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Bush Is Said to Seek More Money for Arts [$15 million to $20 million for NEA]
New York Times ^
| January 29, 2004
| ROBERT PEAR
Posted on 01/28/2004 8:29:35 PM PST by yonif
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The WH comment lines are being flooding on this. I just called. I was polite, but certainly firm.
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961
posted on
01/29/2004 2:03:31 PM PST
by
Dan from Michigan
(Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. Take me Home)
To: Miss Marple
Accepted, but I draw the line at holding hands and singing Kumbya!
962
posted on
01/29/2004 2:05:33 PM PST
by
Area51
(RINO Hunter, Big Time!)
To: Area51
I NEVER sing Kumbaya! LOL!
To: Dan from Michigan
961 posted on 01/29/2004 2:03:31 PM PST by Dan from Michigan (Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. Take me Home)
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I called them and thanked them for the photo of the President and the first Lady, but told them that because of the Left leaning policies and spending that I thought to protect America I was better off sending my donations to Tancredo's fund to elect real Conservatives that didn't believe in anmensty for Criminal Invaders.
Hehehe But I was polite, and told them until he changed his ways I would appreciate being taken off the donation list, because the next one I get will be returned filled with monopoly money.
964
posted on
01/29/2004 2:09:46 PM PST
by
Area51
(RINO Hunter, Big Time!)
To: Lazamataz
Bump! (I really only did that to mark my place for when I return later. Keep fighting the good fight.)
965
posted on
01/29/2004 2:12:13 PM PST
by
VMI70
(...but two Wrights made an airplane)
To: sfRummygirl
I totally support the arts, but not with the government throwing money at garbage. Thank you. Emphasis on your "I". And that's the way it should be. I go to concerts, the museums, and the symphony, I have 'real' art hanging on my walls, and I even hired an artisan to make a Homer Simpson lawn jockey for my front yard :) But you know what? I paid for all of it myself, and would happily do it again. I don't expect the taxpayers to front the money for any of my weird indulgences.
This is not something government needs to be paying for (especially the lawn jockey).
966
posted on
01/29/2004 2:23:05 PM PST
by
Johnny_Cipher
(Miserable failure = http://www.michaelmoore.com/ sounds good to me!)
To: lormand
You can say that again!
When Deaniie baby went into his 'i have a scream' rant, I had to turn my head-phones off due to my embarrassment at listening to a man obviously losing his mind.
This was supposed to be his consession speech, after all. My tv was way across the house, vcr recording, so I knew I would see & hear the whole thing later, when I was prepared to do so.
Rush doesn't have to worry about expressing his anger and frustration on the show. We appreciaate some honest declaration!
967
posted on
01/29/2004 4:15:28 PM PST
by
meema
To: thesummerwind
I live down here in the Atlanta area, and was driving to work this morning, listening to Tom (The King! LOL) Hughes on WGST-AM. He had James 'Serpent Head' Carville on the phone, and Carville was blathering on about how Bush just 'pitches money' at every problem he sees. I thought to myself, 'My God, what a role reversal - a Republican in the White House, being accused by a
liberal Democrat about pitching money to buy off votes and problems.'
The scary part was, he actually had a valid point. More money for 'the arts' - the same pigs who gave us a crucifix floating in a jar of piddle? Amnesty for illegal aliens? I'd expect this sort of buffoonery from a Ted Kennedy presidency (and don't we all thank God we were never subjected to that!), but I never expected to see it coming from anyone with an (R) by his name.
You may be right - maybe Dubya got an e-mail from God telling him that The Big Show is about to begin, because he's throwing money at everyone like he doesn't have a care in the world.
To: OWK
Is there ANY leftist tripe you won't rationalize for this socialist president?It's beyond pathetic. Many of these people could care less about conservatism or America. It nothing but party or cadidate before country. This will one day come to an end as more and more people are starting to realize that these two parties are basically one in the same, as big government continues to grow as it rules nearly every aspect of our lives....
969
posted on
01/29/2004 5:17:31 PM PST
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: yonif
Can I get some of this money? I have an old can of paint in my garage that I wish to throw at a blank screen and name it "NEA rage".
970
posted on
01/29/2004 5:21:32 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: Joe Hadenuf
"If Clinton tried to pull this..."
Ya think I can get some cash for my latest work "Piss Allah"?
To: ambrose
Does this mean that a Robert Maplethorpe exhibit is coming to a venue near me soon?
972
posted on
01/29/2004 5:25:04 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: Keith
It's not like she is trying to inflict us with some multi-trillion dollar govy health care system...
Yep, L. Bush seems a nice lady and all that, just like her husband, but they shouldn't be surprised that us voters get p.o.'d when they're generous in doling out our money and driving the country even further into debt. "At least she isn't Hillary Clinton" doesn't cut it. There is no upside to this.
To: Torie
That helps to explain why he handed control of the "No Child Left Behind Act" to Edward Kennedy, signed what Kennedy gave back to him, and then ran for reelection on it.
To: Lazamataz
I hear you Laz and it's hard to vote for someone as out of touch with conservatism as George Bush is. I voted for Buchanan last time I was so convinced Bush was radioactive. By doing so others who did what I did nearly gave Gore the victory, specificly in Florida. In this stage of our nation's decline, your damned if you do and damned if you don't. I don't see a quick return to lofty ideals.
To: jeremiah
That's my take as well. Thanks for the comments.
To: Flyover Country
You're probably right. ;-)
To: Starboard
Thanks for the comments. I believe the amount the federal government actually gives to the NEA is not that large by today's standards. It would be a small sum to the entertainment industry.
To: onedoug
After eight years, I don't want to hear the line anymore. LOL
To: windchime
'The arts', as well as the oval office, had their reputations sullied in the '90's. Maybe it's an effort at making an improvement.Merely redirecting existing funds going to the NEA would have -- and arguably has -- sufficed.
980
posted on
01/29/2004 6:54:41 PM PST
by
freedomcrusader
(Proudly wearing the politically incorrect label "crusader" since 1/29/2001)
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