Pregame Report: The NEA Conference Call
by Mike Flynn and John Nolte
On August 25th 2009, Big Hollywood’s Patrick Courrielche broke the story of a conference call he attended with other “rising artist and art community luminaries”:
On Thursday August 6th, I was invited by the National Endowment for the Arts to attend a conference call scheduled for Monday August 10th hosted by the NEA, the White House Office of Public Engagement, and United We Serve. The call would include “a group of artists, producers, promoters, organizers, influencers, marketers, taste-makers, leaders or just plain cool people to join together and work together to promote a more civically engaged America and celebrate how the arts can be used for a positive change!”
The email invite came directly from Yosi Sergant, then-Director of Communications at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and it advised this hand-picked group that the call was about laying “a new foundation for growth, focusing on core areas of the recovery agenda – health care, energy and environment, safety and security, education, community renewal.”
Courrielche describes the call this way:
Backed by the full weight of President Barack Obama’s call to service and the institutional weight of the NEA, the conference call was billed as an opportunity for those in the art community to inspire service in four key categories, and at the top of the list were “health care” and “energy and environment.” The service was to be attached to the President’s United We Serve campaign, a nationwide federal initiative to make service a way of life for all Americans.
It sounded, how should I phrase it…unusual, that the NEA would invite the art community to a meeting to discuss issues currently under vehement national debate. I decided to call in, and what I heard concerned me.
Within 48 hours of this phone call, 21 arts organizations endorsed President Obama’s health-care reform plan. Within days, Rock the Vote started an all out blitz that included a “health care design contest.”
The NEA’s Yosi Sergant
On August 27th, two days after Courrielche’s piece published on Big Hollywood, the Washington Times picked up on the story, contacted Sergant and asked him about the call. Sergant claimed to be only a “participant in a call” and then lied outright claiming the conference call email invites were sent by a “third party,” not the NEA.
Courrielche’s August 31st follow-up piece, which included copies of Sergant’s email invite, proved the complete opposite was true.
The next day, September 1st, the Washington Times posted copies of Sergant’s invites from Courrielche’s Big Hollywood piece along with their own transcript of Sergant denying he sent the invites. They titled their piece: “Official Dishonesty From the NEA.”
On September 6th, columnist George Will brought the story into the mainstream media when, on “This Week,” he wondered aloud just how many laws the August 10th conference call had broken.
On September 10th, the Washington Times followed the money trail and published the explosive news that of the 21 arts organizations who endorsed President Obama’s health care reform plan…
“…16 of the groups and affiliated organizations received nearly $2 million in grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in the 150 days before the conference call. According to a Washington Times analysis of NEA records, more than $1 million of that total came from the stimulus package.
September 10th was a rough day for the NEA. The same day the troubling money trail was revealed, Yosi Sergant was “reassigned.” The NEA has yet to explain why Sergant was “reassigned.” This is the only statement they released:
“On August tenth, the National Endowment for the Arts participated in a call with arts organizations to inform them of the president’s call to national service. The White House office of public engagement also participated in the call, which provided information on how the Corporation for National and Community Service can assist groups interested in sponsoring service projects or having their members volunteer on other projects. This call was not a means to promote any legislative agenda and any suggestions to that end are simply false. The NEA regularly does outreach to various organizations to inform of the work we are doing and the resources available to them.”
That same day, the Washington Times looked at this statement, looked at the evidence, and declared “The NEA Lies Again.”
Patrick Courrielche, who was a participant on the call, agrees:
It just goes against my core beliefs to sit quietly while the art community is used by the NEA and the administration to push an agenda other than the one for which it was created. It is not within the National Endowment for the Arts’ original charter to initiate, organize, and tap into the art community to help bring awareness to health care, or energy & environmental issues for that matter; and especially not at a time when it is being vehemently debated. Artists shouldn’t be used as tools of the state to help create a climate amenable to their positions, which is what appears to be happening in this instance. If the art community wants to tackle those issues on its own then fine. But tackling them shouldn’t come as an encouragement from the NEA to those they potentially fund at this coincidental time.
