WE SURROUND THEM!

“But, the 'I don't know what it's called College' counted 1-1 1/2 million off of the wrong picture that Glen gave them.

Lies work, the people of faith will believe anything from even an unfaithful source when it attacks the infidels.
last edited: 9/20/09 10:18:11 AM”

“They reject facts as a matter of faith.

These "people of faith" are waiting for the End Times.

The rest of us will get on with building a decent future while those others eagerly await Arma-Gititon.”

“Is stratty still chewin on that sh1t taco?

Just swallow it and get it over with already! Its never going to taste good.”

“Naw, if Beck's wrong, he'll admit it.

Now, who wants to get back to the corruption problems we're having?

Anyone?”

“IF Beck is wrong??

Beck is a certified KOOK.

They reject facts as a matter of faith.”

“Then why are you so obsessivly worried about him? It's obvious you're horrified by him, just like you are of Sarah PAlin.

You're welcome to your opinion, I just don't see why you don't just tune him out and forget him. You obviously don't listen to him or watch his show but you still have the need to cast a negative light on him. It's very telling of the left-handed way of thinking. It's so transparent I find it hard to believe you think people won't see your frantic ravings as nothing more than panic. Believe you? Anyone can watch his show and decide for themselves if Beck's a certified kook. Why would anybody believe you? You don't even care if your democratic leaders are corrupt or not. So now you think people will believe what you say?

Yeah, ok....good luck with that”

““Naw, if Beck's wrong, he'll admit it.

Thanks for proving my point.

You reject facts as a matter of faith.

I'm not obsessive about Beck or Palin.

They are rotten Americans.

I am merely "calling a spade a spade".”

“Yeah... I'm pretty horrified that a dunderhead like Palin could have been a heartbeat away from the Presidency or that a significant portion of a major party's base could view her as a Presidential candidate in 2012.

I'm also alarmed that you and others could allow someone like Beck to lead you around by the nose. He tells you demonstrable falsehoods, others here provide you with the facts, but you go on believing him anyway.

It would be harmless fun if he weren't (in caged language) calling for armed uprising. I'm concerned that more people are going to get killed by right wing crazies. Enough already.”

“You're concern about right wing crazies would carry more weight if you ever cared as much about left wing crazies. You're concern about racism would mean more if you didn't turn a blind eye to the hate for whitey coming from portions of the black community.

You're opinion would mean more if you weren't such a hypocrite.”

“".....the hate for whitey coming from portions of the black community."

Oh, you poor put-upon white man.
Perhaps you are having feelings of white guilt.
I don't feel threatened at all by black Americans or Africans(I am acquainted with many blacks both American and African at work).

Just what are "left wing crazies"?
Are there communists calling for armed uprising?
The left "wing" is after all communist/marxist.
The word "wing" denotes the extreme in politics.

One would have to search far and wide to find Americans who are actually communists or marxists. Both of those political systems are demonstrably disastrous, a fact well-known.

On the other hand, there is a real right-wing in America one which has been(in caged and not so caged language) calling for uprising, armed or otherwise, which is truly un-democratic and therefore, un-American.”

“The greater the % of voter population, the less the rite wing likes democracy. If you don't like diversity why did you buy into the Chamber of Commerces Rah Rah Biz platform?”

“
The History is obvious. These examples were located in about five minutes. How many would turn up if a person committed an entire hour?

Lynching in North Carolina: A History, 1865-1941 by Vann R. Newkirk.

Ella Mae Wiggins, a White Union organiser was murdered by a mob in broad daylight in front of numerous witnesses. The killers were acquitted in less than an hour it was reported "because she was a Communist."

I think Mr. Beckkk is playing with fire.

”

“There's no doubt about that tilt, which in my mind lends him credibility. He has round the clock security so don't get any ideas....

