http://mises.org/community/forums/27.aspxEverything else.enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://mises.org/community/forums/thread/496801.aspxSun, 14 Oct 2012 19:25:58 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:496801Aristophanes0http://mises.org/community/forums/thread/496801.aspxhttp://mises.org/community/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=27&PostID=496801<p> I don&#39;t think it is &quot;disgusting.&quot;&nbsp; It is the US government&#39;s attempt to imitate the Romans.&nbsp; Lincoln is sitting at his monument posed like Jupiter and Jefferson is in a mock Roman Rotunda...</p> <p> If you look at the paiting you&#39;ll notice that Mercury is actually giving Robert Morris coins..</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://mises.org/community/forums/thread/496745.aspxSun, 14 Oct 2012 14:55:44 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:496745Malachi0http://mises.org/community/forums/thread/496745.aspxhttp://mises.org/community/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=27&PostID=496745What exactly were they supposed to do to stop it? The capital has stuff like this all over. Government is not secular, government has its own religion. <p> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_(Greenough)<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://mises.org/community/forums/thread/496738.aspxSun, 14 Oct 2012 13:56:25 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:496738MadMiser0http://mises.org/community/forums/thread/496738.aspxhttp://mises.org/community/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=27&PostID=496738<p> Does anyone else find this to be disgusting? From both a secular and a theological point of view, it seems hard to argue that it&#39;s not at least a little bit revolting. How did the theists of the time let something like this happen?</p> <p> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apotheosis_of_Washington</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>