Alright, ooopsie, the Cultural bureau is a hoax... I had to go all the way to the Job opportunities page to figure it out for sure... Who knows: the beautiful song in the second link might be a fake too. Have the Sauceks taken over the whole WEB? Alain
At 05:48 PM 6/8/04, Alain Veylit wrote: >Howard, all, >Serious and sincere apologies for getting the giggles on that tuning thing >and for all the bad jokes - >The Ashcroft references come from a WEB page I read recently detailing >some comments he made regarding Classical music in general and opera in >particular: Ashcroft seems to consider that public subsidies for Classical >music are wasted on a small clique of people who drive their Mercedes to >the concert and therefore should not need to get any money from the >government. >Rather than reviving a heated political debate, I leave you with three >links that you are free to follow or not, the first one against Ashcroft's >cultural politics, the other two apparently in support of his views, >although they read like an ultra-liberal caricature of a sane conservative >agenda as I imagine that to be... > >http://home.earthlink.net/~oy/enemies.htm >http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ashpic1.html >http://www.hscb.org/res-chats-ashcroft.htm > >Please someone tell me that this Homeland Security Cultural Bureau is >indeed a joke perpetrated by ultra-liberals to caricature and defame our >A.G.'s true and worthy goals - here is how they describe their role: >What is the Homeland Security Cultural Bureau? >You can find out more by visiting the About Us section. But in short, HSCB >is protecting the interests of the country's national security by >employing efforts to direct and guide the parameters of cultural production. > >Cultural production serving national security?? Shudder - I would rather >trim the strings of my lute on the wrong side of the bridge than to become >a guided parameter in that cultural war... >Alain > > > > >At 03:29 PM 6/8/04, Howard Posner wrote: >>Alain Veylit wrote: >> >> > Is a "fifth" really a unit >> > of measure for whisky? >> >>And any other liquor, including wine. 750 ml is close enough to a fifth of >>a gallon not to worry about the difference. >> >>I don't get the Ashcroft jokes, BTW.