Marko, Beck himself proved for a fact that Van Jones is a communist. But you guys have to insinuate that we're all gun tote'n racists with out any evidence. . Facts vs fiction. Pathetic and false race baiting only makes tensions worse and shows that you are desperate and your hatred is real. You have no shame or sense of honor or fairness. Again, you won't even address the corruption that permeates your own Democratic party, so why would anyone trust your judgment?

Violin, I lead myself around by the nose!


Watch Glenn Beck for yourself and you decide. 4:00 Eastern, Mon-Fri, FOX”

“You have no shame or sense of honor or fairness.

What are you trying to do by telling those lies about me, pick a fight?

Beck "himself" is a rotten, lying son of a #&%!$.

Your belief in his incitement to violence and rabble-rousing is based on faith and not truth.

Pathetic and false race baiting only makes tensions worse and shows that you are desperate and your hatred is real.

You are pulling my chain and projecting.”

“So it was the fault of Blacks for getting lynched.”

“Now-now Tiltydoo, you are race-baiting again.

Heh heh !

As well as denying facts as a matter of faith the right-wing loonies are re-defining terms such as "race-baiting" to mean "calling a racist a racist".”

“The term 'Racist' is an English word and can only be used by the chosen few...”

“It's just that I can see how they could be pissed ---- #&%!$ like that tends to stick in people's memory, yaknow. That and the Slavery.

The only thing that surprises me is that every single one of them isn't pissed as hell All the damn time.

Yeah, I run into Black people all the time who are mad.... can't really blame them. Sure they're mad about things from long ago, but also from what some redneck did last week.... and that pisses off the rednecks!

So cycle continues 'round and 'round and here I am, stuck between them "in the crossfire." It's just GREAT.

Does this mean I'm SURROUNDED? � LOL

”

“You're surrounded by the Frozen Chew.”

“
�Ay, caramba!

”

“EXPLOSIVE NEW AUDIO Reveals White House Using NEA to Push Partisan Agenda
by Patrick Courrielche

**NEA conference call full audio and transcript here**

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pcourrielche/2009/09/21/explosive-new-audio-reveals-white-house-using-nea-to-push-partisan-agenda/

Should the National Endowment for the Arts encourage artists to create art on issues being vehemently debated nationally?

That is the question that I set out to discuss a little over three weeks ago when I wrote an article on Big Hollywood entitled The National Endowment for the Art of Persuasion?”

The question still requires debate but the facts do not.

The NEA and the White House did encourage a handpicked, pro-Obama arts group to address politically controversial issues under contentious national debate. That fact is irrefutable.

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President Obama with the NEA’s Yosi Sergant

But some have claimed that the invite and passages, pulled from the conference call that inspired the article, were taken out of context. Context is what I intend to establish here.

On August 10th, the National Endowment for the Arts, the White House Office of Public Engagement, and the Corporation for National and Community Service hosted a conference call with a handpicked arts group. This arts group played a key role in Obama’s arts effort during his election campaign, as declared by the organizers of the call, and many on the call played a role in the now famous Obama Hope poster.

Much of the talk on the conference call was a build up to what the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was specifically asking of this group. In the following segment, Buffy Wicks, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, clearly identifies this arts group as a pro-Obama collective and warns them of some “specific asks” that will be delivered later in the meeting.

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Buffy Wicks

Play Buffy Wicks, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement:

* “I just first of all want to thank everyone for being on the call and just a deep deep appreciation for all the work you all put into the campaign for the 2+ years we all worked together.”
* “We won.”
* “I’m actually in the White House and working towards furthering this agenda, this very aggressive agenda.”
* “We’re going to come at you with some specific asks here.”
* “I hope you guys are ready.”

Later in the call, “specific asks” were delivered by Yosi Sergant, then Communications Director of the National Endowment for the Arts. What were the “asks”? They were for this pro-Obama arts group to create art on several hotly debated political issues, including health care:

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Yosi Sergant

Play Yosi Sergant, former Communications Director of the National Endowment for the Arts:

* “I would encourage you to pick something, whether it’s health care, education, the environment, you know, there’s four key areas that the corporation has identified as the areas of service.”
* “And then my ask would be to apply artistic, you know, your artistic creative communities utilities and bring them to the table.”
* “Again, I’m really, really honored to be working with you; the National Endowment for the Arts is really honored.”
* “You’re going to see a lot more of us in the next four and hopefully eight years.”

