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A friend if mine in the US sent me a picture of the Obama Presidental Centre building
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He asked me what I thought of it.

My first thought was that it looked like something the Empire would build on a rebellious planet. Or one of those Jerry flak towers in WW2.

Is it common for former Presidents to have these centres done? Why?
A limited form of immortality or sticking it up the public? (Though Trump is busy renaming all manner of items now it seems).
Who pays for these things? The former presidents? Generous benefactors?
Do people really care that much? Do all fomer presients create these centres? Presidental Libraries I have heard of.

In Australia this is extremely rare as we'd rather our former PMs just disappear into the night.
 
Tigers! said:
A friend if mine in the US sent me a picture of the Obama Presidental Centre building
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He asked me what I thought of it.

My first thought was that it looked like something the Empire would build on a rebellious planet. Or one of those Jerry flak towers in WW2.

Is it common for former Presidents to have these centres done? Why?
A limited form of immortality or sticking it up the public? (Though Trump is busy renaming all manner of items now it seems).
Who pays for these things? The former presidents? Generous benefactors?
Do people really care that much? Do all fomer presients create these centres? Presidental Libraries I have heard of.

In Australia this is extremely rare as we'd rather our former PMs just disappear into the night.
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The Obama Presidential Center is a library and a museum . Presidential libraries are financed privately but operated with federal funds. Starting with Herbert Hoover, every POTUS has a library. For earlier Presidents, there may state run (Lincoln), private or university run libraries.

I suspect most people don’t care. According to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) between 750,000 to 1 million people visit NARA sites with Ronald Reagan Library getting about half the visitors.
 
bilby said:
Tigers! said:
In Australia this is extremely rare as we'd rather our former PMs just disappear into the night.
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In Australia, the PM is not head of state.

SMH
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Very true but also who cares?

I am glad we do not bother with such centres for PMs or GGs (Governor-Generals. The Aust. head of state).
Let them go quietly with their monstrous superannuation into the night.
 
Elixir said:
Tigers! said:
I am glad we do not bother with such centres for PMs or GGs (Governor-Generals. The Aust. head of state).
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Wouldn’t that be “Governors-General”?

/feels so good to wax pedantic!
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It would. And the GG isn't our head of state, the King is. The GG is just his local agent.

And the plural of Governor General is Govenors General.

It's like the plural of mother in law is mothers in law, not mother in laws.

The phrase 'governor general' is a noun-adjective pair, so only the noun is pluralised.

Adjective-noun pairs are more common in English, and the plural is more intuitive in such cases - we say puppy dogs, not puppies dog*.









* Except when deliberately trying to confuse ignorants fool
 
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Tigers! said:
A friend if mine in the US sent me a picture of the Obama Presidental Centre building
View attachment 54057
He asked me what I thought of it.

My first thought was that it looked like something the Empire would build on a rebellious planet. Or one of those Jerry flak towers in WW2.

Is it common for former Presidents to have these centres done? Why?
A limited form of immortality or sticking it up the public? (Though Trump is busy renaming all manner of items now it seems).
Who pays for these things? The former presidents? Generous benefactors?
Do people really care that much? Do all fomer presients create these centres? Presidental Libraries I have heard of.

In Australia this is extremely rare as we'd rather our former PMs just disappear into the night.
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It gives an ex-President something to do. He'll spend a few years helping curate his personal records and choosing the carpet. It has become fashionable to have a replica oval office, which is always a highlight of the guided tour. It's a small economic boost to the President's home town, or at least his home state.

If Trump outlives his current term in office, he'll declare Mar Lago to be his Presidential Library for the tax benefits of being a non-profit organization. Those plans maybe cut short if the only library to which Trump has access to is the available to inmates at the Federal prison in Dannemora, New York. The actual name is Clinton Correctional Facility. It was named for some other Clinton, but you'll never convince Trump of that.
 
Bronzeage said:
Tigers! said:
A friend if mine in the US sent me a picture of the Obama Presidental Centre building
View attachment 54057
He asked me what I thought of it.

My first thought was that it looked like something the Empire would build on a rebellious planet. Or one of those Jerry flak towers in WW2.

Is it common for former Presidents to have these centres done? Why?
A limited form of immortality or sticking it up the public? (Though Trump is busy renaming all manner of items now it seems).
Who pays for these things? The former presidents? Generous benefactors?
Do people really care that much? Do all fomer presients create these centres? Presidental Libraries I have heard of.

In Australia this is extremely rare as we'd rather our former PMs just disappear into the night.
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It gives an ex-President something to do. He'll spend a few years helping curate his personal records and choosing the carpet. It has become fashionable to have a replica oval office, which is always a highlight of the guided tour. It's a small economic boost to the President's home town, or at least his home state.

If Trump outlives his current term in office, he'll declare Mar Lago to be his Presidential Library for the tax benefits of being a non-profit organization. Those plans maybe cut short if the only library to which Trump has access to is the available to inmates at the Federal prison in Dannemora, New York. The actual name is Clinton Correctional Facility. It was named for some other Clinton, but you'll never convince Trump of that.
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From your lips/finger tips on a keyboard ..
 
That’s one ugly building.
I’d have thought Michelle would have put the quietus on it.
 
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