Posted on 06/11/2005 2:26:54 AM PDT by goldstategop
So I was attending a staff meeting (by phone) this week when a colleague and friend began sharing a particularly outrageous story. In about two minutes flat I found myself pacing the floor flabbergasted, my eyes darting back and forth across the room looking for a remedy to the outrage – my notepad.
Truth is I thought I had become sufficiently immune to the antics of liberal leftists specifically intended to raise the ire of conservatives, especially Christians. I mean, let's face it – reaction is what most liberal leftists want to spark from conservatives. They find it amusing.
So I decided long ago to stifle any reaction that would satisfy their perverted interests. But this was an exception. I just flipped when I was told unsuspecting taxpayers in Florida were funding a Broward County Art Exhibition honoring a painting of an Arab sodomizing President Bush.
Let's just analyze this a bit, shall we?
When former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore used personal funds to buy a 5,200-pound monument of the Ten Commandments to display inside the Alabama Judicial Building, there was a nationwide outcry from liberals. The ACLU and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State rushed to federal court demanding that the artistic monument be removed from public view. After all, "it might offend people of differing religions." As we all remember, a judicial despot ordered Alabama officials to remove the monument from public view, and it was hidden in a closet.
On the other hand, when the government uses taxpayer dollars to fund an Art Guild exhibit featuring a painting of an Arab sodomizing President Bush, it not only draws very little ire from concerned citizens … it actually wins an award!
Specifically, Alfred Phillips, a South Florida gay activist, submitted the painting entitled "Yahoo!" depicting a naked President Bush bending over a barrel of oil while being sodomized by an Arab man. With a background of stars and stripes, the sad excuse for "art" not only demeans the president, it further depicts him crushing Iraqi civilians and U.S. soldiers beneath the barrel of oil.
This no-talent rendering merely impersonates art and relies on mindless shock value for validation. Well, mission accomplished! Chris Yoculan, another gay activist and exhibition judge, gave "Yahoo!" his "Judge's Recognition" ribbon, saying, "I thought it was good, but I thought Bush should have been [on] top."
I wish I could say the perverted absurdities of this art exhibit ended there. But no controversial demonstration of liberal expression would be complete without mocking the Christian faith. In the piece, Phillips made sure to include an ichthus tattoo (Christian fish symbol) on the president's shoulder.
On a positive note: It seems the ACLU has finally found a taxpayer-funded display of a Christian symbol that will not lead to a federal lawsuit. I suppose the ACLU finds nothing wrong with publicly funded religious symbols — so long as the person bearing such emblems is being sodomized.
So where is the public outrage?
Sadly, local citizens have failed to express any considerable opposition to this assault on public decency and national pride. Moreover, it has received very little national media attention.
Now, I know that our own Supreme Court has attempted to assuage our protests to such displays by claiming "art" in every and any form has "redeeming value." This was in fact their reason for overturning the federal ban on child pornography.
In 2002, the court concluded that the federal statute was too broad punishing pornographers for "a single graphic depiction of sexual activity involving children … without inquiry into the work's redeeming value."[Emphasis mine] If pressed, these same justices could likely find a constitutional "right to child pornography," along with the elusive "right to abortion and homosexual sodomy." It is written right next to the clause prescribing the "wall of separation between church and state."
As public displays of Christianity are being quarantined to closets, the champions of sexual anarchy are marching out of it, passing their depraved hopelessness all over the landscape of America. Unopposed, they will destroy the great masterpiece that was once America.
I can only say, public silence to offenses like these speaks volumes to those who will inevitably seek to push and burn the envelope of common decency and traditional values. I suggest we draw the line at taxpayer-funded mockery of a sitting U.S. president during wartime. It is way beyond the boundaries of decency. It is also demoralizing to proud Americans, especially those sacrificing and fighting for freedom overseas.
According to the Broward County Cultural Affairs Division, their office has received very few complaints. I would like to change that. Nearly 25 percent of the Broward County Art Guild annual budget is provided by taxpayers. I suggest their public funding be revoked. If you agree, contact the Broward County administrator:
Roger Desjarlais Broward County Administrator 115 S. Andrews Avenue, Room 409 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Phone: 954-357-7362 Fax: 954-357-7360
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Excerpt...
Phillips: ‘ America is getting screwed’
“Bush symbolizes America, and as I see it, it’s America that is getting screwed,” Phillips said about his piece. “Bush’s face looks very focused. He’s thinking only about his mission — to get oil.”
Phillips said the figures being crushed beneath the oil barrel represent American soldiers and Iraqi civilians. He added that he views Bush as a “naïve and tragic figure.”
Phillips said he specializes in landscapes and seascapes but agreed to do the Bush piece “because the theme of the show is ‘controversy.’”
“I think as an artist, I should have a voice,” Phillips said. “Art is about the only voice we have now.”
You can see it here...
http://tinyurl.com/dnlkn
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Or maybe Hillary on her back with a 'cast your vote here' sign (and cloud of flies) and a line of dems (holding their noses in boxers) resembling some topics from howard sterns show.
really.. they wage the propaganda war everyday using 'satire' comics in newspapers around the country. Why not start making a few leaning the other way?
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
or have HDean catching for Hillary the pitcher... with the caption 'Heee-raaaw' of course
or the statue of liberty (with Ms. New York sash) all dishovelled in bed and HRC walking out the door with the WH just outside the door. Caption 'Was it good for you? Maybe a bit of ice will help...'
I can do better, what if the guy was Barney Frank, and on the side John Kerry was checking out her bank account.
More liberal cheap shots at Bush. Wonder if SCOTUS would think it was art if someone did a painting of the Justices having an orgy?
If this guy REALLY wanted shock value, he missed the boat. He should have had Bush sodomizing an Arab reading the Koran, in a toilet.
Then he could have had riots in the middle east into the bargain. And the NY Times would have run 100 front page stories on it.
The problem is not knowing when and where these art shows and offensive works are going to be displayed (so that they can be protested) until after the deed is done.... I'm glad I wasn't walking thru the exhibit and saw rthat thing hanging there...I would have ripped it to shreds...damn the consequences!
The way the court has been ruling lately, Judge Ginsberg may have been giving a few of the oldsters a tickle or two!
Seems like Arabs would be offended by the suggestion that they are engaging in gay sex, huh?
This guy is a so-called artist looking for attention and he's found it. Couldn't apparently get it with his talent.
I just sent the art guild an email protesting this display. I told them this was nothing more than sewage and that perhaps someone should bring in a bucket of raw sewage and dump it on the floor so everyone could enjoy
'art' up close and personal if they wanted.
More FL news....
I can't stand it anymore. I have to say something.
Your red quotation line has an extra "and" in it - it'd flow better, and be an actual sentence, if you removed the "and" from before "Fox News."
(BTW, I have good money says 99.9% of people on this board have no freakin' idea who Denny Crane is. I know I don't.)
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
The militant gays don't care about using taxpayer money against taxpayer beliefs and the Constitution--any more than gun-grabbing crooks try to grab the guns from law enforcement officers for use against the officers.
Basically it's the same, by the same kind of people--those committed to evil--who will not be stopped by mere scoldings, these are people without true conscience or the fear of God despite any selective "tolerance" or duplicitious piety.
Thanks for the post and ping.
bump - maybe an image of the art to help educate and energize? Where is the source and how can we verify this is tax dollar funded?
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