Maine Gov. Paul LePage Orders Labor History Mural Removed From State Offices

[upstatecajun]

Maine Tea Party Gov. Paul LePage (R) has ordered the removal of a 36-foot mural depicting Maine’s labor history from the lobby of the state’s Department of Labor offices, claiming they received “some complaints” from business owners. The Governor has also directed that eight conference rooms named after labor leaders — including Cesar Chavez — be renamed “after mountains, counties or something.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/23/paul-lepage-labor-mural/

[Deep13]

1. Rewriting history, just like a good little fascist. nt

[kenny blankenship]

16. Reminiscent of the 2003 incident when Bush henchmen had the Guernica tapestry @ the UN covered over

before they gave their press conference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_%28painting%29#Guernica_at_the_United_Nations

[hifiguy]

2. Mind-bending stupidity

They're scared of a mural and room names. Could anything reveal more completely the childish, pants-poop­ing fearfulnes­s and lickspittl­e servitude to their masters of the bagger ignorati?”

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. Anything? Nah, I'm coming up empty.

You nailed it.

[KansDem]

3. He wants to replace it with this one...

[RKP5637]

4. Exactly!!! Excellent illustration of runaway capitalism at work!

[Sabriel]

5. Yes, let's name the rooms after large-scale polluters, instead

The Union Carbide Room

The Dow Chemical Room

The Kerr-McGee Lounge

[Kurovski]

7. Anus-licking oligarch.

America, stop voting for people who will destroy you. They are out to economically destroy America. No more Repubs, tea'ers, & corporo-Dems.

wake the hell up, already.

[Thunderstruck]

9. Why insult anus licking? Why do you hate anus licking?

[Kurovski]

13. The Boot-Licker League got to me first.

:D

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. well...they elected a tea party guv, that's what you get

[eShirl]

14. with 39% of the votes

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

15. I thought it was 38% of the vote

[geardaddy]

10. What an ass. n/t

[99th_Monkey]

11. Gov. LePage should be arrested for defacing historic monuments. What a scumbag. ~nt

[The Wielding Truth]

12. Business owners have more rights than non business owners. I say "NO!".