In his September 18th Washington Post column, George Will sides with Courrielche:
“The NEA is the nation’s largest single source of financial support for the arts, and its grants often prompt supplemental private donations. He who pays the piper does indeed call the tune, and in the four months before the conference call, 16 of the participating organizations received a total of nearly $2 million from the NEA. Two days after the call, the 16 and five other organizations issued a plea for the president’s health-care plan. …
“[T]he Obama administration is tightening the cinch on subsidized artists, conscripting them into the crusade to further politicize the 17 percent of the economy that is health care.
That Obama administration officials would make even tacit suggestions about potential artistic output to a collection of federal grant recipients is, itself, troubling. That these suggestions matched-up with very specific and time-sensitive legislative priorities should give us all pause.
Buffy Wicks
But, there is even a larger issue that hasn’t yet received much attention in the press. Among the Obama Administration officials on the call were Buffy Wicks, Office of Public Engagement and the lead White House official on the President’s Serve.Gov initiative to promote national service. Also on the call was Nell Abernathy, Director of Outreach for Serve.Gov. One of their main goals on the call, it seems, was to encourage artists to produce works that would reinforce the President’s call for service; specifically through the Serve.Gov web-portal.
As Dana Loesch recently reported at Big Government, the Serve.Gov portal funnels citizens to volunteer or service projects connected with ACORN and other leftist groups. The taxpayer-funded website is evolving into a cyber-recruitment tool for the progressive movement.
So what did happen on that call? Was the NEA coordinating with the White House to push their agenda on a group of artists eager for and reliant upon the NEA for grants, or is the NEA telling the truth that this call “was not a means to promote any legislative agenda”?
Tomorrow at noon ET, explosive new information will answer that question and raise many others.
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Brietbart kicks Ass!
The proper thing to do is DE-FUND this partisan irganization and force the Democrat Party to fund it's own propaganda operations…like ACORN as an example.
U.S. OUT OF THE ARTS!
SEPARATION OF ARTS AND STATE!
The proper thing to do is DE-FUND this partisan organization and force the Democrat Party to fund it's own propaganda operations…like ACORN as an example.
U.S. OUT OF THE ARTS!
SEPARATION OF ARTS AND STATE!
In the words of Jon Stewart: Rut Roh, Shaggy!
Ah, I smell a whistleblower!
Keep digging, guys! This Chicago gangsterism smells to high heaven.
Doh! (breit)Bart, now don't tell anybody!!!
This is incredible. How many trails lead to the White House? Why are my tax dollars continually being pissed away to help promote an incompetent doofus?
Why do we even need an NEA? If an artist is truly talented, he/she will attract private patrons. This gives the impression of a government ministry of propaganda, and it's pretty frightening.
Popcorn – check
eyeballs – check
Being on Big Holly wood and watching breitbart kick some ass again – check
Ready !!!!!………………..
The larger problem with all of this "stuff" is that we allow the Government to have this much monetary control over our lives. We must quit sending all this money to Washington. There should not be a NEA, PBS NPR or organizations like ACORN receiving tax dollars. If they are worthy, they will survive on the goodness of man, not the Government.
Excuse me if I have misplaced my care, but god wwhat a lame story. The birthers and racist conservanuts are now officially unhinged. Give our president a chance instead of trying to knock him down like the unhinged leftists did to President Bush.
Ugh I hate what has become of the conservative movement.
Given Breitbart's complementary relationship with Glenn Beck why would this posting ignore the fact that Beck put Patrick Courrielche on his program to discuss this issue in the week preceding Mr. Will's (welcome) mention on This Week?? Breitbart and Beck are at the forefront of The People's efforts to re-establish this great Constitutional republic. My minor quibble aside, please keep up the good work.
-=Publius=-
Sorry, but I predict the general public is going to yawn at this one.
Agreed. Way too nuanced and irrelevant of a story for me to care. To be honest I don't even care about the ACORN story, I think these are both just sleights-of-hand to trick low-information people (fox news viewers) into watching fox news and voting Republican.
