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   Dave to The True Melissa   
   Re: Bye Bye, Big Bird? Corporation For P   
   06 Jan 26 18:14:16   
   
   From: DaveMerricky@kremlin.ru   
      
   The True Melissa wrote:   
      
   >   
   >There is something to be said for funding commercially unsuccessful art,   
   >since some of it proves over time to be great. We no longer have a lot   
   >of private art patrons, so it seems natural for government to fill the   
   >gap. On the other hand, the stuff the government funds very seldom   
   >proves great over time.   
      
   Are you saying The President made a bad decision by being involved in The   
   Trump Kennedy Center?   
      
   Kiss, The Village People and Stallone are the pinnacle of American taste   
   and art and will last forever.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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