Well how's this for a piece of crap to rival Kinkaid himself?

[mr blur]

http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/?artpiece_id=353

Buy one today! Buy two!

[graywarrior]

1. I see Sarah Palin!

[asthmaticeog]

2. It's hilarious beyond words that Ben Franklin is in there.

:rofl:

What a dumbfuck.

[Mz Pip]

3. That's not art

It's crappy propoganda.

[MineralMan]

4. I can't get to the site. I suspect it's overloaded.

as in:

This Site Has Exceeded Its Daily Bandwidth Limit

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Notice "The Immigrant," "The College Professor," and "Satan?"

[Ineeda]

6. I refute the myth (sorry for length)

this country was NOT founded on Christianity.

"Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a demon, than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness, that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind." - Thomas Paine (The Age of Reason, 1794-1795.)

Every man "ought to be protected in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of his own conscience." - George Washington (Letter to the United Baptist Churches in Virginia in May, 1789)

"Question with boldness even the existence of a god." - Thomas Jefferson (letter to Peter Carr, 10 August 1787)

"When a Religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it so that its Professors are obliged to call for help of the Civil Power, it is a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one." - Benjamin Franklin (from a letter to Richard Price, October 9, 1780

I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of... Each of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and for my own part, I disbelieve them all."- Thomas Paine (The Age of Reason, 1794-1795.)

"Is uniformity attainable? Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error
all over the earth." - Thomas Jefferson (Notes on Virginia, 1782; from George Seldes, ed., The Great Quotations, Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1983, p. 363.)

"During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution." - James Madison (Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments, 1785.)

"Where do we find a precept in the Bible for Creeds, Confessions, Doctrines and Oaths, and whole carloads of other trumpery that we find religion encumbered with in these days?" - John Adams

"The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretence, infringed.'' - James Madison (Original wording of the First Amendment; Annals of Congress 434 (June 8, 1789).)

"As the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Musselmen; and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries." - (Treaty of Tripoli, 1797 - signed by President John Adams.)

[LostInAnomie]

7. That really speaks a lot to the psychology of the artist.

Notice that the only two people crying in shame are a judge and a UNION soldier.

[TygrBright]

8. Wow. Just.... Wow. A couple of the "featured subjects"...

Supreme Court Judge

Judges at this level have great power and often the destiny of a nation is influenced greatly by their actions. This judge hides his face in shame as he considers some of the court decisions that have done great damage to our country. On his wrist watch the time reads 11:59 to signify that there is little time remaining.

oh, yeah, and THIS one:

Liberal News Reporter

Most of the media today are biased towards the left and try to shape the thinking and actions of Americans in that direction.

Dude... wait, what?

and...

Professor

He tightly holds his "Origin of Species" book by Charles Darwin. This represents the liberal lefts control of our educational system. His smug expression describes the attitude of many of the educational elite. There is no room for God in education. There is contempt for any other viewpoints. Humanism dominates the educational system of America and I believe that is wrong. Notice that he is the only one sitting on the top step. He tries to place himself on an equal footing with God, but he is still nothing next to the intelligence of the Creator.

And what would an allegorical painting about a secular democratic republic be without:

Satan

oooooooooooo....

:scared:

Just wow.

speechlessly,
Bright

[Prism]

9. Liberal News Reporter, lol

I didn't read any of the descriptions, only scrolling over to see who all the figures were. None of it struck me as egregiously offensive until I hit Liberal News Reporter.

That is apparently the official name of the profession.