Conference Call Transcript Implicates Fed Art Agency in Government Co-Opt of Arts Community
by Dana LoeschThe White House is attempting to mimic Leni Riefenstahl by rounding up those in the arts and entertainment industry and using them as the vehicles through which President Obama can peddle his agenda.
The National Endowment for the Arts denies that it was working with White House officials to promote the president’s agenda through the arts via this taxpayer-funded organization:
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.”
Unfortunately, the transcript of the actual call does not corroborate the NEA’s statement. BigGovernment.com obtained the full transcript of the conference call on which White House official Buffy Wicks (of the Office of Public Engagement and head administration official for Serve.gov; Wicks previous worked with WakeUp Walmart and was a lobbyist for the United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union), and others – including lead organizers with Rock the Vote and Current TV – discussed ways to co-opt the art community for political purposes and manipulate those around them so as to push things like Obama’s health care legislation. It’s a call that call participant Patrick Courrichie says raised the hair on his arms.
The call’s players, taken from their self-introductions from the transcript:
Michael Skolnik (filmmaker, political director for Russell Simmons), Mike de la Rocha, Rebecca Krause-Hardy, Hunter Heaney (c0-founder of the Voice Project), Tom Bazis from Education Dynamics, Constance Schwartz(MGMT), promoter Rachel Furman, Mobolagji Akatunday (head filmmaker and outreach for Current TV), Bim Ayandele (reputation manager with Winner and Associates in Los Angeles), Jeff Kemerling, Joshua Fine with Baron Fine LLP in Los Angeles, Saskia Brown with Current TV, Nic Adler (owner of the Roxy in LA), Sean Bonner (co-founder, CEO, Bode Media Inc.), Sharon Lewis, Lynn Hastey from Green Galactic, Sean Akatunday, Lori Bull with Obama poster artist Shepard Fairey, Rob Stone (founder Fader Magazine and Cornerstone Promotions), Justin Runner, Nicola Vassell (Deitch Projects), Nell Abernathy with United We Serve, and Yoshi Sergant of the NEA, and White House official Buffy Wicks. The Washington Times, which got a partial list of those on the conference call, says it has identified a few of the participants as writers for the Huffington Post:
Participants took the NEA’s request seriously as many were suddenly very vocal in social networks with their support of the president’s health care proposal following the call:
There’s even a new Twitter profile related to the new allegiance of artists who want to work with the NEA and the government to promote Obama’s agenda. The push has metastasized across Twitter already with the #unitedweserve tag as well as “Rebuilt Together” profiles that document service in various cities.
Were this an effort spearheaded by the people to serve each other it would be different; instead it is a calculated move by the White House to exploit the artistic community, co-opt the talents of artists who rely on NEA funding to promote a one-sided agenda, and use the NEA to do it. What would the outcry be if a Republican president had attempted such?
I am afraid for our arts community – not only because this action begs the question as to whether artists not compliant with such an initiative would be blacklisted from further NEA funding; it also distorts the purpose of a taxpayer-supported outfit designed to enhance the artistic community, not make it a subservient branch of this administration as a way to lure back some of that campaign fervor.
It’s ironic: the government called tea partiers and town hall participants “astroturfed,” yet here again is an egregious example of this administration producing a synthetical movement.
The full transcript of the call is here; the more outrageous excerpts are quoted here.
MR. SKOLNIK: All right. So we will
5 begin. As people join us, I’ll ask them to mute
6 their phones periodically just so we can hear
7 everybody. This is Mike Skolnik. I am based in
8 New York. I am a film maker for the past ten years
9 but currently serve as the political director for
10 Russell Simmons.
11 I have been asked by folks in the White
12 House and folks in the NEA about a month ago in a
13 conversation that was had. We had the idea that I
14 would help bring together the independent artists
15 community around the country.
[my emphasis]
Conservatives always knew that the left made a concerted effort to dominate in the entertainment field because it’s such a fabulous way to plant the seed of an agenda. Sugar helps the medicine go dow, as does seeing it on the silver screen or hearing it in a catchy pop hook.