It will work on ppl who are paranoid but not on people who get their info from non-faux news outlets.
Yes WHY ????
I'm one of the people who has "woken up" in the last few months. I always knew there was a certain amount of evil in government. The more I've learned the more pissed I became. The more I spread the word to my Friends and they in turn tell their friends and they are becoming pissed. We will win this in the end and get our country back from all of these evil corrupt politicians. We have great people in this land from "sea to shining sea". But for the most part we go to work every day and trust the system ….lol well we used to. Know we are all learning that we have a huge problem and we will fix it together. I'm just one voice but I spread the word everyday. Thank you Big Gov. you represent all of us ; ))
"FormerRepub" — who cares about illegal activity?
Adolf Hitler had Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl and Josef Goebbels, why shouldn't barrack Hussein Obama have the NEA at his beck and call. It's the National Endowment of the Arts, isn't it? I just love to see those white folks shuck and jive for their Massah…………..
What a crock of bullshit!
Give him a chance to do what? Would you like him to take control of major banks? How about running 2 of the 3 American car companies? Perhaps inflicting a tax on every form of energy production that has CO2 as a byproduct, which in turn will increase the cost of everything in the country? Maybe he could take charge of the medical system and link it to total government control of the citizenry through the IRS and computer medical records, and control one sixth of the private sector of the economy?
Oh yeah, he's already either done those things or trying to force them upon us. Don't hate what has become of the conservative movement, hate the fact that you want the country to become like the old eastern bloc of the Soviet Union.
bullshit indeed Cowboy well said
FormerRepub – the reason the NEA story is important is that it represents the administration's first attempt at establishing the art of National propaganda. If Barry were able to secure an ACORN-twisted census, a nationwide "art" campaign supporting his agenda, Cap and Trade, coupled with a leftist takeover of 1/6 of the US economy with the Apollo Project's "health care" plan we would be on our way to 21st century liberal fascism. PLEASE wake up. Read, think and seek the truth.
President Chancey Gardner pull your pants up.
Are you kidding? You are a shmuck…
Is that you, Barack?
Amen! And while we're at it let's de-fund education and about a million other things the federal government shouldn't be involved in either.
That was my thought as I was reading the post… Why is the government needed to help with the arts? Haven't they ever the slogan "Starving artists"? They starve until someone buys their art or crap or junk or maybe once in a while their "masterpiece."
More? Bleagghhh!
I wonder if Valerie Jarrett has anything to do with this?
Good to see Buffy Wickes picture here, such a helpful person in this administration.
Buffy was a prominent Obama political executive in the California Primary and the Texas Caucuses responsible for seeing to it that BHO beat HRC in those key states. It is well documented that in each of those states, Buffy used operatives from SEIU and ACORN. She had previously helped mobilize them in an anti Wal-Mart organizing campaign before the 2008 election season.
I can't believe it is a coincidence that she is now in the middle of Administration efforts to mobilize NEA grantees under the (maybe not so) implied threat of cutting off precious federal funding to those who do not "cooperate".
I heard that Conference call with Yosi Sergant. Yosi had been moved; ah yes. He created too much controversy. What he was proposing in that call and the language he used was startling. Now then, using Young Yosi'a playbook, we here can do the same thing, this is the age of email, the internet, cellphones and twitter; we need to keep the pressure on THEM, and drive them from our land…………..
This is so creepy! But it is not the first time the NEA has worked for the agenda of the radical Left. Conservatives have been trying to get the NEA defunded for decades. The GOP never manages to defund the Left. Too extreme to get rid of radicals.
I like the Zazzle propaganda better . . .
Hey…could you imagine the outcry if the Bush administration had tried something like this? methinks formerrepub and his buddies would have a slightly different take…..
Lost in the NEA story focusing on Yosi is the fact that "Kumar" hosted one of those calls as well. What kinda man leaves a cushy gig on "House" to become Barry's first White House Minister of Propaganda?!? It took awhile for him to do anything remotely "public" but an NEA-supported propaganda art coercion call is a priceless coming out party. Liberal Fascism is on the march and we need to stop it.
