The leftists here commit acts of terrosism when a few trees are cut down, I wonder where the outrage will be about destroying one of the Wonders of the World.
1 posted on
02/10/2005 4:09:28 PM PST by
wagglebee
To: wagglebee
hahahahahahahahahaha. Look how economically viable communism is. They have to tear down landmarks to pave roads rofl.
2 posted on
02/10/2005 4:11:21 PM PST by
Banach-Tarski
(Get US out of the UN)
To: wagglebee
To: wagglebee
Almost 100m of the wall in northern Ningxia autonomous region was levelled in two overnight raids by construction workers who used the material to pave a road, the Ningxia Daily said. No "Home Depots" in China, I guess.
4 posted on
02/10/2005 4:11:33 PM PST by
silent_jonny
("Don't he never sleep?")
To: wagglebee
it is called recycling
5 posted on
02/10/2005 4:12:06 PM PST by
Texas_Jarhead
(I believe in American Exceptionalism! Do you?)
To: wagglebee
The Mongols finally have an in! Look out Forbidden Palace...It's Kublai Khan Redux!
6 posted on
02/10/2005 4:14:26 PM PST by
Cyclopean Squid
(The 80s belonged to the Gipper, the Aughts belong to Dubya!)
To: wagglebee
The great wall is mainly a bunch of rubble.
The stuff on TV is maintained for show near Beijing.
7 posted on
02/10/2005 4:16:27 PM PST by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: wagglebee
The wall was listed on the United Nations' prestigious World Heritage List in 1987,
UN and Prestigious in the same sentence....?
9 posted on
02/10/2005 4:33:03 PM PST by
stylin19a
(Marines - end of discussion)
To: wagglebee
ROAD builders demolished a large section of China's World Heritage-listed Great Wall last month in an indication of the perilous state of one of the world's best known landmarks, state media said today.Good. Demolish the whole thing.
FMCDH(BITS)
11 posted on
02/10/2005 4:38:57 PM PST by
nothingnew
(CNN REPORT: Judge says ready to sit for 6 month Jackson trial: God help us!)
To: wagglebee; blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
Thanks wagglebee for posting the topic. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
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12 posted on
02/11/2005 11:43:41 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Ted "Kids, I Sunk the Honey" Kennedy is just a drunk who's never held a job (or had to).)
To: Mike Fieschko
related:
Scavenging the Empire
[how Medieval Christians viewed Roman ruins and used them to make monasteries]
The Rhine River blog [Landscape, Region and History.] ^ | Feb 6, 2005 | Nathanael
Posted on 02/11/2005 6:42:45 AM PST by Mike Fieschko
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1341054/posts
13 posted on
02/11/2005 11:45:13 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Ted "Kids, I Sunk the Honey" Kennedy is just a drunk who's never held a job (or had to).)
To: wagglebee
The bodies of those who died building it are said to be buried in it. I wonder if they came across any?
14 posted on
02/13/2005 11:37:26 PM PST by
Bellflower
(A new day is Coming!)
To: wagglebee
15 posted on
11/27/2009 7:59:29 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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