Outrageous Outrage of the Day: Commies Take Over Washington DC

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The Los Angeles Times “Culture Monster” blog has a piece on Andrew Breitbart’s shocking Mao Zedong White House Christmas tree ornament exposé, one of the year’s most outrageous outrages: A Warhol Christmas at the White House.

Blogger Christopher Knight points out that the commie infiltration of Washington DC is much, much worse than anyone realized — because right down the street from the White House, the National Gallery of Art has also been subject to a commie putsch, with twenty-one different versions of Andy Warhol’s Mao prints.

Those damned commies are everywhere. We are surely doomed.

(Andrew Breitbart shows up in the comments for this post, and invokes Hitler in his first six words.)

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119 comments
1 metrolibertarian  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 2:48:47pm

I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the International Communist Conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids!

2 Sharmuta  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 2:49:51pm

Honestly, I've always thought Warhol overrated.

3 Steve  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 2:50:59pm

I have always prefered art that comes naturally.

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4 albusteve  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 2:55:15pm

re: #2 Sharmuta

Honestly, I've always thought Warhol overrated.

here we go again...I do too, the thread last night was hilarious, except for calling Lawhawk a bunch of rude names

5 golgoth  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 2:55:22pm

Protect our precious bodily fluids!

6 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 2:55:40pm

The way the keep beating this horse, you would think that it would be dead by now.

7 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 2:56:14pm

They

pimf

8 golgoth  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 2:56:29pm

re: #1 metrolibertarian

I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the International Communist Conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids!

And beaten at the opening of the gate.

9 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 2:56:44pm

I thought this was yesterdays "one of the year’s most outrageous outrages?" The outrages are coming so fast and furious... well... it's outrageous!

10 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 2:57:12pm

There's a Red, under my bed, and a little yellow Mao in my head.

11 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 2:57:39pm

re: #9 Walter L. Newton

But it keeps them warm at night.

12 MandyManners  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:00:48pm

re: #9 Walter L. Newton

I thought this was yesterdays "one of the year’s most outrageous outrages?" The outrages are coming so fast and furious... well... it's outrageous!

You're outraging me.

13 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:00:49pm

re: #9 Walter L. Newton

It's truly outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous.

14 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:00:51pm

re: #2 Sharmuta

Honestly, I've always thought Warhol overrated.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

15 Randall Gross  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:01:17pm

Is that really Breitbart? I think it's someone parodying him. That's just too over the top and insane.

16 Gus  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:02:03pm

re: #15 Thanos

Is that really Breitbart? I think it's someone parodying him. That's just too over the top and insane.

That's Andrew Breitbart.

17 golgoth  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:02:18pm

Wait wait wait. I clicked on that link. It shows Nixon shaking hands with Mao.... Oh my God! Nixon was a commie! Only a socialist marxist would ever get near Mao and live to tell about it.

18 Spare O'Lake  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:02:30pm

As a Canadian, I can tell you that I have always been a bit mystified by the seeming preoccupation of many Americans with the perceived internal threat of Communism.
As if this phenomenon were not weird enough, what is more perplexing is the even more reactionary response of the lefties...a kind of adulation of dictators like Mao, Castro and even monsters like Stalin and Lenin.

19 albusteve  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:04:49pm

re: #18 Spare O'Lake

As a Canadian, I can tell you that I have always been a bit mystified by the seeming preoccupation of many Americans with the perceived internal threat of Communism.
As if this phenomenon were not weird enough, what is more perplexing is the even more reactionary response of the lefties...a kind of adulation of dictators like Mao, Castro and even monsters like Stalin and Lenin.

CHE LIVES!
(at least on tee shirts, and purses, pajamas, lunchboxes, designer paper plates, etc)

20 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:05:16pm

Hmmmm.... I'm not bother by the ornament, but the writer of the LAT editorial needs to consider this part of his argument...

