White Elephant

White Elephant. “The Ted Kennedy Institute on Submersible Vehicles is set to open soon…” Well, actually it’s the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. Because what’s an overstuffed ego without a monument to it?

This post was last modified on January 26, 2021

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  • Wonder if the main road to this stool sample campus will be named after Mary Joe?

      • Perhaps a change in purpose, The "Ted Kennedy Center for the Criminally Insane Liberals" A 10 foot high voltage fence, armed (conservative) guards, pink underwear, baloney sandwiches, 23 and 1/2 hours a day on lock down, electroshock treatments and meds for everyone!

  • A shrine to a bloated, murdering, aristocrat - just what we need in these trying times.

    • It's a convenience move. It's much more difficult to relieve oneself on Teddy's grave than it is on the wall of this monstrosity. If they charged ten bucks for the privilege the building would pay for itself within a month.

      • I would like to open a beer hall with no bathroom next door, that way I can help provide the "water" with which to wash the building!