Posted on 09/08/2009 12:53:39 PM PDT by paltz
Syndicated columnist and ABC's This Week panelist George Will believes that the National Endowment for the Arts likely "broke some laws" after the federal agency recently hosted a controversial teleconference call of various artists. Mr. Will spoke about his concerns on the NEA this Sunday on This Week with George Stephanopoulos (see video below). Big Hollywood's Patrick Courrielche was on the conference call and described what was being asked of them:
Obama has a strong arts agenda, we were told, and has been very supportive of both using and supporting the arts in creative ways to talk about the issues facing the country. We were “selected for a reason,” they told us. We had played a key role in the election and now Obama was putting out the call of service to help create change. We knew “how to make a stink,” and were encouraged to do so
One of the first places to explore is whether or not the NEA's solicitation to artists on the conference call violated the Hatch Act. According to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel:
The Hatch Act restricts the political activity of executive branch employees of the federal government, District of Columbia government and some state and local employees who work in connection with federally funded programs.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Could this be what Glenn Beck was hinting at?
“Obama has a strong arts agenda”...So did Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. And Adolf and Dr. Goebbels used the arts in support of various issues.
Beck broke it along with the Van Jones video evidence.
HE is on fire. I hope to hear more about it.
My hope is that the flood gates open and we see more and more.
Saw Glenn Beck....a lady was saying how good it is to give millions to the sake of humanities and art. Sooooo now we know where all these commercials and ROCK THE VOTE money will come from...throw money to hollywood to make propaganda movies, commericials, videos....
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMERCIALS WITH JONAS, DISNEY KIDS?
VIDEOS ON VH1......
IT IS HAPPENING PEOPLE!!!! YOUR KIDS ARE BEING INDOCTRINATED ALREADY!!!!
THIS MUST STOP!!
He was screaming about this.
Site error. Article gone from links.
According to Bill Krystal, Federal laws were broken.
LLS
At least Adolph could paint a house.
I want to read the article. All I get is “not found.” Tried a Dogpile search. Not found there either. Where is it?
And give a three hour speech WITHOUT the need for a teleprompter.
Check THIS out:
Well it looks like they are wiping the internet again!
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There were explicit requirements in NEA funding and in several of the follow-on stimulus spending boondoggles that the new moiney was to be used to promote government (Obamaism in specific, big government in general).
It fell into the same areas as ACORN funding: “to assist the public in finding out what the government can do/is doing for them”.
Someone in the WH broke the law when they communicated their wishes with the NEA, not someone in the NEA.
If the F.B.I. hid the vetting of Van Jones, why would we believe Obama has a legit birth certificate?
Has Islam conquered the U.S.?
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