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Besides writing our Congressmen about gun control, we ought to ask them where they stand on funding this organization. I don't see it as a free speech problem as we are not asking them to be silenced, just that we not have to pay for the antis spreading anti-gun misinfo and other questionable pursuits.
Let the liberals pay for it out of their own pockets.
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38de564336f0.htm
Supreme Court supports Congress to cut the budget of the National Endowment of the Arts
"In a message dated 03/22/2000
<< Dear All:
On NPR's Morning Edition, Nina Totenberg reported that if the Supreme Court supports Congress to cut the budget of the National Endowment of the Arts, it is in effect the end of NEA. This situation creates great concerns about Congressional funding for creative arts in America, since NEA provides major support for NPR (National Public Radio), PBS (Public Broadcasting System), and numerous other creative and performing arts. If NEA is lost or weakened, our lives will be similarly diminished. In spite of the efforts of each station to reduce spending costs and streamline their services, some government officials believe that the funding currently going to these programs is too large a portion of funding for something which is seen as not worthwhile.
Currently, taxes from the general public for PBS equal $1.12 per person per year, and the National Endowment For the Arts equals $.64 a year. A January 1995 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll indicated that 76% of Americans wish to keep funding for PBS, third only to national defense and law enforcement as the most valuable programs for federal funding. Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends who you believe are in favor of what this stands for.
The full list will be forwarded to the President of the United States, the Vice President, and the Speaker of the House, whose office has in the past been the instigator of the action to cut funding to these worthwhile programs. This petition is being passed around the Internet.
THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY WORK AS A VOICE IN OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM. IT'S EASIER THAN EVER TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD. Please keep the petition rolling. Do not reply to me. Sign your name and locale to the list and forward it to others to sign. If you prefer not to, please send the list to the email address given below. It won't matter if many people receive the same list, as the names are being managed. This is for anyone who thinks NPR and PBS deserve $1.12/year of their taxes. If you sign, please forward the list to others. If not, please don't kill it. If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc., signer of this petition, please forward a copy to: wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu This way we can keep track of the lists and organize them. Thank you.
NOTE: It is preferable that you SELECT the entirety of this letter and then COPY it into a NEW outgoing message, rather than simply forwarding it. In your new outgoing message, add your name to the bottom of the list, then send it on. Or, if the option is available, do a SEND AGAIN.
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I was asked to post this by a family member who received the article as an email. Some recent art exhibits have received national media attention because of some foul & disgusting displays.
Because the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) is funded by public money, it becomes a First Amendment issue concerning free speech in art. I am not well versed on this subject and welcome informed opinions. The question is should public Moines (sic)continue to fund Art?"
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
[This message has been edited by Oatka (edited March 26, 2000).]
Besides writing our Congressmen about gun control, we ought to ask them where they stand on funding this organization. I don't see it as a free speech problem as we are not asking them to be silenced, just that we not have to pay for the antis spreading anti-gun misinfo and other questionable pursuits.
Let the liberals pay for it out of their own pockets.
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38de564336f0.htm
Supreme Court supports Congress to cut the budget of the National Endowment of the Arts
"In a message dated 03/22/2000
<< Dear All:
On NPR's Morning Edition, Nina Totenberg reported that if the Supreme Court supports Congress to cut the budget of the National Endowment of the Arts, it is in effect the end of NEA. This situation creates great concerns about Congressional funding for creative arts in America, since NEA provides major support for NPR (National Public Radio), PBS (Public Broadcasting System), and numerous other creative and performing arts. If NEA is lost or weakened, our lives will be similarly diminished. In spite of the efforts of each station to reduce spending costs and streamline their services, some government officials believe that the funding currently going to these programs is too large a portion of funding for something which is seen as not worthwhile.
Currently, taxes from the general public for PBS equal $1.12 per person per year, and the National Endowment For the Arts equals $.64 a year. A January 1995 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll indicated that 76% of Americans wish to keep funding for PBS, third only to national defense and law enforcement as the most valuable programs for federal funding. Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends who you believe are in favor of what this stands for.
The full list will be forwarded to the President of the United States, the Vice President, and the Speaker of the House, whose office has in the past been the instigator of the action to cut funding to these worthwhile programs. This petition is being passed around the Internet.
THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY WORK AS A VOICE IN OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM. IT'S EASIER THAN EVER TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD. Please keep the petition rolling. Do not reply to me. Sign your name and locale to the list and forward it to others to sign. If you prefer not to, please send the list to the email address given below. It won't matter if many people receive the same list, as the names are being managed. This is for anyone who thinks NPR and PBS deserve $1.12/year of their taxes. If you sign, please forward the list to others. If not, please don't kill it. If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc., signer of this petition, please forward a copy to: wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu This way we can keep track of the lists and organize them. Thank you.
NOTE: It is preferable that you SELECT the entirety of this letter and then COPY it into a NEW outgoing message, rather than simply forwarding it. In your new outgoing message, add your name to the bottom of the list, then send it on. Or, if the option is available, do a SEND AGAIN.
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I was asked to post this by a family member who received the article as an email. Some recent art exhibits have received national media attention because of some foul & disgusting displays.
Because the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) is funded by public money, it becomes a First Amendment issue concerning free speech in art. I am not well versed on this subject and welcome informed opinions. The question is should public Moines (sic)continue to fund Art?"
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
[This message has been edited by Oatka (edited March 26, 2000).]
