respect for your notice!!!……

No need to apologize . I am glad you share my views.

Anyhow, I haven’t rec’d any response to my email and I will be surprised if I do recieve one.

I will keep you all posted though.

brooklyn red said:
Sigh… OK please remember that illustrators work on commission. That is they are paid to illustrate so the work my not necessarily represent the view of the artist… I know some folks in the biz that are decent.

I blame the publishing media in such as all of these works were commissioned. Hence the term “art whore”.

Having said that, it is still pretty disgusting.

BS, I blame the artist, your telling me that the artist had absolutley no input c’mon who’s eyes are you trying to pull the wool over. What self respecting artist would take a job like this unless they agreed in some way, I know I would’nt do this type of art for any amount of money and I mean any amount. I would tell them to get bent and go back under the rock they crawled from.

The entire world economy runs on energy. Including the cost of manufacturing pencils and paints.

Just let the Arabs cut off the flow and see the cost of a barrel of oil reach say $200, and then they’ll see misery.

There won’t be anyone that could afford to buy food much less art. Come to think of it, there won’t be any food to buy even if you had any money. It takes ships and planes and tractors and trucks to get food to the shelves.

Even if we all used mass transit, if there’s no oil to get the goods transported, there will be no reason for any of us to go to work.

And the law of the jungle says, if we need to take the oil through force, to survive, then that’s what we do. Not that we’re rolling in Iraqi oil by any means.

Like it or not . . .energy makes the world go round.

Idiots.

To whom it may concern:

I find myself nearly at a loss for words to describe the feelings I had when I saw the online show of the “Artists Against the War” exhibit. I was so affected by this exhibit that I felt it necessary to take the time to try to articulate my feelings in a brief email. I was particularly touched because of the opening message on your website:

“We will be using this forum as a way to support those most directly affected by the harsh consequences of military combat—the brave men and women who serve their country as well as their family members who must live with the affects of war long after the parades are over.”

How dare you claim “support” for myself and my family! I am a vet and I find your “art” (propaganda) particularly offensive. I realize it will do no good to try and explain why your viewpoints are flawed, so I will merely confine my comments to your audacity in claiming “support” for me.

What parades exactly are you talking about? I remember a small ceremony with my unit and immediate family members. I remember a couple of nice awards being handed out. I certainly don’t remember any parades. No one from your side of the political fence would ever consider having a parade for returning soldiers. Instead this “art” is how you think you are honoring us. You wouldn’t even think of celebrating necessary military action and the brave men and women that voluntarily take part in that action.

Instead you claim to speak for us and then proceed to sponsor “art” whose message is clear:

“US soldiers are pawns in a war for profit. US policy (and by extension, the US soldier) commits murder in the name of profit.”

You couldn’t be more hopelessly wrong and offensive.

By now, I’m sure you are rolling your eyes and I really do not care, so I will end with this:

I encourage you to take the offending phrase off of your website and exhibit. You DO NOT support US soldiers because if you did your art would represent heroic men and women fighting victoriously against evil men that would just as soon look at you as kill you. I’m sure the enemy appreciates your art though, there is nothing they would like more than to see the resolve the American public to do the right thing continue to be sapped away by insipid liars within our own country.

I called your number at (212)838-2560. The lady that answered was very nice and said she would pass on what I had to say to her supervisor. I was happy to hear that she seemed to agree with my viewpoint (a sentiment I am sure earns her no friends in the office). She also mentioned that proceeds raised from this exhibit will go to support disabled vets and their families. I want to make it known that were I disabled I would not willingly and knowingly accept money tainted by your exhibit. It is a slap in the face to brave soldiers who have made any kind of sacrifice to fight for a noble and just cause.

Have a nice day.

Right on. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

I also gagged when I read this nonsense:

We will be using this forum as a way to support those most directly affected by the harsh consequences of military combat—the brave men and women who serve their country as well as their family members who must live with the affects of war long after the parades are over.

This “art” is supposed to give a voice to me and mine? HAHA. I had to read that 3 times to make sure I read it right. If anything thier “art” is outright insulting.

Who do they think they are kidding?

The nerve of some of these clowns outstounds me.

“Parades” indeed. Jesus…

First and foremost, Giving a voice to those whose views are not represented by the mainstream media??!?!?!!!?!?!?!

I choked back the bile and looked through all of the “art.” It’s so clever. I especially like the subtlety of pieces like the one that has Bush as a dummy on Cheney’s knee or the one that has an elephant in armor dancing in blood.

Of course, the prerequisite Nazi comparison was in there in the form of a quote by Hermann Göring.

The list of publications was unsurprising: Time, New Yorker, Rolling Stone, New York Times, etc…

Oh, and I was not pleased to see the Norman Rockwell piece included with this garbage.

Sometimes I feel like I could use this site as a diet tool for the new year. Reading about Hillary crying and this “art show” and all the other good stuff before lunch could really keep me from being able to swallow my food.

We will be using this forum as a way to support those most directly affected by the harsh consequences of military combat—the brave men and women who serve their country as well as their family members who must live with the affects of war long after the parades are over.

That is the biggest load of disingenous crap I’ve seen. They don’t give a damn about American troops or what it takes to make sure none of them are forced to knuckle under the Caliphate envisoned by Bin Laden.

I sent them this e-mail:

I love it. It’s fabulous!
Could you paint some of the dead bodies I created on 9/11?

Love and kisses,
Osama Bin Laden

Too bad they probably won’t get it.

Fed up with the MSM’s liberal establishment depiction of the war? Head over to the Society of Illustrators: These works of art will give a voice to those whose views are not represented by the mainstream media. Does that mean……

Would these folks Hate Georoge Washington, Abe Lincoln, FDR, and Harry Truman for their wars?

Yes. According the them, there is *never* a reason to go to war.

A few times, I’ve seen bumper stickers that read “I’m already against the next war.”

Presumably, they’re trying to show just how peace-loving and progressive they are.

What I want to ask them is whether or not their lives – their families/friends, and what they’ve worked for – means anything to them. If they say, “Yes”, then I’d like to ask them whether or not they’d be against the next war if it threatened their lives and safety. Would they be consistent and oppose the war – even if it meant losing everyone and everything precious to them?

My guess is they’d be in quite a progressive-thought pickle then.

We will be using this forum as a way to support those most directly affected by the harsh consequences of military combat—the brave men and women who serve their country as well as their family members who must live with the affects of war long after the parades are over.

Well, I’ve not seen any parades here. Just in case any of you “trolls” are here, pass it along to your nutty, moonbat friends that I don’t need their kind of “support”. They do not give a crap about the military and never have. These people would only have a favorable response to a military member, who they refer to above as being “brave”, if that person had something negative to say about the WOT, Bush, etc. How about the “harsh consequences” from the BDS we are subjected to daily?

Give me a break!!!

On January 8th, 2008 at 9:35 pm, brooklyn red said:
And if you never did a job you didn’t like cause you needed the money… well be my guest, cast the first stone.

Yes, I’ve done work just because I needed the money, but I’ve never whored myself out.