At a university where I worked we had a rule that no names on buildings until the person had died. Presidential libraries would be an exception. Sometimes it takes a century--the Theodore Roosevelt library is still being built: https://www.trlibrary.com/
Is it true that Trump invested in the Kennedy Center? I seem to recall reading that somewhere.
If this is true, then they are basically protesting saving the Kennedy Center, and hastening its demise.
They also do not honor contractual agreements, and they are proud of that.
Also note that Hamilton was canceled, which is pretty funny considering the lie it tells. When I showed a student what Hamilton actually looked like, she was shocked. "I thought he was black!" she exclaimed.
I’ve always said that Lynn, Manuel Miranda and the production of Hamilton is the original cultural appropriation
Nobody ever talks about that and your comment about the thought that Hamilton the man was black, shows how pervasive that appropriation is
I’ve seen the production three times and each subsequent time it has been changed to allow time for raucous applause at every line that makes some supposed liberal talking point
It’s unwatchable to me now, even though like any fan I know every line — sad 😔
"But then, I saw how the Left reacted to it, like the wrong kind of person got their handprints on the fine crystal." That is such a brilliant way to describe the Left's reaction to Trump putting his name on the Kennedy Center.
I live in DC and must confess that I used to avoid the Kennedy center because it was hard to get tickets – the best were always taken by the lawyers/doctors/millionaire season holders. When I was invited by somebody a few years ago, it was advertised as a Brahms concert but most of the session was a horrible Washington DC composer that sounded like a construction site. It was right out of the Emperor’s new clothes.
They need to get a little bit better about selling tickets to visitors, students etc. the way they do in Europe.
Everything BB said about Muslims is true. But, she had to be vilified to cover it up. Lord knows, we can’t have the truth getting out. Used to be a Leftist, too. Now am a radical conservative and damn proud of it. Let love, light, and laughter shine!
Bravo! I applaud you standing up to the leftist thugs. They would return in droves if the name were changed to the Undocumented Immigrant Kennedy Center.
Trump truly cared about making the Kennedy Center beautiful again - and saved it. The left didn’t care a bit until Trump the builder made it beautiful again. Same with the big beautiful ballroom. Beauty not allowed in their warped world. The left is shouting right now , but it will pass when they find another victim.
Yeah, part of me thought he should leave it alone, but the center is a stale old center of leftism - something JFK would not condone. All the bright new changes Trump is adding is wonderful so I we need to just let it be. Same with the ballroom updates - it was sorely needed and he is privately financing it to save taxpayers money and I love it.
And what keeps getting glossed over is how it wasn’t his idea at all. He never asked for it or pursued it. OTHERS wanted to do it, and he just Ok’d it. But it’s talked about as if he boisterously barged into the board room and announced he was adding his name whether they liked it or not. That’s not at all how it went down.
I have to admit to a certain amount of schadenfreude even while I find some of Trump's behavior distasteful. The Left is simply insufferable at this point; we need someone like Trump who is so thick-skinned as to be bulletproof to take point and fight them. It's the symbolic things that piss them off the most without really affecting anything in reality. I think that's why he talks shit and renames things. Just to make their heads explode while nothing really happens in the real world.
All those soooo virtuous patrons leaving? what a shame.
I guess maybe an average Joe can get a ticket now - for something other than the trash called Hamilton - I watched 5 minutes and had to turn it off. Putrid.
"the wrong kind of person got their handprints on the fine crystal"--what it was always about.
This behavior is just so tribal and childish.
The one who is childish is Trump who has to make everything a memorial to himself.
At a university where I worked we had a rule that no names on buildings until the person had died. Presidential libraries would be an exception. Sometimes it takes a century--the Theodore Roosevelt library is still being built: https://www.trlibrary.com/
Then why are there schools named after Barack Obama?
Spot on.
Is it true that Trump invested in the Kennedy Center? I seem to recall reading that somewhere.
If this is true, then they are basically protesting saving the Kennedy Center, and hastening its demise.
They also do not honor contractual agreements, and they are proud of that.
Also note that Hamilton was canceled, which is pretty funny considering the lie it tells. When I showed a student what Hamilton actually looked like, she was shocked. "I thought he was black!" she exclaimed.
I’ve always said that Lynn, Manuel Miranda and the production of Hamilton is the original cultural appropriation
Nobody ever talks about that and your comment about the thought that Hamilton the man was black, shows how pervasive that appropriation is
I’ve seen the production three times and each subsequent time it has been changed to allow time for raucous applause at every line that makes some supposed liberal talking point
It’s unwatchable to me now, even though like any fan I know every line — sad 😔
I never had any desire to see Hamilton, partly because I can’t stand rap music, and because Obama raved about it, so I figured it was liberal BS.
And they forgot to include the people who founded our nation, the white men.
