Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Koons & Hillary- The Joke is On You & it's China Laughing!

In 2012 International art rock star Jeff Koons was awarded the first United States Medal of Art by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In the introductory speech Hillary tells the world that public-private relationships are at the core of what everything the United States does. Jeff Koons is the highest paid living artist in the world. Koons is also a minimalist artist who has reduced the content of his art to pure marketing. Should Hillary and Koons be surprised that when Koons delivered a speech to 1000 Chinese listeners that the response from the eternal international dialogue was to copy Koons work and produce and sell it for less? How does Koons's marketing art interact with the Maine art world?
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Bait & Switch at The New England Foundation For The Arts

This Post has not been receiving much attention but it should, especially since you will not find this written about anywhere else but here- to my knowledge and this reveals what is clearly a willful attempt to mislead the very people that the New England Foundation For The Arts purports to serve- and every state art bureaucracy in New England partners with the New England Foundation For the Arts and through those agencies major streams of tax payer monies flow from the National Foundation For the Arts.
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Why Two Terms Of Agreement on The New England Foundation For The Arts Website ?

In 2007 I found the New England Foundation For The Arts website and data base and went to sign up but when I looked at the Terms of Agreement I was shocked as it literally claimed rights over what was published through its services for all of eternity, everywhere with no exit .In addition it claims the right to change the work while insisting that the user forgo all rights to sue and any moral rights and more. Since then I have been off and on again corresponding with NEFA, only to be dismissed. Recently I learned that there are now two Terms of Agreement on the NEFA website.- one which displays when one registers and another- the one I have been protesting for seven years- in the footer- both claiming to be the ultimate authority-and both appearing at first to be identical, except for one subtle difference in the two paragraphs. This post includes some observations about the difference and thoughts on what it means and why.- from a layman's view.
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Art World Entitlements

I engage in two interchanges on Maine Artist Facebook page, defending unpopular positions with an art world entitlement society, One discussion counters Maine art world rage over Maine's art world publishing empire transforming itself into a marketing venue for its own gallery enterprises.The other discussion encounters a lobbying effort to benefit artists functioning in non-profit venues. The interface of the two shows that the whole indeed is greater than the sum of its parts.
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Andersen Studio Evolution Diaries: Andersen Studio Special Edition: The Tall Pelican Glazed in White

Available Now- a Special Edition Of The Tall Pelican Glazed in White
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Christmas Banned at The University of Maine ( A Corporate Instrumentality of the State! )

WBAI reports that the Christmas decorations at the University of Maine were up a few days ago and have now all come down. An anonymous university "spokesperson" has issued a statement. The media cannot identify who issued the directive. In 1981 the Maine State legislature deemed the University of Maine to be a corporate instrumentality of the state. In 1995 the Maine legislature authorized itself to have jurisdiction over education at the University of Maine. Since about 2002 a minor in Marxist and Socialist Studied has been instituted at The University of Maine. In 2013 the Maine legislature sold a piece of the University of Maine to the Confucius Institute and passed a statute affirming Maine's friendship with Communist China declaring "shared values". Is the Maine State legislature also behind the banning of Christmas at the University of Maine?
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Governor Longley's Architects Of Transformation

Added more to this post about the Architects of Maine s transformation from state functioning as a free enterprise system to a state centrally managed by a power elite and a deeply entrenched system of state corporation which is fundamentally repugnant to the Maine State Constitution. This post goes back to 1976 when Governor Longley brought in the heads of Maine industry to reinvent Maine's governing system. While the Governor and the Legislature had taken oaths of loyalty to the Maine Constitution, the heads of Industry had not. This powerful faction advised the heads of government to pass legislation allowing the tax system to be appropriated to the benefit of the profit motives of private investors.
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Andersen Studio Evolution Diaries: The Western Mountain Bluebird Small Special

Click to get 20% discount on the Western Mountain Bluebird small with code WBB at checkout. Through December13th 2014 at andersenstudio.com http://goo.gl/9DlW0q
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Andersen Studio Evolution Diaries: Preview "Join The Email List and Save!"