I want to start off by saying a few
3 things, and then we will have some people in
4 Washington from the NEA and United We Serve speak
5 to us, and then we’ll have a chance for questions
6 and comments and discussions afterwards. I think
7 this it’s clear, and I heard somebody from Shepard
8 Fairey’s team introduce themselves, and I think
9 Shepard and the Hope poster obviously is a great example,
10 but it’s clear as an independent art community as
11 artists and thinkers and tastemakers and marketers
12 and visionaries on this call, the role that we
13 played during the campaign for the president and
14 also during his first 200 some odd days of his
15 presidency and the president has a clear arts agenda
16 and has been very supportive of using art and
17 supporting art in creative ways to talk about some
18 of the issues that we face here in our country and
19 also to engage people.
Irony is the new art: it used to be rebellious to create artistry in protest of the Man; in this new era of hope and change it’s only rebellious if you don’t pay homage to the Man by using your talents to promote the Man’s agenda. Whatever happened to art? Art can be political but when it becomes politicized the purity is ruined.
20 And I think all of us who are on this
21 phone call were selected for a reason, and you are
22 the ones that lead by example in your communities.
23 You are the thought leaders. You are the ones that, if
24 you create a piece of art or promote a piece of art
25 or create a campaign for a company, and tell our country and
8
1 our young people sort of what to do and what2 to be in to; and what’s cool and what’s not cool.
The transcript of the conference call doesn’t corroborate the NEA’s statement. Read below, my emphasis again in bold:
3 And so I’m hoping that through this group
4 and the goal of all this and the goal of this phone call,
5 is through this group that we can create a stronger
6 community amongst ourselves to get involved in
7 things that we’re passionate about as we did during
8 the campaign but continue to get involved in those
9 things, to support some of the president’s
10 initiatives, but also to do things that we are
11 passionate about and to push the president and push
12 his administration.
13 And the first thing that I thought we
14 could all come together on and begin this
15 collective of artists around the country was United
16 We Serve or is United We Serve and United We Serve
17 is the president’s call to the country to get
18 engaged in meaningful community service, and I
19 wanted to give you all the opportunity to hear more
20 about the United We Serve from the folks who are
21 running it as well as hear from the National
22 Endowment for the Arts and Yosi Sergant,
“Pushing the president and his administration” is not the purpose of the NEA. Their purpose is to push the arts, not the administration. It’s shameful that the White House coordinates a phone call with artists dependent upon the NEA for funding and asks them to sell out, basically.
9 MS. ABERNATHY: Thanks, Michael, and
10 thanks everyone for getting on the call. We
11 actually were lucky enough to get someone who I’m
12 going to introduce first which is Buffy Wicks with
13 the Office of Public Engagement, who I’m sure many
14 of you know from the campaign. She was a huge
15 champion of getting the arts community involved on
16 the campaign and also has been one of the people
17 who spearheaded this initiative from the beginning.
18 So I’ll let Buffy say a few things first, and then
19 I’ll get into the we’s about this.
Cue Buffy Wicks of the Office of Public Engagement:
15 it’s like, yeah, I know change doesn’t come easy,
16 but then now that I’m actually in the White House
17 and working towards furthering this agenda, this
18 very aggressive agenda, I’m really realizing that,
19 and I’m also appreciative of the way in which we
20 did win and the strategy that the campaign shows,
21 which is really to engage people at a local level
22 and to engage them in the process, because we need
23 them and we need you, and we’re going to need your
24 help, and we’re going to come at you with some
25 specific asks here.
There’s more:
14 this energy that’s out there, how do we translate
15 folks who have just been engaged in electoral
16 politics and engage them in really the process of
17 governing, of being part of this administration in
18 a little bit of a different way because politics is
19 one thing and governing is something totally
20 separate, we really saw service as the platform by
21 which we can do that.
How can these artists say no to a federal tax-payer-supported entity that funds the majority of their community?
We wanted folks to connect
4 with local nonprofit organizations in their
5 community. We wanted them to connect with local
6 city council members or local elected officials.
7 We wanted them to connect with federal agencies,
8 with labor unions, progressive groups, face
9 groups, women’s groups, you name it.
More:
9 I can be an agent of change in my community. So
10 that’s why we do this more sustained period of
11 time, and we really view it as an onramp to a
12 lifetime of service.
[...]
