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BUDGET INCREASE FOR THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS
The Drudge Report ^
| 01-28-2004
| Matt Drudge
Posted on 01/28/2004 6:18:24 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
BUSH TO SEEK BIG BUDGET INCREASE FOR NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS... Laura Bush plans to announce the request -- for the largest increase in two decades -- on Thursday... Developing...
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arts; artsfunding; budgetbuster; bush; federalspending; laurabush; nea; taxdollarsatwork; youpayforthis
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To: William Creel
If we don't repudate his policies, when will he ever stop? We must give Bush a wake up call by pushing the Constitution party into the double digits.That was tried back in '91 and it didn't work out very well if I recall.
641
posted on
01/28/2004 8:57:19 PM PST
by
hobson
To: Nanodik
I donated LOTS OF $$$$$ to GW in 2000. He has received nothing from me to date.
642
posted on
01/28/2004 8:57:36 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Any day you wake up is a good day.)
Comment #643 Removed by Moderator
To: Captain Peter Blood
I sure hope this story is inaccurate. I don't care what kind of art they are thinking of supporting, the Government has no business here.
644
posted on
01/28/2004 8:58:20 PM PST
by
Rocky
To: Mo1
If we were able to track them, which we were, we would know which ones transponders have stopped functioning. That's how we were able to show their flight paths on TV up to the minute. Remember?
645
posted on
01/28/2004 8:59:01 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
( Dear Mr. President, Sir, Are you listening to the voters?)
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
BUSH/CHENEY 2004...the alternative is too frightening to contemplate.So you are voting out of fear now?
646
posted on
01/28/2004 8:59:15 PM PST
by
jgrubbs
To: jgrubbs
I miss him.
I miss that attitude.
647
posted on
01/28/2004 8:59:17 PM PST
by
Finalapproach29er
("Don't shoot Mongo, you'll only make him mad.")
To: Maurice1962
Welcome to FR Maurice 1962. "Seems to me the first lady is coming out of her shell. According to the author she's not a conservative, pro-abortion and babies the brats."
Hope your enjoy your stay of 14 days.
I for one, am in the long haul here, marveling at the conversation. I back the President for many reasons. I am troubled by many of his actions that are contrary to a conservative philosophy. I have a 7-year-old son and his future is always at the forefront for me.
True, Bush is disappointing us from many angles. That said, the thought of any of the remaining dwarves determining America's future, defense-wise, is unthinkable to me.
It is also unthinkable to me that if more liberal judges are appointed, that will probably affect this country MORE in the future if one of the uber-leftists is elected.
I am patient. My checkbook is not. My foot is holding my checkbook shut from speaking. My heart won't let it open because of my little guy upstairs
P.S. My son isn't a soccer player. He loves baseball. And I smoke, go figure.
To: Dog Gone; rwfromkansas; section9; Mo1; Johnny_Cipher; DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet; mhking
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To: Captain Peter Blood
If this story is accurate, it's a strategic error on the part of the White House.
6 posted on 01/28/2004 6:21:19 PM PST by Dog Gone
To: RWR8189
He said in the SOTU he would limit spending. If he pulls this, how the heck is that limiting spending???
67 posted on 01/28/2004 6:37:02 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
To: Captain Peter Blood
Oh Geez .. well here is one that I disagree with
Please tell me this doesn't this mean I lose my Bushbot status ... its been a bad day and I couldn't take any more bad news
80 posted on 01/28/2004 6:39:34 PM PST by Mo1 (Join the dollar a day crowd now!)
To: Captain Peter Blood
![](http://www.neomythos.com/intheshell/mig/albums/Anime/Kusanagi4.jpg) I love Bush, but this is one program I have to join the bashers on. The NEA must go. Period. There should be no place for "state art" in America. Shades of Stalinoid paintings of Happy Factory workers. Besides, the arts crowd hates his guts and wants to send him back to Texas. Tom DeLay! Kill this monstrosity. Now! Be Seeing You, Chris
117 posted on 01/28/2004 6:45:30 PM PST by section9 (Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "I have John Kerry's medals! No, really, their in my purse!")
To: victoryovertheleft
Therefore, anyone who votes against President Bush this fall has on their hands the blood of all those Americans who die thereafter- because they could have voted for the one man in the race who could win and kill the terrorists, but did not as a result of their own stupidity. You go too far, sir. If the Drudge blurb is true and if Bush increases the NEA's funding, then he should and will answer for it. There is NO excuse for spending and wasting federal money like this. To claim that posters here "have blood on their hands" because they oppose such a profligate waste of taxpayer dollars is a despicable thing to say.