Sign Up For Andersen Studio's Email List and receive the news and specials too. American made ceramics since 1952. Wild life sculptures and contemporary functional designs- original designs and original glazes. Andersen Studio is one of a kind!
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: 1977 The Maine Capital Corporation - Seeding The Hegemony

A report procured from the Maine law Library dated 1976 and on the subject of chartering by a special act of legislation, The Maine Development Foundation Corporation reveals that contingent to that was another corporate charter by special act of legislation - that of the Maine Capital Corporation- chartered as a private corporation with special access to taxpayer money in the form of tax credits given to those who purchased stock in the Maine Capital Corporation
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Made in America VS Global Capitalism

The philosophy of Andersen Studio ( Andersen Design) Ceramics has long been committed to being a made in America product, but the philosophy of the centrally managed economy of the state of Maine is to embrace global capitalism. Andersen Design is well aware of what global capitalism is because ceramic is one of the first western industries to be exported over seas to global low wage labor markets. And so as Andersen launched a new website dedicated to crowdfunding a mold renovation product of its extensive line of wild life sculptures and contemporary functional forms, with a goal of having our product produced through a network of American ceramic slip casters- the question arises - Is Andersen Design naive- OR are the central managers of Maine's economy short sighted?
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Andersen Studio Evolution Diaries: Announcing The Great American Ceramic Artist Designer Craftsmen Network Crowdfunding Web Site !

I Have been talking about my vision to transform our family busines, Andersen Studio Ceramics, established in 1952 into The Great American Ceramic Artists Designer's Craftsmen Network for quite some time now. With the launch of AndersenDesign.biz, a website dedicated to creating a revolving fund from both crowdfunding and bootstraping activities to create the capitalization of such a network- we are now off an running ! You can help us to manifest our vision and at the same time get a unique set of American handcrafted mugs at a discounted price !- Join The Evolution by supporting our crowdfunder!
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: LEGISLATING A RUN AROUND THE MAINE CONSTITUTION

I added some new information to this blog post about the fundamental transformation of the Bond ratification process in Maine. The 2011 law shoes how the process of transforming constitutional requirements from mandates to optional has been planned all along as an incremental process which is complete in the 2011 statutes which are written to say that complying with the constitution is optional! The UNCONSTITUTIONAL corporate state of Maine at work!
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Jonathan Gruber, an architect of Obamacare bragged about how the United States legislature passed ObamaCare , turning over a sixth of the U.S. economy to the government, Gruber admitted that the Obama administration went through "tortuous" measures to keep the facts about the legislation from the American people, including covering up the redistribution of wealth. The Architects of Obama Care don't have anything over the Maine Legislature which has likewise taken over massive portions of the Maine economy and in the process embedded a vast unconstitutional network of state corporations which redistributes the wealth of the people using equally manipulative ethics codified into statutory law. 5 out of 6 bonds recently voted in by the people of Maine will be distributed through the unconstitutional corporate state network. To avoid having to provide a fiscal statement with the bond questions, In 2013, the Maine legislature passed a statute that says, in effect- You can comply with the
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Maine Constitutional Rules for Posting Bond Issue on Ballot- Does your ballot conform?
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Why Maine Should Say NO to Bonds!

I finished my analysis of the bonds on the Maine ballot that I started yesterday. All but one of the bonds are to be dispersed through the corporate network of Maine State Inc -in other words they are a hidden means of under writing the ongoing operation of an unconstitutional state corporation- My analysis explains why, in my opinion, that is a very bad idea. The ONE bond which will not be dispersed by the corporate state is the bond in support of clean water. This will be dispersed as a real state function and benefits all of the people equally. In my research of the 2013 legislative session, I saw that it is difficult for a bill supporting environmental concerns to compete against the business interests of the corporate state and so I think it would be real "social justice" to support the clean water bond and nix all the rest. Bond Question #7 is for a good cause- a lobster processing facility but is still a special interest and should be done through the private sector. It seem
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Why Maine Should Say NO to Bonds!

Since around 1977, the Maine State legislature has established a deeply entrenched network of unconstitutional state corporations, which has transformed, in practice, Maine State to Maine State Inc, operating for the benefit of corporate profits and using all as instrumentalities of the state (corporation). Every election the legislature presents a full package of bonds for public approval which are used to finance the on-going operations of Maine State Inc. These bonds are presented with the usual glossy surface rhetoric of creating jobs but to understand their full purpose, one needs to look deeper at the statutes that have entrenched Maine State Inc over the Maine State Constitution as the governing authority of Maine. This posts provides a glimpse into what lies below the glossy surface and copacetic rhetoric used to market the bonds to the public and is based on five years of independent research into Maine economic development legislation. Maine Just Say NO to Bonds!
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Can a Write in Vote For The Late Governor Seldon Connor Effect A Paradigm Shift in Maine Politics?

