Hugo Chavez’s monument to Che meets same fate Che did
posted at 5:43 pm on October 19, 2007 by Allahpundit
A glass monument to revolutionary icon Ernesto “Che” Guevara was shot up and destroyed less than two weeks after it was unveiled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s government…
Police said they had yet to identify those responsible. The Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional published a copy of what it said was a flier found by the monument signed by the previously unknown “Paramo Patriotic Front.”
“We don’t want any monument to Che, he isn’t an example for our children,” the flier read. It called Guevara a “cold-blooded killer” and said the government should raise a monument in Chavez’s hometown of Sabaneta, in the nearby lowland plains, if it wants to commemorate the Argentine-born revolutionary.
Glorious photos at Yahoo. What a bold little gesture knowing the fate that lies ahead for them if they’re caught.
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Note to Chavez: Don’t Build Communist Memorials Out of Glass.
amerpundit on October 19, 2007 at 5:45 PM
A monument to a ‘revolutionary’ was destroyed by…revolutionaries. Fitting.
deesine on October 19, 2007 at 5:51 PM
It’s fitting that such a poorly designed monument would be erected to a criminal. That is 1″ thick laminated safety glass. A good strong wind would have eventually snapped that thing off right at the base.
csdeven on October 19, 2007 at 5:56 PM
Anyone have any good ideas on how to deal with bronze?
Editor on October 19, 2007 at 5:56 PM
Shattered icon of the inherently stupid.
JammieWearingFool on October 19, 2007 at 5:57 PM
Huevos.
Jaibones on October 19, 2007 at 5:58 PM
Oh, how sad for Marxists fools everywhere. Cindy Sheehan-Chavez must be crushed.
Gatordoug on October 19, 2007 at 5:59 PM
I guess there’s no such thing as a really long, but quiet, hacksaw, is there?
That Lenin statue with no head would make for a memorial that would be memorable.
Jaibones on October 19, 2007 at 6:03 PM
OT – ABC Radio just reported that Israel has photos from inside the suspected nuke facility in Syria, obtained from either an Israeli spy or a facility worker they turned.
BadgerHawk on October 19, 2007 at 6:03 PM
I’m gonna have to wait to hear what Sean Penn and Danny Glover have to say before I can intelligently form an opinion.
Spirit of 1776 on October 19, 2007 at 6:05 PM
I am foursquare against any sort of vandalism. I’m serious here.
Which is why I would, quietly and in the middle of the night, attach a nicely-cast bronze plaque to the statue’s plinth detailing every single atrocity Vladmir Ilyich Ulyanov alias “Lenin” committed, personally or by proxy, in his life.
And I’d attach it with VHB tape from 3M. Enough to cover every square centimeter of the plaque’s contact surface with the plinth.
Just in the interest of Truth in Advertising, so to speak.
cheers
eon
eon on October 19, 2007 at 6:18 PM
Whoever did it should take chunks of the monument, put it in a big jar of formaldahyde and mail it to Fidel Castro.
Rode Werk on October 19, 2007 at 6:23 PM
Will those who wear shirts with his image realize that this is as close as one can get to the true feeling people have about this communist?
Probably not, but great example of how people feel about him, really feel about him.
madmonkphotog on October 19, 2007 at 6:25 PM
Thermite (though you didn’t hear that from me :-)
steveegg on October 19, 2007 at 6:33 PM
That’s a beautiful sight.
steveegg on October 19, 2007 at 6:34 PM
Rich and middle-class white teenagers and college kids will be crying in their soy lattes over this one.
All is not lost, though, you can still buy Che shirts at Che-Mart!
NTWR on October 19, 2007 at 6:36 PM
Maybe I’m missing it, but are there any pictures of the thing before it was smashed? I’m glad to see it go, but I’d like to know what their propaganda looked like pre-fixing.
NeoConNews on October 19, 2007 at 6:42 PM
“Anyone have any good ideas on how to deal with bronze?”
rubber gloves
funnel
balloon
battery acid
crosspatch on October 19, 2007 at 6:42 PM
I’d say an oxyacetylene torch, but I’d have to check with Rosie before deciding if fire can melt bronze.
Hollowpoint on October 19, 2007 at 6:46 PM
Too bad Chavez was not standing in front of the monument ;)
StuLongIsland on October 19, 2007 at 7:04 PM
Oops, did I do that? Sorry!
Sgt Khe Sahn
1GooDDaDDy on October 19, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Melting point of bronze: 950 degrees Celsius
Heat of an oxyacetylene torch: 3480 degress Celsius
Large lump of molted Lenin: Priceless
reaganaut on October 19, 2007 at 8:17 PM
Everybody sing!
I love the sound of breaking glass.
profitsbeard on October 19, 2007 at 8:53 PM
Kevlar?
Helloyawl on October 19, 2007 at 9:08 PM
Nice to know that there are still folks with Malkins out there huh?
conservnut on October 19, 2007 at 11:25 PM
Those who build glass monuments should beware stones.
BKennedy on October 20, 2007 at 12:16 AM
This must be one of those Candid camera moments.
Let’s build a glass monument next to a pile of rocks and then see what happens.
Zaire67 on October 20, 2007 at 12:48 AM
Rasgones del cocodrilo :((((((
Entelechy on October 20, 2007 at 2:28 AM
Muriatic acid works on most metals.
Texas Nick 77 on October 20, 2007 at 6:37 AM
I think The People’s Cube bogspot has the coolest T-shirt:
“Che is dead. Get over it.”
http://www.thepeoplescube.com/Store.php
Texas Nick 77 on October 20, 2007 at 6:45 AM
BTW, DILLIGAF?
Texas Nick 77 on October 20, 2007 at 6:49 AM
Moral payback for the Vietnam Memorial desecration.
RobCon on October 20, 2007 at 12:01 PM