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Caveman Statue Triggered Miracle In Oregon

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

We tracked reports of the Independence Day incineration of the Grants Pass Caveman back in 2004, and followed up on his eventual, better-than-ever resurrection. But an article in the Rouge River Press sets out new details about John Stripling, the man who saved the statue, which grabbed our attention like a Neanderthal grabbing at [...]

Wax Hitlers Wreak International Havoc

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

The Western world isn’t ready for another Adolf Hitler — even one immobilized in wax. July 5th, on the first day at a new Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin, Germany, a man savagely decapitated a controversial wax figure of Hitler. The man was arrested, and the statue and head were carted off from public view.
Flaunting [...]

Mexican Cowlossus Confuses Wisconsin

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Be wary if a PR firm wants to give your big bovine a makeover. That’s the lesson learned by Janesville, Wisconsin, whose longtime icon Bessie the Cow recently had a large Spanish mantilla plopped on her head.
The idea was to draw attention to a taco stand that was opening next to Bessie. But [...]

History Of Giant Uncle Sams Revealed, Sort Of

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Cloudy patriotic plasma enshrouds another type of goliath, the giant Uncle Sams.

Rebel Daughter Re-Fingered — Again

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Shameful. That’s the only word to describe the vandalism that once again deprived the statue of Emma Sansom in Gadsden, Alabama, of her right index finger.
Emma, “the sunbonnet heroine,” was a noble maiden of the Confederacy. Her dainty 15-year-old finger turned the tide for the Rebels — briefly — when it pointed southern [...]

World’s Largest Reagan Statue To Be Unveiled

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

After four years and several setbacks, the world’s largest Ronald Reagan statue will be unveiled in Covington, Louisiana, this Friday. The statue was not Covington’s idea. “We had nothing to do with it,” said city council president Trey Blackall. A local oil tycoon, however, was interested in building a big Reagan tribute, [...]

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