23 direction. We worked very closely with our federal
24 agencies here in the government. We worked closely
25 with the Department of Education, Department of
14
1 Energy, the EPA, Department of Labor and others,2 really sort of industry experts thinking through
3 what are the main issues people are facing, how can
4 we work with local organizations and this federal
5 government to create this sort of change.
6 So we focus on the four main areas: One
7 is health care. Obviously, that’s a big issue. We
8 met with Health and Human Services and thought
9 through there are ways we can have organizations
10 and individuals work with HHS and others to be
11 effective.
[...]
14 Second was energy and environment. And so
15 we worked a lot with the Department of Interior. I
16 know I’m throwing a lot of government stuff at you
17 guys, so bear with me. It’s the world we live in
18 now. We’re actually running the government.
Remember, the NEA still maintains that they weren’t pushing an agenda. Nell Abernathy of United We Serve put in an appearance:
9 MS. ABERNATHY: Thanks so much, Buffy, and
10 thank you, Michael, for organizing this and asking
11 us to be on. For you all, my name is Nell
12 Abernathy. I’m the director of outreach for United
13 We Serve, which is run through the federal agency
14 in Washington, the corporation for national and
15 community service.
From my previous piece on Serve.gov:
Serve.gov is just one of many projects managed by the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency which oversees various government service agencies, includingAmericorps, the outfit at the center of the fired IG scandal.
Further excerpts:
7 To a large degree, that’s how I saw the
8 arts community to be so powerful in the campaign
9 helping us to tell the story, telling their own
10 story whether it was the Hope poster which made the
11 whole — our whole mission instantly recognizable
12 and relatable to people, or it was the Will.I.am
13 video that circulated on the Internet but helping
14 people to feel that they are part of a national
15 movement and that their story, their private story,
16 fits into this public space.
It’s as I said, Riefenstahl-esque.
Cue Yoshi Sergant with the NEA:
I think Yosi is on and is going to talk
25 about some of the specific ways which we feel the
22
1 art community is critical to this both what’s2 already going on and some opportunity for future
3 partnership.
17 MR. SERGANT: Thank you so much. Still
18 trips me out to hear myself introduced that way.
19 Hello everybody. It’s really good to hear
20 some many familiar voices. Welcome to your
21 government.
Does the NEA still want to stick with their statement of not being involved with any agenda? You can read the full transcript and see just how far the NEA goes in directing artists to promote Obama’s agenda.
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Check out the last time a leader did this
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I am so glad somebody finally brought up Leni who directed Triumph of the Will, I've had a clip of her film and the film of Obama's kids marching on my old myspace page. I hope somebody in the media compares the two on TV sometime!
Someone should paint a picture of Obama using aritists like puppets to create his propaganda.
I brought up Leni Reifenschtal. People do not know their history. I do. History repeats itself. WE, the children of those of the Greatest Generation, who fought and died to save the world from Adolf Hitler, should hang our collective heads in shame. We have dishonored our parents, to have allowed this to occur; to have allowed this to continue unabated. It is unbelievable!
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The only thing that can possibly save US, from suffering the fate Germany suffered from Hitler, is the Internet; until such time as Obongo seizes control of it………..
I'm pleasantly surprised that there was at least one participant with enough independant thought to recognize how wrong this is. Do these people actually think they are going to just slip this by the American people? I suppose the elitist mentality applies to the law as well
"until such time as Obongo seizes control of it……….. " The Senate's got a bill that will allow The Kenyan to gain control of the internet in case of 'emergencies.' Emergencies are not defined.
Mr. Obama and his liberal slime have a very distinct mission…change America. This is not change we want. I hope Congress will be responsible to monitor this president like they have others. Is that too much to ask of people we elected?
To the idiots who say "It can't happen here…."
It can.
And, if we aren't vigilant, it will.
It won't be slow either. It will be like going broke. Slow in the beginning, then all at once.
(Does this effort make anyone look at Obama's "school speech" in a different light?)
Context.
EVERYTHING that Obama does has to be looked at in CONTEXT. And the "context" is an agenda of transforming America into a socialist country.
Will BigGovernment.com go after the Americorps agenda next?
