What's importand about this piece is that Dowd is at the social center of DC society and politics, and most often goes after individuals and much smaller targets. This is different; talking about a serious shift in mood of the political establishment. And they all read her column. The CSPG's value and events speak for themselves. -Ed <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/opinion/dowd-heart-of-darkness.html?nl=to daysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120321> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/opinion/dowd-heart-of-darkness.html?nl=tod aysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120321 Heart of Darkness Maureen Dowd NY Times Op-Ed: March 21, 2012 <outbind://202-0000000011BC4D18FB37AA408BEF9AE2C25C2DACE4ED3E00/http://graph ics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/09/16/opinion/Dowd_New/Dowd_New-articleInline.j pg>
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times When the gentleman from North Carolina mentioned Uncle Chang, it hit with an awkward clang. We are spending $10 billion a month that we cant even pay for, said Congressman Walter Jones, that rarest of birds, a Southern Republican dove. The Chinese Uncle Chang is lending us the money to pay that we are spending in Afghanistan. On Tuesday morning, members of the House Armed Services Committee tried to grill Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the commander in Afghanistan who succeeded David Petraeus, about the state of the mission. The impossible has happened in the past few weeks. A war that long ago reached its breaking point has gone mad, with violent episodes that seemed emblematic of the searing, mind-bending frustration on both sides after 10 years of fighting in a place where battle has been an occupation, and preoccupation, for centuries. Afghan security forces cold-bloodedly murdered some American troops after Korans were burned by military personnel. Then an American soldier walked out of his base early one morning and began cold-bloodedly murdering Afghan innocents, leaving seven adults and nine children in one small village dead. There was an exhausted feel to the oversight hearing, lawmakers on both sides looking visibly sapped by our draining decade of wars. Even hawks seem beaten down by our self-defeating pattern in Afghanistan: giving billions to rebuild the country, money that ends up in the foreign bank accounts of its corrupt officials. Committee Chairman Buck McKeon, a Republican from California, made a pro forma complaint that the administration is heading for the exits. But most of the politicians seemed resigned to the fact that President <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/i ndex.html?inline=nyt-per> Obama is resigned to settling for a very small footprint and enough troops to keep terrorists from using Afghanistan as a base to attack the U.S. or our allies. The White House seems ready to forget eliminating the poppy trade and expanding education for girls. Were not going to turn our desolate protectorate into a modern Athens and theres not going to be any victory strut on an aircraft carrier. When youre buried alive in the Graveyard of Empires, all you can do is claw your way out. Congressman Jones directly confronted General Allen on the most salient point: What is the metric? How do you know when its time to go? When does the Congress have the testimony that someone will say, we have done all we can do? he asked. Bin Laden is dead. There are hundreds of tribes in Afghanistan and everyone has their own mission. Jones was once so gung ho about W.s attempts to impose democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan that, after the French opposed invading Iraq in 2003, he helped lead the effort to rename French fries freedom fries and French toast freedom toast in the House cafeteria. But now he thinks that both wars are sucking away lives and money, reaping only futility, and that he was silly about the fries. He said hes fed up with having military commanders and Pentagon officials come to Capitol Hill year after year for a decade and say about Afghanistan: Our gains are sustainable, but there will be setbacks and We are making progress, but its fragile and reversible. He said he had recently visited Walter Reed and Bethesda Naval Hospital to see wounded troops: I had a young Marine lance corporal who lost one leg, in a room with his mother. My question is, the Marine asked him, Why are we still there? Jones also read an e-mail from a military big shot whom he described as a former boss of General Allens, giving the congressman this unvarnished assessment: Attempting to find a true military and political answer to the problems in Afghanistan would take decades. Would drain our nation of precious resources, with the most precious being our sons and daughters. Simply put, the United States cannot solve the Afghan problem, no matter how brave and determined our troops are. Jones agreed, noting mordantly: I hope that sometime in between now and 2014, if things are not improving or they are fragile like they are now, somebody will come to the Congress and say the military has sacrificed enough. The American people have paid enough. And somebody would shoot straight with the American people and the Congress. He concluded: We can declare victory now. But theres one thing we cannot do, and that is change history, because Afghanistan has never changed since theyve been existing. The epitaph of our Sisyphean decade of two agonizing wars was written last year by then-Secretary of Defense Bob Gates: Any future defense secretary who advises the president to send a big American land army into Asia, or into the Middle East or Africa, should have his head examined. _____ From: CSPG [mailto:ad...