Global Treasures MOUNT RUSHMORE South Dakota

[zdrastvutye]

symbol or not, i saw it on tv first in an hitchcock movie as i was a young boy, but i havent been there yet and now i am 45. and now they treat tourists as potential terrorists. can i see your fingerprints and your ass on the nakedscanner. those are the greatest bullshit i ever read in the news. thanksalot.

[lakotaize]

Global treasure? Its a symbol of genocide of an entire nation of people. Putting this in the Black Hills, which have been a sacred place to natives way before white man ever came to this land, was a final kick in the stomach while we were down. Americans like to forget their history and try to glorify its false freedoms. This mountain has been a standing act of terrorism to Indian people and should be removed!!!!

[Lukaz1989]

amazing voice :P

[2stronggone]

amazing place

[sk8rguy4life1123]

WOW and the rest of the world is probably calling us lazy

[smellytoilet1996]

@sk8rguy4life1123 actually that was created by some kind of swedish immigrant and there are lazy people all over the world

[zeroboarderBFMV99]

lol south dakota is so under appreciated :P

[paddlebomb]

Mount Rushmore is creepy.... you always see it shown.. whenever creepy things are been discussed like secret organisations... religious things... freemasonary... can someone tell me what Mount Rushmore is really about....???? is there something hidden in their meaning.... or are these just 4 great presidents who shaped america

[Schaurfshutze]

To the native American, Mount Rushmore is an insult to them.

Well, because we carved their sacred mountain, yeah, it's like someone carves a face on the Great Wall of China or mountain of Zion.

But what really sad is, not many cares.

[islandapride1]

@Schaurfshutze hhmmm didnt know dat....wat a shame.

[0iMySize]

G.Bush should be the next up, he was such a powerful president

[keithc1977]

John Fitzgerald Kennedy should be the next addition. Americas best president by far, the kennedy family were probably the closest The USA ever had to a royal family.

Oh say can you see.......................

[phillip549]

@keithc1977 what JFK the reason hes so famous is because he was killed in office he didnt do anything revolutionary the cuban missile crisis maybe truly he wasnt a fantastic president and if he wasnt killed hed be thought of no better than truman and eisenhower they were great men

[louthebody]

He was important enough for the secret societies to want him dead.

[phillip549]

@louthebody he was important every president has been but he is one of the presidents where if he hadnt been born the United states would move on washington was the first president thomas jefferson helped found the country lincoln brought the country back together teddy roosevelt prepared the country for ww1 built the panama canal kennedy didnt do any of those things for example he died and though gripped by tragedy america was ok

[Supernaut99]

@keithc1977 You are an idiot.

[keithc1977]

@Supernaut99 No No, I'm not. Kennedy should be next, followed by Richard Nixon, and of course Obama...

[whathoney73]

I am a patriotic American but I hate this abomination. Who did the people who destroyed this natural site think they were to deface such natural beauty with these busts of these four men? Too bad we can't put it back like it belongs.

[kwaidonjin]

FDR should be up there!

[Superchickenman159]

they should add obama

[perezDeSanFernando]

@Superchickenman159

Why? For expanding the wars in the Middle East? Or perhaps for plunging future generations into debt slavery? Maybe for creating government entitlements that are short-sighted and unsustainable? Or perhaps for having a well-run presidential campaign in which his main selling points were that A) he wasn't Bush and B) his skin pigmentation was different to previous presidents? Or perhaps for trying to silence political dissent against his administration?

[Superchickenman159]

@perezDeSanFernando no, they should add him because he is the first black president and he is ending the war in iraq and he's inspiring and stuff like that. his presidency is much more significant than bush's. and why should he be degraded because of his skin pigmentation, that's racist. :(

but maybe you know more about ur government than me, i'm canadian... eh.

[masterman280]

If someone had blown it up, what would you think he/she would be sentence for?

[C0DG33K]

@masterman280 death sentence lmao

[littlespiffy10]

@masterman280 spend the night at their mother in laws house.

[ForTheFS]

When I become the President. I want to put my arse on those mountains.

[sgmale90]

i've always wanter to go here

[buzzsawdkilla]

The Rothschilds started the civil war. period.

