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BUDGET INCREASE FOR THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS
The Drudge Report ^ | 01-28-2004 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 01/28/2004 6:18:24 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood

BUSH TO SEEK BIG BUDGET INCREASE FOR NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS... Laura Bush plans to announce the request -- for the largest increase in two decades -- on Thursday... Developing...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arts; artsfunding; budgetbuster; bush; federalspending; laurabush; nea; taxdollarsatwork; youpayforthis
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To: victoryovertheleft
Governments thoughout history have funded patriotic art and memorials.

I would prefer that this government be an exception to the rule of history. There has never been a nation like this before. But the statists among us are determined to send us down the same road as every other empire in history. This NEA crap is just a symptom of a lingering disease.

And if it's gonna be used for pro American propaganda, how are they going to convince all the radical leftist 'artists' who are currently sucking off the teat to either dislodge their lips or change their political outlook for the good of the country?

61 posted on 01/28/2004 6:35:53 PM PST by ovrtaxt (Sick of big government Republicans, but you have nowhere to go? Visit www.rlc.org)
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To: GeronL
No, but it makes perfect sense that the government should spend money to encourage patriotism, does it not?
62 posted on 01/28/2004 6:35:59 PM PST by victoryovertheleft (In politics, those who demand all or nothing typically get nothing.)
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To: All
Alright, if this is true, I am not going to support Bush on this one. It will be disgusting if true.

What the hell will he do next, give the biggest increase in decades to PBS?

Golly.
63 posted on 01/28/2004 6:36:05 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
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To: victoryovertheleft
What good is a war if it's defending a socialist nation?
64 posted on 01/28/2004 6:36:15 PM PST by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
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To: GeronL
It seems to me that the Republicans are much more conservative in Congress when they do not have the presidency.
65 posted on 01/28/2004 6:36:15 PM PST by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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To: All
Mark my words. Every idiot here that is whining and saying they won't vote for Bush will be the biggest whiners from 2005-2009/2013 when Kerry is President.
66 posted on 01/28/2004 6:36:43 PM PST by COEXERJ145
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To: RWR8189
He said in the SOTU he would limit spending. If he pulls this, how the heck is that limiting spending???
67 posted on 01/28/2004 6:37:02 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
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To: ovrtaxt
Why, we'll fund different artists.

After all- Robert Mapplethorpe seems to have found his own audience perfectly well. The artists who, presumably have the most problems are conservative ones.

It won't be presnted this way, of course- but the NEA board can be stacked with conservatives.
68 posted on 01/28/2004 6:37:22 PM PST by victoryovertheleft (In politics, those who demand all or nothing typically get nothing.)
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To: MamaLucci
It's called "triangulation". Worked like a charm for Clinton.

It did? I thought Clinton was like, impeached, or something.

69 posted on 01/28/2004 6:37:38 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: rwfromkansas
Again, we're talking about a few million dollars here. Nothing, in government terms.
70 posted on 01/28/2004 6:37:47 PM PST by victoryovertheleft (In politics, those who demand all or nothing typically get nothing.)
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To: victoryovertheleft
"In any case, within the scheme of the Federal Budget, whatever is proposed will be pocket change."

Yeah, a few million here, a few million there, pretty soon it starts to add up to real money....
71 posted on 01/28/2004 6:38:10 PM PST by flashbunny (A corrupt society has many laws.)
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To: Sloth
Yeah, there has to be something conservative about it. /sarcasm
72 posted on 01/28/2004 6:38:13 PM PST by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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To: Captain Peter Blood
The 1996 GOP platform called for abolishing the Department of Education and ending "federal meddling in schools.", it also called for eliminating the departments of Commerce, Energy, and Housing and Urban Development and the National Endowment for the Arts.

They removed all of this from the GOP platform in 2000, and have been moving further to the left ever since.

The $56 billion in total discretionary funding for federal education is an all-time high. Under President Bush, in just three years the Education Department’s overall funding will have increased by $13.8 billion.

Federal education spending has increased by 118 percent from 1996 (the first fiscal year under a Republican majority in Congress) to 2002. The President’s FY 2004 builds on that increase.
74 posted on 01/28/2004 6:38:39 PM PST by jgrubbs
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To: COEXERJ145
Hey, I will still vote for Bush. I love the guy; I even defended his immigration proposal on this site.

But this is just silly if true.
75 posted on 01/28/2004 6:38:40 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Maybe it's a grant to CMT and the "Speed Channel."
76 posted on 01/28/2004 6:38:52 PM PST by TheLibrarian
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To: victoryovertheleft
Look, we've got to win the bloody election before anything else can be done.

We are starting to be AFRAID of what else he wants to do after he gets re-elected!

77 posted on 01/28/2004 6:38:59 PM PST by GeronL (Two kinds of people in this country: Makers and Takers........ which are you?)
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To: yonif
Of course. And Democrats are much more liberal when in opposition.

Being in opposition gives you the freedom to adopt an ideology whole. The same can't be said for those in government.
78 posted on 01/28/2004 6:39:02 PM PST by victoryovertheleft (In politics, those who demand all or nothing typically get nothing.)
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To: victoryovertheleft
Again, we're talking about a few million dollars here.

A few million here, a few million there. Pretty soon it starts to add up to real money.

Haven't you ever been on a budget??

79 posted on 01/28/2004 6:39:04 PM PST by SCalGal
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Oh Geez .. well here is one that I disagree with

Please tell me this doesn't this mean I lose my Bushbot status ... its been a bad day and I couldn't take any more bad news
80 posted on 01/28/2004 6:39:34 PM PST by Mo1 (Join the dollar a day crowd now!)
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