(01-10-2017 04:22 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(01-10-2017 04:14 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(01-10-2017 04:08 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  How does crap like that end up hanging on the wall of the capitol to begin with? I mean, who made the decision that was an appropriate painting to hang there? Whoever that is should be fired.

I think it was an elected official. So she can't be fired. At least not immediately.

Elected to what? By whom?

To Congress, by idiots. I agree the Capital isn't the place for such nonsense.

(01-10-2017 04:36 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(01-10-2017 04:22 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(01-10-2017 04:14 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(01-10-2017 04:08 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  How does crap like that end up hanging on the wall of the capitol to begin with? I mean, who made the decision that was an appropriate painting to hang there? Whoever that is should be fired.

I think it was an elected official. So she can't be fired. At least not immediately.

Elected to what? By whom?

To Congress, by idiots. I agree the Capital isn't the place for such nonsense.

If she is a congress critter, then congress can very easily take the power away from her. And should, immediately.

Trump will return the Churchill bust to the Oval Office.

I don't think Clay has another term coming. All that her opponent has to do is remind their constituents what she did and show the, er, painting.

GOP Removes Cops As Pigs Painting Again, Congressional Black Caucus Member Says, “We May Just Have To Kick Somebody’s Ass And Stop Them.”



It isn’t a question of “freedom of speech.” It is however a question of not endorsing hatred of police in a government setting.

Quote:A controversial student painting in the Capitol depicting police officers as pigs was rehung and removed upwards of three times Tuesday following an a special event to return it to the wall.

Meanwhile, Louisiana Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, threatened the Republicans who have been taking the painting down: “We may just have to kick somebody’s ass and stop them.”[…]

Though House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisco., has not made an official statement on the status of the painting, the office of Rep. Dave Reichart, R-Wash., confirmed to The Washington Examiner the former sheriff will be taking the lead on ensuring its permanent removal.

According to Reichart’s office, the painting does not comply with the rules of the U.S. Congressional Art Competition and he plans on writing a letter to the Architech of the Captiol about it.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cops-a...le/2611376

How about nobody gets to hang the stupid art of their choice?

(01-10-2017 10:34 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  How about nobody gets to hang the stupid art of their choice?

Agree 100%. This idiot just set a precedent and it won't end there, all in the excuse of the first amendment.

The latest situation.....

gotta love liberals, they believe that a flag promotes hate, so they take it down, but not a painting.

(01-10-2017 10:32 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Though House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisco., has not made an official statement on the status of the painting,

Ryan's statement should be a simple "The painting reflects only the views of painter and those supporting hanging the painting."

BOOM!

(01-10-2017 12:41 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(01-10-2017 12:15 PM)CardFan1 Wrote:  Oh, I thought They were putting Hillary's portrait up anyway even though She lost !

You just can't stop thinking about her huh?

Have you gotten your rabid case of TDS looked at yet?

Capitol Building To Remove Controversial ‘Pigs As Police’ Painting

Great news...

Quote:A controversial painting on Capitol Hill depicting a police officer as a pig will be removed after sparking a scuffle between Democratic and Republican lawmakers, the architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers told Fox News Friday.

Ayers determined the painting violates the House Building Commission’s rules and will be removed Tuesday after the federal holiday.

Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash.,the former Sheriff of King County, Washington, wrote to Ayers demanding the artwork be removed, and arguing the painting “is in clear violation of the Suitability Guidelines outlined in the official rules for the competition.”

In particular, Reichert asserted that the rules bar art that depicts “subjects of contemporary political controversy or a sensationalistic or gruesome nature.”

Democratic and Republican lawmakers repeatedly passed it back and forth in a growing tit-for-tat. Most recently, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., took it down late Tuesday afternoon and brought it to the office of Democratic Rep. Lacy Clay. The painting came from his Missouri district.

Clay once again hung it up, saying he was “an expert at hanging artwork.”

Rohrabacher called the painting an “insult to all police.”

The painting was hung last June in a tunnel between the Cannon and House Office Buildings at the Capitol.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/...nting.html

(01-10-2017 10:34 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  How about nobody gets to hang the stupid art of their choice?

This.