As someone that has been creating arts initiatives and marketing campaigns for over 14 years, I feel like I have a good sense as to how a pro-Obama arts group, when requested by the NEA to address politically contentious issues, could so easily turn very partisan.

Consider:

Three days after the conference call a coalition of arts groups, led by Americans for the Arts, a participant on the conference call per the meeting contact list and recipient of NEA grants, sent out a press release with the heading “Urgent Call to Congress for Healthcare Reform,” which called for the creation of “a health care reform bill that will create a public health insurance option.” Eleven days after the conference call, Rock the Vote, another participant on the call, announced a health care design contest. “We can’t stand by and listen to lies and deceit coming from those who are against reforming a broken system,” they stated in their announcement. “Enough is Enough. We need designs that tell the country YES WE CARE! Young people demand health care.”

These may both be coincidences and I am not suggesting that the NEA or these groups definitively violated the law in these efforts. That’s for others to discuss and investigate. As I’ve stated in various television interviews, the organizers never discussed any specific policies. However, as can be seen below in the exchange between Nell Abernathy of the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency, and Michael Skolnik, the third party moderator, the meeting seemed designed to deflect any questionable conversations to the “third party”, while keeping the issue of health care top-of-mind with the precision of a well positioned product placement.

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Play Nell Abernathy, Director of Outreach for Serve.Gov and Michael Skolnick, political director for hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons:

Debating the role of government is and has been the goal of bringing this conference call to light. The NEA tainted the creative process by encouraging the art community to address highly controversial political issues. ‘How?’ you may ask. The NEA is the largest single funder of the arts in the United States. This government agency has the power and ability to fund arts organizations and recently expressed a desire to return to funding individual artists, bringing more from the group into the pool of potential grantees.

The NEA did encourage a handpicked, pro-Obama arts group to address issues under contentious national debate. That fact is irrefutable.

This practice has never been the historical role of the NEA. The NEA’s role is to support excellence in the arts, to increase access to the arts, and to be a leader in arts education. Using the arts to address contentiously debated issues is political subversion. And the fact that the White House played a role in encouraging the arts to address contentious issues should also be considered a government overreach.

Many on the phone call may say and believe that this was a worthwhile effort. “What can be more inspiring then the NEA encouraging national service,” they may say. I would say that while it might sound like a noble cause, the big hand of government often enters the scene well manicured, but in times of desperation it all too often takes on the shape of a fist accessorized with brass knuckles.

And it appears that desperation may have been the impetus to the birth of this specific arts effort. This possibility reveals itself when we take a step back and view the environment at the time the invitation was distributed.

It was the beginning of August 2009, Congress was heading for a much-anticipated month-long recess after weeks of heated debate over health care legislation. At issue was President Obama’s desire for “universal health care” for all Americans, and he was losing that debate. The Administration attempted to push health care legislation through before the August recess, but the so-called Blue Dogs resisted the proposed public option.

After several grueling months of discussion, where the opposition accused the administration of creating death panels, inching the country closer to socialism, and desiring a single-payer system, the Democrats left for the August recess without a bill on the floor and a bit battered from their effort. The Democrats were presented with a daunting task – to face a public at town hall meetings that had gone nuclear. Each night a new incident of public outrage against the government takeover of health care was broadcast widely on cable news – each network painting the protesters as either a legitimate revolt against government growth, or the angry, uneducated, lunatic fringe.

Regardless of how this group was labeled, their mere existence pointed to one fact – the administration was losing the debate on health care reform.

It was in this environment that I received the invite from the National Endowment for the Arts to attend the August 10th conference call. When seeing that the NEA and the White House were inviting a group from the arts world to tackle health care, as well as energy and environment, it appeared to me as an attempt to create an environment amenable to the President’s positions on these efforts. Only after learning that this was the arts group that played a key role in getting the independent arts community behind then candidate Obama, was I convinced that this effort was unusual.