-=Publius=-
YOU are now irrelivant. Mix a big batch of koolaid, you're gonna certainly need it! Your words will not stop the truth from coming out.
Ha Ha……. How old is she 17?
The federal government shouldn't fund the arts, period. It' not covered in Article I, Section 8.
Of course, how silly of us. Let's just drop this and join this wonderful, wise FormerRepub by putting our own heads in the sand. Thank God righteous folks like you are there to set the rest of us straight.
I mean, who cares about the stink of corruption right? Even if it does go all the way to the White House. Shhhh don't worry about it.
You know, meat puppet? Your denial is beneath you.
I think some are missing the point. It isn't just about the NEA. It's using the American people's money to promote a progressive agenda that the American people don't want.
It's about pretending you (Mr. Obama) aren't involved with ACORN and then behind our backs leading those who fall for your call to serve to serve for ACORN or others that promote your Socialist desires for our Republic.
It's using our youth as Obama and his ilk know that's who to target for they are are future and therefore if can be gotten, theirs.
It's using Google to stifle information of your past and to hide your present ( let's take things you find against you off of Youtube or show that there are much fewer views than there are) to win the primary and the election.
I have never been one who believed in conspiracies but my eyes are opened now. Mr. Obama, that is the only thing many Americans (those you like to insult, ridicule and dismiss) can be grateful for as far as your agenda is concerned. We are awake now, never to become complacent or stay silent again.
Mr. Obama, YOU LIE!
It isn't about defunding the NEA — this is going to result in firings and possibly jail time for some involved.
Dewey
I think your coment is demeaning to the shmucks…. He's a Troll
Unless the NEA is earmarking stimulus money for underage smuggling and prostitution, I doubt anyone is goimg to care about this one. And even then, it's only 50-50 that the MSM would pick it up.
Sorry about the typos. are=our
AHHH, now I see. You know, there are other government "projects" that don't make sense to me…. I'll be glad when even more people come forward to put pieces of this puzzle together.
Where else is my money going?
Ah Oh
Hey Nancy Pelosi we got another troublemaker!…………
Great Comment!
Oh my, I'm overdosing on the sweet sweet, sweet, sweet schadenfreude!!!
I think we should sue the government and force a name change to NEP.
Multiple pictures of Big Brother .. er .. Obama is not Art, it is propaganda.
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
9.20.84 bb watch you
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Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Government of Obama
[...] Big Hollywood has a big teaser on the bombshell Andrew Breitbart will release Monday at noon. Follow the link to read the whole article because there’s a lot of background included. Here’s an excerpt. But, there is even a larger issue that hasn’t yet received much attention in the press. Among the Obama Administration officials on the call were Buffy Wicks, Office of Public Engagement and the lead White House official on the President’s Serve.Gov initiative to promote national service. Also on the call was Nell Abernathy, Director of Outreach for Serve.Gov. One of their main goals on the call, it seems, was to encourage artists to produce works that would reinforce the President’s call for service; specifically through the Serve.Gov web-portal. [...]
If I was looking for leftist recruits the Art Community would be where I would go shopping. Why can't these useful idiots remember, in a totalitarian state, their freedom of expression is only available to them as long as they agree with the totalitarians.
Stewart actually said, Rut Roh, Scoobie! …but then accuracy isn't Stewart's thing.
Oh man! This week is going to be so much fun!
You Pollyanna Peckerhead, this is no longer about Liberals or Conservatives; Democrats or Republicans; this is about AMERICA. Why can't you simple fuchs get that through your craniums?
Another awesome read, AB! I look forward to the denouement soonest possible.
If they are party neutral, maybe they can have a contest for the "don't tread on me" snake.???
You are so correct. The next thing these wackos will start believing is that the stinkin world is like round or something. Nutjobs!
I used to believe that all the talk of the NEA being left-wing hacks was just silly.