[MrIMPATIENCE]

Maybe Barack Obama will have his face carved into the granite if the the Dems and the black people have anything to do with it.

[foster21]

wait a minute... Mt. Rushmore is an American treasure. How is it global in any way?

[american1476]

Hey this British swine just called our Constitutional Republic a Democracy

[mikolopo]

Stealing the land and showing off their victory in this way to piss off the native Americans is barbaric.

It makes me sick to see this sculpture.

[confrey70]

A monumental act of vandalism.

Typical !

[hannaholivia1235]

living in south dakota is boring,

just cuz its a rock.

[DreamsofMajesty]

scribd (dot) com/nb812

[sogama2000]

Deep Purple in Rock

[20000lenny]

This song written in Deadwood...Listen to it.. "TEN TWENTY LENNY"

[THCottanta7]

it is not your earth fucking Americans........Sioux free

[usaamerica1]

so who said its ours?

[sugarnose9]

I'v been to Mount Rushmore! If you ever get to go to South Dakota you should because it is amazing there i loved it. I saw Crazy horse there 2 and it's just so awesome! Theres also a LOT of really fun stuff 2 do there. If you wanna more info maybe because your planning on going there email me.

[CivilEscape]

@sugarnose9 Fun stuff like what?

And for the record, the Black Hills are interesting. The other 80% of SD is flat farmland intersected by I90. Trust me, it's nothing too special.

[HannahLovesVintage]

This place is absolutly breathtaking.

Its fantastic!

[JimmyCrlc]

It's a slap in the face of a great nation, the Lakota. It's like putting a statue of Osama Bin Laden at ground zero....wake up please, stop being ignorant. The Black Hills are a sacred land and this 'inspirational tribute" is built on stolen land. WOW! get a clue....you must be able to see the profound ignorance in your statement.

[MrExnihilo]

I rejoice in knowing that my own ignorance is curable. ;

[mrhaggyshreds]

We built crazy horse for them you should actually know somethings about south dakota before you talk

[JimmyCrlc]

Of course I know about Crazy horse. Who's this we, the govermnment? If that's what you mean, no you are not helping build Crazy Horse. Korczak Ziółkowski is the guy behind Crazy Horse and he doesn't accept federal funding. Plus, we don't know what Crazy Horse looked like, so how is that a statue of him? And how does Crazy Horse make up for the fact that the government eridicated a nation and then carved the faces of terrorists into the rocks of the Lakota's holy land to show their supremecy?

[JimmyCrlc]

I shouldn't even waste my time talking to your ignorant ass. And yes you are ignorant based on your statement that "we built Crazy Horse for them" Motherfucker I know more about South Dakota than your ass does, and I definately know more about the Lakota conflict so maybe you need to shut the fuck up and know something about anything before you open your mouth.

[Bowmaj21]

Just Amazing!

I just recently looked it up on Wiki, and there's a picture of how they orginally wanted it to look!

Makes you wonder if they'll ever consider finishing this orignal design!

[conor12231]

They are proberly nukes in their heads ready to launch or some sort of secret weapon like in Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

[tvicena]

i hope they wait till he's dead! lol

[emndon]

maybe they'll use coal.

[elisabeth851]

maybe thell make you eat the coal lol...ha ha ha!!!!

[ctmale1956]

The next head will be Obama's......HA

[camaroracer454]

haha "black hills" will make more sence

[weskittens]

When are they adding Dick Nixon? !!!

[KungFatty]

most book read Americans can care a less about this place and the guys on it , , Idols

[tvicena]

"book read" is that code for elitist?

[KungFatty]

read books : )

[dallynat]

Gain control of the South? The South was part of the nation and therefore under his control already as he was President. The South wanted to pull out of the Union. The civil war stopped that from happening because the North won, therefore keeping it part of the nation. Otherwise, today we could be two different countries.

[nenedanymph]

I still don't understand why Pres. Lincoln was put there, he started the civil war to gain control of the South and kill 600,000 Americans.

[starlight9771]

This place is so amazing that I enjoy every information I learned about those four great Presidents.

