People seem to love to hate the ACLU, but off the top of my head, I think I agree with everything I've heard of them doing.
Hey Kicky, does it irritate you that the lawyer is depicted as evil in this painting?
Edit: What's the difference between a school teacher and professor? I always thought they were the same. Professor just sounds a bit more professional....
Is this guy Mormon?
Also watched over by satan:
Supreme Court Judge
"Mr. Hollywood"
Liberal News Reporter
Professor
Pregnant Woman
Politician
My favorite part in that painting is all the specific supreme court decisions on the steps. Some of which are favorite conservative targets (Roe v. Wade) others of which are completely nutty inclusions (an 1816 case called Martin v. Hunter Lessee).
EDIT: The "college student" in the painting is holding a copy of "The Five Thousand Year Leap." Absolutely incredible.
Some poeple seem to think it's a great zinger, Archie has used it approximately 500 times, but I don't care.
Why would that change your opinion of the ACLU? That seems right in their wheelhouse. Do you think he shouldn't have had the right to paint the picture?
I personally would have taken that case.
I could careless if you're a lawyer. I believe there are a few others on the board as well. The thing I don't like about you isn't your profession, it's because you're a condescending **** know-it-all. Yeah, you can take that to the bank.
actually, there was another local case a few years earlier that the ACLU had gotten involved in that pissed me off and this just seemed to be the icing on the cake. the picture is pretty disgusting - - of course the artist has a right to paint whatever he chose, and it's unfortunate the situation played out the way it did. As I recall, originally it was just shown in a showcase of student work within the school, and it was only planned to be on display for a few days, and not available for public viewing.
It just seemed to me that emotions were running pretty high at the time, and the painting was not originally supposed to be part of the exhibit anyhow, but the student who painted it and a few of his friends hung it anyhow, and then started agitating about their "rights to free speech" when the school requested it be taken down. A friend of mine was an administrator at the School of the Art Institute at the time, and she said many of the museum staff felt the painting should not be exhibited beyond the original scope of the student showcase, but that there was a bit of a power play going on between the museum and the school.
Looking back now, I'd probably see it the other way, although as I recall, the comments of the artist did nothing to engender any sympathy or support, and my attitude was influenced by that as well.
Serious question, why is Reagan so worshiped right now? Growing up, I hardly ever heard about him. I guess he was a likable President. He did some good things and some bad things.
I can answer this question in part. I grew up during the Nixon, Ford, Carter & Regan administrations. During the 70's America was in a funk. There was this dark, depressing feeling that was almost palpable in the air. The feeling was the worst during Carter's time in office. The US had just left Vietnam, went through Watergate, was in a recession, had oil embargos that left you waiting in line for gas hours at a time, Iran was holding numerous Americans hostage & we were at the height of the cold war. It was just an ugly time. To this day when I hear the 70's mentioned I get this feeling of bleh.
Under Regan this all changed. He constantly spoke of America's greatness and generally made you feel proud to be an American. For lack of a better term, he cured America's self image.
Dammit, how can you consider yourself a conservative and not know how to spell his name?
But Marcus nailed it. Reagan lifted America's spirits, though many would argue that his fiscal policies continued the spiral. As a liberal conservative, I believe Reagan was the right man at the right time.
Do you get the same feeling now that you had during the 70's? I'm hoping that the right man at the right ime shows up in '12 and that we don't have to wait until '20.
Dammit, how can you consider yourself a conservative and not know how to spell his name?
But Marcus nailed it. Reagan lifted America's spirits, though many would argue that his fiscal policies continued the spiral. As a liberal conservative, I believe Reagan was the right man at the right time.
During that time, was the Dem's agenda rife with fear mongering, divisive speech, and anti-government propaganda? Cause that would have made it that much easier to bring the country together.