"The precise source of the Warhol ornament is not known. But Warhol's Maos are in art museum collections from coast to coast, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago (whose painting most resembles the ornament image) and both the County Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Not surprisingly, Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol Museum has several."

I've been to museums all over Europe. I've seen devices of torture, all sort of items representing mans inhumanity to fellow man, things from the wars and other conflicts. I don't think I would be interested in having any of these museum pieces, item or artifacts hanging on my Christmas tree.

My point, in my opinion is his argument becomes as outrageous as the right-wing outrage.

21 Randall Gross  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:05:44pm

If that really is Breitbart... wow Andy, get a grip.

22 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:06:26pm

re: #17 golgoth

Wait wait wait. I clicked on that link. It shows Nixon shaking hands with Mao... Oh my God! Nixon was a commie! Only a socialist marxist would ever get near Mao and live to tell about it.

The meeting took more out of him then we were led to believe.

23 MandyManners  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:09:15pm

re: #22 Slumbering Behemoth

The meeting took more out of him then we were led to believe.

Pat's Dick is clean.

24 jaunte  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:09:32pm

Breitbart:

And 'Capitol Confidential' also pointed out the transvestite ornament featuring Hedda Lettuce and the Obama juxtaposed next to Lincoln on Mt. Rushmore. They are real ornaments on a tree in the White House at Christmas time. We let our readers draw their own conclusions about their appropriateness.


Not fake ornaments!

25 Sharmuta  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:11:03pm

re: #24 jaunte

Breitbart:


Not fake ornaments!

Nor imaginary. I can't stand imaginary ornaments.

26 Gus  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:11:13pm

re: #21 Thanos

If that really is Breitbart... wow Andy, get a grip.

See:

Breitbart: James Hansen Should Be Killed

Andrew Breitbart: Holocaust Museum Killer Was a 'Multiculturalist'

27 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:11:18pm

re: #23 MandyManners

Dude?

28 jayzee  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:11:29pm

re: #24 jaunte

If we didn't have a Christmas tree in the WH we wouldn't have ornamentgate.

29 MandyManners  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:11:33pm

re: #25 Sharmuta

Nor imaginary. I can't stand imaginary ornaments.

I hate fake tinsel.

30 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:11:36pm

re: #2 Sharmuta

Honestly, I've always thought Warhol overrated.

Well, me too, but this is ridiculous.

31 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:12:05pm

Becky wants her school demolished...

32 jaunte  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:12:10pm

re: #25 Sharmuta

/There is something much more ominous about real ornaments.

33 MandyManners  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:12:21pm

re: #27 Slumbering Behemoth

Dude?

It was a joke during the post-Nixon years.

34 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:12:47pm

re: #16 Gus 802

That's Andrew Breitbart.

Can I just comment that Twitter seems to lead otherwise dignified people to act like nuts? This is a general comment about Twitter, I have no idea if Breitbart is otherwise normal.

35 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:15:04pm

re: #18 Spare O'Lake

As a Canadian, I can tell you that I have always been a bit mystified by the seeming preoccupation of many Americans with the perceived internal threat of Communism.
As if this phenomenon were not weird enough, what is more perplexing is the even more reactionary response of the lefties...a kind of adulation of dictators like Mao, Castro and even monsters like Stalin and Lenin.

An intense, somewhat insane, fear of Communism informed all our international and much of our internal behavior for about forty years. The pity of it all is that we got in bed with some really skanky, nasty people because they swore they were anti-Communist.

I think the lefty reaction is just that--a reaction. They don't know much real history, but they do know that they've been asked to pick sides, and they're on the side Reagan's NOT on.

Just a nasty side effect of the Cold War.

36 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:15:58pm

re: #31 Walter L. Newton

That is friggin' hilarious and adorable.

37 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:16:26pm

re: #20 Walter L. Newton

Hmmm... I'm not bother by the ornament, but the writer of the LAT editorial needs to consider this part of his argument...