I remember a BBC documentary I seen on A&E, long before the History Channel, called "Art in the Third Reich" and it demonstrates how the human species can accomplish the darkest deeds using the power of propaganda and what was considered state-of-the-art "multimedia" in the 1930s. The Propaganda Ministry under Josef Goebbels recruited the most talented non-Jewish artists to produce attention-getting art and Nazi-friendly films, even using a first-rate and very talented filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl to make the Wagnerian "Triumph of the Will".
The presenter of the documentary remarked in the opening statements…"the Art produced during the Third Reich can only be viewed through the lens of Auschwitz."
"Triumph" even scared the living daylights out of Frank Capra, who used it in his work and went on to make the epic "Why We Fight", as a response.
If Obama starts using youth rallies…then it is time to panic…
Dana, you and Andrew are doing more good to this country than you could measure.
Have faith.
I'm not even surprised they used 9/11 to tie these propaganda efforts together. National service? Who could argue with that.
Don't give them any ideas, thanks!
And in regard to your comment about the Art being viewed through the lense of Auschwitz; are you cognizant or aware of the Fusion Centers currently set up in this country? Are you aware of the camps the Government has built, for YOU, for ME? For any undesirable, for any who question………………
Hey Rabidfox, do you think you could keep the whole kenyan thing out of it? Let's concentrate on issues and not conspiracy theories. Even if he was born in Kenya, it doesn't make any difference now. Continuously using those words just makes us all sound like greazy fat guys in our parents' basement.
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Who is "Apple Bea?" One of the first people on the call in the transcript and does not appear in your copy above. I can't find anything on Google, but haven't done an exhaustive search and it might be that her name is mis-transcribed?
This is much like what Hitler did, but you have to be careful in making the link between Obama and genocide. This was used against GWB during the (apparently successful) Iraqi war and it's always dangerous to use it. Just like when the democrats call all republicans who disagree with Obama, racists. It's extreme. Obama has not set up concentration camps yet.
But, fascism is fascism and that's exactly the type of propaganda he is using to further his agenda. Unfortunately, the arts community is so overwhelmingly liberal, I can see this being quite successful for Obama, but NOT an issue when the "pendulum" swings. The second a republican president gets sworn in, the arts community will outright reject them… so even if they tried to co-opt the arts community, there would be no cooperation.
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Think I can get a grant? Here's my first effort in the propaganda poster drive: http://tinyurl.com/llb4mg
I'm looking for ideas so if you've got any, please comment on the flickr site or by reply here. Thanks.
I just listened to the audio of the NEA conf call. I almost feel like we are living in the tv show Batman. where we the people have to fight off all these different villians who want to take control of our country!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE with freedom on top, anybody who has any info on any kind of corruption no matter how small ( which is how some of these scandals start off) contact big gov.com or fox news somehow and expose it!!! It will not only be good for you but the whole of the country. Thank you and God Bless!!!!!!!!!
I like your idea!
On the assumption the NEA does serve a useful purpose, what will it take to shut down and eradicate this infected contagious oozing abscess from the federal government, and put in something that does what the NEA is supposed to do with strong guarantees it stays that way?
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Try using other search engines Google is now becoming part of the problem not the solution.
To Ms Loesch: excellent example, Leni Riefenstahl
The. Shoe. Is. On. The. Other. Foot. Co-opting the NEA (already far-left to begin with) in this manner is despicable.
What's another way of saying 'Liberal left'? 'Stinking hypocrites'. They were far more tolerable in their role as the disloyal opposition.
Just got done sending a message to my Rep. in DC and posted a complaint with the NEA Inspector General (for what little good that will do): http://apps.nea.gov/OIGHotline/
Quick, where's Bosch Fawstin when you need him?
Why would the current congress care? It's controlled by Democrats cut from the same mold as Obama and the GOP leadership can't find its rear end with both hands.
There is no type of abuse that is beyond the Obama cult. The process of co-opting of *everything* for the cause of the "progressive" agenda is speeding along and I fear that as Obama feels the pressure brought by the growing resistance movement in America, he will begin to act more authoritatively in the advancement of his hopey, changey Orwellian nightmare.
The new thought police are here. The Liberal Inquisition is coming…but at least we have been warned and can be prepared: "EVERYBODY EXPECTS…THE LIBERAL INQUISITION!" at http://firebreathingchristian.wordpress.com/2009/...
