"Thoreau!"
One of the central points of dispute in the Republican-Democrat battle over the budget is....
Cowboy Poetry
Yes, cowboy poetry is in danger according to Harry Reid of Nevada, who is deathly afraid that this important feature of American culture will be sacrificed to the Gods of budget cutting.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/03/harry-reid-calls-cuts-cowboy-poetry-festivals-heartless
In fact, it is not only the cowboy poetry festival in Nevada that is at stake here, folks, but this is a life or death issue.
“The mean-spirited bill, H.R. 1, eliminates National Public Broadcasting," said Reid in a floor speech. "It eliminates the National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endowment of the Arts. These programs create jobs. The National Endowment of the Humanities is the reason we have in northern Nevada every January a cowboy poetry festival. Had that program not been around, the tens of thousands of people who come there every year would not exist.”
(He must have confused that with Roe vs. Wade.)
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