CNN/Miles O'Brien: "This Is One Of The Ugliest Buildings Ever Created."

[Placebo]

Wes Clark: "Actually, it's not..."

Miles O'Brien: "Really..."

That's Miles O'Brien's architectural genius talking, in reference to the Clinton Presidential Library.

You know what, shut the F up Miles. :grr: No one cares what you think. Some real, "fair and balanced" news coverage there. :eyes:

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Scum sucking jerk!

[LisaM]

2. They were absolutely terrible on "Daybreak" -

referred to it as a "double wide", only read emails from people who hated it.

Miles O'Brien should come to Seattle and check out the EMP and the new library, if he wants to see ugly.

[maxsolomon]

19. leave the library alone, lisam

booo!

EMP sucks though

[LisaM]

21. No, their bile-colored elevators made me seasick

and one of my friends got injured there.

[pk_du]

3. Miles.......FauxNews is on line 1 with job offer

...but then again why bother , you're doing "just fine" where you are.

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. I figured it would take a nanosecond before the trashing started.

[MemphisTiger]

5. Maybe he has too many trailer park childhood memories

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[soleft]

7. haven't watched cable news since the election

Happy sigh

[PROGRESSIVE1]

8. CNN should be shut down.

[liveoaktx]

15. CNN should be shut off by the hapless consumer

[kiki]

9. Isn't Miles O'Brien

the name of Com Meaney's character in Star Trek TNG?

Make it so, Chief!

[Elidor]

10. I don't care for it, but it's not ugly

It does have a certain grace in its dynamic use of space and interval. Then again, one end looks like an interstate bypass to nowhere. But I'll reserve judgement until such time as I have an actual degree in architecture. (Never.)

[canadianbeaver]

13. it is supposed to represent the Bridge to the 21st Century

Clinton ran on that for his last term.(i think)..and also the openness of the government..as per Hilary on Larry King last night...

[Elidor]

24. A visual metaphor too far, methinks

[Javaman]

11. Any concept of "fair and balanced" that they thought they still

were observing is now gone, it's free reign now that the repukes control everything. They don't have to be fair and balanced for shit.
Should be bland and biased.

[OneTwentyoNine]

12. Gotta E-mail that dick head....

Miles is the CNN space correspondent,but I guess some good ole' Clinton bashing never hurt a career did it??

David

[Gloria]

14. Yeah, and even after the segment with Clark, he had to keep at it

and he said it was ugly even before the Clark segment, too.

What a total jackass. I never watch CNN and only tuned in to see Clark.
My first reaction...is Miles O'Brien on DRUGS????????????

[PurityOfEssence]

16. Miles O'Brien is a sneering nazi thug, and always has been

The Reagan years brought forth and consolidatated the snotty macho dismissal of all that was "different"; weakness was proof of incompetence, and joining the club of society was to be based upon crushing and deriding all who questioned the groupthink.

He's a prick, and of the worst kind, because he won't admit his bias.

Look into his eyes, look at his countenance, and let his words wash over you: he is Sean Hannity. He is Sean Hannity without the courage to be a smarmy apparatchik of the privileged.

Sean Hannity lite; can there be a greater dismissal of an individual?

[Octafish]

27. Amen.

Corporate McPravda:



Would you like some lies with that?

[Bleacher Creature]

17. Miles O'Brien is one of the worst tv anchors ever created. n/t

[Fovea]

18. A profound critique

from Miles Van Der Toad.

[Bluebear]

20. Miles van der Rohe, noted archetictural expert speaks. n/t

[AlabamaYankee]

22. Actually, I kind of agree

I saw a picture of it from the end, and my first thought was, "It's an oversized single wide." The proportions and the boxiness, at least from that particular angle, were not flattering.

[Bluebear]

23. It's not the kind of thing to say on-air at its dedication IMO

Miles van de Rohe didn't need to toss in an editorial comment like that, but what do I know.

[Carson]

25. You must have a sense of humor for this...

I agree with you, AlabamaYankee. It's not the most aethestically pleasing building. Oh well. No big deal, I say.

Anyway, your comment reminded me of a pic I saw on one those sites we cannot name. It's actually pretty humorous.

[Lisa]

26. at least it's not as garish as this one ...

Believe it or not, it's the new Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto.




Apparently the Clinton Library is a nod to the existing bridge in the vicinity. I'm not really a fan of cantilevering and the whole postmodern bag of tricks, but I guess that does kind of make sense, in the "bridge to the 21st Century" context. And that twilight photo posted by Carson, where it's glowing -- like blocks of light suspended in air. Not bad.

I thought it might be a bit more graceful, reflecting WJC himself a bit more accurately -- but if its main function is to house a group that's carrying on Clinton's legacy, that's the main thing for me.