Welcome to "the arts" in Obamaland.
What are we to do? That is the fundamental question.
Is it time to say that all peaceful means have been tried?
If we continue the "legal" attempts to enforce the constitution will we slowly bleed to death in the mean time?
Sadly I believe that the answers are no and yes. The 2010 elections will be our last chance and that may be too late. If it is not too late we cannot just elect people and walk away.
We must DEMAND:
1. Full, thorough and public trials for all suspects in this conspiracy.
2.Define the exact meaning of "natural born citizen" and the means by which said status will be verified; amendment to the constitution.
3. Term limits; amendment to the constitution.
4. No lobbying by former members of the government ever; amendment to the constitution.
5. Remove all pensions, benefits and medical care for former members of government at all levels as related to the holder of or the support staff for a specific office; amendment to the constitution.
6. Declare George Soros and all of his operations "enemies of the state" and forbid him on US soil or to be involved in any dealings involving the US government or businesses. Under penalty of death.
7. Dissolve all ties with the UN, formally unrecognize their authority in any matter and remove them totally from US soil.
There is more but that would be a good start. In short we must remove the idea of a "lifetime" politician and remove their ability to continue to live off us forever. They need to do their duty and then go home and get a real job.
In addition we need to remove from our government any official doctrine that acknowledges the idea of or the need for a "global government".
In general we also need to make it easier to impeach, discipline and/or remove judges at all levels of government but at the federal level in particular.
What to do?
We are not organized enough to do anything but the "legal" path right now. Anarchy will do no good yet we cannot allow this fraud to continue.
There is no road map for our situation. What to do?
Did I miss the "bombshell?" I thought there was something new coming out today? This was out a few weeks ago.
Well, I am PROUD to be a conservative working in the arts & entertainment industry, at a fabulous theatre. Maybe the Mighty O thinks ALL artsy people are liberal, but i can tell you – this one’s NOT! And there are quite a few more where I work who also don’t want to be ROBOTS run by the government!! God Bless America and let FREEDOM ring!
1. The head of the NEA (rocco landesmann) is AN OBAMA BUNDLER to the tune of $50,000 – 100,000!
2. Also: Can someone check this out please??
"Barack Obama has appointed new leaders to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. George Stevens, Jr., and Margo Lion will serve as cochairs, and Mary Schmidt Campbell will be vice chair.
This committee, founded in 1982 and comprised of private citizens from across the United States, advocates for the arts and humanities as core of a vital society. It works with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services to advance nonpartisan cultural objectives of the Obama administration."
http://www.collegeart.org/news/2009/09/18/obama-n...
It is all relevant: ACORN, SEIU, NEA, NPR, the Main Stream Media. Remember Obamas visit to Belgeade, Montana? Live report from the hills of Montana It comments on the Propaganda Ministry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT9p0aDien0&fe...
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Amazing what this administration thinks it can get away with. GWB would have been skewered by now.
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This is just sick..see ACORN is bad because its run by a bunch of immoral hoodlums. This is worse as it is run by sophisticated hippies that preach peace/love/bs and inspire the youth. Disgusting manipulation.
I'm assuming you were not invited to the phone call
Yes… I am beyond being shocked anymore. It will be like living in any other tyrranical socialist/communist country… pictures of our dear leader posted everywhere for the real artists!
More and more, this looks like a cult being built around a personality that needs to be worshipped!
from Wikipedia:
Riefenstahl heard presidential candidate Adolf Hitler speak at a rally in 1932 and was mesmerized by his talent as a public speaker. Describing the experience in her memoir, Riefenstahl wrote: "I had an almost apocalyptic vision that I was never able to forget. It seemed as if the earth's surface were spreading out in front of me, like a hemisphere that suddenly splits apart in the middle, spewing out an enormous jet of water, so powerful that it touched the sky and shook the earth.”
Sounds very similar to what's coming out of today's "news media."
I’m surprised we havent seen a bunch of posters around the country like ol’ Saddam had in Iraq.
Cult of Personality, eh Mr. President? You’re dictator tendacies showing through a little there.
Someone must love themselves a little TOO much.