My sentiments exactly.
Miranda shoved this down the Country's throat with his classless speech directed at Mike Pence and his party at a performance.
In his most-reproduced portrait, he's sorta green
Tell your student she should expand her brain and look at a ten dollar bill some time.
She was a great student. We laughed together at the racist ruse.
Well not too great if she ever thought Hamilton was black. Has she ever read history or gone to a historical museum?
She's from Brazil. She's young.
I don't think it's helpful to humiliate students for what they don't know.
You're also missing the point -- Hamilton deliberately misleads its audience.
Not to mention he advocated for a Federalist centered govt
The irony of JFK is that he could never get the Democrat nomination today. He would be lucky to break 1%.
Absolutely right being a White male and Catholic he wouldn’t get far. Probably wouldn’t have even got elected in Massachusetts
Not to mention being a Life Member of the NRA and meaning it (unlike the Bushes).
and an avowed anti-communist.
Biden is a white male and Catholic (sort of).
The term of art is Cafeteria Catholic.
“Sort of” summarizes Biden. He was some sort of President.
"But then, I saw how the Left reacted to it, like the wrong kind of person got their handprints on the fine crystal." That is such a brilliant way to describe the Left's reaction to Trump putting his name on the Kennedy Center.
I live in DC and must confess that I used to avoid the Kennedy center because it was hard to get tickets – the best were always taken by the lawyers/doctors/millionaire season holders. When I was invited by somebody a few years ago, it was advertised as a Brahms concert but most of the session was a horrible Washington DC composer that sounded like a construction site. It was right out of the Emperor’s new clothes.
They need to get a little bit better about selling tickets to visitors, students etc. the way they do in Europe.
Everything BB said about Muslims is true. But, she had to be vilified to cover it up. Lord knows, we can’t have the truth getting out. Used to be a Leftist, too. Now am a radical conservative and damn proud of it. Let love, light, and laughter shine!
Let’s not forget the Kennedy was assassinated by the deep state. Same people different clothes.
He was murdered by a radical communist. IOW: Antifa.
CIA
Oxymoron
You go girl. There is a growing number of sane former liberals. Welcome home. I was one once a long time ago.
Some of Us were liberals when liberals were still liberal!
Abortion was the deal breaker for me (I’m adopted, think about it).
Me too. Kinda always felt selfish.
I was, just during my college years though. Then I snapped outta it! (Picture Cher in Moonlighting).
Me too. But I snapped out of it when I got my first paycheck and saw how much was taxed.
It took running my own business. Any small business is a tax revenue collection tool!
Taxation is such an issue sports teams have to deal with it if you’re in a high tax state it’s a thing
https://reason.com/2025/01/11/athletes-find-new-way-to-avoid-taxes/
Bravo! I applaud you standing up to the leftist thugs. They would return in droves if the name were changed to the Undocumented Immigrant Kennedy Center.
Or the Obrego Garcia Kennedy Center. 😊
Ha!!! Omg so true! 😆
Or the George Floyd Kennedy Center
Trump truly cared about making the Kennedy Center beautiful again - and saved it. The left didn’t care a bit until Trump the builder made it beautiful again. Same with the big beautiful ballroom. Beauty not allowed in their warped world. The left is shouting right now , but it will pass when they find another victim.
Their vision of beauty is the torture chamber that Obama is calling his library in Chicago
We’ll have you seen what the AWFL look like. No concept of beauty or personal hygiene.
Yeah, part of me thought he should leave it alone, but the center is a stale old center of leftism - something JFK would not condone. All the bright new changes Trump is adding is wonderful so I we need to just let it be. Same with the ballroom updates - it was sorely needed and he is privately financing it to save taxpayers money and I love it.
And what keeps getting glossed over is how it wasn’t his idea at all. He never asked for it or pursued it. OTHERS wanted to do it, and he just Ok’d it. But it’s talked about as if he boisterously barged into the board room and announced he was adding his name whether they liked it or not. That’s not at all how it went down.
Sasha, you deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for pointing out this blatant and shameful hypocrisy.
I have to admit to a certain amount of schadenfreude even while I find some of Trump's behavior distasteful. The Left is simply insufferable at this point; we need someone like Trump who is so thick-skinned as to be bulletproof to take point and fight them. It's the symbolic things that piss them off the most without really affecting anything in reality. I think that's why he talks shit and renames things. Just to make their heads explode while nothing really happens in the real world.
Hahaha!!! 😆
All those soooo virtuous patrons leaving? what a shame.
I guess maybe an average Joe can get a ticket now - for something other than the trash called Hamilton - I watched 5 minutes and had to turn it off. Putrid.
Pretty certain JFK would have voted for DJT instead of the marxist running the dimm party.
The left has adopted and perhaps refined the upper-class British sneer.
But they have zero anything to sneer about.