"The precise source of the Warhol ornament is not known. But Warhol's Maos are in art museum collections from coast to coast, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago (whose painting most resembles the ornament image) and both the County Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Not surprisingly, Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol Museum has several."

I've been to museums all over Europe. I've seen devices of torture, all sort of items representing mans inhumanity to fellow man, things from the wars and other conflicts. I don't think I would be interested in having any of these museum pieces, item or artifacts hanging on my Christmas tree.

My point, in my opinion is his argument becomes as outrageous as the right-wing outrage.

I still suspect, especially based on the stuff around it, that the ornament is supposed to be decorated with various bits of art, and is not actually showcasing Mao. That said, I do find it a somewhat disturbing thing to end up hanging on a Christmas tree.

38 [deleted]  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:16:36pm
39 [deleted]  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:17:38pm
40 [deleted]  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:18:01pm
41 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:18:16pm

re: #36 Slumbering Behemoth

That is friggin' hilarious and adorable.

Our local Clear Channel radio station, 50,000 watts KOA, the morning host always does a comedy Christmas Eve show, 3 hours of some classic Christmas humor and some general humor. This was something I had never heard before and something new he was bring to the show.

She's near perfect as far as her timing and ad-libbing skills.

42 Bob Dillon  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:19:10pm

re: #2 Sharmuta

Honestly, I've always thought Warhol overrated.

It's all in the marketing.

43 Gus  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:20:10pm

re: #40 SanFranciscoZionist

Well, OK, perhaps he's just nuts.

Yeah. He's done it twice. Blaming something or another on a "Black Studies Intelligencia" but he added "Lesbian Studies" to his Holocaust Museum Shooter conspiracy.

44 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:20:40pm

re: #41 Walter L. Newton

She's near perfect as far as her timing and ad-libbing skills.

And at such a young age. She's a natural, for certain. Like the one fella commented, she's got a big future ahead of her.

45 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:25:53pm

SFZ - did you see a link I left for you downstairs a couple of floors? I'm thinking your educator brain is having a interesting time digesting that one.

46 Sharmuta  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:27:45pm

re: #30 SanFranciscoZionist

Well, me too, but this is ridiculous.

It's embarrassing that a supposed intelligent "conservative" would really have nothing better to criticize the President for than a Christmas ornament.

That being said- Warhol's overrated, and communists suck ass.

47 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:30:49pm

re: #43 Gus 802

Yeah. He's done it twice. Blaming something or another on a "Black Studies Intelligencia" but he added "Lesbian Studies" to his Holocaust Museum Shooter conspiracy.

Yeah. Lesbian Studies. I'm sure that's involved somehow...

48 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:31:42pm

re: #31 Walter L. Newton

Becky wants her school demolished...
[Video]

Meanwhile, back in the States, Becky would be expelled from school, arrested, possibly tasered a time or two for good measure, and then shipped off to court-ordered psychiatric evaluation. She would be registered in a database and prevented from ever living within 900 miles of a school. Concerned Citizens would tsk tsk and speak disdainfully about The Kids These Days.

49 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:32:04pm

re: #46 Sharmuta

It's embarrassing that a supposed intelligent "conservative" would really have nothing better to criticize the President for than a Christmas ornament.

That being said- Warhol's overrated, and communists suck ass.

Mao was an SOB, and Warhol is not my taste, but this isn't something anyone should be wasting their time on.

50 Gus  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:32:44pm

re: #47 SanFranciscoZionist

Yeah. Lesbian Studies. I'm sure that's involved somehow...

Yes. A part of the Great Hollywood Leftist Cabal.

Interestingly enough they didn't mention the "lesbian themed" ornaments which I found yesterday. They seem to be obsessed with Hedda Lettuce. There's probably a psychological reason for that since they might find drag queens threatening. Or something.

51 allegro  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:34:21pm

re: #50 Gus 802

Interestingly enough they didn't mention the "lesbian themed" ornaments which I found yesterday. They seem to be obsessed with Hedda Lettuce.