Well, I was wrong.
Defund, now.
PS I see that particular work of "art" in the photo every single day. It was the first thing that really scared me about Obama. It's all about "HIM". It's the or one of the ickiest creepiest things I have ever seen in my life. This is like Cuba or the old USSR.
Thank You Breitbart. I can't wait to read all about the NEA.
Ron Paul / Andrew Breitbart 2012.
Dude, you are a hero for doing this for America.
Honestly Andrew, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
From an agnostic, you are heaven sent. Give the kiddie ho & pimp & yourself a big hug from taxpaying citizens across the land who are fed up.
Fed up with being called racists every single time we even think about saying:
"Hey, this does not make any sense. What the hell is going on in this country?"
Defund the NEA, and NPR. Let them all get a job collecting tolls at the tollroad…..
Here's the scary, predictable thing: As investigations become closer to becoming a reality, so too does the likelihood of an engineered distraction. A "manufactured crisis", so to speak.
What will it be? I'm quite sure that the powers that be in the administration and in the MSM are discussing the answer to that question. A terror attack? Right-wing, naturally. Maybe the gov will finally release and propagate that swineflu that they, the UN, and the MSM have been promising us will kill millions and lead to anarchy.
They sure do need a distraction, now more than ever. The Weathermen that are in power in D.C. are quite tendatious toward that whole "manufactured crisis" thing. Mr. Breitbart promises something "big"….so they need something even bigger. Something to make us forget about ACORN and the NEA entirely.
That's the scary, and predictable thing. We're dealing with Neo-Soviets here.
Cause said incompetent doofus thinks he is king, not president.
He is finding out that his rule is not absolute.
This one is going to be big. And to think the White House thought Fox News was a problem. LMAO. I'll tell you what the problem is for the Obama administration–the truth! The White House may have elements of the Chicago mob within, but real Chicago gangsters are good at hiding 1/2 of their tracks. Apparently the mob within is unaware that feet leave foot prints.
Good God… what the f**k is next? I really need to stop watching the news. CNN's a joke, MSNBC is… well. Fox is sometimes a little over the top, but alright. And I won't comment on the "networks".
Are these young Obammy-ites so simple, so mentally retarded, so Pollyanish that they cannot see through The Great Leader? His is nothing more than a Messianic Mocha Militant Messiah. Are they willing to follow him over a cliff?
This was all brought out on Glenn Beck and their previous post, so knowing Breitbart has been setting traps for the media and the ones in the stories (ACORN) and a forwarning trap (previous post of Breitbart talking about his article to Katie Couric). I think this is yet another foreshadowing of the excitement we are to see breaking Fox News this week!! I never thought I'd have that little 5 year old girl-can't sleep-santa's coming feeling again, but Andrew Breitbart you have succeeded at that too
! LOL 
"demeaning to shmucks'… hilarious! But troll? I'm thinking that's demeaning to trolls.
Yep, I believe they are!
Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious World Government of Obama
FIXED.
I'm an atheist, but I'm willing to believe in God today.
Nah. Just kidding.
Thanks for your hard smart work, ANDREW BREITBART ET AL…. it's amazing what the brighter members of our species can accomplish when matched with equal parts courage and initiative.
My My…. well I guess we know now what the topic of the big reveal is huh? I believe that when the public sees someone stand up and be honest and brave, someone who does the David and Goliath thing, it emboldens others to do the same. Glenn Beck has been proclaiming this corruption for months. Then James and Hannah took a stand to expose corruption. And now what do we have? Maybe another whistle blower? So lets keep it coming.
Remember… if everything is on the up and up, there is nothing to uncover. So if you are operating above board in DC you should sleep well tonight. If not, its not too late to become a "re-founder" and spill your guts to Glenn. We are a reasonable public, you will have to face the consequences but we will stand up for you if you tell on yourself. If you wait on someone else then there will be investigations and jail time in your future.
