House Conservatives Budge on Arts Spending

New York Times ^ | 7/17/02 | CARL HULSE

[logician2u]

It also includes $700 million in emergency money for fighting wildfires.

So instead of selling timber as a supplement to its budget, the Interior Department lets the national forests become overgrown to the point they burn up in the drought.

Then -- Congress appropriates another $700 million to cover their mistake.

(I guess we can always blame it on Clinton.)

[Jesse]

"We are seeing a philosophical war within the Republican party..."

Nope, the war is over.

The RINOs have won, led by General Sellout himself, GWBII, affectionately known around here as MIB Jr.

[Drango]

Shame on us," said Representative Lynn Woolsey, Democrat of California,

Spend your OWN money if you want art you pompus twit.

[goldstategop]

Thanks to the House for making us more dependent on Saudi oil and funding the Hollyweird Left that spews out a river of cultural garbage on to our country's cultural scene. It will certainly be appreciated by the American people.

[Jonathon Spectre]

What's the big deal? It's only a few billion dollars. The people can always make more.

Claire, is it time yet?

[Ben Ficklin]

I heard that a lot of that NEA grant monry was going to this place

[Uncle Bill]

Another one for the collection.

[Digger]

"The Two-Party Cartel" at its finest. (You people actually give money to these pols so they can steal more from you then ram the dung down your throat). I would like to know what causes the so-called conservatives here at FR to vote these kooks back in office?

[goldstategop]

I dunno. They want to have their pics taken with Elizabeth Hurley and Elisabeth Rohm.

[Zack Nguyen]

So the Republican Party believes it should take my hard -earned money and use it for "art"? How kind of them to look after my "cultural well-being", and how nice of them to make sure that "artists" nationwide continue to live off my nickel.

To me this issue is very cut and dried, and yet the NEA will continue into perpetuity. Why is cutting this so hard? Why don't they just tell the blue-blood artsy crowd to go find donations?

[Tourist Guy]

>>>"Now it's time to show us the money,"<<<

I'd like to show her the federal withholding from my paycheck. Greedy Ba$tards

[loudzoo]

Ah, remember the days of Speaker Ginrich? Those were good times. Speaker Hastert keeps the House running but the fire is gone.

=8-)

[Jesse]

I'm a big believer in the "canary in the mine" principle. The GOP is dead. This amount of money to cut is pitifully small measured against the federal deficit this year of 165 billion dollars(probably more) and yet they won't cut it. The economy is in the crapper, and these free wheelin' gutless Republicans just want to get reelected by spending more funny money.

Very telling that they will not actually cut anything, even as the engine which fueled their profligate spending is falling apart around us. The GOP is clueless, ball-less, brainless and gutless...did I leave any 'less' out?

An earlier poster asked Claire if it is time yet, referring to Clair Wolfe's oft-quoted observation that it is too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.

But I think she said that a few years ago. That was now, this is then. So I dunno for sure, but we're getting closer I suspect...

[lewislynn]

the House today approved a $19.8 billion spending measure for public lands and cultural programs

Public lands and cultural programs in the same bill?...Is that for buying up more "public land" FOR "cultural programs"?

No wonder we're They're so f*&^ed up, they can't even categorize....or maybe that's by design....I wonder how many other bills will have "cultural programs" riders on them?

[SAJ]

Only spineless. (w!)

[Polonius]

The final vote was 377 to 46.

I'm thinking of a synonym for cat to describe most House Republicans ...

[Uncle Bill]

BTTT

[rdavis84]

"the House today approved a $19.8 billion spending measure for public lands and cultural programs after increasing spending for a once-divisive arts programs."

The humorous part of this article was right there in the title: "Conservatives".

The redefinition of 'words' is nearly complete. Didn't they say that the Constitution is a "Living" document? When all of the words get redefined, it be just like those "10 Commandments Suggestions".

[rdavis84]

"No wonder we're They're so f*&^ed up, they can't even categorize....or maybe that's by design....I wonder how many other bills will have "cultural programs" riders on them?"

In Missouri right now, they're going for a 4 cent/gal. increase in gasoline tax. That will bring State and Federal Tax to approx. 40 cents/gal. Diesel is even higher on tax.

They're running commercials to get this increase that indicate that the State Highway Patrol won't be able to save citizens lives without it.