Michael Skolnik, the person asked by the NEA and the White House to help bring together this arts collective, defined the group and its goal in his opening statement. I think it is made pretty clear how this pro-Obama group would react to losing the healthcare debate if prodded to speak to that very issue:

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Michael Skolnick

Play Michael Skolnick, political director for hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons:

* “I’ve been asked by folks in the White House and folks in the NEA … we had the idea that I would help bring together the artist community…”
* “…the Hope poster obviously is a great example, but it’s clear as an independent art community as artists and thinkers and tastemakers and marketers and visionaries that are on this call, the role that we played during the campaign for the president…”
* “…the President has a clear arts agenda and has been very supportive of using art and supporting art in creative ways to talk about some issues that we face here in our country, but also to engage people. And I think all of us who are on this phone call, you know, were selected for a reason.”
* “And so I’m hoping that through this group, and the goal of all this, and the goal of this phone call, is through this group we can create a stronger community amongst ourselves to get involved in things we’re passionate about as we did during the campaign. But to continue to get involved in those things, to support some of the President’s initiatives, but also to do things that we are passionate about and to push the President and push his administration…“

I find it hard to believe that the very intelligent meeting organizers would think that this pro-Obama arts group would produce bipartisan art about health care at a time when the administration was losing a national debate on that very issue. As any parent can tell you, if you give your child a key to the candy drawer they’ll end up with a sugar high.

Were there artists on the call that would create imagery extolling the benefits of offshore drilling? Were there any musicians who’d drop an electro dance anthem warning of the Road to Serfdom that awaits us if we let government create universal health care? Or how about artists that would wheat paste posters throughout urban areas, featuring a miner named Cole entirely sanitized, sitting in a clean room with the subtitle “Clean Coal.” If this was truly a bipartisan effort, why was I not invited to any conference calls held after the publication of my initial article?

In their zeal to recapture the enthusiasm of the campaign, it appears the NEA overstepped its mandate and forgot its role to the arts, a community currently in dire straits. If this arts group should be rallying around anything, it should be to directly help the arts community. The NEA’s mere participation in a meeting of this nature has put them and those invited in murky waters.

Setting up a propaganda machine is a dangerous precedent. The creation of a machine to address any issues, even ones with noble intentions, can be wielded by the state to create a climate amenable to the policies of those in power. Does anyone believe that once these artists are in place and we move to the election cycle, that the art they create will be bipartisan?

While much of the phone call was spent explaining the general concept of United We Serve – to be expected when explaining the infrastructure and rational for any national initiative – when the time came to get specific on what the National Endowment for the Arts wanted this arts group to do, it was simple and concise – create art focused on four main issues, and the two at the top of the list, and most mentioned throughout the exchange, were health care and energy & environment.

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Yosi Sergant

Play Yosi Sergant, former Communications Director of the National Endowment for the Arts:

* “This is a community that knows how to make a stink.”
* “…this is just the beginning. This is the first telephone call of a brand new conversation.”
* “We are just now learning how to really bring this community together to speak with the government. What that looks like legally?”
* “So bear with us as we learn the language so that we can speak to each other safely…”
* “I would encourage you to pick something whether it’s health care, education, the environment, you know, there’s four key areas that the corporation has identified as the areas of service.”
* “My ask would be to apply artistic, you know, your artistic creative community’s utilities and bring them to the table.”

The National Endowment for the Arts needs to issue a statement with a bit more detail than the one issued at the time of Sergant’s reassignment. Not only have they not explained why Sergant was reassigned, their current statement is full of obvious contradictions and has only prompted more questions.

