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May 11, 2008
U.N. Tries to Squash a Bridge in Dresden
Germany's sovereignty survived the loss of two world wars. Let's hope it can endure the U.N.'s endless grasping for control.
With the approval of its residents, Dresden is building a bridge across the Elbe to ease traffic congestion. Bureauweenie Francesco Bandarin of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization is enraged.
Earlier this year, UNESCO rejected a revised bridge design presented by Dresden, arguing that any bridge in the city’s famed Elbe River Valley would destroy the landscape and ruin the views of Dresden's famous landmarks. UNESCO says the only acceptable solution is for Dresden to build a tunnel under the river.
Bandarin said unless Dresden immediately halted work on the bridge, it was impossible to seek any compromises. Bandarin also urged politicians in Dresden and the state of Saxony to hold a second referendum on the issue, even if it took two years to realize it.
If it doesn't stop being impertinent and obey the will of the world community as decreed by U.N. chair-warmers, Dresden will lose its allegedly precious World Heritage status.
Worse things have happened to the city.
On a tip from Matthew B.
Posted by Van Helsing at May 11, 2008 9:35 PM
Comments
Tell the Dresden planners that they should declare the bridge in honor of Gay Pride and that they will hold an annual Gay Pride Parade over it each year in which gay men will parade nude and women who look like men will not. Then see what your EUnuch Bureauweenie says.
Posted by: Dick Quest at May 11, 2008 11:49 PM
There's a Simon and Garfunkel song in here somewhere.
Posted by: Steve at May 12, 2008 1:56 AM
There's a Simon and Garfunkel song in here somewhere.
Posted by: Steve at May 12, 2008 1:56 AM
Off-Topic, but good: Harvard VP rails against proposed tax on university endowments. "You can't do that. You'd be taxing success.". When it's their own money, they no longer worry about paying their 'Fair Share.'
Posted by: V the K at May 12, 2008 4:27 AM
What about Bill Klinton's Bridge to the 21st Century? Why didnt they kill that project?
Posted by: Anonymous at May 12, 2008 4:35 AM
By the way, this is an excellent essay on the destruction and havoc wrought by moonbattery, seen through the eyes of a novelist who witnessed the moonbattery-caused destruction of NYC in the 1970's.
It is an excellent explanation of unbreakable truths that we understand and our left wing trolls do not.
Posted by: V the K at May 12, 2008 6:11 AM
Wouldn't building a tunnel under the river as UNESCO suggested be even more expensive, time- consuming, and potentially hazardous than building a bridge over it?
Posted by: Adam at May 12, 2008 7:18 AM
A well-designed bridge can be a work of art. The Golden Gate bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Tampa Bay Skyway bridge are all masterpieces of the form.
But, more to the point, WTF business is it of the UN to be telling local authorities when they can and can't build bridges?
Posted by: V the K at May 12, 2008 7:25 AM
Adam, since when has facts and reality ever got in the way of moonbats? They just want things their own way, even if the alternative is much more dangerous and expensive.
Posted by: conservativeteen at May 12, 2008 7:30 AM
Here are the US locations on UNESCO's list:
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List
Cultural
La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico (1983)
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (1982)
Chaco Culture (1987)
Independence Hall (1979)
Mesa Verde National Park (1978)
Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (1987)
Pueblo de Taos (1992)
Statue of Liberty (1984)
Natural
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (1995)
Everglades National Park (1979)
Grand Canyon National Park (1979)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (1983)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (1987)
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (1979)
Mammoth Cave National Park (1981)
Olympic National Park (1981)
Redwood National and State Parks (1980)
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (1995)
Yellowstone National Park (1978)
Yosemite National Park (1984)
Properties submitted on the Tentative List
Civil Rights Movement Sites (2008)
Dayton Aviation Sites (2008)
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks (2008)
Thomas Jefferson Buildings (2008)
Mount Vernon (2008)
Poverty Point State Historic Site (2008)
San Antonio Franciscan Missions (2008)
Serpent Mound (2008)
Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings (2008)
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (2008)
Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary (2008)
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (2008)
Petrified Forest National Park (2008)
White Sands National Monument (2008)
Posted by: forest at May 12, 2008 9:22 AM
They're fighting the building of the bridge because they don't want the landscape to change? I thought Liberals were so into Change. They should just Hope that it won't get built.
Posted by: ent at May 12, 2008 11:53 AM