So good for you Andrew! I think there is plenty out there to keep your work in the news and relevant for a long time to come. I cant wait to see what you have uncovered this time
WE LIVE
YOU SLEEP
Not only is this amazing in and of itself, it is further amazing, and mind boggling that Obongo is amenable to looking at a Bill that would Bailout the failing newspaper industry, if, and only if the agreed to re-organize as 501(c) 3 organizations. That would make them tax exempt, like the NEA and NPR. Consequently Obongos Government would control the Arts, and the Media. This is no different than what Mein Furher did in the 1930's…..
Media, Arts, Science, Healthcare, Banks, Manufacturing. What else is left? Landfills and garbage trucks?
Methinks not a doofus, merely incredibly arrogant. Knowing that MSM would do nothing to step in his way, he embarks on his drive to create the most massive dependency state in our history. Establish as many programs as possible, so many people dependent upon government. Even willing to risk a second term to secure his place in history. Disparage those who oppose him, ignore others. He didn't envision this site though. Someplace where his Orwellian doublespeak works not.
James, Hannah, Andrew, the Republic owes you greatly. I thank you.
My daughter had the misfortune to meet Ms. Buffy Wicks this summer, as part of an Intern program. In the margin of Ms. Wicks' bio, my daughter wrote, "Epic Hippie".
In addition to many dubious "accomplishments" noted in her bio, Ms. Wicks is very proud of her radical history. For instance, "Before joining Obama's campaign, Ms. Wicks led campaigns, including the Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaign, for affordable health care and higher wages for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union". The poor grammar and awkward punctuation of this run on sentence is of Ms. Wicks' own design.
The students also met Ms. Wicks' boss, Ms. Christina M. Tchen, who is officially responsible for (from her bio) "…helping entrepreneurs, which are a 'consistent force of growth and prosperity of America'". However, verbally, Ms. Tchen made it clear that her focus and interest lies in helping "female, minority entrepreneurs". I guess everyone else is SOL in her book.
Two classic radicals. Nice to see them in the cross hairs.
Go get 'em.
Interestingly, the group of students, who were a cross-section of liberals, centrists and conservatives, came away from their White House meetings with the fairly consistent opinion that the Obama team is naive, "nice", young and clueless.
Dammit Breitbart !!!
It's 12am now….I don't think I will be able to sleep tonite.
jk
I am amazed on how fast things have fallen apart for this President. I didn't expect any sort or defiance towards him until next year. I thought for the 1st year in office he would be able to hide behind the "Blame Bush" sign to keep safe. But a combination of things happened. FOX NEWS w/ Beck, Talk Radio and web sites like breitbart.com were a touchstone to my sanity. The public reaction to the spending on the Stimulus bill lead to the Tea Parties, Glenn Beck got on a roll, Town Halls and then the combination of the massive rally in DC and Breitbart's release of the ACORN video's have flipped Washington DC upside-down.
KEEP IT UP ! ! !
The hinges are working just fine, thank you; lubricated and swinging free as never before.
You need to thank this "conservative movement", which is in the process of saving your country.
Negative. What they are doing here is criminal action. They need to be investigated and charges brought. They are using all tax payer funds from the stimulus to forward Obama's agenda. That is misappropriation.
Alinsky never considered the internet….
I have a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that the "stimulus" package is nothing but a big fat slush fund earmarked to promote Obama and his agenda. He wasn't lying when he said he was going to "fundamentally change America."
Thank God for Breitbart, Glen Beck and others who are out on that limb fighting for our way of life.
I have a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that the "stimulus" package is nothing but a big fat slush fund earmarked to promote Obama and his agenda. He wasn't lying when he said he was going to "fundamentally change America."
Thank God for Breitbart, Glen Beck and others who are out on that limb fighting for our way of life.
Maybe, just maybe this can lead to the type of outrage that defunded ACORN. The NEA sounds like an arrogant, corrupt elitist institution that works hand in glove with corrupt art reviewers, museums, critics etc. Tom Wolfe, author of the painted word wrote a devastating expose on the lunatic art world about 30 years ago and probably things have only gotten worse.
