The Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to honor President George W. Bush in an appropriate manner - renaming something for him. They want to rename the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility to be the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.According to the group's website:
As we near the end of George W Bush's presidency, we think it is important to select a fitting monument to this president's work. On matters ranging from foreign relations to fiscal and environmental stewardship, no other president in American history has accomplished so much in such a short time. To honor George W Bush for his eight years of honorable public service, the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is sponsoring a ballot initiative this November in San Francisco. It reads ...I smell an absolutely wonderful and appropriate tribute. Their the commission's first public meeting will be on Wednesday, Apr 9, 2008, 6:00 PM at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94103.
"Should the City and County of San Francisco rename the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility the George W. Bush Sewage Plant?"
We believe this is an appropriate honor for a truly unique president. If you think so too, join this grassroots movement to rename this important and iconic landmark in his honor.
5 comments:
You do realize that this is a fun, political theater move and not a true organization, don't you? There's an ex-carny who owned a great bar and "ran for mayor," a well-known female impersonator, and a couple of members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Fun! But please, don't take it seriously (except for the sentiments, of course).
This is real. Papers have been filed with the Department of Elections. We need to collect about 7000 signatures by July. If we do, it will be on the November ballot as an ordinance initiative that will take effect upon the inauguration of the next president.
T Wayne Pickering
Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco
What a great statement! Especially if it's real, please please file the papers! Another good laugh brought to us by San Francisco, almost as good as when Vermont voted to impeach Bush!
Maybe SF and those crazy, silly, incredibly intellectual activists at the Presidential Memorial Commission of SF can come up with something a little better with a few more tokes on the "peace pipe."
Looks like we won't be vacationing in California any more.
The scale of the tribute ought to be commensurate with the scale of the effectiveness of the presidency. Equally, the sentiment behind the tribute ought to match the sentiment with which the presidency is judged. Therefore, I fear the naming of a major piece of S.F. infrastructure may be a bit too grand. Two downscale options could be considered: either the outfall pipe or, perhaps more appropriate, the inlet pipe.
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