Updated this post with new graphic stating: He may be DEAD- but he's also RIGHT! So He's DEAD RIGHT! Write-in the late Governor Seldon Connor in Maine's Governor's Race. See Connor's Speech here!
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Andersen Studio Evolution Diaries

Does A conscious Business make Since- video by John Mackey, Founder of Whole Foods and the Conscious Capitalism Movement and inspiration for the Great American Ceramic Artists Designer Craftsmen Network- only a vision now but moving towards reality as the evolution of Andersen studio- Andersen Design ceramic wild life sculptures and functional forms , made in the USA since 1952.
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Andersen Studio Evolution Diaries: Darma Art and Other Rambing Thoughts on How and Why to Craft a Successful Crowdfunder

Andersen Studio-Design is a small independent private sector American Ceramic design and slip-casting enterprise, in existence since 1952. We need to raise capital in order to preserve our business in a way that can be carried on by future generations of ceramic designers and crafters . However, being so independent has its drawbacks- we don't have an easily accessed network of support needed to pull off a successful crowd funder. I see the most likely avenue of support as coming from the Conscious Capitalism movement started by John Mackey who founded Whole Foods, but how does one get the attention of a Mr Mackey and/or other other influencer willing to lend their name in support of our project? I suppose one can start by spreading the word- which is what I am doing now in this rambling and philosophical post about where Andersen Studio finds itself in today's world and how a company like Andersen Studio can make this world a better place in ways not usually considered in contempora
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Introducing Mikkel Clair Nissen

I accidentally deleted this post. I recreated it but the link is now different and so I am posting it again with new link Mikkel Clair Nissen is a Danish psychologist who has written a book exposing the the life and general psychology of Danish people under socialism. He is so much on the same page as I am on in my blog and he is a passionate spokesperson and an eloquent writer. Perhaps if Americans and Mainer's hear the message from a European living in a deeply entrenched socialists system, the message will be more powerfully conveyed. In this post I show some of teh correlation between what Mr Nissen discusses and what is taking place in Maine as the government has been incrementally transformed from a state to a corporation
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Introducing Mikkel Clair Nissen

Mikkel Clair Nissen is a Danish psychologist who has written a book exposing the the life and general psychology of Danish people under socialism. He is so much on the same page as I am on in my blog and he is a passionate spokesperson and an eloquent writer. Perhaps if Americans and Mainer's hear the message from a European living in a deeply entrenched socialists system, the message will be more powerfully conveyed. In this post I show some of teh correlation between what Mr Nissen discusses and what is taking place in Maine as the government has been incrementally transformed from a state to a corporation
http://americanpoliticalphilosophy.blogspot.com/2014/10/introducing-mikkel-clair-nissen.html

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The final installment of my encounter with the overlords of Maine's economy in the 2009 Juice Conference in which the winner of the competition is unveiled ! Don't miss it!
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: High Brow Art VS the Marketplace and the Maine Juice Conference

I set out to tell my story of encounter with the overlords of Maine at the 2009 Juice conference, but writers block takes me off in other directions including more about the National Endowments for the Arts, Marxism vs free enterprise system and more.
http://americanpoliticalphilosophy.blogspot.com/2014/10/high-brow-art-vs-marketplace-and-maine.html

Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Making Government Smaller - Let's Revisit the National Endowments for the Arts

So much talk about making government smaller ! How do we begin? Taking a look at The National Endowments for the Arts.
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Whose Been Filtering the #mepolitics Twitter Stream?

As the election draws closer, the Maine political class would very much like to control the talking points in the political debate. Yesterday the live stream on Twitter for #mepolitcs looked like the brotherhood of the Maine government and the Maine media. After tweeting the same thought, independents voices returned and I took screen shots of the live event as documentation.
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This is a post about the Seed Capital Tax Credit passed unanimously by Maine legislature.It provides that Maine Taxpayers will reimburse up to 60% of private capitalists investments while capitalist keeps all profits. I have found on numerous occasions that tweets referencing this blog post either do not display or vanish from #mepolitics- whereas they display on other hash tags included in the tweet. this does not surprise me since I have a long history of outside tampering with this blog which is a voice out side the Maine political class. This is how politics is done in Maine.
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Maine Taxpayers UNITED for the Maine Constitution Face Book Page

