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fine art and ideology since 1978

I voted for Barack Obama, and I don’t want my money back

— Go Big, Mr. Obama - NYTimes.com

…you can be a cable television darling by saying provocative things, but you can’t be president of the United States.

— Misstatements Shadow Bachmann in Republican Presidential Race - NYTimes.com

I want you to call. I want you to e-mail. I want you to tweet. I want you to fax. I want you to visit. I want you to Facebook … Send a carrier pigeon.

President Obama, urging people to contact their elected representatives and tell them to pass his proposals

And the Good News Is - NYTimes.com

It’s crazy. Gibson Dunn is the law firm that represented George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore in 2000. Now they’re working to get rid of a bike lane. Think about that.

— Is New York Too New York for Bike Lanes? — New York Magazine

Policymakers in the United States have been repeatedly frustrated by constituents who profess to worry about the climate and count themselves as environmentalists, but prove unwilling to adjust their lifestyles or change their behavior in any significant way.
In Europe, bike lanes crisscross cities, wind turbines appear in counties with high-priced country homes and plants that make green energy from waste are situated in even the wealthiest neighborhoods. So what is going on here?

— Green Development? Not in My (Liberal) Backyard - NYTimes.com