Results 1 to 12 of 12

Thread: Robert E. Lee statue for sale by Dallas draws $1.4M bid

  1. 06-06-2019, 09:35 AM #1
    UTAH's Avatar
    UTAH
    UTAH is offline Charter Member
    Join Date
    10-30-01
    Location
    Salt Lake City
    Posts
    30,712

    Robert E. Lee statue for sale by Dallas draws $1.4M bid

    I like this resolution of the issue. The Civil War (if there is such a thing as a "civil" war) is painful enough without further losses. And, there's something to be said for preserving history.

    https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/ju...s-draws-14m-b/

    "The artwork, depicting Lee and another soldier on horses, was unveiled in 1936. Dallas required a minimum bid of $450,000, which was the cost to remove the statue from a park in September 2017 and for storage."

    Hunter
    I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 06-06-2019, 10:11 AM #2
    Truckman's Avatar
    Truckman
    Truckman is offline Registered Member
    Join Date
    11-22-03
    Location
    In the Village...
    Posts
    44,001
    Peaceful resolutions are always better than the alternative, especially when they turn a buck......Ben
    The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 06-06-2019, 10:16 AM #3
    Dave Grubb's Avatar
    Dave Grubb
    Dave Grubb is offline Charter Member
    Join Date
    10-22-01
    Location
    All Over
    Posts
    38,280
    I would have bid on that but I have a custom statue of trump on order
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 06-06-2019, 10:23 AM #4
    Billy_Rightwing's Avatar
    Billy_Rightwing
    Billy_Rightwing is offline Registered Member
    Join Date
    01-21-04
    Location
    Crescent City CA. where the redwoods meet the sea.
    Posts
    15,119
    Friend or foe why are the libs weeping and moaning over history?
    Old redneck hillbilly borned and raised on a redwood stump.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 06-06-2019, 10:23 AM #5
    Phillbo's Avatar
    Phillbo
    Phillbo is offline Charter Member
    Join Date
    08-05-05
    Location
    Deep inside the Central Scrutinizer.
    Posts
    21,035
    This one Dave?
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version.  Name: naughty-statues-huta-stupidity-head-up-their-ass-people.jpeg  Views: 19  Size: 12.7 KB  ID: 36936  

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 06-06-2019, 10:26 AM #6
    Dave Grubb's Avatar
    Dave Grubb
    Dave Grubb is offline Charter Member
    Join Date
    10-22-01
    Location
    All Over
    Posts
    38,280
    Quote Originally Posted by Phillbo View Post
    This one Dave?
    How did you know?
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 06-06-2019, 11:29 AM #7
    Mike's Avatar
    Mike
    Mike is offline Registered Member
    Join Date
    10-14-01
    Location
    TEXAS!
    Posts
    14,575
    The statue should never have been removed. I'm sick and tired of revisionist history.
    The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 06-06-2019, 11:39 AM #8
    UTAH's Avatar
    UTAH
    UTAH is offline Charter Member
    Join Date
    10-30-01
    Location
    Salt Lake City
    Posts
    30,712
    No revisionism here. General Lee was a great man and a greater enemy.

    "Robert Edward Lee was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. A son of Revolutionary War officer Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, and served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy."
    - Wikipedia

    Hunter
    I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 06-06-2019, 11:48 AM #9
    UTAH's Avatar
    UTAH
    UTAH is offline Charter Member
    Join Date
    10-30-01
    Location
    Salt Lake City
    Posts
    30,712
    A famous Robert E. Lee quote shows where he stood on slavery:

    "So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained."

    Hunter
    I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 06-06-2019, 12:21 PM #10
    Mike's Avatar
    Mike
    Mike is offline Registered Member
    Join Date
    10-14-01
    Location
    TEXAS!
    Posts
    14,575
    Yet they still took down the statue in an effort to remove him from history. There is talk of erasing Thomas Jefferson because he was a slave owner. I guess George Washington will be next. Where does it stop?
    The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 06-06-2019, 02:21 PM #11
    Phillbo's Avatar
    Phillbo
    Phillbo is offline Charter Member
    Join Date
    08-05-05
    Location
    Deep inside the Central Scrutinizer.
    Posts
    21,035
    With the Colonel of course....
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version.  Name: confederate statue.jpg  Views: 21  Size: 46.7 KB  ID: 36937  

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 06-06-2019, 02:54 PM #12
    UTAH's Avatar
    UTAH
    UTAH is offline Charter Member
    Join Date
    10-30-01
    Location
    Salt Lake City
    Posts
    30,712
    Quote Originally Posted by Phillbo View Post
    With the Colonel of course....
    Good stuff.

    Fun trivia: The first KFC franchise is in Salt Lake City, on State Street and 39th South.

    Hunter
    I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules