[Captain Peter Blood]

What is going on? Republicans have been working for at least 10 years to Kill this Department and De-Fund it. Now why is Bush set to increase it to it's highest levels in 20 years? It is this kind of idiocy from Bush that makes me wonder what he, and of course Rove, are thinking. Spending is up under Bush, all these new programs he is proposing, like the Prescription Drug bill, are exploding federal spending all out of control. My God if I want Nanny State care and massive spending I can vote for Democrats. Where in the Hell is the Republican Leadeship on this? There ain't going to be any Hollywood votes for this and this really is pandering to the lowest degree along with the Immigration idea!!!

[Old Fud]

Republicans have been working for at least 10 years to Kill this Department and De-Fund it.

Oldthink, Cap'n. We need to reach out to the aspiring Mapplethorpes, Annie Sprinkles, and Joel Peter Witkins and win 'em with a little tax funded compassion. Why art would cease to be produced without NEA funding; your mind ain't right.

Yeah, /sarcasm.

[yonif]

Shhh....

Its better then the Democratic opinion on the matter /sarcasm

[Peach]

Hopefully Congress will just say "no." Loudly and clearly.

[Sloth]

It's all part of Bush's shrewd strategy to shrink the federal government. Anyway, I suppose you'd like Kerry better? < /bot>

[rwfromkansas]

Alright, if this is true, I am not going to support Bush on this one. It will be disgusting if true.

What the hell will he do next, give the biggest increase in decades to PBS?

Golly.

[jgrubbs]

The 1996 GOP platform called for abolishing the Department of Education and ending "federal meddling in schools.", it also called for eliminating the departments of Commerce, Energy, and Housing and Urban Development and the National Endowment for the Arts.

They removed all of this from the GOP platform in 2000, and have been moving further to the left ever since.

The $56 billion in total discretionary funding for federal education is an all-time high. Under President Bush, in just three years the Education Department’s overall funding will have increased by $13.8 billion.

Federal education spending has increased by 118 percent from 1996 (the first fiscal year under a Republican majority in Congress) to 2002. The President’s FY 2004 builds on that increase.

[TheLibrarian]

Maybe it's a grant to CMT and the "Speed Channel."

[Mo1]

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

[FixitGuy]

This is Crap (Of the same sort that showed up on a religious work masquerading as ART!)

I believe art is terribly important to us but in this PC world, if we have to accept and promote garbage....No Thanks!

[TheLibrarian]

We'll see, but this is a mistake if true.

[FRgal4u]

I bet the so called funding increase here is smaller than the 50 million dollar project for a "Rain Forest" build in the middle of Iowa! I'd rather to see the increase of NEA than to build a silly "Rain Forest" within a greenhouse in Iowa! What's next, a tropical fish museum in Alaska?

[Ron in Acreage]

This is just another reason I will NOT be voting for Bush again. I will stay home. At the rate he is spending our money, I will not be able to afford the time from work to go vote. More reasons are as follows..
Kennedy education bill.
Immigration amnesty plan.
Failure to protect our borders.
Failure to veto a single pork filled appropriation bill.
Failure to recess appoint his blocked judges.(except 1)
Failure to deport illegals when caught.
Rx drug plan for ALL seniors. Not just the poor as it should be.
Failure to reduce our energy depedence on the Saudis. A threat to our national security, in my opinion.
Failure to reverse Clintons executive orders of huge land grabs all over the country.
I could go on but i'm getting nauseous.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

So far, Bush hasn't encountered a spending cause that he didn't work to increase. With regard to discretionary spending, GW's administration will go down in history as the most profligate spenders of all time, besting the wildest dreams of the "tax and spend" democrats. What are they thinking? Who the hell knows. Conservatives they are certainly NOT.

[section9]

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

[Righty1]

When the pudlickers fund raisers call me I tell them quit hispandering and spending. I haven't encountered one yet who can give any reason to vote for a pud except for their party affiliation. In NV we have a pudlickin senator named ensign who is trying to get hairy reid's son (who is to the left of Lenin) onto the bench. I was hit up for money to replace hairy but, the person calling didn't even know who the puds wanted to replace him with!

[Cicero]

This is stupid.

[RightWhale]

What is the actual size of the National Arts program? Are we looking at something significant? I don't approve of funding individual artists of either painting or sculpting with federal money. I don't mind the national symphony orchestra or the national ballet or even the national opera if we have those things.

[Scenic Sounds]

How much did we spend on the National Endowment for the Arts last year? How big a deal can this possibly be?

[searchandrecovery]

Hello, my name is George W. Bush, and I have a spending problem.

[Happy2BMe]

BUSH TO SEEK BIG BUDGET INCREASE FOR NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS!

CONSERVATIVE - MODERATE - LIBERAL - CINO - RINO - PING!