tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post1359577104957032767..comments2024-03-28T05:47:44.752-05:00Comments on RIFLES AT DAWN: Save The Drama For Your MammaTim Morrisseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-51795364065007423162010-05-13T14:41:38.367-05:002010-05-13T14:41:38.367-05:00hieronymous,
>> Our system rewards avaricio...hieronymous,<br /><br />>> Our system rewards avaricious bankers and bungling captains of industry with millions of dollars, even as we're laying off teachers. <<<br /><br />It's still a numbers game: there are a lot more small business people than there are teachers...so the pyramid of performance starts out with a larger base, leading to more people at the top. As George Bush said in another context, the pie is higher.<br /><br />The number of teachers is also related to the number of children. All over the state of Wisconsin there's a decline in enrollment in elementary schools. Neenah has closed two or three elementary schools in the past several years alone. The number of teachers necessarily has to follow.<br /><br />As to the value of the arts, it's still the same as it has been for the past umpteen centuries: those that appreciate art will pay for it. Art is worth what someone is willing to pay...nothing more, nothing less. If we start to place a "value" on art then watch the number of sculptors of ugly public statues made from car parts that'll come out of the woodwork like cockroaches.<br /><br />The Town CrankSteve Erbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065643506800242801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-65723591591623195572010-05-13T11:08:47.908-05:002010-05-13T11:08:47.908-05:00Well, now I know why I went into radio--all those ...Well, now I know why I went into radio--all those B's in school. Once I wised up, I left full-time broadcasting to go into education. I'd already taken a vow of poverty, so I figured I wouldn't know the difference.jbhttp://jabartlett.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-78519788813871248142010-05-13T07:16:32.848-05:002010-05-13T07:16:32.848-05:00It's sad that we as a society regard the arts ...It's sad that we as a society regard the arts as having so little value. Our system rewards avaricious bankers and bungling captains of industry with millions of dollars, even as we're laying off teachers. We beggar ourselves.hieronymousnoreply@blogger.com