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Now I will have to think of him as Frank Lloyd Wrong. As a budding and open minded (open=empty) would-be architect, I heard none of this. I did learn the concept that if one considered function paramount, a viable form would follow. It did not seem to appear in his own works, though. Being also a would-be gadfly I shifted allegiance to Richard Neutra, and went from there to my perfesser, Buckminster Fuller who gave me A's for gluing toothpicks into a bunch of equalateral triangles, and then on to true nothingness. That is how I wound up in Business Admin Personnel Management, all on an avant guard campus. I was really confused as those around me started growing long hair and drinking espresso and saying neat things like Keroac and the beat generation and smoking cigarettes in class.

(Right now, I am drinking espresso, so some stuff wore off.)

Two perspectives...

First from Florida Baptist Witness:

Perhaps like never before since 1973, the abortion political landscape has started to show budding signs of change — both positive and negative, nationally and in Florida. These changes may deeply impact the prospects of the pro-life agenda in 2007 and beyond.

The U.S. Congress is now in the hands of the Democrats — a political party which has long staked its fortunes on the pro-abortion lobby, but in the last election cycle aggressively and successfully pursued pro-life candidates in order to win majorities in the House and Senate. Although the actual number of pro-life Democrats in Congress has not appreciably increased and remains a distinct minority, the success of electing some high-profile, pro-life Democratic candidates last year has begun to chip away at the abortion lobby’s total domination of the party.

Legalized abortion in America at 34

The Second from the Feminist Majority Foundation:

"The relatively low turnout of anti-abortion activists on the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade plus the overwhelming wins in the ballot box of pro-choice candidates and the defeat of three initiatives shows that the anti-abortion movement is waning," said Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal of the events yesterday. "The debate over abortion bans, stem cell research, and the decision in the Terri Schiavo case has weakened the political clout of the anti-abortion movement."

Anniversary of Roe Met, Once Again, with Rallies of Support and Protest

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>> As a ... would-be architect, I heard none of this.

So who does? The liberals glorify their heroes but throw a burlap bag over character issues. They do not want anyone to contemplate that the artistic soul has responsibilities, nor that ugly work betrays an ugly mind.

For my two cents, the liberals can have Frank Lloyd Wright. I don't thrill to any of his work, and certainly don't think it fits into urban neighborhoods. In that sense, it is precisely irresponsible -- the sore thumb on the block. Like all things liberal, it shouts "ME!" at the top of its voice and ignores community, harmony and beauty.

For another two cents, here is the culmination of thinking that "form and function are one" -- Pruitt-Igoe, the high-rise hell of St. Louis, unfit for human habitation.