Pardon my ignorance. Who's "they"?

52 Spare O'Lake  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:34:42pm

re: #35 SanFranciscoZionist

An intense, somewhat insane, fear of Communism informed all our international and much of our internal behavior for about forty years. The pity of it all is that we got in bed with some really skanky, nasty people because they swore they were anti-Communist.

I think the lefty reaction is just that--a reaction. They don't know much real history, but they do know that they've been asked to pick sides, and they're on the side Reagan's NOT on.

Just a nasty side effect of the Cold War.

Sounds just about right. Of course the external threat of Communism was very real, what with the arms race and the Soviet Empire, but it did not seem to justify the depth of the domestic reaction and counter-reaction.
It makes me wonder whether there are parallels between the Cold War and the current Islamofascist threat, Eurofascism, Islamophobia, etc.

53 Gus  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:35:08pm

re: #51 allegro

Pardon my ignorance. Who's "they"?

Anyone who's having a cow over the presence of the particular ornament.

54 Sharmuta  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:35:25pm

re: #49 SanFranciscoZionist

Mao was an SOB, and Warhol is not my taste, but this isn't something anyone should be wasting their time on.

Monet would make a nice artist to use for a theme for a tree.

55 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:35:42pm

re: #50 Gus 802

Yes. A part of the Great Hollywood Leftist Cabal.

Interestingly enough they didn't mention the "lesbian themed" ornaments which I found yesterday. They seem to be obsessed with Hedda Lettuce. There's probably a psychological reason for that since they might find drag queens threatening. Or something.



Just tell them that the traditional English Christmas pantomime has always involved cross-dressing. Hedda is part of that.

56 allegro  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:36:05pm

re: #53 Gus 802

Anyone who's having a cow over the presence of the particular ornament.

Ah, I see. Thanks. Carry on. :)

57 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:36:18pm

re: #28 jayzee

If we didn't have a Christmas tree in the WH we wouldn't have ornamentgate.

Protect America! Ban Christmas Trees Now!!!

58 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:36:36pm

re: #48 negativ

Meanwhile, back in the States, Becky would be expelled from school, arrested, possibly tasered a time or two for good measure, and then shipped off to court-ordered psychiatric evaluation. She would be registered in a database and prevented from ever living within 900 miles of a school. Concerned Citizens would tsk tsk and speak disdainfully about The Kids These Days.

I've just "discovered" this little talent today, and she evidently has a number of audio clips on YouTube (I can't stream YouTube Video too well, audio is better)... and she is really clever as all get out. You will find a lot more if you just search "becky prank call."

This girl may be old news to some people, but I never heard her before.

59 Gus  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:36:59pm

re: #55 SanFranciscoZionist

Just tell them that the traditional English Christmas pantomime has always involved cross-dressing. Hedda is part of that.

Ah, you mean like this?

60 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:37:08pm

re: #52 Spare O'Lake

Sounds just about right. Of course the external threat of Communism was very real, what with the arms race and the Soviet Empire, but it did not seem to justify the depth of the domestic reaction and counter-reaction.
It makes me wonder whether there are parallels between the Cold War and the current Islamofascist threat, Eurofascism, Islamophobia, etc.

Culturally, the comparison is spot-on. I remember hearing some of the same things being said about Islamists now being said about the Soviets when I was a child. I do think it's important to separate the real enemy from the enemy we create in our heads.

61 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:38:25pm

re: #54 Sharmuta

Monet would make a nice artist to use for a theme for a tree.

Sure, that would be lovely. Lighter, softer colors than the usual Christmas look...very pretty.

But he's French, so I'm sure the usual suspects would still be freaking right out.

62 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:40:39pm

re: #59 Gus 802

Ah, you mean like this?

Precisely. Drag fits perfectly into that tradition, and is part of any traditional Christmas...well, except for an American one, because we really use German, rather than English holiday customs. But heck, it's all Northern Europe, innit?

