By coincidence today, amidst the news of the Senate’s capitulation on the FISA vote , I stumbled upon a new installation on collaborative art in the main library at my university, Baa Ram U. This is a mixed-media merry-go-round of four ponies with questions and answers typed on them that lead the reader/viewer into some excellent circular logic. The artists are Stefani Rossi and Chloe Leisure. Well, imagine my surprise when the first pony said:
In case you can’t see it, the last photo shows a close-up of the question typed onto the pony. (This is also the title of the piece.)
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On the FISA vote, please see also this post by Big Tent Democrat at TalkLeft .
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