All of the workers assembling this in DC...were Chinese...brought in to ensure completion. I’m guessing that the statue is half the cost of anything done by an American team.
Made in China, and taller than the Jefferson and Lincoln statutes. What does that say?
A modern day Ozymandias.
He has also prepared a bronze bust of Barack Obama which he intends to gift to the president.
The reason he got the assignment is likely because he is a commie lover and and/or (? not that there is a difference) an Obama lover. The statue is horrible. It makes MLK look defiant and angry. It is reminiscent of the work done by commie propagandists. MLK did not have that persona rather he had a persona of hope, joy and determination as he had a vision.
bullsh*t
of course... libtards never let facts get in the way of a good spin
Let’s see...a little nip here...a little fullness of the cheeks...a little this and that.....and surplus statues of Mao are recycled into statues of King.
Oh those practical minded Chinese!
Probably with what is their default reaction to anything which is embarrassing or critical to their agenda/ideology: Crickets Chirping.
Naturally, I don’t expect the only State-wide Gannett-owned, Far Left Rag (Burlington Free Press) to be giving this any coverage
In a related 2008 article, this was addressed and promptly, forgotten. Had this been anything to do with Boosh or Cons, it would continue to be making front page news all over
Imports chip away at Vt. granite industry
GRANITEVILLE, Vt. - For nearly two centuries, the massive gray granite deposits of this hamlet have produced the headstones and memorials that dot cemeteries across the nation. But from the hollows of the quarries to the cutting sheds where rock is sawed and carved into shape, laments can be heard that the local granite industry's end may soon be near.
As cheaper Chinese and Indian imports flood the American market, headstone and memorial manufacturers are shutting their doors, laying off workers, and cutting hours. Some manufacturers have begun using imported granite for carving and etching into headstones. Among the hardest hit have been the quarries. Last month, one of the region's largest employers and owner of the area's quarries, Rock of Ages Corp., laid off one-third of its quarry workers.
For many, the ultimate sign that Vermont's gray granite industry was in trouble came recently when the Martin Luther King Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, purchased Chinese granite for a portion of the 4-acre, $100 million Martin Luther King Jr. memorial under construction on the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C
For years, granite was the economic lifeline of central Vermont. With one of the largest granite deposits in the nation, the area attracted thousands of immigrant workers from Scotland, Italy, Spain, and Canada. Population swelled in Graniteville and grand granite buildings rose in the adjoining city of Barre. At the industry's peak in the mid-1900s, the industry employed some 3,000 workers and counted a more-than-3,000-year supply of Barre Gray granite yet to be quarried.
CHINA???? The blacks couldn’t find ANY AMERICAN to sculpture their leader???
“Critics have openly asked why a black...”
...kind of flies in the face of “I have a dream” doesn’t it?
And it looks that way. The instant I saw the photo on Drudge, that's what I thought of: "same style as MST sculptures". Hurm.
<>Martin</s> Mao Luther King goes to the Mall