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http://thechive.com/2012/03/08/something-is-rotten-in-the-denver-airport-25-photos/#close

Who puts that in an airport is my first question?

Wha? ....I have a feeling that this may be vaguely racist. =/

Vaguely?

You haven't seen the rest of that weird mural then have you?

H.B.M.C. wrote:Vaguely?

You haven't seen the rest of that weird mural then have you?

Racist? Are you serious? I have never heard it called that, and I have heard it called many things.

Have you read the rest of that article? Sounds like a sketchy place to start with.

sits one of the most curious airpots in the world

That's some quality reporting right there.

Photo looks like you grapped the poor dove

That's some disturbing stuff

Nothing says welcome home like a demonic figure crawling out of a suitcase.

I spewed water all over my keyboard

Great little article.

I love those murals. And the Georgia Guidestones. Also awesome and mysterious.

Do ya know what I love best about massive black-ops government conspiracies? The cyphers they leave behind.





Or, massive state bureacracy goes over-budget and then in an effort to be 'edgy' commissions a lot of crappy, postmodern new-age artwork.



Ya know, whichever ya prefer.

That is some very very paraniod about that airport... Some people will see conspiricy everywhere.

azazel the cat wrote:Do ya know what I love best about massive black-ops government conspiracies? The cyphers they leave behind.





Or, massive state bureacracy goes over-budget and then in an effort to be 'edgy' commissions a lot of crappy, postmodern new-age artwork.



Ya know, whichever ya prefer.

Well at least we didn't see it on History channel then aliens would of had to of drawn it =o]

Personally I do like my tin-foil hat and I don't know why I am up right now as Coast to Coast is on.

I love that they conveniently left out the second half of the mural:

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Having been a resident of Denver for 8 years, I love DIA and all its quirks. It's the best run "large" airport I've been to. The author has no clue what they're talking about, Thornton would, in no way, be able to handle the amount of air traffic that DIA does. In addition, if you look on a map, DIA isn't really that far out longest I've had to travel to get there was 45 minutes, from the other side of the city. It's about 20 minutes from the heart of downtown.

Of course, thechive isn't exactly known for quality reporting in the first place.

K, I'll get down now

I've seen some websites that have written multiple pages on the weirdness of the Denver International Airport. There's a lot of stuff written that goes into full-on-tin-foil-hat territory.

I like that picture.

I have some guys that look like that, somewhere.....


I love that tinfoil hat NWO stuff too. Can't get enough love in Denver, heh heh.

I've been through Denver numerous times, and haven't had issue getting to my flights on time. Need to see this picture, though. Looks kinda dope.

Don't understand the concept, but it is a pretty cool looking, crazy with the colors, subjects, and placements... thing going on.

Every time you look at it, your seeing something different, kind like looking for Waldo, or the sailboat, in there. I can even see the devils horns in there somewhere.


DOOOM......

Balance wrote:There's a lot of stuff written that goes into full-on-tin-foil-hat territory.

Mhm. My favourite place to be...

I've lived in Boulder for 13 years, and have been through that airport at least 5 or 6 times a year. It's the best damn airport I have ever seen. Clean, modern, smells nice, has a great train to the terminals, art exhibits, good food (Boulder Beer is there), the awesome Broncos horse out front, and of course the murals.
I also love the theories about this place. It makes it even more fun to be in.
If you have to go though an airport often, and I do, this is a great one.

Conspiracy points:

Denver already had another airport
...yes, a small, crappy one in the middle of the city.

DIA was built 25 miles away from the city.
...Just like every other major aiport. (except for San Diego, which is terrifying if you're staying in a hotel that faces the approach vector) I believe Vancouver's YVR is about 25 miles away from the downtown core as well. Because airports have jets, and jets are noisy.

DIA is massive.
...pretty sure Montreal's airport is even larger. And I believe DIA is also one of the busiest airports in the world. Probably because it is so large that it can actually support this volume.

Runways are laid out in a swatika pattern.
...yes, because otherwise there would be a lot of mid-air collisions upon takeoff and landing. This is true of most airports, as runways are typically L-shaped.

The airport is fenced off with barbed wire.
...I dunno about the USA, but this is required by law in Canada.

Australian Antigen
...and the Illuminati are planning to deliver this via minecart? I'll stick with the gold rush days symbol from a state that hosts the Rocky Mountains.

Secret Illuminati codes
...or Navajo. Y'know, either way.

Masonic time capsul!
...my high school had a time capsul, too. Also, Masons aren't really that secretive. It's just that Dan Brown readers are usually morons.

New World Airport Commission never existed!
...I have no idea, but this title sounds so lame that it can only be a branch of the local Rotary club.

Post contains no actual Death Korps Commissars.

To off topic land!

Wheeeeeeeeeee!

Check out the nice NMM paint job on the sword and the fail paint job on the gun...

azazel the cat wrote:
DIA was built 25 miles away from the city.
...Just like every other major aiport. (except for San Diego, which is terrifying if you're staying in a hotel that faces the approach vector) I believe Vancouver's YVR is about 25 miles away from the downtown core as well. Because airports have jets, and jets are noisy.

I always considered Phoenix a major airport it's in the middle of the city. One of the Taxiways goes over the interstate.
Other major airports not 25 miles away from the city they service: La Guardia, JFK, O'hare, SLC Int'l, DFW, Etc. Just food for thought.

La Guardia and Kennedy are both in the middle of nowhere, relatively speaking. Laguardia's a half hour by car, at best, from anywhere in Manhattan without traffic

Jeep wrote:

Spoiler:

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That is awesome!!!!


Nom

well there is a lot of "odd" stuff there, at least their airport is FULL of art, and not just flat white walls

I love the guy's expression in the picture.
Says more than a million books ever could.

DarkDrgon wrote:La Guardia and Kennedy are both in the middle of nowhere, relatively speaking. Laguardia's a half hour by car, at best, from anywhere in Manhattan without traffic

9 miles is not "relatively" very far at all. That's the distance from Central Park to La Guardia. JFK is 19 miles from Central Park and 11 miles from Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Just because it takes you a half hour doesn't mean it's far away. It's also well within the 25 miles the post I responded to stated.

and in all honesty it is communism in a gas mask as a representation

that painting is older than most posters on here

DarkDrgon wrote:La Guardia and Kennedy are both in the middle of nowhere, relatively speaking. Laguardia's a half hour by car, at best, from anywhere in Manhattan without traffic

They're not in the middle of no where!

They're in the middle of Queens!

Oh...

I see what you did there.