is every day

facing the seething hatred of Bushite bigots and operatives, and is no doubt being monitored by the Bushite NSA (looking for blackmail opportunities), stumbles just a bit--reacts to a Bushite-controlled security guard who tries to impede her entry to Congress--and all the Bushites pile on, as if this were the crime of the century, we, too--the supposed believers in democracy, the Leftist bloggers who represent the true majority--pile on, too, right on top of the fascist thugs, and start LOOKING FOR faults?

Look, Rex_Goodheart, I was a civil rights worker in Georgia and Alabama back when people like Cynthia McKinney were raped and lynched for walking on the wrong side of the street, and not casting their eyes downward to the white massa. I can't tell you how proud I am that Cynthia McKinney's name is honored with a parkway. Further, she is one of the FEW MEMBERS of the Diebold Congress who is truly trying to represent the majority of the American people. She is a truly great and courageous American. And I think the efforts I've seen here at DU to tear her to pieces are despicable. It's mob psychology. It's witch-hunting. It's Bushism. And I hope that sincere DUers will stop and think about how we are being played by the fascists--either directly by fascist operatives posting at DU, or by our own internalization of fascist views and "talking points." (i.e., Cynthia McKinney = bad. Ergo, a Cynthia McKinney Parkway = a bad thing.)

[Dinger]

7. Hear Hear! Peace Patriot!!!

You should post your EXCELLENT reply as a thread starter, so I can kick and recommend it!:yourock:

[Rex_Goodheart]

10. I'm not trying to tear her to pieces...

I just find it extremely tacky and politically favoritist to name public works after sitting politicians. I don't like it, whether Democrat or Republican.

[Dinger]

8. Are You The One Who Wanted Cindy Sheehan To Disappear?

Just asking. Maybe I'm wrong.

[MyNameGoesHere]

15. I do believe that was OP

[SensibleAmerican]

21. Is that germane to this thread?

If he said that, he should not have, but this sounds like a red herring.

[Dinger]

30. Sorry, I'm Not Falling For That One (nt)

[me b zola]

39. Yep, same guy

When I saw that thread I had a feeling that I would see another like this.

Rex_Badheart :thumbsdown:

[ShaneGR]

9. You've obviously never driven through West Virginia

Where half the highways, bridges, dams, telephone poles, and local shopping malls are named after Senator Byrd. Why you ask? Cuz he got the Federal Money to build them.

[Rex_Goodheart]

11. LOL. Actually, I have...

It's tacky, at best.

[Peace Patriot]

13. Yeah, right, Rex_Goodheart! And you just happened to notice this one--

honoring Cynthia McKinney--and posted a prominent "WTF?" about it at DU--and somehow missed the THOUSANDS of other public works named after living officials around the country?

And you are just so very concerned about "tacky" parkway naming, that you had to highlight THIS one, here, today--while Bushite Israel slaughters yet more innocents in the Middle East, in what could be the beginning of WW III...?

Strange priorities you have, AT BEST!

[MyNameGoesHere]

16. TACKY!!!!

Tacky is trying to name a federal airport after a addle brained drooling freak WHILE HE WAS STILL ALIVE! raygun airport which i refuse to ever fly from or to again.

[oasis]

27. I know of two cities that have streets named after "Home Depot".

:puke:

[Siyahamba]

40. I notice that kind of thing a LOT in southeast Michigan

"Meijer Lane," "Best Buy Drive," "Target Way," things like that. I wonder, do companies pay the municipality for naming rights, or are the local politicians simply that unimaginative?

[tabasco]

12. Take a drive through PA sometime Rexy.

Lots of roads named for very much alive republicans.

What's your beef with McKinney?

Things that make you go hmmmmm....

[Kingofalldems]

25. Absolutely right

There's a Shuster parkway or highway in western Pa. that was named (I believe) for a congressman who had to resign.

