What I fear about this sacrilegious art controversy in New York is that it will hurt public funding of the arts . I understand that art-even great art - is often irreverent and downright subversive. And freedom is the breath of life for it.
The Brooklyn Museum of Art should not be deprived of $7 million in funding for a PR gaff - insulting the " image " of the Queen of Heaven, the Virgin Mary .
We are living in decadent times, I agree. Why did Mary, the mother of Christ, inspire such great art for centuries ... and now THIS - a truly obscene work of art.
Is Satan more than an imaginary presence in this world? Even hardened skeptics must sometime wonder.
Can't common sense settle this matter - without a victory for censorship or a triumph for Satanic disrespect ?
We do not outlaw pornography - just assign it a sleazy corner in the big city. You cannot by pure accident find yourself watching " Deep Throat " upstairs at the Expo.
And don't forget your sunglasses !
Thursday, September 30, 1999
Wednesday, September 29, 1999
I admire Patrick Buchanan's guts !
Judge a man by his enemies ? The American Communist Party thinks presidential candidate, Patrick Buchanan , is a neo- Nazi. But if anyone deserves the prize for anti-Americanism , it is their very own leader, Gus Hall - who long ago should have registered as an agent of a foreign power.
Today the American Communist Party clearly believes more in the politics of RACE than it does in the old fashioned CLASS politics.
It has nothing to say to the millions of white blue collar workers - who might not approve of affirmative action programs- except that they are hopeless reactionaries condemned to the junkyard of History.
For a whole generation now the stock in trade of the Left has been angry blacks, sullen hispanics, the rabid Third World Crowd.
Indeed the Left has a vested interest in the very social evils which obsess it: RACISM, SEXISM, HOMOPHOBIA.
The decadent Left does not see Bill Gates's billion dollar scholarship largesse - POOR WHITES NEED NOT APPLY - as a mockery of the American ideal of fairness, as downright un-American. I hope feisty Pat Buchanan sees an issue - and an opportunity- here. It could take him all the way to the White House !
And Buchanan is no more of a Nazi than good old Joe Kennedy, the grandfather of Congressman Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island.
Not the sorry plight of the Jews , but Pearl Harbor, finally made this country hysterically pro-war by late 1941.
I like politicians with an edge , even when the phony Lovers of Everybody denounce them as " hate mongers ".
Like greed, a little hate might be a good thing. It is a driving force in life - makes us all the more human.
Recall the movie " Wall Street " where the villain, Gordon Getko declares : " greed is good !" In the Reagan era those words -to many - sounded downright liberating.
Now I won't even suggest that " hate is good !". But often enough hate is liberating.
Love and hate are the salt and pepper of life. (then again Lenin said of Stalin: " From this cook we will only get peppery dishes !" )
Today the American Communist Party clearly believes more in the politics of RACE than it does in the old fashioned CLASS politics.
It has nothing to say to the millions of white blue collar workers - who might not approve of affirmative action programs- except that they are hopeless reactionaries condemned to the junkyard of History.
For a whole generation now the stock in trade of the Left has been angry blacks, sullen hispanics, the rabid Third World Crowd.
Indeed the Left has a vested interest in the very social evils which obsess it: RACISM, SEXISM, HOMOPHOBIA.
The decadent Left does not see Bill Gates's billion dollar scholarship largesse - POOR WHITES NEED NOT APPLY - as a mockery of the American ideal of fairness, as downright un-American. I hope feisty Pat Buchanan sees an issue - and an opportunity- here. It could take him all the way to the White House !
And Buchanan is no more of a Nazi than good old Joe Kennedy, the grandfather of Congressman Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island.
Not the sorry plight of the Jews , but Pearl Harbor, finally made this country hysterically pro-war by late 1941.
I like politicians with an edge , even when the phony Lovers of Everybody denounce them as " hate mongers ".
Like greed, a little hate might be a good thing. It is a driving force in life - makes us all the more human.
Recall the movie " Wall Street " where the villain, Gordon Getko declares : " greed is good !" In the Reagan era those words -to many - sounded downright liberating.
Now I won't even suggest that " hate is good !". But often enough hate is liberating.
Love and hate are the salt and pepper of life. (then again Lenin said of Stalin: " From this cook we will only get peppery dishes !" )
Tuesday, September 28, 1999
Brooks Pharmacy in the cheating game?