New facebook Page! Maine Taxpayers UNITED for theMaine Constitution What distinguishes this group from other groups is that it holds all Maine politicians accountable to the constitution of Maine- doesn't matter what party, doesn't matter if it is election season - it holds Maine politicians accountable to the constitution first and foremost . PERIOD! Please join and post and participate.
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Andersen Studio Evolution Diaries

Andersen Studio is a great resource for revitalizing an east Coast Ceramic slip casting business but we need to connect with entrepreneurial influencers who can help us to launch a successful crowdfunding project.
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: The Small Enterprise Growth Fund Re-named The Maine Venture Fund

I updated this post on the renaming of Maine's Small Enterprise Growth Fund to include a part about the maine State legislature's affirmation of Maine's friendship with China and reports on the increasing gap between the rich and the poor in China.
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: The Small Enterprise Growth Fund Re-named The Maine Venture Fund

As The Small Enterprise Growth Fund dons a new cloak as the Maine Venture Fund, and the Juice Conference revs up for another pow-wow- in the outside world Andersen Design- Andersen Studio is running a Pre-launch Campaign to gather signatures in advance of our own capitalization fund raiser for the Great American Ceramic Artist Designer Craftsmen Network.
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How is State Capitalism working out in Maine?

Under state capitalism cloaked in the language of quasi's and public-private relationships. the Maine State legislature accommodates the interests of state capitalism and/or it's chosen private beneficiaries by routinely rewriting the laws. When the state liquor contract laws were re-written to accommodate one company while making the incentives system of another bidder illegal, why was Governor Lepage so disappointed that there was only one bidder- the one for which the law was tailor made?
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: New Hampshire Passes Benefit Corporation Certification Bill

New Hampshire Passes a bill that gives recognitions to private sector businesses that serve the public good
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Andersen Studio Evolution Diaries: Mackenzie Andersen's Tufted Titmouse Crowd Funding Pre-Launch Sign UP

The Prelude to Andersen Studio's Crowd funding Series is my own creative project for having a mold produced by an outside American ceramic slip casting company of my Tufted Titmouse Sculpture- which is also the beginning of the new Andersen Studio Design and Limited Editions division- ready to launch at the end of the crowd-funding series
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Comparing New Hampshire and Maine as New Hampshire considers a Business Flat Tax and Maine digs deeper into a two tier taxation policy- One set of rules for businesses providing income above the median household income and another set of rules for business providing income at the median household level or below
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Middle Class Data Missing In Action In the Advanced Age of Data Management

This posts asks why there is no ap to be found that visualizes the morphing of the 1950's bell curve representing the distribution of wealth in the USA from the start of the twentieth century to present? Why do we get only static representations showing the top & the bottom with the middle missing in action?
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This posts asks why there is no ap to be found that visualizes the morphing of the 1950's bell curve representing the distribution of wealth in the USA from the start of the twentieth century to present? Why do we get only static representations showing the top & the bottom with the middle missing in action?
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Andersen Studio Evolution Diaries: One of A Kind Art Object Offered in Mold Making Crowdfunder Project.

Rare large Fish decorated as One of a Kind Art to be offered in Mackenzie Andersen's Crowdfunder for raising capital for a mold for Tufted Titmouse bird sculpture. Other rewards to include one of a kind bowls and specially crafted mugs,
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This is the Tufted Titmouse Sculpture for which the wax phase was completed over a year ago.I am in the process of launching a crowdfunding project to contract with outside production to have the mold produced. Also shown : an eagle sculpture as a work in progress which will also need a mold produced.
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Targeted Sector Economics as practiced in the state of Maine is a Cloward & Piven strategy targeting the middle class. While the popular lingo of the state is heavily peppered with the lexicon of globalism, the middle class is missing in action! While politicians campaign for higher minimum wages , the real solution for the bottom is a vibrant middle class.
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: A New Beginning Returns To The Beginning

How it all began. My encounter with The Small Enterprise Growth Fund at a Juice Conference for Maine's creme de la movers and shakers in the year 2009, the year of the Obama Stimulus. The peek into the inner workings of Maine's central management class that led to examining the statutes passed by the Maine State legislature since 1977 when the legislature declared centrally managing the economy to be an "essential government function"
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