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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 10/25/2009 : 03:21:50
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It seems that a couple of paintings looted by the Nazis during WW-II have been located at Southern Methodist University, the future home for the G.W. Bush Library. I have found no evidence that Nazi collaborator and Hitler groupie, Prescott Bush had anything to do with it -- believe me, I looked! Indeed, they came with the endowment from Dallas oilman Algur Hurtle Meadows, whom the museum is named after, to the university in 1965, and at this point, I can't use it to smear the Bush family. 
By Jordan Fabian~The Hill
Two valuable works of art looted by the Nazis during World War II have been discovered at Southern Methodist University (SMU), which is the future home of the George W. Bush Presidential Library.
The pair of paintings on display at SMU’s Meadows Museum rendered by Spanish artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo of Seville’s Patron Saints Justa and Rufina, estimated to be worth more than $10 million, are believed to have been stolen from the Rothschild family in Paris in 1941.
The Monuments Men Foundation (MMF), an organization that raises awareness of efforts made to preserve cultural items looted and damaged by the Nazi regime, made the announcement in a press release. MMF said the paintings were previously identified as stolen when they were located in Germany and Austria at the end of World War II.
Bush awarded the group the 2007 National Humanities Medal at the White House for its overall work. The former president’s office declined to comment on the story.
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I can't in good conscience use it to bash the Bushs, but I feel perfectly free to remark that they will be right at home, snug and comfy, amongst stolen property.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 10/26/2009 : 13:00:28 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
...they will be right at home, snug and comfy, amongst stolen property. |
Where will they display the 2000 election? |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 10/26/2009 : 13:18:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
Originally posted by filthy
...they will be right at home, snug and comfy, amongst stolen property. |
Where will they display the 2000 election?
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It is tattooed upon their wretched souls and if there is a Hell, they can hold an art review.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Bush should feel right at home.....