@politicalgraphics.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of CSPG Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 4:36 PM Having trouble viewing this email? Click here <http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=hj8vrxn6&v=001T68Z-93cJF aKBYBugZ27qkxV3ujOMz9DPkXzalDllG5gHxqz6ZUvINcphC7DzgjBWK5TvuVFzk35CDzZzXntpQ uL5UGxyPtxldve48OeresA1CYU1blHjQ%3D%3D> <http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?t=1109587169992.0.1011181350183.5096&ts=S0735&o=h ttp://ui.constantcontact.com/images/p1x1.gif> <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> <http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif> Center for the Study of Political Graphics * Globalize THIS! 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International Graphics of Resistance RECEPTION March 29 5:30 pm <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109587169992&s=5096&e=0016f5J-CAzKJ-kT4q9FXpK caV2GJrWL8cAnskMhB7GZC4s8UKvfGek-6vAtoYlnW1xX76AUtQ0OIGemQznv-M-nSU0FVFwYhae p8CVGeOxhBXs6ac2U_jCRLdNK8ZiuoMr> March 17 - April 14, 2012 Reception Thursday, March 29, 5:30-7:30 pm Curator tours by Carol Wells and Otis students: Saturdays, April 7 & 14, 1 pm Ben Maltz Gallery Otis College of Art and Design 9045 Lincoln Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90045 Hours: Tue-Sat 10 am-5pm; Th 10 am-7pm Closed Sun, Mon, major holidays Free Admission and Parking Globalization affects every aspect of life on this planet, including climate change, outsourced jobs, pollution, and wars. As ecological crises escalate, resources diminish, and distribution of wealth is increasingly skewed towards the richest 1%, activists and artists throughout the world are speaking with a clarity and coherence exceeding that of most politicians. Their graphic messages are loud and clear: value people over profits, free speech over free trade, and justice over inequality. Produced from the archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, in partnership with Otis College of Art and Design, Integrated Learning seminar "Designing the Political" led by Guy Bennett and Kerri Steinberg. Funded in part by the California Arts Council; Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, the National Endowment for the Arts, and individual donors including: Linda Fredin, Gary Frost, John Laslett, Sandra Pettit, Tobey C. Moss Gallery and Norma Sporn. Artists represented in Globalize THIS!: La Asamblea de Artistas Revolucionarios de Oaxaca (ASARO), JonPaul Bail, Jesus Barraza, Carolina Botero, Breakdown Press, Mona Caron, Jean Carlu, Robbie Conal, Corita Kent, Walter Crane, Design Action Collective, Lex Drewinski, EMEK, Rafael Enriquez, Joanna Foucheux, Luis Genaro Garcia, Milton Glaser, Tyi Green, Diane Haft, Chantá Hardy, Lorenzo Hurtado, Icky A., Justice Design, Jason Justice, Jane Killips, Mike Konopacki, Cedomir Kostovic, Leon Kuhn, Eric Lindroth, Alejandro Lopez, Steven Lyons, Alejandro Magallanes, Mona Mark, Chaz MaviyaneDavies, F. J. E. Mettes, Doug Minkler, Malaquías Montoya, Ian Murphy, Sam Newbury, Open Circle, Sheila Pinkel, PosterFilm Collective, Leonid Prado, Lilia Ramirez, Artemio Rodriguez, Favianna Giannoni Rodriguez, San Francisco Print Collective, U. G. Sato, SelfHelp Graphics and Art, Bahador Shojapour, Chuck Sperry, Klaus Staeck, Street Art Workers (SAW), THINK AGAIN (S.A. Bachman + David John Attyah), Hideo Toyomasu, Keith Tucker, Gerhard Trost, Tumi's Design, Clara Tzara, Craig Updegrove, André Vigneau, Camilla Wycoco Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109587169992&s=5096&e=0016f5J-CAzKJ8OTmsb4YiW 0V674uVN7qYbg5jeoWr4tzRkl39KdlOrBcyYH-mQFdNE2EDp9kQyoH-Jz6big-to2kLWiKS5s0sv Hq6YifCk6QSRIrEFV7he_L8ML-loY9htCRhpo_ksb51lyKZsBG7helfi6MZgkcTPpbLRZfZcPVA= > College of Art & Design NEW CSPG ONLINE STORE <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109587169992&s=5096&e=0016f5J-CAzKJ9W3Pk-Onde 5E0QzbTvDp_M8Eh1p8c-htG86r39MtDiuZ1QGfwIo9lIhZbBTUt1cz1D24pn_SdZ67j2I6lEXGGZ eQlBQ9OOTOG6L-5Rr5zBofMarRXjmrv1CI5Q8VmhsWvgaiUOD9IJvDHHaBjGX_aMkNFGc2_ixxj3 tMOnQmI5Iuet457WnA6SO2FrdjII7-g=> Decade of Dissent: Democracy in Action 1965-1975 <http://politicalgraphics.org/images/160.28637.jpg> Decade of Dissent: Democracy in Action 1965-1975 Exhibition Premiere: February 4 - April 28, 2012 West Hollywood Library 625 N. San Vicente Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069 1965-1975 was a watershed decade for California and the country as a whole. Democracy was advanced at the ballot box, in the classroom and in the streets. Democracy embraces free speech, yet California's students fought for the right to free speech. Democracy ensures freedom of