tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77764446948758991512012-02-16T22:40:10.676-05:00art, musings & whatever...donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-25494764905161333092011-07-05T14:34:00.001-04:002011-07-05T14:34:40.510-04:00

David Brooks finally gets it. Unfortunately, I expect to see his broken body hanging from every right wing burning cross in the days to come. These morons are too self-deluded to see anything but their own navels, which they swear is the eye of god egging them on.The Mother of All No-Brainers - NYTimes.com:“...the Republican Party may no longer be a normal party. Over the past few years, it has

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To their shame, no one else writes the truth like Frank Rich.I must admit that I no longer relish the NYTimes' Week in Review (now titled Sunday Review). They have lost too much and gained too little. Frank Rich is uppermost in the loss column.The Annotated Frank Rich - The President’s Failure to Demand a Reckoning From the Moneyed Interests Who Brought the Economy Down -- New York Magazine

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Seems to be a productive spring... 

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Here are two new oil paintings and a fun little pastel piece.Enjoy. 

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For the first time in my life, I cast a vote for the winning presidential candidate in 2008. I will be 51 this April.I am a liberal. I knew Obama was more moderate than many thought he was, but I also thought that he had a strong commitment to some shared liberal ideals such as universal healthcare, an intelligent foreign policy that favors soft-power over militarism and that the foundation of

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 Recently, multiculturalism, and its alleged failure, have caused some minor blips in the media.Reference:Cameron Criticizes ‘Multiculturalism’ in Britain - NYTimes.comBBC News - Global debate on Cameron's multiculturalism speechClub Britain: Access denied - Opinion - Al Jazeera EnglishWhile this has not gotten much attention while the world is focused on the will he/won't he drama of Mubarak and

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 The Surrenderer in Chief...

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 So there's this preacher man who is gonna burn a bunch of Korans on 9/11 just to show them Muslims who's boss.So of course, there's a bunch of them Muslims who are gonna burn a bunch of Bibles--that'll learn 'em.And then I expect there will be more Koran burning. Followed by more Bible burning. Followed by even more Koran burning. Followed by even more Bible burning. Until they's all burned

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-52633183511206415272010-08-20T12:43:00.001-04:002010-08-20T12:45:28.643-04:00

 Quran-Burning Church Vows To Proceed Without Fire Permit:“The church's website includes a list of 10 reasons to burn the Quran, including ... that the Quran teaches that Jesus "was NOT the Son of God.” So are they going to burn the Torah too? Is not like Jews think Jesus is the son of god either.But wouldn't that be the same thing as burning the Old Testament?I'm so confused...

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-68474847983459101572010-06-01T12:14:00.001-04:002010-06-01T12:14:13.121-04:00

From A Special Place in Hell, by Bradley Burston“We are no longer defending Israel. We are defending the siege. The siege itself is becoming Israel’s Vietnam.… We explain, time and again, that we are not at war with the people of Gaza. We say it time and again because we ourselves need to believe it, and because, deep down, we do not.”In the Nation's article today, Roane Carey quoted Glenn Green

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-48745619353078296872010-05-26T15:28:00.001-04:002010-05-26T15:41:31.290-04:00

With BP showing that Exxon isn't the only oil company capable of completely trashing the world; with Chevron/Texaco facing their own issues coming from their brutal exploitation in the Pantanal of Ecuador; and with Shell now pushing hard to drill off the Alaskan coast...so who does that leave?ConocoPhillips?Hugo Chavez's Citgo?No, really, where can I buy gas without supporting this crap?Hello?

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The Tea Party’s Political Favorites - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com:“A broad majority of Tea Party supporters say they watch Fox News most for news, and more than half consider Mr. Beck’s show news rather than entertainment.”We are in deep trouble if these people ever become more than the tiny minority they are now.

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-35847468831194002682010-03-25T11:06:00.001-04:002010-03-25T11:06:02.133-04:00

After Health Vote, Threats on Democrats - NYTimes.com:“WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers have received death threats and been the victims of vandalism because of their votes in favor of the health care bill, lawmakers and law enforcement officials said Wednesday, as the Congressional debate over the issue headed toward a bitter and divisive conclusion.”Lets call them what they are: Hatriots,

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An Absence of Class in the G.O.P. - NYTimes.com

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-84058974308333614252010-03-19T10:41:00.001-04:002010-03-19T10:43:51.948-04:00

Just a quick illustration using, appropriately enough Adobe Illustrator.It's way past its expiration date....All comments and criticisms welcomed.

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If you haven't seen Harmony yet, you have to check it out, but be forewarned: You will spend more time there than you intended.I'll show you mine...now you show me yours.....

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Sometimes someone says something so succinctly it needs to be repeated: from Who Is IOZ?: Purple: "...what actually strikes me as the most inhuman, the most anti-human idea of all the inhuman ideas lodged in the reptilian, blood-drinking brains of Thomas Friedman and his crocodilian cohort, is the horrific notion that the highest lifetime achievement is voting in an election. Seriously. The

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I am posting this painting to illustrate an often overlooked point: learning is a process.When I studied art, I learned all about the great paintings of this or that artist, but we never had a class on the process paintings that led to greatness. In fact, I have never heard of such a thing being taught in any discipline.It should be.Yes, crit groups get you there. Sort of. But how did any of the

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-64913745099841372372009-12-31T09:55:00.001-05:002009-12-31T09:55:05.247-05:00

Yesterday, Maureen Dowd wrote: "America seemed to have lost her ingenuity, her quickness, her man-on-the-moon bravura, her Bugs Bunny panache."It seems to me that we are not Bugs Bunny, but some super-sized version of Elmer Fudd.Why is it that every time I see someone claiming to be a security expert I keep hearing: "Be vewy, vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbit"?

