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The Party of Can't And Won't (So Let's Change The Conversation)

January 9, 2012 by Douglas McLennan 30 Comments

Mitt Romney said last week he'll kick funding for the arts and public broadcasting to the curb if he gets to be president. "We're not going to kill Big Bird, but Big Bird is going to have advertisements," Romney said, while speaking at Homer's Deli in Clinton, Iowa. Like virtually every other conservative candidate, Romney has had it -- had it! -- with government expenditures like public … [Read more...]

CoolWriter on What If Disruption Was Just A Tech Con Game?: “Netflix is a good example of how rapidly changing technologies can strike even a very advanced business project, tightly tied…” Jan 2, 04:23
Jam on What If Disruption Was Just A Tech Con Game?: “I understand that Kindles, Kobos and Nooks are also dropping off with many returning to real tangible books, to read,…” Oct 23, 13:18
william osborne on Classical Music’s #MeToo Stories Are Just A First Step: “There is an important factual omission in your comment. CIM did not just pay the alleged victim in the…” Jul 30, 20:43
ariel on How a Beethoven Tweet Broke Our Twitter Feed (And Other Lessons About Social Media Today): “To most of the world the name Beethoven means nothing and the 9th, symphony even less so . One…” Jul 29, 17:26
G.M. Palmer on How a Beethoven Tweet Broke Our Twitter Feed (And Other Lessons About Social Media Today): “Re the Beethoven #9 article: Kind of reminds me of Third Reich stuff like they commissioned a new Midsummer Night's…” Jul 27, 05:07
Singer on Too Many Artists Or Not Enough Value?: “It could also be argued that there WERE a lot of musicians back then as well but didn't have the…” Jun 26, 17:01
Sheryl Smith on Too Many Artists Or Not Enough Value?: “I have noticed that artists look to everyone but themselves when the rent on their garret becomes harder to pay.…” Apr 14, 17:41
Jaym on Too Many Artists Or Not Enough Value?: “That won't work. The vast majority of contemporary art is bought as a tool by people who want to mark…” Dec 28, 18:35
Jaym on Too Many Artists Or Not Enough Value?: “Haha the arts education lobby. Must be the most impotent lobby on the face of the earth. I don't think…” Dec 28, 18:18
Peter Nelson on Too Many Artists Or Not Enough Value?: “For purposes of this discussion how are we defining "artist"? Are the various creatives involved in the advertising industry, the…” Mar 17, 13:02

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