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without arts funding in tough economic times, we'd have no Mt. Rushmore. -- (link)

Posted by Guy (aka lostatlimbo) Jan 29 '09, 15:14

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and is there a more iconic American image than this Depression-era painting? (www.babyswimming.com)

and is there a more iconic American image than this Depression-era painting?

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I'm not sure this is helping. -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 15:21 27
- helping what exactly? i thought we were having a conversation about the impact of arts funding in a down economy? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:23 26
  - I'm not sure pointing to Mt Rushmore as a symbol of arts funding is helping your point. - ty97 Jan 29, 15:25 19
    - the Lincoln Memorial is a dead guy sitting in a chair. whats the point of any of it? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:35 18
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        my point was that these things bring us together as a nation - the promote a sense of ourselves as a union working together -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:48 12
        
        Which is nice and all, but really doesn't qualify as 'economic stimulus'. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 15:55
        
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        did anyone say that the whole thing needs to be funneled into arts??? its .006 according to Dano -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:03 1
        
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        Do we have to choose? As pointed out, arts funding isn't that significant. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:52 7
        
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        besides, i really dont care that much. this discussion has been at least 50% Devils Advocate. - Guy Jan 29, 16:05
        
        i did? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:03 1
        
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        the jets didn't bother me that much either. - Reagen Jan 29, 16:01 2
        
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        yeah, and I thought the political grandstanding of that one guy was BS - Reagen Jan 29, 16:04
        
        I'd much rather they make marbe statues of future leaders. -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 15:47 1
        
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        don't give znuffri any ideas. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:39 1
        
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  - And what is/was the 'impact' of Mt. Rushmore, Guy? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 15:24 5
    - gave people a reason to go to South Dakota? -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:26 4
      - (I'm serious with this - I'm sure that Mt. Rushmore funding has paid for itself numerous times over) -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:29 3
        
        Oh yes, I agree. - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 15:31 2
        
        it also provides 4 culture points per turn and reduces war weariness by 25%. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:39
        
        "free art" is often great value for meney :) -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:33
But would that be such a terrible thing? -- nm - mara Jan 29, 15:16 11
- hard to say. would it be terrible to have no Lincoln Memorial? no Statue of Liberty? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:19 8
  - Well, we were able to get the French to buy us the second. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:21 7
    - are you saying in all honesty that the icon of the US is made in France???? - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:22 5
      - sacre bleu! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 15:24 4
        
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        merde! zut alord! - Reagen Jan 29, 15:25 2
        
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        tabernac! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:26
    - And Al Gore invented the first one. -- nm - Loyola Jan 29, 15:22
- Without arts funding we would have aborted Beethoven. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:17 1
  - This is the kind of sane and rational argument that I want to see on national newsmedia. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:22

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