.... What the hell are they doing about the Congressionally approved Dwight David Eisenhower memorial in Washington DC
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| Ike's last briefing before Normandy invasion |
It was approved back in 1999, fourteen years ago --- folks in three-piece suits and pointy toed shoes have managed to spend more than $30 million ($30,000,000) so far and not a bush has been planted or a stone engraved. That's a whole lot of Morton Steak House lunches and dinner I reckon!
General 'Ike' - was one of our finest five star generals, not only won the war in Europe, but provided the statesmanship necessary to deal with the egos of Churchill, FDR, Stalin, and of course. Mr Ego's themselves - - British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery and French General de Gaulle
He returned to his home, was recruited for President -- and - well, you know the rest if you are over fifty -- have read the rest of it if you are younger than that. Every time you drive up an on-ramp to an Interstate Highway -- think of Ike and his foresight....
But back to the point, 14 years, over $30 million spent, and all that has been created is a design concept that is disliked by Ike's family, by the Congress, by the National Monuments Foundation and by all others with taste... Just think of all the famous pictures of Ike you have seen dating back to D Day
The budget is now projected to be in the neighborhood of $142 million bucks! How insane is that? And I'll bet that's low compared to the final numbers
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