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"The White House is attempting to mimic Leni Riefenstahl by rounding up those in the arts and entertainment industry and using them as the vehicles through which President Obama can peddle his agenda.

The National Endowment for the Arts denies that it was working with White House officials to promote the president’s agenda through the arts via this taxpayer-funded organization:

This call was not a means to promote any legislative agenda and any suggestions to that end are simply false. The NEA regularly does outreach to various organizations to inform of the work we are doing and the resources available to them.”

Unfortunately, the transcript of the actual call does not corroborate the NEA’s statement. BigGovernment.com obtained the full transcript of the conference call on which White House official Buffy Wicks (of the Office of Public Engagement and head administration official for Serve.gov; Wicks previous worked with WakeUp Walmart and was a lobbyist for the United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union), and others – including lead organizers with Rock the Vote and Current TV – discussed ways to co-opt the art community for political purposes and manipulate those around them so as to push things like Obama’s health care legislation. It’s a call that call participant Patrick Courrichie says raised the hair on his arms.

The call’s players, taken from their self-introductions from the transcript:

Michael Skolnik (filmmaker, political director for Russell Simmons), Mike de la Rocha, Rebecca Krause-Hardy, Hunter Heaney (c0-founder of the Voice Project), Tom Bazis from Education Dynamics, Constance Schwartz(MGMT), promoter Rachel Furman, Mobolagji Akatunday (head filmmaker and outreach for Current TV), Bim Ayandele (reputation manager with Winner and Associates in Los Angeles), Jeff Kemerling, Joshua Fine with Baron Fine LLP in Los Angeles, Saskia Brown with Current TV, Nic Adler (owner of the Roxy in LA), Sean Bonner (co-founder, CEO, Bode Media Inc.), Sharon Lewis, Lynn Hastey from Green Galactic, Sean Akatunday, Lori Bull with Obama poster artist Shepard Fairey, Rob Stone (founder Fader Magazine and Cornerstone Promotions), Justin Runner, Nicola Vassell (Deitch Projects), Nell Abernathy with United We Serve, and Yoshi Sergant of the NEA, and White House official Buffy Wicks. The Washington Times, which got a partial list of those on the conference call, says it has identified a few of the participants as writers for the Huffington Post:
united_we_serve_1united_we_serve_2united_we_serve_3united_we_serve_4Participants took the NEA’s request seriously as many were suddenly very vocal in social networks with their support of the president’s health care proposal following the call:

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There’s even a new Twitter profile related to the new allegiance of artists who want to work with the NEA and the government to promote Obama’s agenda. The push has metastasized across Twitter already with the #unitedweserve tag as well as “Rebuilt Together” profiles that document service in various cities."

 

"Conservatives always knew that the left made a concerted effort to dominate in the entertainment field because it’s such a fabulous way to plant the seed of an agenda. Sugar helps the medicine go dow, as does seeing it on the silver screen or hearing it in a catchy pop hook."


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http://biggovernment.com/2009/09/21/conference-call-transcript-implicates-fed-art-agency-in-government-co-opt-of-arts-community/



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Great, and my son wants to go into the Arts.frustrated.gif

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How corrupt - is there any time that twit Obama doesn't act like a petty dictator - there he goes again using our tax dollars to perpetually campaign. Jesus H. Christ - you mean we paid for this?:

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Ebinger wrote:

How corrupt - is there any time that twit Obama doesn't act like a petty dictator - there he goes again using our tax dollars to perpetually campaign. Jesus H. Christ - you mean we paid for this?:

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Yes, we did . . . furiousno

 



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Check this out:

"Artists and their Marching Orders" by Orson Bean (He's comparing present-day Hollywood to the USSR):

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/obean/2009/09/21/artists-and-their-marching-orders/#more-229858

Party members in the arts back then willingly did as they were told. Their indoctrination had been total; they knew in their hearts they were doing what was right. Writers wrote about the downtrodden; actors played workers nobly, capitalists evilly. Musicians composed music of the people. To deviate from the party line was unthinkable. With the advent of the Cold War, this behavior slowly faded away. Now it seems to be back. Artists no longer take their orders from Moscow but, it appears, from Washington. Not to do so results in being shunned (or de-funded).
Ive been around long enough to see this kind of thing come and go in our beautiful country. Lets hope it doesnt last as long as it did back then. This time weve got Big Hollywood on our side.

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I don't know of a leftist govt. (I hesitate to say socialist, but in Europe and LA Left governments do call themselves socialists) that hasn't used the arts to promote its political agenda.  This propaganda technique works for a short while (especially with young people), but then it fails.  I think it's because people in the arts aren't part of mainstream society.  In the U.S. they usually isolate themselves in NY, LA, Chicago (big cities) and don't have contact with others outside their respective fields.

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