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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: bijou on April 23, 2011, 10:52:36 AM
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The Army, under public and congressional attack for a $600,000 plan to dress up a bus depot at a new military facility near Washington with three pieces of art, such as a 10 foot-tall fairy riding a gurgling toad, has scrapped the project. Instead, it will go with a simple plan to “enhance the aesthetics†of a concrete wall at the new Mark Center in Alexandria, Va. ...
See the full horror here (http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/04/20/army-scraps-600000-toad-art-project)
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“enhance the aesthetics†of a concrete wall
I'm to lazy to read the article, but this sounds like they'll give money to some "artist" to do a mural. Personally, they should hire some graffiti artists. It would look better and be cheaper.
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Better if they were to spend that 600K on army related things... like guns , bullets , armour and so on.