File puptcrit/puptcrit.0802, message 144


From: "Alan Cook" <alangregorycook-AT-msn.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:53:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] hard times


If anyone feels that Robert introduced politics into puptcrit in pointing attention to the current Administration in Washington's failure to spend money on arts, &  education (he left out health care and dozens of other worthy things) I think we have to remember that it was the Bush folks who diverted tons of money and too many lives into an ill-advised and unprepared two-week trip to Iraq and we are still there years later accomplishing WHAT?

>From the start, the Bushies have lied, they have politicized just about everything, and have divided the people while most of the free press has dozed.

If we fail to notice and to complain, then the BIG MESS is our fault too.

The Asian stock markets dropped yesterday, but "officially" we are not yet (?) in a recession, while communities struggle for funds and people are losing their homes . 

What a legacy!

ALAN COOK


-----Original Message-----
From: robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 6:57 AM
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: [Puptcrit] hard times

I want to thank all those who have written in about the diminishing number
of school booking opportunities in their states.  How often have I crossed
paths with other puppeteers who, when asked, have boasted, "things are
booming," when I knew they really weren't.

Just the other day, I spoke to the son of another performer (a dancer, not
a puppeteer) who had appeared at a showcase, and asked how it went.  I was
told that he suffered an accident on stage, and was bleeding so profusely,
that his performance had to be cut short, and that being so embarrassed,
he ultimately left the showcase a day early.

Later on, I saw this guy and, without letting on, asked how things went. 
His exact words were, "Triumphant.  The bookings are pouring in!"

Honesty may be the best policy, but it takes courage.

Meanwhile, here in the U.S., the George W. Bush Administration has
delivered a new budget.  Without Congressional action, funds to National
Public Radio will be slashed in half, funds to the National Endowment for
the Arts will be reduced to an amount that is lower than when Bush took
office 7 years ago, and there will be no money - zero - for arts
education.

This November, please vote, and remember to which political party George
Bush belongs.

Robert Rogers



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