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no_hypocrisy

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14. It's more than "permission". It's safety.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2025, 04:53 AM

Sep 2025

The concept of building inspection and approval is to protect visitors and inhabitants (even trespassers) from inadvertently being harmed from construction that never should have been done.

Even in the fictional Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, inspectors were on site before construction began.

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Demolition for new White House ballroom doesn't need approval, Trump-appointed commission head says [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 OP

Yes it does.................. Lovie777 Sep 2025 #1

Exactly, it's our house, and we don't need a ballroom we'll never be invited to enter. Harker Sep 2025 #7

What about the fucking demolition of the rest of the fucking world that Orange Bastard has fucked up? SoFlaBro Sep 2025 #2

My sense is that drumpf will do as he goddamn pleases. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2025 #3

Dirty motherfuckers want to destroy everything bluestarone Sep 2025 #4

F...them! That is our building, and we like it the way it is. usaf-vet Sep 2025 #5

Litigate This Until tr💩mp is Gone From the White House MrWowWow Sep 2025 #6

How do we stop this???!!! ultralite001 Sep 2025 #8

Send demolishion crews to ALL of his golf clubs Attilatheblond Sep 2025 #9

Much more effective than sending pizzas... ultralite001 Sep 2025 #19

OK, well in that case ... let's just demolish the White House altogether FakeNoose Sep 2025 #10

He's the one who wants to have all new construction in the Classical style Bayard Sep 2025 #11

His giant flagpoles fucked up the view pfitz59 Sep 2025 #12

Reminds me of when he knocked down the Bonwit Teller building to build Trump Tower. Tanuki Sep 2025 #13

Growing up in NJ in '50's, early '60's mnhtnbb Sep 2025 #15

It's more than "permission". It's safety. no_hypocrisy Sep 2025 #14

He's making an absolute mess of the White House from the gold flea market finds pasted to the walls to Vinca Sep 2025 #16

Talk about taxation without representation mdbl Sep 2025 #17

And approval won't be needed to demolish that ballroom in 2029...n/t LeftinOH Sep 2025 #18