63 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:41:03pm

I'm up north visiting my folks for the 3 day weekend (through Saturday, anyway) and my dad and I were just discussing the bat guano craziness by those on the 'right' since Obama took office. We're both in agreement that a)they've no idea how crazy they sound, and b)the more they talk, the more they're going to damn the GOP come election time 2012. We're both hoping that the GOP pushes the whole Palin/Beck ticket, just for s***s & giggles.

64 Gus  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:42:36pm

re: #62 SanFranciscoZionist

Precisely. Drag fits perfectly into that tradition, and is part of any traditional Christmas...well, except for an American one, because we really use German, rather than English holiday customs. But heck, it's all Northern Europe, innit?

Did the Hasty Pudding Club ever put on any Christmas shows?

65 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:42:49pm

re: #63 eclectic infidel

We're both hoping that the GOP pushes the whole Palin/Beck ticket, just for s***s & giggles.

I'm torn. Between my desire for 24/7 outrageous entertainment, and a desire for a functioning nation where they run qualified people for president from both major parties.

66 Sharmuta  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:42:49pm

re: #61 SanFranciscoZionist

One of the Christmas trees that was my favorite was the two foot fake tree some roommates and I decorated with nothing but a strand of green lights and 50 Bic lighters. That was a great little tree. Looked cool.

67 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:43:19pm

re: #64 Gus 802

Did the Hasty Pudding Club ever put on any Christmas shows?

I haven't a clue.

68 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:44:00pm

re: #54 Sharmuta

Monet would make a nice artist to use for a theme for a tree.

I'd be interested to see a Giger tree, or a Bosch tree. Also a Crumb tree, and definitely a Robt Williams tree.

69 Spare O'Lake  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:44:35pm

re: #46 Sharmuta

It's embarrassing that a supposed intelligent "conservative" would really have nothing better to criticize the President for than a Christmas ornament.

That being said- Warhol's overrated, and communists suck ass.

I wondered why they all have bad breath...thanks for clearing that up.

70 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:45:35pm

re: #65 SanFranciscoZionist

At the rate the GOP is going, looks like we're gonna be stuck with the Dems, like it or not. Odds are, that means Obama for a 2nd run. Whether that is a good thing, remains to be seen. So far, he's a mixed bag. Regarding Israel, I wish he'd lay off regarding the settlements in the West Bank - especially given the exceptionally low percentage of actual building going on there.

71 Bagua  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:45:46pm

re: #60 SanFranciscoZionist

Culturally, the comparison is spot-on. I remember hearing some of the same things being said about Islamists now being said about the Soviets when I was a child. I do think it's important to separate the real enemy from the enemy we create in our heads.

Good point.

I recall my Psychic dissonance when I first traveled to Communist China. After all, they were the enemy and such. I recall wondering what I'd find, do they use money, how do they live?

Upon arrival I was shocked by how western and commercial everything was. Cars and taxis everywhere, Ghuangzhou had more lit billboards than any city I'd seen, people chatting on cell phones, and commerce going on everywhere. More suits than downtown Manhattan. The people were also among the most friendly I'd ever encountered.

72 MandyManners  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:46:18pm

re: #68 negativ

I'd be interested to see a Giger tree, or a Bosch tree. Also a Crumb tree, and definitely a Robt Williams tree.

Oh, this one, please.

73 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:46:57pm

I've cut waaay back on my drinking lately. Tonight? Bought some beer.

Give me a half hour... will be time for the "airing of grievences".

Happy Festivus!

74 allegro  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:47:38pm

re: #71 Bagua

Thanks for that. I think it helps us to see some reality over what we often expect.

75 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:49:09pm

re: #54 Sharmuta

Monet would make a nice artist to use for a theme for a tree.

Hmm. I would have said Dali, but your idea is better.

76 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:49:47pm

re: #73 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I've cut waaay back on my drinking lately. Tonight? Bought some beer.

