[TomServo]

GOP leadership is leaning toward rejecting the surge in spending for the controversial National Endowment for the Arts

Kill it! Just kill it for cryin' out loud.

Want Shakespeare? Fine - go to the library. Want to see the works of Robert Mappelthorpe? Fine - go to any bathhouse. Want to see fine art? Super - go to a museum. Don't live near a museum? Tough.

Want to see alternative art? Take a dump on a canvas and voila!, your own alternative art.

Just kill the beast. Nobody should be compelled to pay for someone else to see/hear somebody else's definition of art.

[TomServo]

And one more thing - I'm partial to Monet. But I'm not going to demand someone else pay for me to see it.

[nopardons]

You're waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind the times. The new projects were supposed to be Shakespearean plays and classical music and for real, representative art ( OLD MASTERS ), brought to poor regional schools, whose kids would otherwise NEVER be exposed to that stuff.

[NRA2BFree]

Want to see alternative art? Take a dump on a canvas and voila!, your own alternative art.

You definitely have a way with words. LOL!

[eddie willers]

What you said.

[I_dmc]

I like R. Lee Ermey's art. Paint cans hanging by ropes, canvas, Ithaca pump.

[Pharmboy]

AND...no matter what Dubya or Laura do that could be seen as a sop to the left, THEY WILL HATE THE BUSHES MORE FERVENTLY EVERYDAY ANYWAY!

[reg45]

Want Shakespeare? Fine - go to the library. Want to see the works of Robert Mappelthorpe? Fine - go to any bathhouse. Want to see fine art? Super - go to a museum. Don't live near a museum? Tough.

Not so TOUGH actually since some museums are now exhibiting their collections on the internet.

[DeFault User]

Want to see alternative art? Take a dump on a canvas and voila!, your own alternative art.

Dang, I'm so behind the times. I thought you had to super glue elephant dung to the canvas. The extra money for the NEA should mean significant advances in fecal art.

[rcofdayton]

Furthermore, it doesn't matter if the NEA has been reformed. The Constitution does not authorize Congress to spend money on such matters. The government should not steal from all to fund the preferences of a few.

[BobS]

Let's see if I get a grant for pinching a loaf on the UN flag!

[Palladin]

Agree. We don't need no steenkin' NEA.

[Snoopers-868th]

I absolutely agree. Let the rich support the arts with all their money. Start charging for entry to the museums, etc.

In Michigan, last year when the budget crunch was so bad, they wanted to fund the arts and increase fees to pay for police. WHERE ARE THE PRIORITIES??