The City of Rapid City, the eastern gateway to the beautiful Black Hills, likes to style itself the “City of Presidents.” For years, private donations have been paying for statues of US Presidents (you know, POTUS) to be put on street corners in downtown Rapid City.
This is, of course, tied to the fact that Rapid is the major city nearest Mount Rushmore with its giant carvings (in living stone) of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. It adds yet another tourist attraction to give tourists a bit of pleasure (and no admission or parking fee!) as they visit the Black Hills. And Rapid City mostly considers itself a patriotic sort of place. Among other things, Ellsworth Air Force Base is nearby and both a source of pride and of massive employment, and income for the region.
They started of course with the “big four” and then working their way up: Adams, Madison, etc. Now they are commissioning statues during the actual term of office of recent POTUS: Clinton, George W Bush, Obama (Obummer he shall always be to us here at TPOL), and…
Recently, the statue of The Donald was completed: it had been commissioned (and paid for by private donations) during his first term, before Uncle Joe. The statue was installed a few weeks back.
A lot of people predicted that statue (on a public street corner) would absolutely be an irresistible temptation to all sorts of people.
They were right.
Someone (still to be identified, though apparently there were cameras in use) spray painted the statue’s face blue a couple of days ago.
We can assume that it is someone who was never-Trumper did this. As you can imagine, even in a “red state” like South Dakota (and especially West River where Rapid City is), there are a great many cries of outrage but a lot justifying the vandalism.
So let’s have open house:
Those who are “LandBack” types and related can trash the statues of Abe Lincoln (remember who was in charge during the Dakota War of 1862 and hung all those warriors), and of course, US Grant (president during the Black Hills War and Little Big Horn).
Of course, they will have to work it out with those who sympathize with the Confederacy and the South, who also will want to vandalize Abe’s and US’s statues.
Those who are in support of southern AmerInd tribes can go for Andy Jackson’s statue.
Those in support of northern tribes can go after Willie Harrison’s. (Remember Tippicanoe!)
Those who are upset about the WW2 internment camps for Nisei can do FDR’s.
Those who think Spain and Cuba got a raw deal can go after McKinley’s and Teddy Roosevelt’s.
Those who hate the Federal Reserve, the Income Tax, and helping France and England in the Great War can vandalize Woody Wilson’s.
Those who think that Tricky Dick was nasty can get his statue.
Those who think that LBJ was part of the conspiracy that killed JFK can spray-paint his statue. (LBJ’s not JFK’s)
Those who think Barry wasn’t a US citizen and/or hate ObummerCare can get his statue.
Those who think we should never have broken up with the UK will get to “have fun” with any or all of George Washington’s, the elder (John) Adams, Tommy Jefferson’s, Jimmy Madison, that other Jimmy (Monroe), and maybe even Johnny Q (Adams’) statues.
If you don’t like Texas or Texans, then defacing Tyler’s statue is for you (he was in office when Texas joined the Union).
Those who don’t like Hillary can settle for Bill’s mug.
Gee! Who’s left?
Guys and gals, this is supposed to be satire! Smile, laugh, get a life!
The Price of Liberty 
More tyranny in our northern neighbors
NOTE: We are referring to our cousins in Canada as “neighbors” and not the singular here at TPOL. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. Their provinces are more autonomous (in practice) than our own familiar States, and as in the States, the differences between the provinces are growing and their FedGov (“Ottawa”) somewhat weaker and yet growing in power.
A while back, we published a commentary about new anti-religion laws in Quebec Province.
Things are getting worse quickly. That Quebec bill proceeds: opposition from various people (such as hospitals, childcare providers, and private schools) is being brushed aside (as reported by Canadian government propaganda outlet CBC). Indeed, the bill has been amended (and endorsed by the opposition party in committee) to criminalize religious speech considered “hate speech.
But it is not just Francophone Quebec that is imposing more and more tyranny.
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