Give me a half hour... will be time for the "airing of grievences".

Happy Festivus!

Happy Festivus to you!! I just had a sit down with the folks for a light lunch + 2 Mendocino Brewing Co's Eye of the Hawk ales. It's such a lovely sensation in the mid-afternoon with this light buzz.

Oh Saturnalia, once a year is not enough!

77 allegro  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:49:56pm

re: #75 Slumbering Behemoth

Dali would require dismemberment of trees. That would be creepy.

78 MandyManners  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:50:31pm

re: #77 allegro

Dali would require dismemberment of trees. That would be creepy.

Or, a tree with melted ornaments.

79 Gus  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:50:45pm

re: #77 allegro

Dali would require dismemberment of trees. That would be creepy.

With Gala staring at you off to the side.

/

80 allegro  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:50:49pm

re: #78 MandyManners

That too!

81 Killgore Trout  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:51:09pm

If Obama was personally inspecting all the Christmas trees in the White House for offensive ornaments they'd send him to psychiatric evaluation. I think there are 10-12 trees in the White House this year.

82 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:52:29pm

re: #75 Slumbering Behemoth

Hmm. I would have said Dali, but your idea is better.

I spent HOURS in the Dali museum in St Pete once. Had an hour to kill.

Don't regret it at all. Spent at least two hours in front of this.

14 ft x 9 ft painting!

83 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:52:47pm

re: #70 eclectic infidel

At the rate the GOP is going, looks like we're gonna be stuck with the Dems, like it or not. Odds are, that means Obama for a 2nd run. Whether that is a good thing, remains to be seen. So far, he's a mixed bag. Regarding Israel, I wish he'd lay off regarding the settlements in the West Bank - especially given the exceptionally low percentage of actual building going on there.

Ultimately, I suspect that the economy will be what makes or breaks Obama.

He's about what I thought we'd be getting, and it's OK with me--but I still wake up crying over Hillary. Ay de mi!

84 Sharmuta  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:52:52pm

A Van Gogh tree would be cool, but then I love the way he does trees.

85 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:53:32pm

re: #77 allegro

re: #78 MandyManners

Hmm... I was thinking multiple iterations of the tree form in both positive and negative space.

86 allegro  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:55:36pm

re: #85 Slumbering Behemoth

Hmm... I was thinking multiple iterations of the tree form in both positive and negative space.

Interesting. But imagine waking up to a negative space Christmas tree... whoa, freaky.

87 Mauser  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:56:18pm

War-who?

(Actually, I'm looking for a more complete version of his famous 15 minutes quote, because it included something about how more and more people were becoming for doing less and less. It was never about people being entitled to fame, but more about how fame was being devalued.)

88 allegro  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:56:47pm

re: #84 Sharmuta

I think Christmas trees are supposed to be spikey. Another issue...hmmm.

89 Bagua  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:57:19pm

re: #83 SanFranciscoZionist

Ultimately, I suspect that the economy will be what makes or breaks Obama.

He's about what I thought we'd be getting, and it's OK with me--but I still wake up crying over Hillary. Ay de mi!

I don't wake up screaming over Obama as well anymore. I'm a bit numb now to the dread. Also, he's about what I expected as well, which is not at all OK with me.

I expect the economy will in fact bring him crashing down, but the question is the timing, it may not crash before his next term if they keep printing money.

90 Olsonist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:57:33pm

re: #83 SanFranciscoZionist

Hillary didn't lose easily. She was very tough and in the end she made Obama himself a much tougher candidate. Maybe without Hillary, Obama would have been a complete tabula rasa which the Reptiles could have painted anyway they wanted. After battling Hillary every knew who Obama was.

91 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:57:38pm

re: #84 Sharmuta

I heart Van Gogh.

92 Gus  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:57:43pm

I've always been fond of Thomas Moran.

Thomas Moran: Two Owls

93 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:58:06pm

Well time to call it day.

