Hear hear!!

Excellent capture, and I agree with the sentiment it states!

Where are we going, and what are we doing in this handbasket? It's almost surreal to watch the changes in the way politics are handled in this country.

Even I, a former died in the wool conservative, now rabid independent agree with you:)

my father WAS a Republican but after he saw how the party has changed, he is now at least independent Great capture

I totally agree with this statement and great that you have published it.

I agree with your comments on the recent Supreme Court ruling, but as a long time union member, I also deeply resent the unions' "legal" practices of political contributions using MY Dues, and that of others like me,for candidates and causes that were against my beliefs or wishes.

"Onerous" photo ID laws? Sorry I disagree. It's only logical to expect that those casting a vote be who they say they are.

I realize this is not the place for a political debate, but I want to make one last comment: having to show photo ID to return something to SprawlMart but not to vote is just a little bit lopsided. We do the former without a second thought: it's good business practice. Having heartburn over the second is just ... incredible. CUL

A surprising number of the elderly, the poor & those who live in rural areas have no photo id & would have to travel significant distances & potentially pay fees to obtain one. Why put them through that when there is virtually no evidence of voter fraud? And why are the same people who are pushing voter id laws also pushing to restrict voting hours? There have been numerous court rulings overturning photo id laws because they have determined that it would indeed be a hardship for large numbers of potential voters to obtain one. These laws address a non-existent problem & are purely politically motivated to discourage voters who Republicans feel would vote against their candidates.

This is a great shot. So stark, just like the sentiments that it expresses. I totally agree with your comments both about the Supreme Court ruling which will allow the Koch brothers to completely control the political media of the USA and about the draconian ID laws. The latter may seem reasonable, but only to those who have no eyes to see the real motive is not about voting violations which run less than 1/1000 of a percent and are made to disenfranchise the poor and those outside of mainstream America... whatever that is these days.

way cool

I too agree on money and speech (and the Supreme Court edicts on this). And this structure is fascinating---not just for the quote, but for the structure itself: It's all boxed in, with handles, but we're not sure if those handles open anything or if the structure opens at all. Or what it is. It's a fine example of art fitting message. And nicely placed against that municipal metal box next to it. A fine capture, the kind of thing I don't see too often here. And nicely framed in the opposite diagonals of the sidewalk and upper buildings. And I also agree about voter ID's. We have ways of ID-ing voters, and we know well that the ID issue is a way for one party to control another. It's a tool for manipulation, no more. Re censorship, I just saw a tape from a minister friend of a woman singing beautifully in a church; they were clapping and in joy (it was a gospel service), and the woman hit a wrong note and yelled the "s" word (don't know if I can say it in a gallery---speaking of censorship---so I'll say "the s word" instead). People gasped. But then they all laughed. And somehow that brought the censorship issue to mind: Some people said, on the video, that god wouldn't approve. But if there were a god sitting in a heaven, what in the world would he or she object to? If such a god knows 'everything'---and created everything---can a tiny snippet of sound in one macula of the universe cause them to bring hellfire on the speaker? Well, some religions say 'yes', but the point is, censorship is like that: It makes a mountain out of a molehill. I can't stand some things certain people say, but censoring them is a whole other matter. And "obscenity" (old thought here) is much more relevant to political actions than it is to chosen words. The s word was great, coming out of that lady's mouth: She was upset that she missed a note because she was singing out of deep love. That god had to be happy with that! A devoted singer, utterly true to her art: What could be more acceptable than that?