There Is No Art In This White House


By Elayne Griffin Baker

There’s no literature or poetry in the White House. No music. No Kennedy Center award celebrations. There are no pets in this White House. No loyal man’s best friend. No Socks the family cat. No kids’ science fairs. No times when this president takes off his blue suit-red tie uniform and becomes human, except when he puts on his white shirt-khaki pants uniform and hides from Americans to play golf. There are no images of the first family enjoying themselves together in a moment of relaxation. No Obamas on the beach in Hawaii moments, or Bushes fishing in Kennebunkport, no Reagans on horseback, no Kennedys playing touch football on the Cape.

I was thinking the other day of the summer when George H couldn’t catch a fish and all the grandkids made signs and counted the fish-less days. And somehow, even if you didn’t even like GHB, you got caught up in the joy of a family that loved each other and had fun. Where did that country go? Where did all of the fun and joy and expressions of love and happiness go?

We used to be a country that did the ice bucket challenge and raised millions for charity. We used to have a president that calmed and soothed the nation instead dividing it. And a First Lady that planted a garden instead of ripping one out. We are rudderless and joyless. We have lost the cultural aspects of society that make America great. We have lost our mojo, our fun, our happiness. The cheering on of others. Gone. The shared experiences of humanity that makes it all worth it. Gone. The challenges AND the triumphs that we shared and celebrated. The unique can-do spirit Americans have always been known for. Gone. We have lost so much in so short a time.

Vote Democratic all the way down the ballot on November 3rd.

Nothing is ever simple. I'm just not properly explaining what I was saying -- Jon Stewart went off and did his public speaking, crowd organizing thing with this belief in something that he couldn't quite define. He lost his mojo, in a way, saw that he was naked, bereft of his staff. Any talking/figure head with a staff of writers or information feeders can be comparable to other leaders of a similar make up. Trump and Stewart are reality tv stars of a similar make up.

Dag suggested that the writers of the Daily Show are what created Jon Stewart as we know hom, and so I ran with the idea that he, like the figurehead and reality star, Donald Trump, are products of other people's opinions -- this, when left to their own devices, while successful entertainers, they realize the emperor's clothes are transparent and now they have to rely on their own smaller slice of knowledge. Not that Stewart is dumb, but Stewart without writers and correspondents, is a similar archetype to Trump. Stewart's writers and correspondents, including the man whose show he is on in this clip, are akin to the media that Donald Trump treats like his writing staff. But instead of leaving the Daily Show, Trump is leaving *most* of the media, revealing he is not as knowledgeable without his sources.

Anyway, I was following the logic as laid down by dag's logic for why Jon isn't as funny or put together. I also know that good leaders put themselves in other people's shoes before giving advice to other leaders. Stewart MUST do this because he is a decent figurehead, but Trump doesn't -- that's why the media questions him on what biographies he is reading; leaders are supposed to put themselves into their rivals AND heros shoes as a matter of critical self analysis -- so, Stewart is speaking to the media almost as if he is also putting himself in Trump's shoes and speaking about how his own writing staff and correspondent's left him and succeeded.

Stewart has a 4 year contract with HBO. He will have the structure and writing teams he needs. Trump should utilize the media, including books and newspapers, and follow the subtext Jon laid out here.

Edited for spelling, grammatical errs and additional context. Done editing.

Nice. I was gaming since Atari 2600 and arcade games at maybe 5? And then my gaming mojos started to go down like a decade ago. These days, I just play Uno, Junkyard, etc. in IRC. Ha.

BTW, you can play these TI99/4A and other systems' games in MAME these days since MESS merged over a year ago.

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reminds me of a story, that i think you'll enjoy, which had only recently been released with the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia...

at least he didn't claim to be a ninja...

*promote *femme *equality !!!

Bishop!!! It's about time..., As well as Warpath!
... But why doesn't Blink have pink skin??
All we need now is Cable.

Edit: and maybe Mojo, (just for fun.)

Ya just can't beat how the guy uses his mojo powers of wtfdijd? to guide the thing perfectly between the trees and away from that house.

This article may interest you, it explains why there is less impact - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25409796

It also partly explains why no major company went bust, although I'm sure there is at least some degree of luck involved there

It's a shame their table from Box Office Mojo didn't include the film budget... and I'm just a little bit too lazy to go and look them up myself

Mister Dagmar;

Be (oh do be) mine ally disheartened nor dismayed in the face of these ramparts yet un-breached-Time and punishment shall render a favorable outcome deemed wholly satisfactorily suited to your own (ego not allowed) particular skill-set and lesson-afforded, for another round at consciousness albeit in another dimension hitherto elucidated or otherwise ~ Comprendes Mendez?-

Teach yer kids two valuable lessons if you do anything for them besides putting musical instruments in their hands whilst screaming, "SssssuuUUHUT UUUUUUP!!"

Teach them mandarin and/or Cantonese

and.....and (kinna forgot the other importunate thing 'cause on account-a I stepped off to water the plants'n pee'n what not..) OH!....

Impress upon 'em that sprouted grains will hold'em over till starvation sets in and right up near until the time the edible fruits of the same seed begin to show themselves worthy of a dinner plate to accompany the frog and kangaroo meat they're pullin' at yer pants legs for after the grocery trucks stop running, because you got the BBQ mojo down like nobody's business on accounta you originally hail from........................drum roll...................(here's yer cue, insert home state

⛡HERE ⛡)

Good to see her back. I know she lives in England now and this is a British series I gather.
My greatest wish is that she does a guest stint on Californication and we get to see some of that Scully-Mulder mojo if only for a few eps. Fill it with in-jokes for us XFiles fans...

I'm white, I play blues, but I just can't bring myself to sing shit like "mojo hand" or "freight train" or any of that re-verse Uncle Tom verse....unless I am making fun of myself-Then it's ok for white folks to steal black folks music and pretend to play the blues.-Besides....Hugh Lauries' from the fucking Oxfordshire, Jolly-Ole, So he knows DICK about any real blues AND EVEN LESS ABOUT LOUISIANA BLUES!!

I miss Mojo, my brother played the crap outta him in the 80s.