[WebkinzClubpenguin7]

I know, were you there at night when they have that speech and show that video on the big screen? then they light off the lights and show them at the Presidents. It's awesome

[starlight9771]

Yes, I was there during the speech show and when they finally shine the light up in the faces of the presidents. I was feeling very patriotic at that time. It was really great

[jmn1228]

Yeah these four left lasting impacts on American Histoy (Washington-First President, Jackson-Manifest destiny, Roosevelt-Imperialism and Panama Canal, and Lincoln who allong with FDR is one of the greatest presidents in US history)

[lilmobs13]

me and my family are going in september im scared of hghts and i got 1 q is ther any hight roads

[marcvie9]

THIS IS SHIT

[ZagWa25X]

i was there this year

[TheCatholicknight]

wow it's a true wonder, not!

[Legendofzoom]

lol

[nickama1]

is the treasure in there noses well if thats true thats what i call digging for gold

[craig9843]

I think South Dakota is wonderful.

[supra16]

piece of shit landmark

[sumcumplox]

your a  peice of shit landmark

[decebal1969]

... where they're filmed The Last Hunt in 1956?

Black Hills of South Dakota!

[CUTHBERT15]

get a life white star woman..try & get out more!!!! or turn to vodka..your'll feel better!!!

[WhiteStarWoman]

More like a monument to colonialism and the white man's greed carved from a sacred mountain to be an insult to the native americans on land stolen from us. I live for the day someone blows that thing off the face of this earth!!!!

[daeclipse03]

You have your crazy horse monument right down the road relax would you.

[arfarmen]

yeah no..... don't live in south dakota

[benfalas]

Putos gringos orgullosos de mierda

[aurash91]

shut up you stupid beaner

[zumotocross]

shut up you .. killer... currupt.. trash people.. mother fucker.. dirt... sick.. liar.. etc..

[RuuudeBwoyNo1]

kewl, don't think I would want to live in S.D. though, sorry...

[LMH1019]

Im gona go there in 3 weeks!

[Atheist2007]

Could you write a whole sentence, please, so that everyone will be able to understand you?

[Atheist2007]

Life in South Dakota must be very dreary. If I lived there I think I had to kill myself.

Perhaps, North Dakota may be even worse.

[Sanago330]

south dakota is not a bad place to live.... people from large cities sterotype us to be poor savenges... we have many cities and we have normal things that other big cities have... except maybe a starbucks on everycorner... there are alot of stuff to do here and its weather is amazing... we get very disntinctive seasons

[Atheist2007]

You wrote you had many cities? There is only one with more than 100,000 people.

And what are "savenges"? Or did you mean "scavenge"?

[Legendofzoom]

is KKK present in around where you live in South Dakota? Iheard more KKK in SOuth dakota then North

[Sanago330]

South DAkota has No KKK... 1/4 of the population is a decendant of a colored nation... although we dont have many africans... but most of the active kkk live in the the southern states and on the eastern coast... remember the north was against mistreating the colored

[CivilEscape]

Are you kidding? Sturgis used to be a metropolis for the KKK, they were one of the largest Klan cities in America in the 20's. The only difference is that they were united against Italians for the most part.

Google Sturgis KKK or Image search "KKK Rapid City." One of the biggest demonstrations they ever held was in Rapid City.

[caraber89]

@CivilEscape belle fourche sd was actually kkk headquarters back then

[CivilEscape]

@caraber89 I was only aware of the big events in Rapid City and Sturgis areas. Semantics aside, the point was, the KKK were present in South Dakota and to argue that "the north was against mistreating the colored" is also moot because SD wasn't even a state until 1889. Yup, SD mistreats everyone who isn't white. And historically, also some whites.

[comakiller]

Hahaha. There's not KKK. Their rallies are outlawed in this country.

[Legendofzoom]

lmao

[Jurassicparkz08]

Local and state is technically a democracy, while the federal part is a republic :P

[culegirl]

this is pretty awesome!!! i live in South Dakota so i see it like every year!!!

[fluffydolly]

masterpeice .....

[kundudance]

amazing

[shaunfleury]

dou guys wanna know why this one was completed and crazy horse isnt GOVERNMENT FUNDING the people at crazy horse turned down 2 10 million dollar fundings just so that they could still portray that humanitarian image well there never goin to get it done

[SmoothJayB314]

I want o go see this one day.

