Pastor leads dedication ceremony for Trump's giant gold statue at Trump golf course

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flown-the-coop said:

I should have clarified no one = the TDSed, but also need to note divot has five letters.


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I was uncertain whether it was a statue of Trump or DK Metcalf.

The physical resemblance between the two is uncanny.
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IIIHorn said:

HTownAg98 said:

"Let me be clear; this is not a golden calf."
Preacher man, if you have to say that…


There are two golden calves on that statue.

I bet his calves are huge
Can't decide if I want to be cute & cuddly, or go blow some sh*t up.
Decisions decisions.
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aggiehawg said:

His golf course. What's the problem?

Only problem is TDS.
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how many pastors you wanna bet are at the opening of this thing?

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flown-the-coop said:

Is this cringe? Here Circle K dedicates a whole gas stations in Ireland to celebrate Americas first Black president ties to Ireland.



Trump's statue is better.
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zephyr88 said:

aggiehawg said:

His golf course. What's the problem?

This is the reality that is so quickly overlooked. It's HIS golf course. He can do whatever he wants to with the property. Is it vain? Probably. Is it tacky? Yah, a bit. Does it hurt anyone? Well, just those affected by terminal TDS.

Meanwhile, he should put one on every tee box with their corresponding hole number, ha!

We have a very large picture of my wife in her wedding dress at home.

Damn narcissist.
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I'll bet you even had a pastor at your wedding.
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A 15ft statue on a 7ft pedestal, bronze that has been gold leaf covered for a cost north of $3,000,000 and dedicated by a Christian preacher.

My goodness!
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Raiderjay said:

how many pastors you wanna bet are at the opening of this thing?




That looks like a garbage can or something of the Galactic Empire or Blocker bldg's cousin
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Raiderjay said:

how many pastors you wanna bet are at the opening of this thing?



I honestly cannot fathom how that windowless behemoth meets fire code nor building code. Can't imagine being inside if there is a power failure and it goes dark inside.
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aggiehawg said:

Raiderjay said:

how many pastors you wanna bet are at the opening of this thing?



I honestly cannot fathom how that windowless behemoth meets fire code nor building code. Can't imagine being inside if there is a power failure and it goes dark inside.

Soviets did it better probably under budget and it has windows.



Can't decide if I want to be cute & cuddly, or go blow some sh*t up.
Decisions decisions.
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His is much more golder that's for sure.
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5Amp said:

A 15ft statue on a 7ft pedestal, bronze that has been gold leaf covered for a cost north of $3,000,000 and dedicated by a Christian preacher.

My goodness!

believe it was about 10% of that. Same for preacher.
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There was major concern that after seeing how ugly the building is, being reminded of what a disaster Barry & Big Mike left us with, then heading up to look out over the cesspool of Chicago that people would be compelled to leap to their death if more windows and balconies included.

Like the net on the Golden Gate to catch people who tire of living in a city where the homeless **** on your car hood and front porch.
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techno-ag said:

I'll bet you even had a pastor at your wedding.


LOL
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flown-the-coop said:

His is much more golder that's for sure.


Yea, I have to admit that.
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Science Denier said:

techno-ag said:

I'll bet you even had a pastor at your wedding.


LOL

Being an ordained minister myself, I'm kind of pissed no one has asked me to bless their statues.
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flown-the-coop said:

Science Denier said:

techno-ag said:

I'll bet you even had a pastor at your wedding.


LOL

Being an ordained minister myself, I'm kind of pissed no one has asked me to bless their statues.


If you bless them, you can't sell them. Trump can do it because he's not out to enrich himself and won't sell it.
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flown-the-coop said:

Science Denier said:

techno-ag said:

I'll bet you even had a pastor at your wedding.


LOL

Being an ordained minister myself, I'm kind of pissed no one has asked me to bless their statues.

I'll keep you in mind if my wife and I renew our vows on our 20 anniversary.
Can't decide if I want to be cute & cuddly, or go blow some sh*t up.
Decisions decisions.
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The Ex Officio Director said:

flown-the-coop said:

Science Denier said:

techno-ag said:

I'll bet you even had a pastor at your wedding.


LOL

Being an ordained minister myself, I'm kind of pissed no one has asked me to bless their statues.

I'll keep you in mind if my wife and I renew our vows on our 20 anniversary.

I come with free opinions, satire, mockery with a bit of humor that gets better with Jack.
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flown-the-coop said:

Science Denier said:

techno-ag said:

I'll bet you even had a pastor at your wedding.


LOL

Being an ordained minister myself, I'm kind of pissed no one has asked me to bless their statues.

I'm an ordained Pastafarian minister myself...
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Pro tip… the hospitals get mad when you park in the clergy spots for your doctors appointments.
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eater of the list said:

Truly bizarre.

I hope you're not a libral, because any libral calling something like this "bizarre" is extremely hilarious. Silent on genital mutilation and breast removal and puberty blockers for minors...zero criticism of men in women's locker rooms with their wangs danglin...wide open f-ing borders and importing 10+ million third world immigrants to overwhelm our country...could go on and on and on.....

But a gold statue memorializing the moments after a president almost had his head blown off. THAT's "truly bizarre".