*POP*

Time for the first beer of the day.

Night All.

94 Sharmuta  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:58:59pm

re: #87 Mauser

War-who?

(Actually, I'm looking for a more complete version of his famous 15 minutes quote, because it included something about how more and more people were becoming for doing less and less. It was never about people being entitled to fame, but more about how fame was being devalued.)

There are other aspects of Warhol I appreciate more than his... art. That is a great quote, and always made me think he was a prophet for saying it. He was exactly right.

95 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:59:50pm

re: #84 Sharmuta

"A three year old could paint that", is what I often hear from a certain family member on art like that. That same relative painted me a super-awesome pre-historic dinosaur scene for my birthday when I was six, so I just nod and smile.

96 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:00:43pm

re: #94 Sharmuta

There are other aspects of Warhol I appreciate more than his... art.

His hair-cut?

97 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:00:49pm

OT, so sue me.

My favorite Christmas tale ever:
Dylan Thomas' "A Child's Christmas in Wales", read by the author

98 Racer X  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:01:15pm

Merry Christmas Charles!

I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday! Put LGF on autopilot and enjoy time with family and friends.

Thanks for helping to enlighten all of us who visit here.

99 allegro  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:01:36pm

re: #94 Sharmuta

I think your comment hits the nail flat on its head. Until Warhol, no one (that I know of) had recognized fame as it had become with the increasing media attention for what it was.

100 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:02:03pm

re: #71 Bagua

Good point.

I recall my Psychic dissonance when I first traveled to Communist China. After all, they were the enemy and such. I recall wondering what I'd find, do they use money, how do they live?

Upon arrival I was shocked by how western and commercial everything was. Cars and taxis everywhere, Ghuangzhou had more lit billboards than any city I'd seen, people chatting on cell phones, and commerce going on everywhere. More suits than downtown Manhattan. The people were also among the most friendly I'd ever encountered.

I know former Soviets who talk about their nervousness about first coming to the West, and how their expectations had been set by propaganda and general social ideas.

Especially when you're talking about a group as diverse and complicated as the Muslim world, I think it really pays to know as much as possible. I remember getting smacked here on LGF one when I said that Arab culture has a swoony romantic side. Well, it damn well does! But people said 'honor killings' and that was that, I was soundly defeated--as though contradictory ideas don't exist in all cultures.

Knowing more about the people in your neighborhood is always good--in war and peace both.

101 Jeff In Ohio  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:02:50pm

Oh my. It just occurred to me that when we were at the Air and Space Museum last January they had a copy of Sputnik and some other Soviet space capsules and a real intercontinental ballistic missile. Damn, the conspiracy is in all corners!

102 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:03:11pm

re: #78 MandyManners

Or, a tree with melted ornaments.


Just train the tree in some weird direction. Or espalier it. You'd have to start early, obviously, and a tree in a pot might be better...

103 albusteve  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:04:12pm

re: #96 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

His hair-cut?

Warhol always had such a great tan

104 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:04:27pm

re: #81 Killgore Trout

If Obama was personally inspecting all the Christmas trees in the White House for offensive ornaments they'd send him to psychiatric evaluation. I think there are 10-12 trees in the White House this year.

True, but I do think they should have maybe had a volunteer do a quick check over. Just to make sure that an ornament with an escort ad or something doesn't end up next to the President's ear in a photo.

105 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:05:12pm

re: #82 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I spent HOURS in the Dali museum in St Pete once. Had an hour to kill.

Don't regret it at all. Spent at least two hours in front of this.

14 ft x 9 ft painting!


Never seen that one before. WOW.

106 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:06:02pm

re: #88 allegro

I think Christmas trees are supposed to be spikey. Another issue...hmmm.

My great-aunt used to just put ornaments on the ficus bejamina that lived in her living room year round.

107 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:07:37pm

re: #102 SanFranciscoZionist

Tree art.

