First ACORN, now the NEA

An attitudinal holdover from the days of kings--the underwriting of artists--the National Endowment for the Arts simply isn't needed in this country. There is no shortage of art in America.

Big Hollywood has the latest on this anachronistic organization:

In the aftermath of the Andrew Breitbart/James O’Keefe/Hannah Giles-broken ACORN scandal, President Obama and his allies in Congress have distanced themselves from the community organizing goliath. Congress has cut off funds, and Obama has refused to speak about the matter. End of story, right?

Wrong.

There's only one problem: the ACORN mentality – pinpointing and mobilizing particular groups in support of a radical-left agenda – is no longer restricted to government-funded private non-profits like ACORN. The ACORN mentality now dominates the government itself. Taxpayer dollars are being used by elected officials to encourage the deification of President Obama and his agenda. And one of the chief organs of the government propaganda machine is the National Endowment for the Arts.

Let's start from the beginning. On August 25, artist Patrick Courrielche told the story of a conference call he attended on August 10. That conference call was hosted by the NEA, the White House Office of Public Engagement, and United We Serve. The goal of the conference call: "to help lay a new foundation for growth, focusing on core areas of the recovery agenda – health care, energy and environment, safety and security, education, community renewal." The call would push "a group of artists, producers, promoters, organizers, influencers, marketers, taste-makers, leaders or just plain cool people to join together and work together to promote a more civically engaged America and celebrate how the arts can be used for a positive change!"

If this sounds suspicious to you, that's because it is. Never before has the NEA explicitly urged artists to tackle particular social issues like health care. But that is how this Administration works.

Using the arts for propaganda is a favorite tool of communists.

UPDATE 4:30pm CDT:

After getting caught, the White House is promising new guidelines.

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