Tweekers try to rip off statue of St. Ronnie

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.ocregister.com/news/statue-325717-reagan-police.html

Thieves attempt to steal Ronald Reagan statue in Newport Beach

NEWPORT BEACH – A life-size statue of Ronald Reagan was damaged during an attempted theft from a memorial at Bonita Canyon Sports Park early Sunday, police said.

The bronze statue was found by authorities at about 5:30 a.m., broken off its foundation and tilted forward with other damage, after thieves apparently tied a chain around it and tried to pull it away using a pickup truck or other vehicle, police said.

"Either someone really didn't like Reagan or they tried to steal it so they can sell it for scrap metal," said police Sgt. Kirk Jacobi.

The statue has since been removed by city crews from its concrete base.

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Okay, if tweekers aren't the culprits, then it's either someone who hates St. Ronnie very badly, or some freepers who want to sleep with it, I'm thinking.

[MADem]

1. You're not going to BELIEVE this!!!!

Look at what I posted a while ago....

Same guy, different statue....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2254050&mesg_id=2254352

[stevedeshazer]

6. Dude! You called it!

Not the exact one, but damn.

:rofl:

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. I'm betting the attempted theft was for the metal

[TheWraith]

8. Agreed. Bronze is like ~88% copper. Copper is hugely valuable right now.

To the point that people sometimes get themselves killed trying to steal active copper power lines. I don't know how much this thing weighs, but it would probably be worth many thousands of dollars on the scrap metal market.

[evlbstrd]

3. Or the idols begin to fall...

[Jack Rabbit]

4. "they tried to steal it so they can sell it for scrap metal"

That's better use for it than a memorial to President Redink.

[Lint Head]

5. Reagan was a statue. Why do they need one anyhow.

[stevedeshazer]

7. The slideshow...

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/statue-325717-reagan-police.html?pic=2

[Dragonbreathp9d]

9. Not gonna lie, when I was younger I did things like this

Including one national news making incident.

If this had been within 100 miles of me during that time... Well, what I would have done would have been much more artistic, but ya, it would've been a target

[stevedeshazer]

10. I've conveniently ignored/forgotten my stupid youth.

Most of the time, anyway.

[Warpy]

13. Not me. I blew shit up

Yes, I was a precocious brat from hell, why do you ask?

[FreakinDJ]

11. Saddam wanted to - but the Tweekers got him

[Warpy]

12. They need to leave it like it is, tilted like that

As for National Airport, it's an outmoded airport that's only been kept open for the convenience of self important bureaucrats, a fitting memorial to that horrible man.

[wtmusic]

14. Agree, a metaphor for his legacy in mid-topple. nt

[Javaman]

15. You mean that's not how it normally should look? I mean, it's leaning very far to the right...

:rofl: