NEA ‘Health Care Resource’ Links to 501(c)(3) Organization Demanding ‘affordable guarantee-issue insurance’
by John NolteScott Johnson at Powerline was alerted to this this morning. We’ll tell the story in pictures.
NEA homepage:
Closer look:
Select “Health Insurance” and you’re sent directly here:
Closer look:
The “Artists Unite” link takes you here, to yet another plea to…
…improve our quality of life by demanding affordable, comprehensive guaranteed-issue insurance.
AHIRC was created by The Actors Fund with a grant from the NEA. The Actors Fund is a 501(c)(3), which means, according to the IRS:
…it may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates.
Well, the front page of the AHIRC site calls for “demanding affordable guarantee-issue insurance.” and that you “contact your Congress representatives directly.”
I’m no lawyer, but that sounds an awful lot like “influencing legislation” to me.
Laughably, this AHIRC page reads:
Our website is completely unbiased. We do not accept advertising or commercial endorsements. The only thing we promote is the healthy artists with full access to health care.
Are we to believe that mobilizing artists to contact Congress and demand “affordable guarantee-issue insurance” is “unbiased” and not an attempt to “influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities”?
And why is the NEA funneling artists ONLY to this single “resource?” Where are the links to sites calling for tort reform? Why not a link to the cheapest private carriers of health insurance or information on affordable catastrophic plans that are perfect for young, healthy artists?
The NEA is essentially saying to those looking for help regarding health insurance: Lobby!
The lawyers can decide how ethical or legal that is, but it doesn’t take a law degree to understand that the NEA couldn’t be any less helpful if it tried.
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It is truly amazing. The Actors Fund? A group of limosine liberals, who do nothing and want everything. Free champagne, free caviar, and now Free Health Care. Why don't they get real jobs, or at least bathe……
If Republicans engaged in this sort of deceptive propaganda the liberal cretins would be screaming bloody murder.
All this leaves one wondering just how deep and widespread the corruption goes. Any 501(c)(3) org that does this type of illegal activity should immediatly loose their tax exempt status and forced to pay back taxes.
Oh and I forgot, bathe too.
just so we are all clear: Does a shower constitute bathing? shower in a can? What about using moist wipes?
This is a tough issue … it isn't easy to boil down into sound bites, and there's no easy visual component.
The MSM tried to ignore the ACORN scandal, and it did for a while. I suggest the media will be far better at ignoring this despite all the good reportage being done by you and your colleages.
Uh-Oh! Obongo just lost Europes support………
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifameric...
Uh-Oh! Obongo just lost Europes support………
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifameric...
Uh-Oh! Obongo just lost Europes support………
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifameric...
And why should I pay for health care for "starving artists" that refuse to get a real job that helps to provide health care and do their artistry on the side? Morons… If I have to pay hundreds a month for health care on my own than so should they…. otherwise they are just societal leeches.
Thursday is coronation day in Pittsburg. On that day and time, Obongo will be crowned king of the world. Or at least of Barrackistan.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1498...
Valerie Jarrett and her White House deputies Tina Tchen & Buffy Wicks have been working hard towards furthering this very aggressive agenda because they need artists' help. So, they came at artists' with specific ASKS because they need help to PROMOTE their legislative agendas.
Will NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman retract/revise/clarify his organization's official statement: “This call was not a means to promote any legislative agenda and any suggestions to that end are simply false.“?
Will the Obama White House (Shin Inouye) retract/revise/clarify its denial: “the Aug. 10 teleconference ‘was not meant to promote any legislative agenda.’”?
What do they mean by "Promote"?
Hammer, nail, direct hit on head.
Modern liberals have no real morals. They scream bloody murder at anything and everything that doesn't agree with them, but they have absolutely no intention of living up to the morals they demand of every one else.
Don't waste your energy being outraged over it, because it ain't never going to change. I know. I used to be one. Trust me on this.
Rich liberals (actors included) should put their money where their mouths are! They should all get together and form their own "non profit" guarantee issue health insurance company! Think about all the "good press" they could get!
How far does the corruption go? What's about 98% of the federal budget these days?
But will they get to star in a video? That is a must, you know….the sequel to I Pledge so they can re-up their bonafides, you know.
The only thing we promote is the healthy artists
And the unhealthy artists get no promotion? Sad state of affairs, indeed. Not sure what state of oblivion these dolts live in, but in terms of spending taxpayer dollars, the US/world has many more pressing problems than healthy artists.
Sorry—having a Caroline Kennedy, Hollywood starlet moment there….
You are kidding me. I can't wait for 2010. THat election can't get her soon enough.
"Health care reform is a critical issue for the arts community." WTF???????
Again, I ask…
WTF does socialist health care have to do with grants for ballets and third-rate orchestras?
Perhaps, this is a good question to answer: Is it illegal to give or use grant funds to promote the health care proposals? Looks like it's time to look at the financial and grant reports from the Actor's Fund. If the NEA gave the Actor's Fund money to develop this program, then their actions are illegal. If the Actor's Fund used grant money to develop this program, then their actions are a misuse of funds and therefore criminal/fraudulent.
I'm thinking this needs to be investigated further.
With all the cigarrettes and the tattoos, artists need healthcare. You can't get 46 body piercings without catching a little tetanus now and again. C'mon man, where's your compassion?
/sarc
Of course, they could "buy" advertising spots like any other insurance company. Better yet, I'm sure the "little three", ABC, CBS, & NBC would offer them free spots for their adds!
I read this article earlier, but I couldn't quite get over the title: "Obama the Impotent" and one of the comments made to the article: "All talk and no trousers."
Whew! Now that's a pair of aces.
The audacity. When you think of all the energy it takes to be this radically unproductive, to live off the teat of the doer, to celebrate mediocrity with questionable talent, then whine about it, demanding the Govmnt pay for it – is just crazy. I guess I don't understand the professional loon.
WHERE'S ROCCO?????????
How can the Chairman of the NEA remain silent?
The high-rise building two doors down from my building is now owned by The Actor's Fund.
Not only are the rip-off artists looting and pillaging others to pay for their own health care, they also loot and pillage others to pay for their housing.
What is funny, knowing that the BS Artists are looting and pillaging while the stupid audience still buys a ticket to see the BS Artist who then proceeds to mock and ridicule their audiences who turn around and love being looted, pillaged, mocked and ridiculed by their Idols.
Heroin is a much better addiction than the addiction to entertainment, at least heroin is real.
Conservative? Want to help change things? Then get involved in the Republican Party and become a precinct committeeman! Blogging all day doesn't change much. Being able to vote for the Party leadership does. Or providing endorsements to candidates does. I was called by John McCain's campaign last night and asked to endorse him in the primary. Why? Because I'm a precinct committeeman in AZ. (Of course, I told him "No!" with lots of good reasons.)
The GOP is there for the taking by conservatives because, nationwide, half of the PC slots are vacant. It's not hard to become a PC and it takes about an hour a month of effort. The Party is split 50-50 between moderates and conservatives and at half-strength. If the vacant slots were filled overnight by conservatives, the Party would be a conservative powerhouse, with a 75 per cent majority of conservatives over moderates. Want a more conservative Republican Party? THEN JOIN IT.
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Thank you.
ColdWarrior
American first, conservative second, Republican Party precinct committeeman by necessity.
How come George Bush increased funding for the NEA?
Messy, messy….
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Those dirty bastards. Thank you for uncovering yet another 'quisling' operation in this government. The transparent light of truth gets them scurrying like roaches when it shines on them at 3am.
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Can someone PLEASE give me just ONE example of an ISP that slows down or blocks your connection to certain sites? There isn’t one, and if there is, it would be far and few between. This is no reason to give control of the internet to the FCC. Just think, websites will need to register with our Government to show their content to US Users. We will not see what the rest of the world sees.
http://mycityblog.net/2009/09/22/fcc-regulates-in...
Getting pretty tired of picking up the tab for the life style choices of individuals. I too may have wished to pursue a different avocation, but I needed a paycheck for my needs, including health insurance. Do your thing -don't ask me to pay for it.
To all those who chanted;
"Yes, We Can"
without understanding what you were even supporting,
I now ask;
"Had Enough Yet?"
Looks like he needs to go back over there and do some more apologizing. Apparently he didn't kiss enough keister on his last visit…
You're right, liberals certainly would. I couldn't agree more.
But, lets not forget, the republicans suck pretty bad. I'm skeptical of these guys, and i don't want them co-opting our legitimate opposition to obama and the progressives, simply to get back in power. I maintain that we must remain vigilant, and make sure we hold the republicans accountable this time. They really screwed us before.
Now we can understand exactly why Yosi was only reassigned; not fired. Hard to fire a guy when he is only following his boss's orders.
You know, as I consider these issues (the failing of the auto industry after years of "more pay for less work" and the destabilization of the financial system by force feeding it bad loans through the CRA) I am coming to the belief that the entitlement/victim mentality endemic with liberals is the same side of the same coin when it comes to criminal motive – this idea you are entitled to appropriate the property of another person. I am sure that anyone engaging in tax evasion, extortion, or outright theft feels entirely justified disenfranchising others – specifically, those with some modicum of dedication and a work ethic. It isn't surprising really then, that a group so deeply seated to the left such as Acorn is overrun with people lacking any moral fortitude.
You make very good points that need to be repeated long and loudly. I'm not an artist but have always been interested in the "politics of the art world" ever since reading Tom Wolfe's book "The Painted Word." I am also a former governmental grant writer. I have a theory that the "greatest" art connected with the NEA are not the performances and pieces it funds but rather the grant applications it receives for federal money. Inside the NEA filing cabinets are thousands and thousands of carefully worded applications by artists sweating it out to receive a grant. I have often thought that a real "transgressive" art exhibit would feature blown-up reproductions of these apps included the tortured reasoning of the applicant as to whey he or she is deserving of Uncle Sam's bucks. Obtaining these grants is the real "art form" concerning the NEA.
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It makes me sick to see where the Obama socialists are taking this country:
Profound paragraph ………
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."
Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931-2005
Correct. Modern liberalism has an extremely perverted concept of property rights. They extend only as to themselves and their like minded compatriots. Everything else is property of the state. It permeates every aspect of their ideology like a virus.
Want to see some group showered with money? Perfectly acceptable to raise other people's taxes, because money isn't earned by individuals through hard work and perseverance, they get it handed to them by society, currently as determined by evil capitalists and pure luck. But their own money and their own property, now that's a different story.
Just check the collection of tax cheats working for the White House for proof.
Agreed, which is why I'm a Conservative and not a Republican.
One of my dreams is to get enough money to open up my own gallery (and darkroom and studio…). That is a wonderful idea for an exhibit. Blow up the grants to mural size, and display them next to the piece of art that was funded by said grant. It's briliant.
Ed, I may have asked you this already so forgive my amnesia, was there a specific event that led to your change of views or was it a natural progression?
How about buying insurance across state lines?
I know how freakin' radical this concept may be. I know what I'm asking for is nothing short of rocket science. I know that restructuring 16-18% of the US GDP may be the safe and easy choice.
But it's time for America to STAND UP and make the tough choice here. For a fairly healthy (I still eat tenderloin) 40-something guy who can run 4 miles in under 32 minutes and not qualify for affordable health insurance in the State of Hawaii is an issue I haven't yet heard from the ObamaCare Camp. And for me to be able to buy health insurance from Pennsylvania or Idaho or Vermont is….well blasphemic – I know.
But why not start with just one little tiny small-kine health insurance reform bill for just this one purpose ASAP. It can be less than one page long. It can be just 10 words. Something like "Americans can buy health insurance in any state in the union." Okay 11 words.
And then they can debate the other crap as long as they want.
I know I know. It would be easier to relocate Gibraltar Rock to Waikiki Beach.
Because he was more of a liberal than a Conservative.
The NEA web page links to the AHIRC web page, which has a link to the "Artists United for Health Care organization. From there, you can type in your zip code to find your member of congress so that you can email him/her your demand for "real" health care reform. Among other things, the pre-filled in email contains the following:
"As one of your constituents who votes regularly, I strongly urge you to work for the passage of a real health reform bill this year that . . . . Creates a public option, i.e., a government run health insurance plan similar to Medicare that competes with the private insurers. . . . .Anything less will not be a compromise, but rather a squandering of the best opportunity in fifty years to open the doors to quality, attainable health care to every person in this country."
Go to the site to see the full email. Seems to me that the NEA should not be spending taxpayer money trying to direct people how to tell their member of Congress to get "real" health reform such as the public option. Indeed, the talking points are right out of Obama's stump speeches. SUCH ABUSE OF THE NEA NEEDS TO STOP.
There are a disproportionate number of people in the the Arts Community who have AIDS. They never had insurance. They now have a pre-existing condition and are looking for insurance and will never get it. Its no wonder they are pushing for free health care, they need it.
You have to love how they keep blurring the line between health care and health insurance as though they were synonymous. We HAVE the best health care in the world, it's just not affordable. This is why health insurance premiums are so high and then add to that a lack of competition. What they are all up in arms about is that a small percentage of people don't have health insurance. Is this really a big deal? Not so big that it requires mandating that everyone have health insurance.
He believes in the arts, he stated so many times. He was not petty like this administration, who keeps score and gives paybacks for compliance.
Bush probably should have played those petty games.
You are absolutely right, Skeeter!
In George Washington's farewell address he "addressed" that exact issue. He predicted that the formation of and allegiance to party lines would be our undoing. He thought we should all remain independent.
The funny thing about it is, I didn't really change my positions all that much, and the ones I did change came after openly and honestly researching issues and coming to the conclusion I was wrong.
Probably the biggest impact on me was taking a philosophy course in college on Aristotle's logic for debate. I was taking comp sci at the time and it was a required class. No one could figure out why, but I did, that would come in very useful writing compilers, where every word has to have a very specific definition.
The class centered on Aristotle's list of 23 or so logical fallacies, that by the very structure of the argument alone made them illogical. Like a straw man fallacy or the red hearing fallacy, or the slippery slope.
By the time I finished that class, I became a master political debater. I could cut off a liberal at the knees, and man was that a lot of fun. Then I realized, I was also destroying every reason I personally had too. So I had to reexamine every position I had, and either had to come up with a logically sound reasoning for it, or else change it. Like abortion. This country was founded on the principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. How could I support America, while specifically violating one of its major tenants?
9/11 was a big one too. On that day politics changed for me from a comic spectator sport to deadly serious issues. Bush's election drove the left even more nuts than they already were, and they would no longer tolerate me pointing out their illogical reasoning, so essentially, they left me at that point.
So then I started quietly probing the right to see what they were really like – fraternizing with the enemy is greatly discouraged, and I see now why – and I found out they were way more tolerant, way more polite, engaging, intellectually honest. I still don't consider myself a conservative, and I think Bush in 2004 is the only republican politician I've ever voted for. But on this side, people really do have reasonable disagreements that don't turn into hate fill screeds and life long hatred.
Admittedly, I do not know very much about art. So my question is not rhetorical. Has any government in history ever sponsored a piece of art work that has had any significance?
From what I do know it seems that the greatest works of art have either been funded by wealthy patrons or organized religion. Am I wrong?
That's why I'm a libertarian, and not a republican. Of course,
I don't fit in with that crowd very well either. The don't look kindly on religious people, and they don't tolerate a whole lot of deviation from their party line either.
So rather than fit in with some one's preexisting concepts of ideology, I'm inventing my own. How does "neo-christian-libertarianism" sound? I know, I know, not really sexy sounding. But who cares, I'm already married. I can have sex anytime I want. Just by a new appliance.
That's why I'm a libertarian, and not a republican. Of course, I don't fit in with that crowd very well either. The don't look kindly on religious people, and they don't tolerate a whole lot of deviation from their party line either.
So rather than fit in with some one's preexisting concepts of ideology, I'm inventing my own. How does "neo-christian-libertarianism" sound? I know, I know, not really sexy sounding. But who cares, I'm already married. I can have sex anytime I want. Just by a new appliance.
"Promote"? They mean create some really hip and cool art about Obama so people who barely pay attention to in depth issues can be easily distracted from what Obama is actually doing. Like paintings reminiscent of Che, or the phrase "hope & change."
Easy, liberals are in control. All those other rules they insist on republicans following are out the window. Every modern liberal knows they don't really apply to them.
Welcome to sanity Ed. As a guess, I'd say you're probably drifting towards Libertarian.
Now if we could just jam some of your former companions through those same classes so they'd find the same clues! Nice going for yourself there!
lol, didn't see this before I posted my comment on the next thread up.
I'd be surprised to find one example of an ISP that doesn't block connections to some sites, i.e. child porn, really creepy stuff like that. And I use RoadRunner and it slows down my connectivity every time I use it. My local wireless LAN is 48M, but my RR connection is only 4M or so. I could pay to have it speeded up, but it suits my needs as it is.
But yes, the FCC does not, or should not have that authority over the internet. It also shows how thick headed the Obamites are. After what happened in Iran recently, with the internet the only way to get news in or out, how stupid is for the white house to broadcast to the nation, they want the authority to do the same thing as the mad mullahs and the munchkin?
I admit that Art History (Renaissance > Modern) was my worst subject in college. But you're absolutely right. Most of the best known pieces of artwork are religious. Donatello's and Micelangelo's respective Davids, Michelangelo's ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, Da Vinci's Last Supper, etc. A lot of the other famous ones were by private patrons. The Royal Family commissioned Diego Velazquez' "Las Meninas" for a family portrait. Political figures patronized the arts as much as anyone else, but not for propaganda purposes.
That's not to say that old world artists never created anything aggrandizing politicians, or that politicians never commissioned giant statues in their likeness. By and large, though, these pieces were relegated to the dustbin of history, while the personal, apolitical stuff endured.
Your point would be reasonable and valid, if Washington and the left were actually debating about health care reform or insurance reform, they aren't. Health care is just the vehicle for the biggest power and money grab since the New Deal.
My own personal theory is the only crisis being faced is Washington facing the inevitable bankruptcy of Medicare and Medicaid. What happens to the liberal lie that government can provide every thing to every one? Bye-bye modern liberalism. Their solution, force us all on to the sinking ship, so we're all in trouble. Will help hide the true crisis, because they can just keep tweaking it for as long as the government can appear to keep financially afloat.
As a conservative and patriot, I cannot in good conscience align myself with the Republicans after what they too have contributed to this horror.
I've always been sane, I was just trained from an early age, never, ever, ever, listen to anything anyone on the right says. Instead I was issued a set of standard arguments and ordered to deploy them every time some one on the right opens the mouth.
Pro-life? Why do you hate pregnant teenage girls and force them into back room abortions?
Against affirmative action? Why you racist, where's your white sheet you clansman!
Drilling for oil? You want to destroy the planet!
Never ending list of standard replies. That's the real trick of the left, convince people to close their minds to new ideas. That's 95% of the job. After that it's all gravy, the world must be coming to an end, because Al Gore says so. That's all they need to know.
Truly insidious.
Have you ever read Ellis' American Creation? He has an entire chapter devoted to the development of political factions in early America.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_1_13?url=search...
In which case, I'll correct my previous comment and replace it with "Congratualtions for hacking your way out of your liberal programming!"
May you continue your skewering. I will watch with glee.
Many thanks, and I'll do my best to entertain in the process!
At this point, I think the most valuable service I can offer is to let the right in on just how the left works on the inside. Because offering up reasonable alternative ideas is not going to work. The left is not listening. And trying to engage in polite, reasonable, logical debate won't work either. They insist on framing the debate on terms that guarantee they win.
Global warming is a perfect example. The only debate they will concede to is they are right, so the debate generates into how stupid some one is who can't see the left is correct. That's not a debate, that's a friar's roast. Hence people like Dowd, Carter and Garafalo.
A con artist thrives and survives on his victims greed.
Bernie Madoff conned thousands of investors by taking advantage of his victims "what's in it for ME?" attitude. I feel kinda bad for the victims, but for the most part they suffer with only themselves to blame.
I also feel kinda bad for the "Yes We Can" crowd that has been victimized by an con artist for the same reasons. Only difference is that EVERYONE suffers, with blame being flung everywhere except where it should be . . .
ps
Does this make me RACIST, RACIST, RACIST?
So, what will you DO? That will make a difference in defeating the Debtocrats in 2010?
There is no such thing as "the Republicans." The Republican Party is a reflection of its elected MEMBERS. If you are an elected precinct committeeman (appointed in some states, elected in others; every state is different — here in AZ precincts elect their precinct committeeman) you can CHANGE the Party. I take it from your comment that you are not a precinct committeeman since you did not "align" yourself with the Party.
Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way. I suggest you lead — by joining other conservatives who are flocking into the Party to CHANGE IT. As I said, I'm a Republican Party PC BY NECESSITY. I want to change the Party to my liking. I'll do that by recruiting good conservatives to join the Party as PCs so we can elect new leadership.
Again, what will YOU do?