Go Big Hol and Big Gov!!
President Bush did try something like this on a much smaller scale and was butchered by the MSM. He had Armstrong Williams mention one of his initiatives on his radio talk show as if it was a natural subject. He was paid to do this and the press said it was the most anti-free press event in history. Now fast forward to this incident with the NEA. This is really a big deal since the NEA is funded by the US gov. and should have absolutely NO control over what the arts produce. Where are our guardians in the press when we need them the most?
This is an artist's wet dream, most of them feel like they should be paid by the State to do whatever they do anyway.
BTW, I am an artist. I know these people.
Every autocrat needs a propaganda machine.
The lid has been blown off the nexus of the Obama, ACORN, and prominent Democratic leaders. It will be interested to see if all the dots get connected. We are probably in the bottom of the first inning on this matter.
I know I'll get flamed for this, but who cares about the NEA? It's a legitimate institution that gets scraps for grant money.
I'd like to see this kind of outrage over Bushbama using our tax dollars to prop up their friends on Wall Street and the contractors robbing us to the tune of $10 billion/month in the middle east.
I'm a conservative but this is a big yawn for me if this is all there is.
RAH RAH Team Breitbart! Go get 'em with all your might and Patriotism.
we have a long grind ahead.
hopefully there'll be a critical mass created.
what i'm hoping is that there are enough (few) brave souls w/in the media itself to start talking. hidden cameras w/in the media…talk about pass the popcorn!
This is all kind of third worldish, isn't it? The populist demagogue approach, I mean.
Alinksy Rule #13. Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it.
TARGET –> The Government-Hollywood-Media Complex
I think it is time for a Republican member of the House to call for the impeachment of Obama. Of course it will not go any where but it will perhaps serve as a wake up call to this clown that he has until the House and Senate change hands (as they very well could do in 2010) to begin to clean up his act or he will be held accountable. Also one of the Republican leaders in the Congress needs to let it be known in no uncertain terms that all of the malfesance and corruption associated with the Obama administration will be investigated and prosecuted once the House changes hands.
FORMER REPUB WAS NEVER A REPUB…TROLL ON
Lots of GOP wanted to de-fund the NEA and other left-leaning activist agencies in 1995, but Gingrich and other leaders gave up when the liberal GOPers wouldn't get with the program… plus, not at all clear Gingrich's heart was in it, anyway.
Maybe now that there are a few smoking guns, even with Dem majorities, all this can get another look.
For the life of me, I cannot find any constitutional justification, or sound policy justification, for the federal government funding things like NEA. If a State wants to do it, fine, their business, but not the Feds.
and one other point….i hope conservatives/R's can hammer the theme that this isn't about Left vs. Right, it is about corruption.
Corruption is bad for poor/minorities unless you are lucky enough to receive some crumbs. ACORN is bad for poor people. Protecting criminals is bad for the community. Bad mortgage loan advice is bad for people. Predatory.
Submiting false voter registration is bad for governance, but it is bad for poor people, shifting $$ away from constructive use to forcing employees to go thru stacks of registration forms
ACORN has a cost. Bad for the community, for governance…good for powerful Pols in cities where poor people suffer. David Horowitz has it right.
It would be nice to track "Global Warming" research grants.
dang no wonder our country is broke! It's a dubble wammy to American taxpayers, we are being force to pay for all these entitlement programs that many do not agree with only to have our hard earn money hi-jacked by the lunatic left. This is insane!
Thankfully we still have honorable folks left in this country who will stand up against this and the American people will be right behind them.
I thank Mr. Breibart and all involved in bringing the truth to the American people!
I sooo needed a week of "hope and change" it has been nothing but disaster after disaster since Jan 20th, 2009.
God Bless America!!
"Evil can only exist when good men/women do nothing"
That's the point Ben…we don't need the M$M anymore.
They have proven themselves untrustworthy, (and unworthy of respect), for years and years now.
There are now a multitude of other ways to get information to the "unwashed" masses without their blatant “Soviet style” interference.
Not Over.
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