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- spatznick, on 10/11/2007, -6/+83Interesting how the French were able to raise $400.000 for Americans way easier than Americans raised $100.000 for themselves to build the pedestal.
Actually, that's pretty sad. - geekchic, on 10/11/2007, -2/+62I am surprised the "freedom fries" lot weren't campaigning to have it sent back to France a few years ago.
At least, I presume they weren't? - zavigny, on 10/11/2007, -3/+40"The last time I was inside a woman was when I visited the Statue of Liberty." --- Woody Allen
- Junkey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+36Same reason they don't have a recipe section.
- esotericguy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+27Does anyone have a color pic of the statue before it rusted and went green?
- Terr01, on 10/11/2007, -6/+32It makes me sad that it's head will be blown off in 2051 by MJ12.
- catalysis, on 10/11/2007, -9/+32"The Statue of Liberty, being the nickname I gave to my adopted daughter." --- Woody Allen
- chilekillr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+22Maybe it will give you a sense of the language that you are attempting to speak.
- vroom101, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22Good story -- aaaaaaah, the ups & downs in the long relationship between the people of the USA and the people of France!
- Bob042, on 10/11/2007, -4/+24People who are silly enough to complain about freedom fries probably don't know that the statue of liberty was from France. Just sayin'.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20All the time, it was... We finally really did it. You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
- wbeavis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14I went to see the Statue once. I hurriedly went around back and said to my wife "so that's what the back looks like!" She gave me a "wife look". Hey, you only see pictures and video of the front, I was curious what the back looked like.
/sadly, a true story
//They did a good job repairing the pedestal after that whole Vigo thing. - slipgrid, on 10/11/2007, -6/+15@Indyanna: "Why doesn't Digg have a category for 'History?'"
Yeah, lets vote on which history is correct. My gut tells me that's a good idea! - stacigh, on 10/11/2007, -8/+14LMFAO! If you put both of those Woody Allen quotes together, it's actually pretty nasty!
- Tabou, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8The second quote is not real. It was just catalysis's sarcastic response to the first. Google "Woody Allen" and "married his adopted daughter" and you'll figure it out.
- msapirate, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi originally idealized the statue of liberty concept for the Egyptian government to adorn the entrance of the Suez canal. Before the idea came to fruition, the Egyptian government went bankrupt and hence it never was realized. source: NPR
- anitab83, on 10/11/2007, -4/+8I love Uncle John's Bathroom Reader (and Neatorama)!
- Error601, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Whoever said one person cannot make a difference never read a history book.
- behn1220, on 10/11/2007, -5/+9@slipgrid
Just for future reference and not to be a dick...
If you want your comment to have the best chance of being heard and understood in the proper context I recommend replying to the post that you are referring to directly by hitting the seemingly elusive "reply" link under the post. - MsAdamWe, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Let's not play the generalizing game. Although I hated all the numerous American History classes I was forced to take, I went out of my way to take European History, etc classes and did very well in them because there was much more to LEARN. America is a very young country with a very short history, so forgive me for getting bored with it after learning the same junk repeatedly for 12 years and counting.
- OwdenBowden, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5True story - it was originally going to Egypt to be placed next to the great pyramids but the Egyptian government said "NO!" and so they then went with plan 2 which was to pawn it off on the Americans. the crap in this link is just that CRAP.
- ricksite, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5@esotericguy The Statue of Liberty is made of copper so it was probably copper color. It isn't really rust but a patina. I can't imagine it was copper colored for very long as a patina will form pretty quickly on copper exposed to the elements.
- Zgrendel, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2an awesome read, thanks for the link!
- rarson, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I hate it. If I start reading one, I get stuck to the toilet.
I'm just kidding, they're great books, but they're so good that I like to keep reading them. - OCedHrt, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2If we get everyone to donate 83 cents to some cause right now, imagine what we can do.
- freedomwv, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Lady Liberty represents all the good things about America. In times when the United States fails to live up to the ideas of liberty, which we currently are in a big way, it is good to reflect on the meaning of Lady Liberty.
- rodd, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1dugg because it is from the bathroom reader
- nbcivic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1came from france? Did you read the article, all the more reason to know about this *****.
- speerross, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@1randomguy
er...he's probably not either. Don't know anything about Statue of Liberty/Masonic connections myself but bearing in mind the USA's deep rooting in Freemasonry from its founding (just look at your bank notes) it wouldn't surprise me. So stop accusing people of conspiracy theories when there is probably some backing for what he said, and none that you've shown for what you said. When someone says something about Freemasonry it isn't instantly a conspiracy theory, Freemasonry is a real thing you know. - jstem1994, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Never knew about the laxative....
