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| Warsaw and Katowice want Reagan statues |
| 2007-02-10 |
| Edited for brevity. Hat tip: Drudge Opponents of Poland's former communist regime reportedly want to pay a posthumous homage to US President Ronald Reagan by erecting his statue in the place of a Soviet-era monument. In an open letter to the mayor of the southwestern city of Katowice, the former anti-regime activists said that the staunchly anti-communist Reagan had been a "symbol of liberty," the Polish news agency PAP reported. As a result, they said, he deserved to become the centrepiece of the city's Freedom Square, replacing a monument to the Soviet troops who drove out the occupying Nazis in 1945. They also said that they wanted the site to be rebaptised "Ronald Reagan Freedom Square." City hall spokesman Waldemar Bojarun said that Katowice's councillors would consider the issue. Bojarun said that he had "enormous respect" for Reagan. However, he said, the proposal could cost an estimated 500,000 zlotys (128,000 euros, 168,000 dollars) and the city had "other pressing needs." There are already separate plans to erect a statue in memory of Reagan in the centre of the Polish capital, Warsaw, which would be paid-for from private funds. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #3 I'm in for $200 - where do I send it? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-02-10 16:45 |
| #2 I do so love it when moonbats get such a public bitchslaping. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-10 09:31 |
| #1 But, but, Thomas Friedman recently wrote that Reagan actually had nothing to do with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc. He said it was all due to oil prices. How dare these people who were actually there say otherwise. An esteemed columnist of the New York Times couldn't possibly be wrong. Could he? |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-02-10 01:13 |