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State Dept Spent $185,000 for One Piece of 'Fiber' Artwork
Washington Free Beacon ^
| August 3, 2016
| Elizabeth Harrington
Posted on 08/03/2016 7:48:06 PM PDT by kevcol
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$185,000.00 of taxpayer money for:
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posted on
08/03/2016 7:48:07 PM PDT
by
kevcol
To: kevcol
Wow, I could have made this for half that.
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posted on
08/03/2016 7:49:28 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
I would have sold it to the for 85 cents this just PISSES ME OFF, we all work so hard for our money to have it PISSED AWAY like this!!!
To: kevcol
These are govt offices. The artwork should be inexpensive commercial stuff. Or let aspiring artists display on a rotating basis. I have a feeling Trump will be putting a crimp in this stuff.
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posted on
08/03/2016 7:52:37 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: kevcol
Maybe it will come out that it was a corrupt payoff, like a sole source contract to the Ambassador’s drug-addled gay lover, or some such...
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posted on
08/03/2016 7:54:04 PM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: kevcol
The ‘artist’ was probably the daughter of a political donor.
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posted on
08/03/2016 7:55:49 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Trump IS the revolution)
To: Secret Agent Man
I do not want to pay taxes anymore.
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posted on
08/03/2016 7:57:36 PM PDT
by
funfan
To: Rebelbase
I despise ‘junk’ art. Art made from garbage or other crap. Its a marxist joke designed to destroy our culture. There is very little beautiful art anymore.
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posted on
08/03/2016 7:58:56 PM PDT
by
bigtoona
(The media, GOPe, dems, commie Pope, hate Trump. He is the destroyer we've been waiting for!)
To: kevcol
Government committees are the absolute WORST way to purchase art. They are all people who pretend to see the emperor’s new clothes and purchase the most God awful UGLY art you’ll ever see.
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posted on
08/03/2016 7:59:20 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
To: kevcol
And WTF do we need to spend 3 quarters of a BILLION dollars on an embassy? We could have purchased the damn country instead!
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posted on
08/03/2016 8:01:07 PM PDT
by
bigtoona
(The media, GOPe, dems, commie Pope, hate Trump. He is the destroyer we've been waiting for!)
To: Rebelbase
The artist was probably the daughter of a political donor. Bingo!
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posted on
08/03/2016 8:01:49 PM PDT
by
sargon
(George Will is a RINO compromiser that devolved the GOP to the Uni-party leadership we have today.)
To: kevcol
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posted on
08/03/2016 8:02:09 PM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
To: Secret Agent Man
Send this article to your congresspersonthing and demand an answer as to why the State Dept. spent $185,000 on this crap when there are so many other pressing needs.
Let us know if you get a half sane answer as to what they are going to do about it.
To: kevcol
Under socialism we go from starving artists to starving taxpayers.
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posted on
08/03/2016 8:04:58 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
To: kevcol
Too bad the State Department couldn’t spend one thin dime to protect our men in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.
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posted on
08/03/2016 8:08:17 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
To: bigtoona
No kidding! What an outrage.
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posted on
08/03/2016 8:08:32 PM PDT
by
GnuThere
To: kevcol
green construction techniques
is New Embassy Compound in Islamabad fireproof ?
To: kevcol
My wife does fiber art, specifically art quilts. Those yarn balls are total schlock when compared the work my wife does. Obviously she needs to focus on the government market.
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posted on
08/03/2016 8:12:30 PM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: kevcol
Does the embassy have AC?
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posted on
08/03/2016 8:13:46 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
You’ve got to admit,this “artist” is a great example of capitalism.
Make something and convince someone to buy it.
.
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posted on
08/03/2016 8:15:26 PM PDT
by
Mears
("Does it really matter?)
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