"Behind every great fortune there is a crime!" they say.
Behind the wealth of the Brooks Pharmacies here there may be thousands of petty crimes. My experience convinces me that the Brooks are crooks.
Last night I caught them cheating me big time. When I showed the receipt to manager ( " This is the price on the bottle...and this the price on the receipt ... you going to cheat everybody else too ? " ) - she was pissed at ME. How is that for class ?
How many of their customers would catch these " errors " - which ALWAYS favor the company ? But I was alert last night. I brought a half a dozen items to the check out counter estimating the cost to be no more than $15.00 . But instead it was more than $20.00 !
I spotted the rip off item right away. It promised to give me "a more positive mood ". But all I wanted was my money back !
"A more positive mood " can wait. I prefer to nasty and pissed off at companies like Brooks Pharmacy. ( to be nasty )
Behind the wealth of the Brooks Pharmacies here there may be thousands of petty crimes. My experience convinces me that the Brooks are crooks.
Last night I caught them cheating me big time. When I showed the receipt to manager ( " This is the price on the bottle...and this the price on the receipt ... you going to cheat everybody else too ? " ) - she was pissed at ME. How is that for class ?
How many of their customers would catch these " errors " - which ALWAYS favor the company ? But I was alert last night. I brought a half a dozen items to the check out counter estimating the cost to be no more than $15.00 . But instead it was more than $20.00 !
I spotted the rip off item right away. It promised to give me "a more positive mood ". But all I wanted was my money back !
"A more positive mood " can wait. I prefer to nasty and pissed off at companies like Brooks Pharmacy. ( to be nasty )
Monday, September 27, 1999
Harold Nicholson - property vs. people
In our materialistic society, property values routinely undermine purely human values - and common decency. A sickly 59 year old Warwick man -living on $568
in SSI payments ( monthly ) - is SENT TO JAIL for not painting his house - there goes the neighborhood ! - after being warned by the inspector.
OK the law must not be mocked. But too often the judge if not the majestic LAW - is an ass !
Did any of those oh so friendly Warwick neighbors give a thought to HELPING Harold Nicholson of Abbott Avenue ? Or did they just follow the precept : " Drop a dime on thy neighbor! "
God forbid that property values in the neighborhood decline by .01 percent.
I note that this very sick man must pay car insurance every month. The city of Warwick should make it possible for more of its residents to dispense with their cars, especially people like Harold Nicholson, the sick and the elderly.
In Warwick you can not catch a bus to the capital city of Providence after the early evening hours. This is a ridiculous RIPTA bus schedule.
Would it not be better for Nicholson to be able to get around on a $35 monthly RIPTA bus pass ?
Would it not be better for THOUSANDS of Rhode Islanders? Then they can afford to paint their houses.
Of course it escaped the attention of our legal system - of Judge Joel Gerstenblatt! - that the poor and sickly Harold Nicholson might be DEPRESSED. A major symptom of mental depression is lack of volition, an inability to get things done.
Where would we all be - if we depended on the KINDNESS OF STRANGERS ?
in SSI payments ( monthly ) - is SENT TO JAIL for not painting his house - there goes the neighborhood ! - after being warned by the inspector.
OK the law must not be mocked. But too often the judge if not the majestic LAW - is an ass !
Did any of those oh so friendly Warwick neighbors give a thought to HELPING Harold Nicholson of Abbott Avenue ? Or did they just follow the precept : " Drop a dime on thy neighbor! "
God forbid that property values in the neighborhood decline by .01 percent.
I note that this very sick man must pay car insurance every month. The city of Warwick should make it possible for more of its residents to dispense with their cars, especially people like Harold Nicholson, the sick and the elderly.
In Warwick you can not catch a bus to the capital city of Providence after the early evening hours. This is a ridiculous RIPTA bus schedule.
Would it not be better for Nicholson to be able to get around on a $35 monthly RIPTA bus pass ?
Would it not be better for THOUSANDS of Rhode Islanders? Then they can afford to paint their houses.
Of course it escaped the attention of our legal system - of Judge Joel Gerstenblatt! - that the poor and sickly Harold Nicholson might be DEPRESSED. A major symptom of mental depression is lack of volition, an inability to get things done.
Where would we all be - if we depended on the KINDNESS OF STRANGERS ?
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