[CottonBear]

14. Do you have a problem with all of the other roads, bridges and buildings

named after both Democrats and Republicans here in Georgia?

What about the nightmarish Tom Moreland Interchange on I-285 named after Tom Moreland, former head of the GA DOT and now a private (Republican) engineering firm owner who does massive amounts of business with the GA DOT?

The Ronald Reagan Parkway in Gwinett Co. was there long before Reagan's demise.

How about the Sloppy Floyd building in downtown Atlanta? (He was some GA political bigwig.)

There's The Presidential Parkway to the Jimmmy Carter Library and, of course, Jimmy Carter Blvd. in Gwinnett Co.

Of course there is the Paul Broun Highway (the GA 10 Loop around Athens) named after the recently deceased, long time (more than 30 years)Democratic State Senator from Athens, GA.

Let's not forget the Larry McDonald portion of I-75 (I'll let you google that one but here's a hint: R-congressman, Korean jetliner, early 1980s)

Shall I go on? Georgia most powerful agency is the DOT (always has been) and there is a long history of naming roads, bridges and even intersections after famous GA politicians, of all parties.

edit: sp. and add Hartsfield-Jackson Airport named after two Atlanta mayors.
I see you're from NC so you must not be familiar with GA politics and the all-powerful GA DOT.

[gatorboy]

17. Wow Rex, you sure do rack up the WTF??? remarks towards the left.

McKinney

Hillary...

Sheehan...

Is Michael Moore far behind??? :rofl:

Or maybe it's just a woman thing. ;)

[Dinger]

32. Bingo! (nt)

[Catherine Vincent]

18. If you don't like it, don't drive on it!

[davekriss]

19. She "rates" by unflaggingly speaking truth to power (eom)

[SensibleAmerican]

20. On that parkway if you're ever stopped, you get to punch the cop and flee

Really, it's kinda cool ... :D

[NYCGirl]

24. LOL! Okay, that made me laugh in a Daily Show way. But you might want to

don your flame-retardant pants.
;-)

[Bridget Burke]

22. What about "George Bush Intercontinental Airport"?

In Houston, we mostly call it "The Big Airport." To distinguish it from Hobby Airport, named after a Democrat & more convenient to downtown.

The Metroplex has The President George Bush Turnpike. Pay those tolls!

Of course, these refer to Bush the Smarter.

[Dinger]

38. LOL: At First I Thought It Said Incontinental

* will be pissing himself, soon.

[Kingofalldems]

23. Are there any republicans you don't like?

[Dinger]

33. Yeah, We're Waiting . . . .

Tick, tock, tick, tock . . .

[LostinVA]

34. Yeah, 'cause ole Rex seems to like to post stuff about Dems alot

From DLCers to "radical Leftie commies"... hmmmm.....

[oasis]

26. How does Ronald Reagan get an airport? Or Poppy Bush an aircraft carrier?

Sports figures and city council members get streets named after them.

[Rosemary2205]

28. Ronald Reagan Hwy in CINCINNATI

Don't ask me why. They spent $140,000 on new signs.

[onenote]

29. common, although I think its a bad practice

Its pretty common for living, sitting politicians to get public streets, buildings or other facilities named after them. Personally, I don't have a problem with naming something after someone who is alive, but no longer an elected official. I think the practice of naming public facilities after sitting officials is wrong, but it didn't start with McKinney and it won't end with her either

[rinsd]

31. C'mon now. She's a long time Congresswoman

Its not shocking that a road would be named after her.

[Generic Other]

35. More nonsense from this OP

Not worth my time.

[bigtree]

36. jealous?

[Marie26]

37. How does anyone?

If you bring in the funding, you can have a Rex_Goodheart Parkway christianed in your honor.

[charlie]

41. Shit, how does *any* sitting pol rate a parkway?

Is McKinney's parkway your first exposure to this particular perk of office? It happens, and has been happening all the time. Hell, even Trent Lott has an airport.