Mt Rushmore - A 5th Head?

[SparrowHawk]

I was driving home and I was thinking about Mt Rushmore and the 4 US Presidents honored there. 
 
Then I thought it might be interesting conversation as who might be a fith or sixth head on the monument if it were possible.
 
During my lifetime I can only come up with two strong contenders. John F Kennedy and Ronald Reagan
 
Prior to my life I guess you could consider FDR, I know some would prefer him over Reagan. Andrew Jackson might be another. Honestly after the original IMO the pickings are pretty slim.

 

[MCI transplant]

I was driving home and I was thinking about Mt Rushmore and the 4 US Presidents honored there. 
 
Then I thought it might be interesting conversation as who might be a fith or sixth head on the monument if it were possible.
 
During my lifetime I can only come up with two strong contenders. John F Kennedy and Ronald Reagan
 
Prior to my life I guess you could consider FDR, I know some would prefer him over Reagan. Andrew Jackson might be another. Honestly after the original IMO the pickings are pretty slim.

Andrew Jackson would definately be out of the running! ------- Reason: Ask any Cherokee!

 

[delldude]

 

[MCI transplant]

Don't even go there!!!

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

The Black Hills / SD.
The MOST Sacred cite for the Lakota Sioux nation.
 
Now Teddy Roosevelt wouldn't have authorized/commisioned Rushmores existence there because of anything Sitting Bull / Crazy Horse did to Custer.....do you   ??????????????
 
F'n RIGHT it was done on purpose  ! !
 
The Crazy Horse memorial nearby...........NEVER would have come to be, if it wasn't for Rushmore !

 

[SparrowHawk]

The Black Hills / SD.
The MOST Sacred cite for the Lakota Sioux nation.
 
Now Teddy Roosevelt wouldn't have authorized/commisioned Rushmores existence there because of anything Sitting Bull / Crazy Horse did to Custer.....do you   ??????????????
 
F'n RIGHT it was done on purpose  ! !
 
The Crazy Horse memorial nearby...........NEVER would have come to be, if it wasn't for Rushmore !

 
 
OK, all that is nice but try to stay focused on the topic at hand.

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

 
 
OK, all that is nice but try to stay focused on the topic at hand.

 
C'mon Sparrow. I've known you to be a realistic dude.
What the US Govt. did there was a Desecration  !!

 

[SparrowHawk]

 
C'mon Sparrow. I've known you to be a realistic dude.
What the US Govt. did there was a Desecration  !!

I know what happened and I've read a great deal on the Black Hills case. It's where I learned what the Latin phrase res judicata means. Has NOTHING To do with the premise or intent of the post.

 

[Ms Tree]

Why should anyone be memorialized in rock?

 

[SparrowHawk]

NEVER MIND! 
 
I just thought it might make for an interesting discussion. Bu NOOOO we have to Progressive Liberal it up and go off in tangents. I hope the Moderators close it.Screw it.

 

[Ms Tree]

Really?  Temper tantrum?  Taking your toys and going home? 
 
I just asked a simple question.  Why should any president be memorialize in rock?  It's not as if any of them have clean hands. 

 

[Dog Wonder]

Why should anyone be memorialized in rock?

Bruuuce!

 

[MCI transplant]

Really?  Temper tantrum?  Taking your toys and going home? 
 
I just asked a simple question.  Why should any president be memorialize in rock?  It's not as if any of them have clean hands. 

Let's flip that question. How many statues of Lenin are there in Russia? One on every third block?--------- How come?----- If you answer one question, you've answered the other.

 

[Ms Tree]

I do not believe those are equivalents.  The government put the statues up with out concern for public input.  The figures on Mt Rushmore tend to be revered by most in the US.  I do not believe that the same can be said in Russia, N Korea, Iraq or what ever other dictatorship/theocracy you wish to name.  I can travel all around the metroplex area and not see a statue or memorial for any president.  The closest I can think of is the George Bush turnpike (161).  

 

[SparrowHawk]

Really?  Temper tantrum?  Taking your toys and going home? 
 
I just asked a simple question.  Why should any president be memorialize in rock?  It's not as if any of them have clean hands. 

 
 
It can NEVER be straight forward and simple with A__Holes like you.
 
A simple question "Who would you pick the be the 5th head on Rushmore?" Not to difficult, But NO, we have to get a diatribe on the Lakota Sioux and some philosophical Bull Feces regarding statues.
 
Oh and by the way, if you're free to marry a man or woman then I'm equally free enough to pitch a fit.