assembly, yet the police often attacked peaceful demonstrations. Democracy protects civil liberties and civil rights regardless of ones race, gender, class or ethnicity, yet African Americans, Asians, Latinos, women, lesbians and gays and others were often denied equality. Artists were in the forefront of the struggles for greater democracy. This exhibition will document the importance of poster art for developing and promoting the ideas and ideals of democracy in California during this turbulent decade. It will also demonstrate the power of art to convey past experiences and views of the world, and create a broader context for understanding contemporary society. Artist's Panel March 31, 2012 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Dissent 451: Art & Activism Now April 21, 2012 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Artists/Activists Discuss the Role of Art in Contemporary Movements for Social Change Library Hours: Monday - Thursdays 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Closed Sundays Decade of Dissent is made possible, in part, by The City of West Hollywood and the California Council for the Humanities and is proud to be a part of The City of West Hollywood's PST It All Started Here. Artists and graphic collectives represented in Decade of Dissent include: Carlos Almaraz, Jay Belloli, Black Light, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Armando Cabrera, Carlos Callejo, Christopher Street West, Manuel Gomez Cruz, Derosa, Vic Dinnerstein, Emory Douglas, Bob Fitch, Rupert García, Gilbert, Group Graphics, Dave "Buffalo" Greene, Helck, Gerta Katz, Corita Kent, Richard Mackson, William McNally, Méchicano Art Center, Malaquías Montoya, David Mosley, Earl Newman, Ramses Noriega, Tracy Okida, Jerry Palmer, Peace Press, Lorraine Schneider, J. Sellery, Susan Shapiro, George Stowe Jr., Philip Swartz, Trager, Xavier Viramontes, Weisser, Bob Zaugh, Andy Zermeño The Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) is an educational and research archive that collects, preserves, documents, and circulates posters relating to historical and contemporary movements for peace and social justice. CSPG demonstrates the power and significance of these artistic expressions of social change through traveling and online exhibitions, lectures, publications, and workshops. Through our diverse programs, CSPG is reclaiming the power of art to educate and inspire people to action. PST It All Started Here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109587169992&s=5096&e=0016f5J-CAzKJ_iFmODTjdE kswi_CRv0Mx_RmErRwpmrsA0khAZkzoV1Q3LOPnd8JjFLZ_oR8jKvYPuNJ8tkelJbOdQIzzFvG9G B13bMFJnzc6q8Nd9b-3ysIonV6cxxJhdrSJw-eUx9Tk=> PST It All Started Here - West Hollywood Celebrates Pacific Standard Time In 1945-1980, the years that Pacific Standard Time covers, the urban parcel that is now the City of West Hollywood was the modern-day wild west, physically and metaphorically. An unincorporated territory smack in the middle of Los Angeles, it was-and is-a hotbed of creativity and progressivism representing the rebellious heart of Southern California's artistic and cultural identity. True to form, West Hollywood presents its own provocative take on Pacific Standard Time with "PST It All Started Here," a collection of events and exhibits that take art out of the museum and onto the streets-and celebrate the art world icons, rock music stars, visionary conceptualists, and revolutionary thinkers that made the city a world renowned cultural destination. Brash, bold, and brainy, offerings for PST It All Started Here include Perpetual Conceptual, an exploration of gallerist Eugenia Butler, part of the seminal art movement on La Cienega Boulevard that was anchored by the legendary Ferus Gallery. Decade of Dissent mines the archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, whose collection of post-WWII political art is the largest of its kind in the U.S. At the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum, Cruising the Archive: Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles, 1945-1980, Wink Wink examines the relationship between artistic practices and LGBTQ histories. Other activities will tie in storied locations-including Barney's Beanery, the Troubadour and the Whisky-that were the hang-outs of the artists and musicians that shaped our world. Incorporated in 1984, West Hollywood was the first in the U.S. to call itself "The Creative City." Encompassing vibrant districts including The Avenues and the Sunset Strip, "WeHo" has been voted the second most walkable community in California, and, at 1.9-square miles total, arguably has more arts per square mile than any other city in the country. PST It All Started Here celebrates Pacific Standard Time, and West Hollywood's role in shaping the cultural history of Southern California. Artist Interviews <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109587169992&s=5096&e=0016f5J-CAzKJ-oWYrXXokG c64sBZB95bCjQGRblVdOBPEodm6BxxSxNBTpaLCVn-04R0xCSIIfCRSytjdWas1TsDZIsyV5STua _jqxhDMe_P-UoVZT_io9N1l_7bmny9bB> Interviews are a part of a video series, in which poster artists share stories about their art and activism. 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