Mark Williams of KFBK 1530 radio in Sacramento, California organized a rally outside the California Department of Justice building Thursday night and more than 600 people from both sides of the debate showed up. The debate in question is over a painting by California lawyer and amateurish painter, Stephen Pearcy that is displayed along with another 30 or so pieces of anti-American art in the cafeteria of the Department of Justice. The painting depicts an American flag in the shape of the continental U.S. being flushed down the toilet with the early adolescent title,"T’anks to Mr. Bush."
California State Attorney General Lockyer sponsored the exhibit and, as I reported earlier in the week, commented on the "style and beauty" of the collected works, while simultaneously denying responsiblity. While I think that burning American flags should not be protected by the First Amendment as free speech, painting American flags in toilets at least doesn’t pose a threat to anyone. However, for the Attorney General to sponsor, what is essentially a political protest from only one point of view, on government property seems to be a tacit endorsement of that point of view by the State of California.
Perhaps it’s time for the Governor to step in and terminate this exhibit.
It’s fine to do this since Bush is a traitor to Mexico. He’s turning the US into a population of uneducated Mexicans.