Howard, all, Serious and sincere apologies for getting the giggles on that tuning thing and for all the bad jokes - The Ashcroft references come from a WEB page I read recently detailing some comments he made regarding Classical music in general and opera in particular: Ashcroft seems to consider that public subsidies for Classical music are wasted on a small clique of people who drive their Mercedes to the concert and therefore should not need to get any money from the government. Rather than reviving a heated political debate, I leave you with three links that you are free to follow or not, the first one against Ashcroft's cultural politics, the other two apparently in support of his views, although they read like an ultra-liberal caricature of a sane conservative agenda as I imagine that to be...
http://home.earthlink.net/~oy/enemies.htm http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ashpic1.html http://www.hscb.org/res-chats-ashcroft.htm Please someone tell me that this Homeland Security Cultural Bureau is indeed a joke perpetrated by ultra-liberals to caricature and defame our A.G.'s true and worthy goals - here is how they describe their role: What is the Homeland Security Cultural Bureau? You can find out more by visiting the About Us section. But in short, HSCB is protecting the interests of the country's national security by employing efforts to direct and guide the parameters of cultural production. Cultural production serving national security?? Shudder - I would rather trim the strings of my lute on the wrong side of the bridge than to become a guided parameter in that cultural war... Alain At 03:29 PM 6/8/04, Howard Posner wrote: >Alain Veylit wrote: > > > Is a "fifth" really a unit > > of measure for whisky? > >And any other liquor, including wine. 750 ml is close enough to a fifth of >a gallon not to worry about the difference. > >I don't get the Ashcroft jokes, BTW.
