[Newspoetry] Fwd: Homeland Security Cultural Bureau - Chat with John Ashcroft on Art and Culture

[Robert Porter]

Wow.  This whole site is one gigantic newspoem. They don't step out 
of character much, do they?
I have to admit I'm relieved.  I swallowed this thing hook, line, 
sinker, pole, and half the fisherman's arm when I first looked at it.

BTW, the following page will give you a good idea of where these 
folks really stand:

http://www.hscb.org/res-story-cultsabotage.htm


Paricularly this bit at the end:

             Don't picket - vandalize.
             Don't protest - deface. When ugliness, poor design & stupid waste
             are forced upon you, turn Luddite, throw your shoe in the 
works, retaliate.
             Smash the symbols of the Empire in the name of nothing 
but the heart's
             longing for grace.

-- Bob


At 2:27 AM -0600 11/24/02, John wrote:
>  > This one goes beyond the appall-o-meter.  I think we'll have to 
>break out the
>>  existential dread-o-meter, or perhaps the slobbering paranoia-o-meter:
>
>  > http://www.hscb.org/res-chats-ashcroft.htm
>
>oh my god!   I almost fell for this one and forwarded it to another
>political discussion list.  I really need some sleep.
>
>Luckily I browsed around the site and found their job vacancies:
>
>http://www.hscb.org/opportunities.htm
>
>Vacancy Announcement No. P1684
>Director of Directors, grade P.5, Capone, McCarthy, Hoover, Nixon,
>Kissinger, Ashcroft, ___________. You could be one in a long line of great
>Americans who manipulated and turned their nose at the law.
>Closing date for receipt of applications: November 10, 2002
>
>Vacancy Announcement No. P1700
>Deputy Director, grade P.5, Concept Development Unit, Advisement of Cultural
>Organizations, New York Division, work closely with Director General to
>implement strategy with large museums and cultural organizations,
>implementing a "self-monitoring" program so that no cries of censorship will
>be voiced.
>Closing date for receipt of applications: November 10, 2002
>
>
>Parts of the site are so well worded it is frighteningly believable.
>
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