- Urrtha, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3another story of the Statue of Liberty
http://freemasonrywatch.org/statue_of_liberty.html
"An obvious
Illuminati symbol is the Statue of Liberty, which was given to New
York by French Freemasons in Paris who knew what it really symbolised.
It is Queen Semiramis, also known as Ashtar, the goddess of Babylon
(now Iraq), an ancient centre for the Illuminati.
Illuminati/Babylonian symbolism is all around us and it is designed to
affect us subliminally and by the effect it has on the energy field." David Icke
- UWake911, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1No mention that the statue has esoteric meaning.
- sovereign3, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Source, also: "Power, Faith, and Fantasy" by Michael Oren
Originally the statue was going to be a turbaned woman of the Orient. Obviously the design was changed just a little for the New York harbor. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3 What about the Masonic part of the story? It certainly has Masonic symbolism, the 7 pointed crown, the oddly 11 pointed pedestal instead of 12, the resemblance to Isis, the flame so similar to other flames built by Masons in other parts of the world.
"The Statue of Liberty in New York harbour was presented in 1884 as a gift from the French Grand Orient Temple Masons to the Masons of America in celebration of the centenary of the first Masonic Republic. The cornerstone of the statue records how it was laid in a Masonic ceremony (see plaque photo above). "The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was placed in a solemn ceremony in 1884 organised by the Masonic lodges of New York.
The Statue of Liberty, which was designed by the French sculptor Bartholdi and actually built by the French Engineer, Gustave Eiffel (both well-known Freemasons), was not originally a ‘Statue of Liberty’ at all, but first planned by Bartholdi for the opening of the Suez Canal in Egypt in 1867."
http://freemasonrywatch.org/statue_of_liberty.html
- ronsii, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1are you kidding you know how many pennies you could make from the skin alone!!!
- DruSam, on 10/11/2007, -7/+7Great story, adds another frenchman to my list of cool people.
- dcoxen, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Geography 101: Europe is not in the Middle East.
- MsAdamWe, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Thanks for the heads up there, pal. I thought I might respond to the fact that he was mocking me, an American, for not knowing anything about the world outside of America. I in turn was pointing out that he was making a hasty and false generalization. He didn't only mention the Middle East, either.. He said, "history of the Middle East and SO FOURTH." Too bad you couldn't pull your head out of your ass long enough to read that.
(Side note: I think he meant, "forth.") - NsXLA, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Some of this is true, orginally the Statue of Liberty was made to be put at the enterance of the The Nile.
- soso33, on 11/17/2008, -0/+0
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مسجات - Anoobis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1"Great story, adds a frenchman to my list of cool people."
i kid, i kid. - bshock, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1I deeply resent this line of thinking. You insist that "one person can make a difference," but isn't this clearly the belief of a terrorist?
Sure, if you have money and power you can accomplish something, but let's face it, none of us is ever going to have real money and power. The truly wealthy and powerful are going to wave the possibility in front of us, because of course the belief in our own ability to reach their condition will motivate us to preserve their system. But it's a lie, and a silly one at that. The vast majority of us, the 99% who will never have significant money and power, cannot make a difference. The truly wealthy and powerful will make certain of this -- they want us to support their system, not potentially change it.
So what's left? Artistic statements? Political leadership? Again, 99% of us simply don't have the capability to accomplish anything significant in these directions either.
That leaves violence, such as bombings and assassinations, the realm of the terrorist. Since you insist that one person -- presumably, by your implication, any person -- can make a difference, then you are simply advocating terrorism.
Shut up, obey the law, and follow the next steer into the slaughter house. - slipgrid, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2@behn1220
Right on. I've used it before, and it never seemed to work. Perhaps it's because of the elusive "sort by" combo box. Maybe digg should require the user to click something before showing the comment form, because if you don't nest the results, you forget it matters. That's why I would quote what I was replying to. I didn't want to make a new thread. Peace. - MsAdamWe, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1Norway? More like SNORway..
No, but seriously, I find this and most U.S. history to be extremely boring. Call me unpatriotic. - nbcivic, on 10/11/2007, -12/+8did no one here take a decent US History class?
- cyberpope, on 10/11/2007, -8/+4Or a picture section?
- lintmonkey, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2And as we know, all French women are really men.
- Osjpr, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1"Interesting how the French were able to raise $400.000 for Americans way easier than Americans raised $100.000 for themselves to build the pedestal."
The Constitution is just a piece of paper. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0I
- slipgrid, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1Well, when I thought it was Semiramis, The Queen of Babylon.
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