The NEA’s unattributed statement reads:

“On August tenth, the National Endowment for the Arts participated in a call with arts organizations to inform them of the president’s call to national service. The White House Office of Public Engagement also participated in the call, which provided information on how the Corporation for National and Community Service can assist groups interested in sponsoring service projects or having their members volunteer on other projects. This call was not a means to promote any legislative agenda and any suggestions to that end are simply false. The NEA regularly does outreach to various organizations to inform of the work we are doing and the resources available to them.”

By their own words and actions the NEA has attempted to distance the agency from the initiation of this meeting and have been outright dishonest in their role.

If the NEA has done nothing wrong, why have they been dishonest?

From their own words this effort was not something that the NEA regularly performed; otherwise their Communications Director wouldn’t have called this a “brand new conversation.”

As to the statement that the conference call was not a means to promote any legislative agenda, I believe the handpicked pro-Obama participants on the call and the vehemently debated issues that the NEA encouraged the group to address show clear intent on the part of the NEA. And that intent was to create art that aligned with the administration’s partisan agenda.

On September 4th I called the chairman of the NEA, Rocco Landesman, requesting a response to these inconsistencies as well as to request a statement from the NEA regarding their brand new arts efforts. As of the publishing of this article I have not received a response.

With each passing day, the National Endowment for the Arts’ credibility is tragically deteriorating. The only action that can restore its credibility is a full disclosure and accounting of the events that led to the launch of this arts effort, the rationale behind this new NEA function, and a clear explanation of the obvious contradictions in their statements related to this conference call.”

“#&%!$ Taco”

“$hit Taco”

“We surround them...

Like Cling-Ons circling Ur-anus...”

“Democrats embrace the corruption.....MMMmM, it feels so goooOoo0o0D”

“What the hell else is art for if not to make statements, you dark age connies.”

“Dood, don't have a G-20 riot to get ready for?”

“You sir have no on 'er to off 'er.”

“Thank the Lard for the ignore function.”

“And the beat goes on.................

yank-yank”

“Democrats embrace the corruption.....MMMmM, it feels so goooOoo0o0D”

“


http://www.amazon.com/Arguing-Idiots-Small-Minds-Government/dp/1416595015”

“U.S. charges Obama fund-raiser in $290 million fraud
Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:25pm EDT

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58K5A420090921?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hassan Nemazee, a fund-raiser for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other Democrats, has been indicted for defrauding Bank of America, HSBC and Citigroup Inc out of more than $290 million in loan proceeds, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday.

The announcement follows last month's indictment of Nemazee, head of a private equity firm and an Iranian American Political Action Committee board member, on one count of defrauding Citigroup's Citibank.

The new indictment adds allegations that he defrauded two other banks, Bank of America and HSBC Bank USA, in a similar fashion by falsifying documents and signatures to purportedly show he had hundreds of millions worth of collateral.

The office of the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan and the FBI said he used the proceeds of his scheme to make donations to election campaigns of federal, state and local candidates, donations to political action committees and charities.

He bought property in Italy and paid for maintenance on two properties in New York.

His lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.

As of August 2009 Nemazee owed Bank of America about $142 million and owed Citibank about $74.9 million, the indictment said. He drew on a line of credit he fraudulently obtained from HSBC to pay the Citibank loan.

Nemazee, 59, typically donates more than $100,000 annually to Democratic political candidates. He is listed as one of the top "bundlers" of contributions to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, according to OpenSecrets.org, a website run by the Center for Responsive Politics research group.

"For more than 10 years, Hassan Nemazee projected the illusion of wealth, stealing more than $290 million so that he could lead a lavish lifestyle and play the part of heavyweight political fundraiser," United States Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan said in a statement.

Nemazee was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on August 23 as he was checking in for a flight to Italy, according to court papers. He was released on bail.

If convicted on three counts of bank fraud, Nemazee faces up to 30 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines. He is also charged with identity theft.

The case is: U.S. v. Nemazee, 09-mj-1927 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan)

(Reporting by Grant McCool, editing by Leslie Gevirtz and Matthew Lewis)”

“Complete with the Mussolini outfit. How appropriate.

Stratduud supports war criminals. What does that feel like? I can't begin to imagine.”