Don't get me wrong...it's silly and I am not a fan...but have at least a SHRED of self awareness. Youre party is a carney freakshow that specializes in the "truly bizarre".
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I think anyone who builds a statue of themselves has some strange things going on upstairs.

The only stranger thing is people who idolize someone enough to build a statue of a person.

Obviously, I'm not a big statue or monument guy. Don't care who it is. It's strange.

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So are you championing the removal of E King Gill and Sully cause they are strange to you?

Also, Trump did not commission this. Some crypto bros did and presented as a gimmick to promote their coin.

If people wanted to discuss controversy, I think it's fair to criticize whether it's a sketch look do be part of promoting this stuff, but Trump promotes its what he does.
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Sweep4-2 said:

I think anyone who builds a statue of themselves has some strange things going on upstairs.

The only stranger thing is people who idolize someone enough to build a statue of a person.

Obviously, I'm not a big statue or monument guy. Don't care who it is. It's strange.


Fortunately Trump did not build this statue himself so you can rest easy.

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Zachary Klement said:

I mean, he was divinely appointed by God!


Thanks for clarifying what you meant.
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flown-the-coop said:

So are you championing the removal of E King Gill and Sully cause they are strange to you?

Also, Trump did not commission this. Some crypto bros did and presented as a gimmick to promote their coin.

If people wanted to discuss controversy, I think it's fair to criticize whether it's a sketch look do be part of promoting this stuff, but Trump promotes its what he does.

Interesting question, but since I typed nothing about removal of statues or of E King Gill and/or Sully, not really relevant to my point.

There are plenty of things in life that I think are weird.....statues are just one of the many. But no, I don't advocate for destruction of things just because I don't understand them.

But if you must know. My life would not be impacted one way or the other if we had either no E King Gill and/or Sully, or whether we had 500 foot tall statues of both.


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There are plenty of things in life that I think are weird.....statues are just one of the many. But no, I don't advocate for destruction of things just because I don't understand them.

But if you must know. My life would not be impacted one way or the other if we had either no E King Gill and/or Sully, or whether we had 500 foot tall statues of both.

What precisely do you not understand? Never been to a cemetery? Arlington? Normandy? Where your own family is buried?
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Hardcore Greg said:

eater of the list said:

Truly bizarre.

I hope you're not a libral, because any libral calling something like this "bizarre" is extremely hilarious. Silent on genital mutilation and breast removal and puberty blockers for minors...zero criticism of men in women's locker rooms with their wangs danglin...wide open f-ing borders and importing 10+ million third world immigrants to overwhelm our country...could go on and on and on.....

But a gold statue memorializing the moments after a president almost had his head blown off. THAT's "truly bizarre".

Don't get me wrong...it's silly and I am not a fan...but have at least a SHRED of self awareness. Youre party is a carney freakshow that specializes in the "truly bizarre".

Hey look, a trans bathroom rant in a thread that has literally zero to do with said issue...El Gallo Blanco is BACK, baby!
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aggiehawg said:

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There are plenty of things in life that I think are weird.....statues are just one of the many. But no, I don't advocate for destruction of things just because I don't understand them.

But if you must know. My life would not be impacted one way or the other if we had either no E King Gill and/or Sully, or whether we had 500 foot tall statues of both.

What precisely do you not understand? Never been to a cemetery? Arlington? Normandy? Where your own family is buried?

I'm lost. How we got from a statue of Trump to whether I've visited various cemeteries.....But I'll roll with it.

I have no idea what a stone, metal, composite, etc. representation of a person is supposed to mean to me. So I don't make it a point to seek out statues or to propose building of them. But different people value different things, and there are things that I probably enjoy that other people find strange, so I probably should have worded it differently.

Here's the rest of the answer: Yes, Yes, No, No.

But I feel like we've gone down a different path of whether we think visiting grave sites is strange now and I'm just gonna keep digging haha.
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I think I follow what you are saying. They all seem a bit weird to you as they do not appeal or strike you in a certain manner, but you are fine with them being around. I think that's fair.

I read that you did not want them around but you simply just do not have much interest in them and thing the concept is strange. That a fair assessment?
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Love how USA Today as termed it "Don Colossus". More evidence that when the left tries to troll they inadvertently provide a nice nickname.

Didn't Trump install a statue at Trump National several years ago that got folks riled up?

Also, there have been statues before including a year-old reference to Don Colossus.

And there are is a statue of Trump in Slovenia and China. No word on if they honor or dishonor him.

Trump statue erected at his golf club (VIDEO) RT World News
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flown-the-coop said:

I think I follow what you are saying. They all seem a bit weird to you as they do not appeal or strike you in a certain manner, but you are fine with them being around. I think that's fair.

I read that you did not want them around but you simply just do not have much interest in them and thing the concept is strange. That a fair assessment?

Yep, definitely a fair assessment. Your summary is more aligned with my thinking than my own original post was, which I can appreciate.

People have such strong opinions pro-statue or anti-statue, I was just more along the lines of 'indifferent to statues' I guess.

But please don't ask me about my thoughts on pickle ball, cruises, golf, aikido or speed walking!!! I will be extremely unpopular (or more so) on this forum haha.
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