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To: desidude_in_us

Warhol's Mao paintings weren't about communism...


4 posted on 03/31/2005 10:48:43 PM PST by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: durasell
Warhol's Mao paintings weren't about communism...

But ACLU is..

All communists/socialists are typical ACLU sympathizers..

That means, if you are a commie the best bet for you to appear "politically correct" is by obtaining an ACLU membership card.

13 posted on 03/31/2005 11:36:21 PM PST by desidude_in_us (US, India & Israel are natural allies)
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To: durasell

Peter Benjamin Lewis.

He likes to brag that in 1974 -- during the Vietnam War - he bought Andy Warhol pictures of Mao Tse-tung and hung them in Progressive's offices. His employees demanded that the pictures of the old monster be taken down. Lewis refused. Thirty years later, the Mao pictures have some value. One hangs in the Progressive boardroom where, maybe, it motivates Lewis' business ethics.
Lewis has a reported wealth estimated at $3 billion. Progressive Corporation, the fourth-largest auto insurer in North America, employs about 14,000 people with yearly revenues of $8 billion. It is based in Mayfield Village, Ohio. The mogul describes himself as "half screwball, half businessman." His former wife, Toby Devan Lewis, with whom Lewis remains friends, is curator of Progressive's art collection.

In 2000, while visiting his daughter on her sheep ranch in New Zealand, Lewis was caught by customs officials with marijuana in his brief case. He was arrested, his yacht searched and his stash discovered. Charged, he admitted the offense to the police, made it clear that he did not want a lawyer and, the next day, pleaded guilty to charges of importing the plant and resin. After spending the night in jail, Lewis, now with a lawyer and having made a massive donation to a local drug-treatment center, was released without a conviction and the case sealed.

Lewis is, by repute, a generous philanthropist. Foundation sources say he gives to art galleries, museums and colleges with abandon, provided that his wishes are carried out promptly.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/columnists/datelinedc/s_264968.html


30 posted on 04/01/2005 12:48:15 AM PST by endthematrix (Declare 2005 as the year the battle for freedom from tax slavery!)
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