Really, I'd like to know what YOUR PLAN is and how you will execute it.
Sincerely,
Cold Warrior
Fascinating stuff Ed; thanks for sharing.
Cool! I have a long lost sibling!
What gets me is that Obama says we can pay for this by "streamlining the existing Medicare and Medicaid budgets, cutting out extraneous and fraudulent costs." The existing program sucks, so we'll pay for the new proram by trimming the waste.
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Looks like they've already made the change to the website to remove the discussion of guaranteed health care: http://www.ahirc.org/
If the existing programs are so wasteful and corrupt, why wait for legislation to crack down, instead of cleaning them up now under existing laws? Then we'd save the money while the democratic congress debates destroying the economy even more.
Because its a red herring. Don't fall for it. The White House puts it out, the MSM relays it (probably even peeing a little from the excitement of being that close to Obama), and we're just supposed to swallow it. I won't.
Wow…I looked at this after it was posted and saw it with my own eyes and now it is gone! The text now reads; "Our mission is to make quality, affordable health insurance and health care available to every artist in the United States. AHIRC.org is an up-to-date, comprehensive and unbiased database of health care resources for artists, performers, freelancers and the self-employed. You will find no advertisements or sponsorships here. The only idea we promote is the healthy artist with full access to health care."
THEY SCRUBED IT!! When will people see they are being bamboozled!
501(c)(3) organizations can engage in lobbying activity. It just cannot be a "substantial amount." The same hammer has been leveled against the Mormons and the Catholic Church in their advocacy against same-sex marriage. However, it just isn't the law.
Now now the government just banned candy cigarrettes….
There is a five day waiting period on news stories sympthetic to the conservative clause to give the media and the administration time to figure out how to undo the damage that will be caused.
It was part of the gun ban that made the same waiting period on firearms. I don't kn ow why Frank and Pelosi thought the issues were related.
There is a five day waiting period on news stories sympthetic to the conservative cause to give the media and the administration time to figure out how to undo the damage that will be caused.
It was part of the gun ban that made the same waiting period on firearms. I don't kn ow why Frank and Pelosi thought the issues were related.
Mr. Nolte, you are quickly becoming the Woodward/Bernstein of the Obama presidentcy. Did you ever see that movie? I would peg you as Bob Woodward/Robert Redford.
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Times Square fixture, "The Naked Singing Cowboy" is rumored to make about $100K a year by singing and playing the guitar in his tightie whities. No government subsidies necessary for him. As a photographer, I have a passing understanding of how the art world works. If you're political (read: outspoken liberal) you can get NEA grants. If you're not, you have to actually work to support your art habit. If you have a product that people will pay for, it sells. If you don't have something that people will buy, the government will buy it for you. (Remember GM automobiles?) Personally, I think that's crap.
If we didn't have the NEA, and all artists actually had to work in and inhabit the real world, I have a feeling the quality of modern art would go way up. A little bit of life experience goes a long way towards making art that speaks.
Good stuff.
I'm afraid we may not have a choice, at least one that will be viable. I share your disgust with the weak kneed Republicans but we need to replace them with Conservatives.
Because he was more of a liberal than a Conservative. Had Clinton implemented the same policies as Bush he would have been considered a great liberal president. Liberals hatred of all things not labeled leftist has blinded them to the fact that Bush was indeed more to the left than the right.
You have to love how they keep blurring the line between health care and health insurance as though they were synonymous. We HAVE the best health care in the world, it's just not affordable. This is why health insurance premiums are so high and then add to that a lack of competition. What they are all up in arms about is that a small percentage of people don't have health insurance. Is this really a big deal? Not so big that it requires mandating that everyone have health insurance. Not so big that the government needs to get into the insurance business. Fix what's broken but don't try and restructure the whole industry over a few who are healthy and chose not to carry health insurance or can pay for their own care without it.
The AHIRC site has already been changed. It no longer has the wording as circled (in red) in the article. There now is a link to a Artists United for Health Care site.
I may not be the first to note this, but the site has scrubbed the offending text and now displays innocous wording about health care in general. Just an FYI
The NEA website no longer has a "Health Care" link under Resources anymore either! WOW….if they did nothing wrong in the first place, why remove the link? I guess I just answered my own question….
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I'm glad you guys screen saved that shot….it is now gone
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