“Uh huh..........Stratdood supports criminals, he's got no honor, no taste.........only his momma loves him, and she could be lyin', too.”

“Uh huh........and Stalin is his hero.

Those are some fine lookin' Aryan children.”

“So, have you heard the Chinese are going to loan us a whole bunch more money so we can act like rich american capitalist, while really we are struggling to keep the Big Biz's CEO's in bonuses?”

“Great. Postpone the inevitable.

Let's call up the dip#&%!$ from Texas (by way of Andover) and ask him why he charged his fake war to our credit card.”

“We should sell Tejas. We would have to get 'W'out of there before anyone would raise a bid.

Force Bush, Cheney and Rummy to live in Iraq until the last US soldier is out of there.
last edited: 9/22/09 8:48:46 AM”

“You dunderheads don't even get it...



This is an example of government sponsered art...you know like propganda...like the NEA tried to do when the Obama staff called them and told them to start crankin out the proagenda art....QUID PRO QUO

Then there's evidence that once a recording of the "call" was put out, the White House tried to cover it up, Ala Dick Nixon

Art-gate

From The Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2009/sep/20/partial-list-august-10-national-endowment-arts-tel/
Revealed: Partial list of August 10 National Endowment for the Arts conference call participants

By Kerry Picket on Sept. 20, 2009 into Water Cooler



The Washington Times has obtained a partial list of "artists and influencers" who were participants on the controversial August 10 National Endowment for the Arts hosted conference call. The following links show images of an excel file of some of those on the teleconference call.:


The file was provided by a participant on the call who said the list was distributed by Michael Skolnik, an arts activist involved in setting up the call. According to the electronic signature on the spreadsheet file obtained by The Washington Times, the file was created by a Michael Skolnik. We contacted Mr. Skolnik, and he has responded to several different questions with the same statement: "I cannot authenticate the excel attachment you sent to me." The Times also has a screen capture of an email coming from Skolnik's account with the file attached.

Huffington Post writer and co-founder of URB Magazine Raymond Leon Roker, told us that while he was invited to participate on the August 10 teleconference call, he was not on the call himself. A number of others on the list contacted by The Washington Times have denied participation in the call, including Jason Hardy, Mitchell Frank, and Sloan Berrent. Some other information on the list seems to be outdated. For instance, Lee Brenner, formerly director of political programing for MySpace, is now involved in a new social media consultancy called FastFWD Group.

Consider this an opportunity to crowd-source the next stage of our reporting. We invite bloggers and other interested readers to check out the names on the list for themselves. Some individuals are more well known than others. We're looking for solid, well-sourced information we can use to expand our coverage and generate new stories. This is an example. Here are some ideas on what to start with:

Is the information about them accurate/up to date?

Have these individuals been involved in Democratic politics?

Are they campaign donors? To whom?

Since the Aug. 10 confernece call, have any of these individuals been involved in political activism related to health care, environment or education, the subjects suggested by the NEA in the call?

Are they members of any of the 21 arts organizations that endorsed health care reform two days after the call?

Are any of them involved in other arts groups funded through the NEA or through state-level arts agencies funded by the NEA?

Do they have a history of being involved with dubious causes such as 9/11 "Truther" statements?

How many of them have written for The Huffington Post (we've noticed a couple)?

When you've got something good, stick links to the supporting information in our comments or a post on your blog or email us at kpicket@washingtontimes.com . We'll do our best to stay on top of any new information and credit the person who dug it up.

A couple quick things to keep in mind. We've already attempted to contact the people on the list, so there is no need to follow in our footsteps. As they respond, we'll add an updated tally in another post on the Water Cooler. Second, the people on the list are private citizens who were asked to be on a call where a National Endowment for the Arts official went way too far in pushing for artists and arts groups to get behind the administration agenda. The people on the call didn't neccessarily do anything controversial or wrong. The NEA and the White House are the ones who have gone too far.”

“Eat your #&%!$ taco and simmer down.”