108 Sharmuta  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:10:10pm

re: #96 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

His hair-cut?

Just because I'm not a huge fan of his art doesn't mean I don't appreciate his impact as an artist and what he contributed culturally. I don't dislike him, I just have other artists I would rather spend my time viewing and appreciating. He was certainly an interesting thinker.

109 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:12:12pm

re: #105 SanFranciscoZionist

Never seen that one before. WOW.

That painting is unbelievable when viewed "in real life".

Similarly, Ron Mueck's sculptures must be seen in person.

110 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:47:00pm

re: #109 negativ

Incredible.

111 ryannon  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:50:34pm

re: #87 Mauser

War-who?

(Actually, I'm looking for a more complete version of his famous 15 minutes quote, because it included something about how more and more people were becoming for doing less and less. It was never about people being entitled to fame, but more about how fame was being devalued.)

The exact quote is: "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes."

[Link: www.quotationspage.com...]

Personally, I think that both Warhol and his art are even better than sliced bread. And a zillion times more intelligent.

112 ryannon  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 4:53:16pm

re: #103 albusteve

Warhol always had such a great tan

Normal.

He only came out at night.

113 suchislife  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 5:07:38pm

re: #82 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Have you seen this? It's a Disney/Dali short film. It's weird, I could always see that Dali is obviously really good at what he does and very unique, but somehow his paintings never engaged me. And then I saw this very kitschy little clip, and it really worked for me, I suddenly saw all the pathos and the romanticism of the desert and the figures dissolving into other figures, and since then, whenever I see one in a museum, I somehow connect. It's like once I got one emotion embedded in it, the others became visible as well.

Which is obviously not to say that this works for others, or that others might not get something completely different out of Dali!

I've often found that having certain sensational or emotional experiences, or really understanding a concept for the first time can lead to me suddenly "getting" a certain genre, or artist, or work of art, (when previously I could have recited why it was important, but it did nothing for me) and when that happens with an artist as prolific and obviously skilled as Dali, that's such an enrichment of my life.

114 amrafel  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 5:24:19pm

"(Andrew Breitbart shows up in the comments for this post, and invokes Hitler in his first six words.)"

Considering how many millions of people Mao killed, the Hitler comparison doesn't exactly work. But it is the opposite type of "not working" from all the other Hitler comparisons that don't work. All in all, however, if there was ever a case of where it was OK to invoke Godwin's Law, this is probably the one.

115 freetoken  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 5:32:35pm

re: #113 suchislife

Wonderful short animation. I've never been a big Dali fan either, but that little piece is a gem.

116 ryannon  Thu, Dec 24, 2009 5:34:48pm

More Warhol quotes:

"I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work' because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. People are working every minute. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.


"What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it."

117 S.D.  Fri, Dec 25, 2009 7:57:32am

I swear I LOL when I saw that "issue"! I'm shocked, Shocked I saw that Samantha Bee missed it in her "expose"!
;)

118 Charles Johnson  Fri, Dec 25, 2009 10:53:50am

re: #114 amrafel

"(Andrew Breitbart shows up in the comments for this post, and invokes Hitler in his first six words.)"

Considering how many millions of people Mao killed, the Hitler comparison doesn't exactly work. But it is the opposite type of "not working" from all the other Hitler comparisons that don't work. All in all, however, if there was ever a case of where it was OK to invoke Godwin's Law, this is probably the one.

Pssst -- it's an Andy Warhol print. It's not really Mao Zedong on the tree. It's a picture of Mao that deliberately mocks him.

No, the Hitler comparison isn't even remotely appropriate in this case.

119 Mauser  Sat, Dec 26, 2009 5:14:02pm

re: #111 ryannon

The exact quote is: "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes."

[Link: www.quotationspage.com...]

No, that's the common abbreviated version. I'm trying to find the exact wording of the sentence before it, which went something like "(These days) more and more people are becoming famous for doing less and less (for a shorter time). In the Future...."


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