I'm told that Congress spends our money so responsibly that there is no place they can cut without hurting the poor. Perhaps I'm misinformed?
Posted on 11/30/2010 1:15:05 PM PST by rightistight
Your tax dollars at work. Republican leaders are outraged that the Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery, funded by U.S. taxpayers, feature controversial exhibits. These include homoerotic artwork, picture of Ellen DeGeneres grabbing her breasts, and a video in which Jesus Christ is being eaten by ants.
After hearing of the exhibit, outraged Georgia Rep. Jack Kingston, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, stated:
“Absolutely we should look at their funds. If they’ve got money to squander like this – of a crucifix being eaten by ants, of Ellen DeGeneres grabbing her breasts, men in chains, naked brothers kissing – then I think we should look at their budget.”
However, co-curator David C. Ward defended the depiction of Jesus being eaten by ants, entitled A Fire in My Belly, stating:
“Fire in My Belly is an example of political engagement in artistic form with the AIDS epidemic by an artist deeply concerned with the exploration of our response to that medical and societal calamity.”
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One of these days, I will run across one of these displays!
You can bet your life that they would NEVER have paid for an exhibit making fun of a certain middle eastern religious figure.
Time to defund all of this nonsense. Let the “starving artists” starve.
the ANT-i-Christ?
Hey its ok to offend christian taxpayers, because taxpayers fund all kinds of anit-muslim artwork. Why there’s, the...um...the painting of...never mind.
I'm told that Congress spends our money so responsibly that there is no place they can cut without hurting the poor. Perhaps I'm misinformed?
Uh... what breasts?
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