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To: combjelly who wrote (343934)	7/23/2007 1:02:17 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574386

Its really too bad that Ritter's credibility was undermined by the right. He really sees the international checkerboard pretty clearly. His comments about Israel are spot on: Israel's influence of US policy & the Israeli lobby youtube.com

To: combjelly who wrote (343934)	7/23/2007 7:11:00 AM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574386

Let me quote item 11. from my list again, the liberal view: *10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.* While Jerome may not be the best example (he was wise enough to marry rich, thus had support enough until getting famous) others - including but not limited to Dalí - first had to prove themselves and their superior art before those "sponsors" popped up and bought their superior works in what sometimes became a bidding war. People having done their homework and educating themselves beyond what can be expected "in average" seem to end up well rewarded for that. Like baseball players of our time, no state funding needed, and many people do indeed believe they perform art at the highest levels... As for those "supportive commissioned work" (no strawman, just my summary of some contents of your mail), churches back then needed such decoration to function and somebody with the skills required had to produce that. Pretty much like you order the best men of trade to expand your home, they are paid for their skills to do the work required. In our days you only need a building and a cross to open a new church. Times were different back then. The bottom line is that quality has always been rewarded and what we call "art" is nothing but pieces of work done at the very highest of quality levels, pieces of superior quality, which in some way seem to call for highest esteem by generations after generations of human beings. Taro