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No offense to the wonderful posters and commenters here at Big Government and over at Big Hollywood, but the idea that these artists were co-opted is simply inaccurate. They are, by and large, willing participants who have been engaged in this kind of political activism since they were undergraduates or even high school students. They have been enabled at the trough of public arts funding from the beginning: Many of them got scholarships at the recommendation of leftist artists because they were leftist artists, and what they learned in college was how to get university teaching positions and government grants for being leftist artists.
Speaking as a musician who has been involved with several art schools and college music departments in the course of earning my BM and MM degrees, and still later when I pursued a DMA, I can tell you from first hand experience that if you don't tow the leftist line in those programs, you will not be recommended by any of the professors for any kind of teaching positions or grants. In the case of doctoral degrees and college professorships, they will even deny you the degree or tenure if you are not sufficiently far to the left.
The only thing surprising about this NEA fiasco is that there is evidence available to expose the endemic leftist corruption that is systemic in this racket from undergraduate programs to post graduate work and beyond. That's why there should be absolutely no public funding for the arts whatsoever. There is exactly a zero percent chance that the funds will be distributed in a fair and unbiased manner, and those who learn how to navigate – or game – the system will be corrupted absolutely, as is the case with the overwhelming majority of the artists involved in this fiasco. Again, I'm surprised that there was anybody with a conscience present to gather this evidence and bring it to light. Based on my admittedly anecdotal evidence of first-hand experience, I'd judge that to be nothing short of miraculous.
Just for a litttle humor, here's what happens when a person on the "politically incorrect " side violates the Hatch Act. This 30-year employee of the NYC IRS was recently fired under the Hatch Act for forwarding the "Obama is a Muslim" chain email to 8 people.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/anti_bam_ir...
This is slightly off topic, but I believe everyone should listen to this.
Not long ago, I ran across an interesting youtube video. The audio portion of the video purports to be from a taped version of Obama's book "Dreams Of My Father". It sounds like Obama himself is reading the words.
I had never read the book so I was somewhat taken aback by the unmistakable racist overtones.
Here is the link, you'll have to cut and paste it onto your browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI77cU3jsFs
It might be that most of you have already seen the video, there have been over one million hits. However, it was completely new to me and I'm amazed that no one in the media has brought this to light.
I think everyone in the country should see this video. Please pass the link along at every opportunity.
Anyway, MANNY LAGATUTA FOR PRESIDENT!! mannylagatuta.blogspot.com
Co-opting the arts to push his Dreams Of The Proletariat????
Has Comrade Obama no originality? This has already been done by Fidel, Mao, Vladimir, Hugo, Adolf, and Pol Pot.
Breitbart Has NEA In His Sights…
Andrew Breitbart has launched two excellent blogs that are must reads – Big Hollywood and Big Government. I highlighted Big Government’s expose of ACORN as James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles released the videos they made. The National Endowmen…
Dear Dana:
My name is David Coxe and I am a Real Estate Broker from New Orleans. From 1994-1999 Acorn was determined to force me to shut down my business. First with the use of Frivoulas lawsuit and then with the use of the local Police. In the end, Acorn officials coerced a Tulane University Student who had been arrested on Prostitution charges and then forced her to lease an apartment from my firm. Then they filed a phony rape charge against me in December of 1998.
What we found out once the smoke cleared. I took the District Attorney's work product file I managed to obtain and took it to an attorney in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. he then hired a Private Investigator. Acorn was connected to City Hall of New Orleans, HUD and Hano. The City Assessors were giving to Acorn choice properties that had ben taken for taxes. Hud then gave to each property a $50,000 Grant to that these properties could be renovated and then sold to low income families. This never happened. What did happen was that these properties went into dummy corporations and then leased out via section 8.
The last total I heard was 200 properties all rented out at $1000 per month. This was prior to the 2005 Storm.
ACORN COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS ALONE. They had lots of help from HUD and section 8.
Please help[ me put this information out there.
Why am I stating these things ? because the Attorney's at Acorn in December of 1998, set me up on Rape charges and i lost everything in defending myself. I want Spencer Livingston, Alexandra Mora, Steven rodanski and the Rathe brothers in jail
If you are interested in speaking to me Dana email me at coxepropertymgmt@yahoo.com
I have been thinking about this a lot today and I have an image of Rahm running up and down the Senate floor, pulling the strings on Obama with his blackberry continuously beeping, It should be an interactive piece.