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-66278273190782987752009-12-18T13:01:00.001-05:002009-12-18T13:06:25.754-05:00

Here are a few doodles from my sketchbook.All comments and criticisms welcomed.

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I cannot argue with the logic of this:Victory ScienceLet us never forget just what's at stake in the war in Afghanistan: nothing less than the success of the war in Afghanistan. This war may be a mistake, a blood-soaked blunder, an unholy charnel house mindlessly consuming the bodies and souls of untold thousands, an open sore on the pockmarked face of history and an abomination before the sight

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-31056484365399604892009-11-21T14:11:00.001-05:002009-11-21T14:17:15.533-05:00

I dislike titles for most abstract art. I prefer untitled works, or in my case a reference to the completion date allowing me to track my paintings for tax purposes--if they sell that is.This is my most recent work: oil on canvas. Presented for your amusement. The lousy photography is due to my laziness.All comments and criticisms welcomed.

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-46660503926746978012009-10-03T16:11:00.001-04:002009-10-14T11:42:26.030-04:00

For the fun of it...Pen & ink, minor photoshop work to clean up the scan.All comments and criticisms welcomed.

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David Brooks’ column today paints a portrait of the puissance —not— of Limbaugh, Beck and Hannity.Maybe Lindsey Graham pricked a conscious or two?

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Enough said.

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Facts. Yep, facts. That's the problem.Everyone has 'em. They hold them tightly to their breasts, smothering their muffled cries and shouting over them.They push them out into view like overly proud stage-parents and have them say: THIS IS TRUE!!!Then the other side has their facts jump up in the audience and shout: YOU LIE!!!Facts. Meh. You want facts? I'll give you facts…According to the

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This is not right. We should all leave Glenn Beck alone. The poor man is clearly unbalanced. Denigrating him is tantamount to making fun of the disabled. And encouraging him is even more irresponsible.If you must draw attention to this sorry affair, I suggest you focus on Fox News. After all, they are ones promoting and exploiting this sad case.Or maybe we could just ignore it?

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Unhappy with your broadband speed? Try Winston the pigeon: "Winston the pigeon carries a 4GB memory stick across South Africa faster than an IT firm's ADSL service can transfer the data."(Via BBC News.)

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This just really blows my mind.I honestly don't understand how people can believe this crap.NBC Poll (see item 15 on page 5)Death panels???? Really????Daily Kos PollAnd the source of this insanity?Daily Kos Polling MSNBC, CNN and FoxAgain I ask: "What do we have to do to get real change in this country?"More and more I am convinced that both parties are so hopelessly corrupted by power, money and

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I am trying hard to believe, but it is starting to look like the same-old same-old to me.Alternate Plan as Health Option Muddies Debate: "The option of a co-op instead of a government health plan is so ill defined that no one knows exactly what it would look like or how effectively it would compete with commercial insurers.This Is Reform?: "Giving consumers the choice of an efficient,

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I found this yesterday and thought it was an appropriate addendum to the previous post.Republican Base Heavily White, Conservative, Religious from GallupWhile I am not a Republican, nor do I play one on TV, I am very concerned with the lack of outreach. If these trends continue, combined with closed primaries, the Republican Party is going to be dead within four-to-six years.This is not good

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I came across these two articles while perusing the interwebs. There is an interesting confluence between them, not a surprising one, but an interesting one nonetheless.Here are the links:National Journal Magazine - For GOP, A Southern ExposureAmerican Religious Identification Survey 2008 -- Geography

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Self Portrait, Vain Brain series in yellow.Pencil, ink and PhotoShop.All comments and criticisms welcomed.

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Gotta feed the need.Illustrator & PhotoShop.All comments and criticisms welcomed.

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Yep, they did it. They ruined my marriage. I was happily married to my wife for four-and-a-half years and now, well, I guess it is all over.What happened? Those gosh-darned gays happened! Now that they are getting married legally (gasp) it is all over for us non-gay marrieds.Yep, that is what they are saying down here below the bible belt. The end. Full stop.My best friend, who is gay, tried to

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-83898877680206728122008-12-03T13:04:00.001-05:002009-10-01T10:34:26.198-04:00

I found this the other day and thought I would post it. I had made this for family and friends about 9 years ago. This is the original master that I worked from for making the cards. I couldn't find any surviving samples of the actual cards that I sent out, but this gives a good idea of what they looked like, albeit not as finely rendered.Pen and ink with watercolor.All comments and criticisms

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-80660450154493204662008-11-28T11:46:00.001-05:002009-10-01T10:34:56.849-04:00

I must admit this is one of my favorites. It draws more on composition & color skills and less on drawing skills, allowing me to focus on balance and flow.Overall I am very pleased with how this came out. Expect more in this series.All comments and criticisms welcomed.

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-24141076700890904102008-11-25T12:17:00.001-05:002009-10-01T10:35:03.770-04:00

This is the first part of a series I am working on. I am imagining at least two additional pieces although it may grow beyond that.All comments and criticisms welcomed.

donebyleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803227609292383081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776444694875899151.post-29680660368206056382007-03-27T13:11:00.001-04:002009-10-01T10:35:10.882-04:00

All comments and criticisms welcomed.

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