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To: carranza2 who wrote (11943)	2/14/2006 4:16:56 PM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541299

How is the artist chosen each year? "We tried bribery, but artists rarely had enough money – so we settled on merit. Since the Festival is a celebration of local culture, we try to choose an artist born in or working in Louisiana. We favor artists with a reputation made over a number of years since they have proven that they can relate to an audience. We then look at portfolios and try find a connection between the artist’s work and a valid Festival subject. Sometimes we start with a subject and look for an artist who’s (sic) work is best suited to express that idea." I have been watching the poster values grow since the flooding - art4now contacted me and asked if I wanted to sell a signed michalopoulos armstrong for $3ooo - they also told me when NO annnounced a mandatory evacuation, they emptied their warehouse inventory to texas, where they still are as their facility is flood damaged it appears I now have a tidy fortune in signed and remarque posters even though I bought them because I loved the them, not for appreciation

To: carranza2 who wrote (11943)	2/14/2006 7:50:52 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 541299

American Bar Association Warns Bush on Eavesdropping truthout.org <<...The association's resolution calls on Bush "to abide by the limitations which the Constitution imposes on a President" to make sure national security is protected in a way that is consistent with constitutional guarantees. It opposes "any future electronic surveillance inside the United States by any US government agency for foreign intelligence purposes that does not comply with provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act." If Bush believes that law is inadequate, then he should ask Congress to change it or enact new legislation, it added. The resolution also called on the US Congress to affirm that the post September 11 law on the authorization of military force did not give the White House an exemption from the requirements of the 1978 law....>>