[DavidRobinson1983SD]

i drive by there every day to work

[sinety]

wicked

[DavidRobinson1983SD]

yep

[DavidRobinson1983SD]

I drive by there everyday from work

[justinheartcarson]

extra moduole spigula defarbo diggen feindal spiegen dorfan

[PaulEllisSmith]

why isn't benjamin franklin on there. and hitler was not the biggest mass murderer of all time by killing over 6 million people or stalin killing over 25 million, it was chuck norris who has killed over 1 billion with just looking at people and kicking them in the head with a roundhouse kick to the face.

[comakiller]

Because Benjamin Franklin was never a President. I assume that's why he's not on there anyways.

[fkingluke]

chuck norris carved ALL THOSE

[rockssugar]

thanks for the laugh...only thing it needs is MORE COWBELL!

[kingkingaj]

i need cowbell like medecine for a flu...lol saturday night live so funny

[justinheartcarson]

yepp sure did... carved 'em by hand..

[DavidRobinson1983SD]

LOL i wish!

[theworstrapereminem]

now they need 2 add obamas face 2 it

[roman11221]

Looks kewl :O

[SouthDakotaBoys]

Mount Rushmore is a amazing piece of artwork.

[eal1011]

impressive artwork and i plan going there one day.

[PremierLeague2010]

george washington and abraham lincoln was best president in american history

[colindominy]

Paha Sapa, the sacred holy grounds of the American Northern Plains Lakota Indians, who until 1876 were the custodians of this former natural paradise. Until an Indian Memorial is erected, then I'm sure to many in modern times, the Mt Rushmore memorial remains as a testimony to the obscenity & hypocrisy of the whites in their plundering & wanton destruction of Indian rights and culture. Let's see similar faces of Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Gall, Crow King, and Red Cloud, et al, up there too.

[Mider999]

Oh gosh give me a break.....washington was a general and the first president lincoln abolished slavery rosavelt created the FDA and was president during ww2 what have you done with your life?

[comakiller]

Well, since they won't take government funding (close to 200 million dollars) for finishing Crazy Horse. They'll probably never see any monuments that are finished other than this one.

[Atheist2007]

When I'm old I wanna live in South Dakota.

[Sanago330]

you should!! if you want to live in the hills go to rapid city.... if you want to live in a very large city go to sioux falls... and if you want to live in a nice average city in the middle of the state come to Pierre!

[MafiaShotz]

is there a treasure inside it? it shows in the movie national tresure

[Legendofzoom]

lmao

[Sanago330]

are you on drugs or something there is gold (black hills gold) and jewels buy that is it there is no hidden tunnels in Mt. Rushmore

[cannaryinacoalmine]

We need to carve a giant dragon intoo a mountain too. That would be cooler.

[FemaleFreedomSeeker]

"spectacular tribute to democracy...."

The Black Hills are a holy place to the Lakotah Nation. It is sacred.

This is as if someone non-christian would come to a church and make something out of it.

Disgusting.

[Idiotamericagf123]

Yea i saw deadwood... oh my gosh... to much slot machines haha :D

[me8825]

My dad works there. I live in Rapid City :D

4 miles from Mount Rushmore

[comakiller]

I'm not religious at all.  But this too has happened. Haha. Look at Hagia Sophia.

[denisalkic]

Ha Ha HaHha!!!!!!!!

[Idiotamericagf123]

I went to south dakota... so beautiful.. the mountains are magnificent... I loved it. i wanted to ride a horse though. and i couldn't because it was getting late i guess. I was upset.

[nextbestrockstar]

you must have only seen west river south dakota... i live in sioux fall, which is far southeastern corner. but, i consider west river to basically be hick ville. seriously, have you seen deadwood? the place is a gigantic casino, you cant find one building there that doesn't have like 40 slot machines in it

[me8825]

STFU my dad works in those gigantic casinos in fact the biggest one Four Aces it has like 5,000 slot machines

[nextbestrockstar]

yeah, my uncle works at one too. used to be a miner at the mine.

point is... it doesnt change my opinion

[danielopusone]

Wow! I've got to take my kids to the site. I remember how impressive it was when I was there. Great video shots... very well done!