Archive for the ‘political-correctness’ Category

Political Correctness: Picasso Locked in the Basement

September 19, 2007

One of the world’s greatest collections of modern art is locked in the basement of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran.  And it’s not “just the Picassos — the Kandinskys, the Miros, the Warhols. The Monet, the Pissarro, the Toulouse-Lautrec, the Van Gogh. Possibly the best Jackson Pollock outside the U.S.” 

The art has been locked up almost 30 years, as the mullahs who run Iran don’t want the people to see such ‘degenerate’ art–too dangerous and corrupting.  It’s yet another point of agreement for them with Hitler, apparently.

The good news is that the Iranians haven’t (yet) destroyed the art as the Taliban did the historic Buddha statues of Afghanistan; probably too valuable.

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Innocent Hummer Assaulted

July 18, 2007

I don’t like Hummers.  They’re ugly and kind of road hogs.  But I like this even less.

Perhaps the pundits are right; civil discourse is fraying in this country.  The last time I looked, in America you could drive any car you dreamed of that was street legal and you could afford gas for. 

But if you really can’t contain your righteous opinion, rant about SUVs on your blog, buy something small and Japanese so you’ll feel good about yourself (if not your fellow American workers), or, if you must, stick a note under a Suburban’s windshield like the irrepressible Amy Alkon.  Don’t mess with people’s hard-earned property.

Hybrid technology is promising, and maybe I’ll get a Ford Escape for my next car.  Now, I drive an 8-cylinder Mustang GT.  And if I catch someone vandalizing it I will vandalize them.

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