One has to wonder how fundies react to the images enshrined on the floor of the state capitol building (you can also see a more panoramic view here).
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Good for Nebraska
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Posted on: September 26, 2006 10:00 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: rew | September 26, 2006 10:57 AM
my guess is a little nauseous, since the panoramic just made me kind of dizzy...
Posted by: rrt | September 26, 2006 11:15 AM
Oooooh! Those are COOL! I'm really surprised, not just that these would show up in Nebraska, but also that they'd put critters in it that most people wouldn't recognize.
Posted by: Sue | September 26, 2006 11:24 AM
Back in my college days in Lincoln, the capitol was referred to as the penis of the plains. The thing is totally phallic, complete with a gold dome, and a sower of the seed on top spreading seeds across the plains. Surprisingly, the fundies haven't complained about that.
Posted by: Scott de B. | September 26, 2006 11:31 AM
When I was a kid I was a paleontology nut, and I always got a kick out of visiting the rotunda. Many a summer afternoon spent there.
Posted by: John | September 26, 2006 12:04 PM
Sue beat me to the "Penis Of The Plains" reference, but she's right. I'm also a Nebraska native, and let me tell you that despite the progresive floor design there are still plenty of conservative hard-ons walking its halls.
Posted by: Nan from Omaha | September 26, 2006 12:33 PM
Please, don't talk about it too much or some of the mouth breathers that inhabit this state will start pushing to lay Congoleum over it.
Posted by: Diego | September 26, 2006 12:50 PM
I'm interested to hear about the phallic design of the Nebraska capital. Florida too has a VERY suggestive capital complex with the tall capital office building flanked by the domes of the House and Senate. There's even an urban legend in Tallahassee that the original blueprints called for a fountain on the top.
Posted by: Warren | September 26, 2006 1:49 PM
The Washington Monument's still got my vote as the National Penis, all 555 rigid columnar feet of it.
Posted by: Carlie | September 26, 2006 1:54 PM
Silly evolutionists. That's a depiction of the waiting line to get into the ark, natch.
Posted by: rrt | September 26, 2006 2:42 PM
Nebraska? Phallic?
Pff. Here's what I get to stare at on my drive into work every day:
http://eduscapes.com/wedding/images/hilton.jpg
Posted by: Albatrossity | September 26, 2006 3:34 PM
Excuse me, but all of these structures are inadequate, nay, Limbaugh-like, when compared to the Hoover Tower on the Stanford campus (aka Hoover's last erection).
Posted by: rrt | September 26, 2006 3:44 PM
Hm. Again, a strategically misplaced fountain...
Posted by: CJColucci | September 26, 2006 4:54 PM
We're not in Kansas anymore.
Posted by: Rey Fox | September 26, 2006 5:22 PM
I rather prefer Jello Biafra's christening of the Washington Monument as The Great Eternal Klansman for it's pointed top and two red lights on all four side that glow just below that pointy top.
Posted by: Colin | September 26, 2006 6:08 PM
But look! They don't show any intermediary forms! See the tile floor disproves evolution!
Posted by: phat | September 27, 2006 2:22 AM
I live just a few blocks away and do some lobbying there.
It's a wonderful building and those floors have always made my smile.
I love that building
phat
Posted by: Misha Persson | January 2, 2010 12:03 PM
That is some inspirational stuff. Never knew that opinions could be this varied. Thanks for all the enthusiasm to offer such helpful information here.