arts secretary petition hits 80,000 signees
On Monday (January 12), the petition was featured in the Los Angeles Times blog Culture Monster. How fast is the petition growing? Consider this: When L.A. Times blogger Lisa Fung posted her item at 12:31 p.m. on January 12, she wrote, “So far, more than 63,000 people have signed.” As of this writing, the petition has more than 83,000. As Fung wrote, “With ‘spread the word’ e-mails recently making the rounds on the Left Coast” it shows no signs of slowing down.
Jaime Austria, who plays bass for the New York City Opera and the American Ballet Theatre Orchestra, started the petition after hearing Quincy saying he plans to ask President-elect Barack Obama to create a secretary of the arts post on a podcast of WNYC’s Soundcheck.
With all the interest in the petition, we thought it’s as good a time as any to repost a link to that interview. You can listen it below.
The last thing this country needs is another bureaucrat deciding what should or should not be considered art. I am a musician and yes, the arts are extremely important but it should not be controlled in any way, shape or form by the United States government. Not only is it unconstitutional, it could lead to censorship and would only serve to stifle the arts. Remember Jesse Helms trying to withhold funding from the NEA over Robert Mapplethorpe’s work? Art needs freedom. Artists need freedom of expression. More government control would only lead to less freedom. There has to be a better way.
please add my name to the petition or tell me where to go to.
thanks
Got an email re: Quincy’s encouragement of B. Hussein Obama to appoint a Secretary of the Arts.
Keep in mind…. we (me and my fellow tax payers) are now paying for a trillion dollars that are covering the butts of those who were reckless and greedy.
And now, B. Hussein Obama wants to spend another trillion of my money.
So, if YOU have enough money to support this Secretary of the Arts position and socialistic club, please PAY FOR IT YOURSELF and quit asking we Americans who make a very small fraction of what you make to pay for all this liberal crap.
WE THE PEOPLE ARE OUT OF MONEY.,
STOP THE SENSELESS SPENDING.
Are you not smart enough to know that when you’re out of money, you stop spending?????
You don’t know about that… but take it from those of us who actually work a real job for a living — we are out of money and you need to stop asking the government to take more of our money for your causes.
STOP IT ALREADY.
What a wonderful concept to have a Secretary of the Arts. We need more funding for the arts, rather than no child left behind which bogs students down with testing rather than creativity. MR. Jones you have my vote.
Ignore the ignorance of some hateful people.