As a center-left blog, which gets no federal funding by the way, I am not sure the original image of William Shakespeare we had (where he was looking like Chuck Norris, we removed the image due to a major tech glitch, not for political reasons) reflects the sentiments of our blog, but then again the liberal bookstore The Internationalist Bookstore in Chapel Hill, NC, does actually sell the ultra right-wing magazine "Guns and Ammo" (true story!).
Tonight at The Internationalist, there will be a screening of the documentary film "Infamy" about graffiti artists at 7:00 p.m. Those artists who many view as criminals (and, there is definitely a thin line between vandalism and art) have become more news-worthy lately because the street artist/vandal Banksy was actually nominated for an Oscar for his own documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop."
But, today's main agenda item for our blog has to do with this brilliant tweet from the Reduced Shakespeare Company, which now touring Holland as they perform in the Dutch city of Eindhoven tonight.
It is in regards to a talk/forum that President Barack Obama is reportedly giving at the White House today:
"The Obamas are holding discussions today on bullying. Have they invited the Republicans?"
SIDEBAR: We also want to express our outrage that the likes of Cong. Eric Cantor (R-Va) are moving to cut federal funding for NPR because of some underground manuevering done by a GOP supporter who seems like a right-wing Banksy revealed that an NPR executive has negative views regarding Tea Partiers.
But, many support NPR for its content, including a Republican blogger who today said that he listens to NPR even though he feels their news is biased (which is not our view) because it goes into more detail than typical evening news stories on tv.
And, it should be pointed out that irregardless if some people in places like Harlan, Kentucky,which may well have intellectuals who appreciate the arts like anywhere else, think NPR has a strong liberal bias, many NPR stations, including WETA (90.9-FM) in the District of Columbia itself (well, they are technically based in Arlington, Va.) plays mostly classical music throughout the day. And, we all know that Mozart is not a Maoist!
PS- Whether you are a Republican or a Marxist, neither of which I am, please feel free to tell your friends about this entry. For reasons I am not completely sure of, it was very difficult to post.
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