Still got hope, Obama

Da Prez, as he shall hence forth be referred as, is about to create a White House position responsible for the nation's Art and Culture, as per this article in the NY Times.
Definitely a step in some direction.
Not sure which.
I'm actually a little desensitized toward how the gov't feels about art.
Giuliani, Mapplethorpe, Serrano and Saatchi already fucked up my chance of getting anything directly from the NEA.
They (the gov) still haven't fully replaced the NEA funding they cut almost 15 years ago.
I'm just not plugged into that system enough.
I still think Art and Culture should be lumped in with Education. This way everyone would learn to be more comfortable with asking questions, instead of scared of someone taking gov't money and making porn.