“Yah had the churchies with Bush , now yah got the artsies with Oblama. Next, you'll have the surf punkies when I'm elected in 2012.”

“Oh I get it, sTalindOOd, you want to bring back the goolags to put the evil liberals in.”

“

Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda: The ABC’s of the NEA Conference Call
by Mike Flynn

Today, Big Hollywood released a full audio recording and transcript of the NEA conference call. A full review of the call reveals several new and more troubling aspects to what transpired on the August 10th phone call. What is inescapable is that the origin of the call reaches into the highest offices of the White House. It is clear, from the transcript, that the call was orchestrated by the Office of Public Engagement, whose Director, Valerie Jarrett, is among the closest advisors to President and First Lady Obama. It is also apparent that Ms. Jarrett’s office directed the involvement of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for National and Community Service, two independent federal agencies. (This is important, as neither is officially part of the executive branch.)


At the very beginning of the call, the general ‘moderator’ of the call, Michael Skolnik, political director for Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons, explains the genesis of the call:

I have been asked by people in the White House and folks in the NEA about a month ago in a conversation that was had. We had the idea that I would help bring together the independent artists community around the country.

This is important, because in the immediate aftermath of the breaking story, the NEA has tried to state that a ‘third party’ organized the call. This clearly isn’t true. The e-mail invitation to the call was sent from Mr. Sargent’s government-provided NEA e-mail address. In addition, as the transcript reveals, Mr. Sloknik was “asked” by the White House and NEA to organize the call.



”

“

Obama with NEA's Yosi Sergant”

“
Yes, we're all idiots for refusing to be lead around by the nose by..... WTF do you call that anyway? � A 'radio personality'?

Some "radio guy" (just like Jesse Helms and Lush Rimbaugh before him) with a couple of years of college (maybe) who's latched onto some crazy ideas that jive with Your particular kind of craziness?

good grief.

Yeah, yeah --- people who are actually educated on these subjects can't be trusted because they're "Pointy Heads" who are in on the Grand Conspiracy, � LMMFAO

Go build a bunker in your backyard and buy as many guns as you can get your jands on. I should've bought stock in Smith & Wesson.


NewsCorp really knows how to tap into the craziness (and give it a nudge, like from a bulldozer). Have you seen the crap on the "History" channel lately? � It's� S H I T, like their 'news'. They've even infected "The Universe" series with it. The new episodes are all about Global Deeeeeestruction and crap.

Thanks, Rupert!

”

“Some people invest in News Corpse as they do in 'health care' and 'war things' and 'death squads with $100k caskets'.”

“This isn't about Beck. Very few of the stories or links I provide are even from him. Beck just shows video and plays audio that exposes these people for what they really are. He's one of my research guys, that's it. You don't even read the stories so how would you know what's in them anyways. Oh, and we're not in bunkers, we're at town hall meetings and tea parties and believe it when I say we'll be at the polls. You see most of the real Americans have been busy....working and raising families. Well this current crew in government went totally spastic with our money and got a lot of people's attention. Now they are looking into things deeper and there's a new scandal under every slimey rock in Washington. These are the tea partiers that showed up massively in DC. Just citizens.

The people you follow can't be trusted because they are dishonest, tilt. Dishonesty and corruption have brought us to the brink. And people like you don't even care. That makes you corrupt as well.All you can muster is anger at the people exposing and confronting it. Then you take it out on the messenger. That's your only reaction, every single time. You, none of you, have any pertinant, thoughtful, or constructive things to say, ever.
You don't refute it, you don't speak out against, you don't even acknowledge it's even happening.

Just flail around ranting about the crazy people who are demanding to know how their money is spent. What a bunch a freaks that actually care about their children's future. How dare these commoners ask questions and inform themselves because the lamstream media won't do it anymore. The nerve of them actually thinking they know what's best for themselves.

The jig is up tilt....it's over. We're onto you and I don't care what aspersions you falsely cast on me, I'll never shut up.

Besides, I thought you had me on ignore...”