{"id":1859,"date":"2009-02-07T17:06:48","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T01:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:29:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:29:06","slug":"hardly-a-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/07\/hardly-a-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"hardly a surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Word has come that Senator Tom Coburn<\/a> (R)<\/strong> of Oklahoma has successfully pushed through an amendment to the currently debated Senate\u00c2\u00a0 version of the stimulus package (which his website calls the “Generational Theft Act”) that would, among other things, prohibit any funding (via the bill) of institutions including “theaters, museums, and arts centers”.<\/p>\n

So take a moment and send word to your represenatives in Congress via this page<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coburn’s daughter is a classically trained soprano<\/a>, but his stance is hardly surprising considering that Republicans will push through anti-gay legislation even if their son\/daughter is gay or lesbian, so this seems pretty trivial by comparison.<\/p>\n

Sarah Coburn is actually going to sing in Portland Opera’s production of Rigoletto in May 2009 – maybe we should get a crowd of partisan opera buffs to boo her after her big aria in protest of her father’s obstreperousness – what do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Word has come that Senator Tom Coburn (R) of Oklahoma has successfully pushed through an amendment to the currently debated Senate\u00c2\u00a0 version of the stimulus package (which his website calls the “Generational Theft Act”) that would, among other things, prohibit any funding (via the bill) of institutions including “theaters, museums, and arts centers”. 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