Buffy Wicks..Does anyone else see that as a name
straight out of atlas Shrugged.
I'll bet his chief political consultant Cesar Chavez gave him the idea since it worked down in the almost bankrupt oil monarchy called Venezuela [King Cesar will be crowned as POVenz for life during BHusseinO's second term.
Also, Uncle Joe did this with his full-employment stimulus plan called the Gulag Archipelago, n'est-ce pas?
Liberal Left = "Liberal McCarthyism" now that a conservative winning an argument with a liberal is called a "racist."
Comparing Leni to these NEA hacks is unfair. Leni was a brilliant artistic genius. These critters are tired old C-List cast-offs from Norman Lear's phone rolodex. By the way, does anyone else notice that Buffy's teeth are remarkably stained a slight shade of red? Maybe she's a slayer gone over to the darkside?
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[...] I have been reading the transcript of the conference call coordinated by the White House and the supposedly non-partisan National [...]
[...] Big Government.com and Andrew Breitbart strikes again, this time via BIG HOLLYWOOD! [...]
[...] What was a rep for Winner & Associates doing on that conference call? [...]
[...] despite claims by the NEA that said call did not pursue any legislative [...]
[...] Pushes Obama– Not the Arts From Biggovernment.com you can read the transcript of the conference call involving key arts groups and individuals with [...]
Looks good . He just needs horns .
[...] From a list of those participating in the conference call: [...]
Finally, a handy list of hipsters to avoid at all costs.
Check with your local theater, symphony, ballet, or art museum: they get a pittance from NEA and although they serve broad communities with professional and amateur exhibitions and performances. if you want to support the original mission of NEA and yet cleanse it of its political nonsense, demand that your representatives and the NEA give block grants to community organizations. In our regio of about 1.5 million, it is typical for our artistic and cultural organizations to get less than $10,000 each. The boards of these organizations rarely complain for political reasons, lack of national voice, and self-consciousness not to seem like parochial rubes. Stockholm Syndrome.
[...] enlists the National Endowment for the Arts…UPDATED! A conference-call audiotape has recently emerged which reflects Buffy Wicks, the current Deputy Director of [...]
[...] course, the Nazi crap started immediately. The first sentence in the first hysterical post on all this referenced Leni Riefenstahl. The thing is, Riefenstahl isn’t a name that strikes [...]
[...] From a list of those participating in the conference call: [...]
Someone understands a little bit about history: Influence the schoolchildren; control the arts; control the press; install an Obomatron like Buffy in the Office of Public Engagement; and while you're at it, control the banks; take over the autos and socialize healthcare. Pelosi was right to reference visions of the past…I'll probably spell this wrong…but Sig Heil!
And they dare question the ideology and tactics of O'Keefe and Giles?? What goes around comes around, indeed. We need to keep up the pressure and beat these people at their own game.
Begging the question:
An argument that improperly assumes as true the very point the speaker is trying to argue for is said in formal logic to “beg the question.” Here is an example of a question-begging argument: “This painting is trash because it is obviously worthless.” The speaker is simply asserting the worthlessness of the work, not presenting any evidence to demonstrate that this is in fact the case. Since we never use “begs” with this odd meaning (“to improperly take for granted”) in any other phrase, most people now suppose the phrase implies something quite different: that the argument demands that a question about it be asked—raises the question. Although using the expression in its original sense is now rare, using it in the newer sense will cause irritation among traditionalists.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/begs.html
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[...] industry and using them as the vehicles through which President Obama can peddle his agenda, I wrote back in September. Big Government combed over this scandal which went completely ignored by the media. Union baby [...]
[...] industry and using them as the vehicles through which President Obama can peddle his agenda, I wrote back in September. Big Government combed over this scandal which went completely ignored by the media. Union baby [...]
[...] industry and using them as the vehicles through which President Obama can peddle his agenda, I wrote back in September. Big Government combed over this scandal which went completely ignored by the media. Union baby [...]
[...] industry and using them as the vehicles through which President Obama can peddle his agenda, I wrote back in September. Big Government combed over this scandal which went completely ignored by the media. Union baby [...]