172 posted on 01/28/2004 6:58:12 PM PST by Johnny_Cipher (Miserable failure = http://www.michaelmoore.com/ sounds good to me!)
To: Scenic Sounds
I'm going to wait and see if the story is true before I allow it to raise my blood pressure.
IF true, this is another bad move - but in my world, the War on Terror is the most important issue, and I don't want that in the hands of any Democrat. Ever. And there's only one way to prevent that from happening.
196 posted on 01/28/2004 7:03:28 PM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (BUSH/CHENEY 2004...the alternative is too frightening to contemplate.)
To: Captain Peter Blood
The road to reelection is not paved with the pissed-off bodies of the core conservative constituency. I wish someone would tell the White House that....At this rate, so many of us are gonna get pissed off that Bush will have to hang up any realistic possibility of reelection. And if it happens, Bush will have no one to blame but himself.
248 posted on 01/28/2004 7:14:26 PM PST by mhking
Well, when I clicked on this thread, I knew the malcontents would be out in force, and here you are, the usual suspects. C'mon, this is all Strategery! Bush is taking the Democrats' issues away! Daschle's in a Box! You're misunderestimating Dubya! SCOTUS will fix it! It's just a PROPOSAL, so the President isn't proposing anything. Write your Congressmen! Who do you want? Dean or Kerry? Are you going to vote for Hillary? I don't believe any of you ever voted for President Bush in the first place!
Whew! Feels good to finally get with the program. Feel free to steal my tagline.
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649
posted on
01/28/2004 8:59:25 PM PST
by
Sabertooth
(Malcontent for Bush - 2004!)
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
In the current environment, one day - if it is a significant one - is too long to have a Democrat sitting behind that desk. We already have one sitting there.
650
posted on
01/28/2004 8:59:34 PM PST
by
Mulder
(Fight the future)
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
I supported Bush up until the moment I read about this proposal.
Given the history of this issue, his proposal to ramp up funding for the NEA is the clearest possible f)(k you signal Bush could possibly send to his conservative base.
And what is the point? This makes no political sense whatsoever! The damage he is doing to the conservative base--at a time when that base is already becoming enraged at his overspending--is clearly going to cost him 100 times the votes he might purchase by this small extra bit of pork largesse.
I might be able to stomache this if I thought it was part of a maneuver for larger political gain. But there is no suggestion of that here.
This is just incredible, colossal stupidity. And I will not support stupidity.
To: The Old Hoosier
You know, you can sit there and spout that stuff - but somebody, somewhere is doing something right. There have been no 9/11's since 9/11. I think President Bush might have a little something to do with that.
652
posted on
01/28/2004 9:00:12 PM PST
by
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
(BUSH/CHENEY 2004...the alternative is too frightening to contemplate.)
To: jgrubbs
Oh, I know
It was a response to a Bush apologist (who wanted to blame congress)
Congress is part of the problem, but Bush does have the power to veto.
To: jgrubbs
And yet, having NO political parties, made for a TERRIBLE mess, after Washington left office.
Can you imagine a Gore president with a Bush V.P.? Well, that's exactly the kind of thing ( or reversed ) that followed shortly after Washington's two terms.
To: William Creel
So, let me get this straight. You think the votes for Perot gave us control of congress? Your kidding right?
Hillary Health Scare and The Contract with America gave us control of congress.
655
posted on
01/28/2004 9:01:52 PM PST
by
hobson
To: jgrubbs
Until the American people begin holding their elected officials accountable to the U.S. Constitution, it will not matter one iota which party is in the White House and which party controls Congress! Good Grief .. look I agree the spending is out of control .. but if you can't see the difference between the parties .. then you are blind
656
posted on
01/28/2004 9:01:52 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Join the dollar a day crowd now!)
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
Right you are. :-)
To: jgrubbs
National security is my nunber one issue. I understand that my realistic choice is between President Bush and a U.N. ass-kissing, soft-on-terror Democrat. If you want to call that voting out of fear, go ahead.
658
posted on
01/28/2004 9:02:16 PM PST
by
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
(BUSH/CHENEY 2004...the alternative is too frightening to contemplate.)
To: William Creel
We must give Bush a wake up call by pushing the Constitution party into the double digits.What good is a wake-up call to Bush that throws the election to the Dems? He will be done. Are you referring to primaries?
659
posted on
01/28/2004 9:02:47 PM PST
by
luvbach1
(In the know on the border)
To: Mulder
We already have one sitting there.Bravo Sierra.
660
posted on
01/28/2004 9:02:50 PM PST
by
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
(BUSH/CHENEY 2004...the alternative is too frightening to contemplate.)
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