Bush Is Said to Seek More Money for Arts [$15 million to $20 million for NEA]

New York Times ^ | January 29, 2004 | ROBERT PEAR

[mrmargaritaville]

Bush is NO conservative. Today on ORielly's radio show he was talking about what appears to be the upcoming race between Kerry and Bush-Liberal vs. Conservative-I felt like calling him up and asking him which one is the conservative in that race. I'm starting to think that maybe as a conservative (libertarian-small "l") that I would not mind seeing Kerry win so that in '06 more of the country would finally put some real conservatives in the Congress. Done of course in order to stop the liberal agenda of Kerry-they sure as hell are not stopping the liberal agenda of GW Bush.

[RiflemanSharpe]

And people on this board are asking me Why I am now supporting the Constitution Party. Here is another reason.

[F16Fighter]

"Man, I don't know about you good folks, but Bush is driving me to drink."

Hold on now. I'm sure that drink is one more freebie covered in any number of bills getting a budget increase and signed by the President...

Order an appetizer while you're at it -- trust me, that's covered too.

[PureSolace]

where's all this money gonna come from?

[GhostofWCooper]

Representative Louise M. Slaughter, a New York Democrat who is co-chairwoman of the Congressional Arts Caucus, said she was delighted to learn of Mr. Bush's proposal.

It's all about gettin liberal pukes to like him, I guess.

Trying to be popular with these pinkos sure does run up our grandchildren's debt. I hope they have good jobs to pay for it all.

[Torie]

Oh the horror. 5 million "wasted." That amount is spent by the feds every five minutes, maybe less. But we love getting off on irrelevant symbolic issues don't we? On to Mars.

[COEXERJ145]

Seeing how this is from the New York Slimes, I'll wait for the real proposal if there even is one.

[Cicero]

From an economic point of view, it's a piddling amount, less than a drop in the bucket. But from a political point of view, it's totally stupid.

[yonif]

where's all this money gonna come from?

[smokeyb]

I am trying to figure out why the Dems hate this guy ? He looks more like a RINO every day. C'mon GW, I thought you were on our side.

[KantianBurke]

[DoughtyOne]

Oops, LOL.

[MinuteGal]

You can't buy friends.

Despite lavishing compassion and grants on them, the Administration will mine as many votes from the leftist artsy-fartsy bloc as it will from the gimme-gimme immigrant bloc.

Nada.

[HHFi]

I'm torn on this. On the one hand, I don't know why the government should dun taxpayers to fund the arts, and I agree with those who say that if there are enough people who want to watch ballet or operas or plays, then they should be able to pay their own way in the free market (and I put my money where my mouth is: I just bought season tickets to Theater Three's next season here in Dallas).

On the other hand, these very same people are the ones who have stuck me with huge tax bills to build several local gigantic sports arenas that I have never visited and will never visit, all so that sports fans can have a place to enjoy their preferred entertainment. That $20 million boost for the NEA wouldn't even make a down payment on some of these luxurious sports arenas.

I like theater and real music, and am bored out of my mind by sports, yet I'm told that taxes shouldn't support struggling arts companies, but they should support billionaire sports team owners and their millionaire players. How about a little intellectual consistency?

[ambrose]

YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK.... yes, this did receive an NEA grant...

http://www.gis.net/~scatt/artists_online/mapplethorpe/mapple_whip.jpeg


(DO *NOT* click on this link if you're at all squeamish...

[B4Ranch]

Our pockets!

[ZTedster]

LOL

Bush is sort of okay on this war.

Other than that, he's a bolshevik.

Eliminate NEA and be done with it.

[BnBlFlag]

It looks like he's trying to rub our noses in it. What utter stupidity.

[inchworm]

Bush's Medicare DRug entitlemennts, Campaign finance reform, migrant worker garbage plan, Incresing funds to N.E.A, and any other liberal crap Bush does WILL ALL ADD UP TO HIS FATHERS TAX CUTS.
Bush has taught me that the Republican philosophy has become different that what Republican Politics are. This kind of stuff is making me sick. His liberal domestic party has gotten to the point where I can no longer defend him even when talking to other Republicans, nor do I want to.
BUsh, YOU NEED TO WAKE THE HELL UP!

[F16Fighter]

LOL