You knew this was coming, weren't you?

[no_hypocrisy]

In collaboration with The Portland Phoenix, The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research is issuing a call for public art: Mural depicting the glorious contributions of the Maine businessperson.

Seeking designs for a 36-foot-long, 8-foot-tall mural to replace a degenerate, “one-sided” mural at the Maine Department of Labor office in Augusta. Please e-mail jpgs to [e-mail], or if you insist to us.

Submissions are encouraged to honor Maine’s grand business history, from logging to ship building, from the brave executives who put down the 1937 women’s strike to steadfast proponents of child labor, from the paper mill bosses who purified our waters with dioxins to those who intrepidly called in the National Guard to restore order in the face of wrong-thinking mobs and crybabies, and surplus and salvage company CEOs who selflessly offer damaged goods for retail sale before giving it all up for public service.

Favorite entries will be published in the Portland Phoenix and online. All submissions will be forwarded to Governor Paul LePage as potential replacements for the Augusta office lobby.

http://gregcookland.com/journal/2011/03/24/open-call-for-public-art-to-replace-maine-labor-mural/

On edit: Sorry, this IS satire.
http://www.gregcookland.com/about.html

[Le Taz Hot]

1. Let me know if Central California can help

with subsequent mural enhancement projects. They'll bring their own spray paint. :evilgrin:

[gratuitous]

2. I'm more of a concept person

So someone else is free to bring my vision to life: A ginormous set of buttocks hanging from the top of the frame taking an enormous dump on the land and people of America. An unseen penis wee-wees over the whole mess. Call it "Trickle Down."

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Tinkle-down.

[hobbit709]

4. My brother used to tell a joke about the corporation where he works.

The place is like a tree full of monkeys. Some monkeys are climbing up to the top and others are going down.
The monkeys at the top look down and all they see is bright shining faces.
The monkeys down below look up and all they see is assholes.

[Octafish]

6. LOL! Along those, eh, lines: Who is the boss?

Who is the boss?

When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to be the boss.

The brain said, "since I control everything and do all the thinking, I should be the boss."

The feet said, "since I carry man where he wants to go and get him in position to do what the brain wants, then I should be the boss."

The hands said, "since I must do all the work and earn all the money to keep the rest of you going, I should be the boss."

And so it went with the eyes, the heart, the lungs, and all the other parts of the body, each giving the reason why they should be the boss.

Finally, the asshole spoke up and said it was going to be the boss.

All the other parts laughed and laughed at the idea of the asshole being the boss. The asshole got so angry that he blocked himself off and refused to function.

Soon the brain was feverish and could barely think, the feet felt like lead weights and was almost too weak to drag the body anywhere, the eyes grew bleary, and the hands hung useless at the sides. All pleaded with the brain to let the asshole be declared the boss.

And so it happened; all the other parts did all the work and the asshole just bossed and passed out a lot of crap.

THE MORAL: You don't have to be a brain to be a boss, just an old asshole.

SOURCE: http://www.jokesunlimited.com/jokes/who_is_the_boss.html

Alternate moral: No matter how well things are going, it can all be shut down by a single asshole.

[Octafish]

5. Smokestacks Billowing Smoke at Paper Mill, Rumford Falls, Maine, USA

[Historic NY]

7. It might be satire now, but just wait.

[Javaman]

8. I wonder if there is enough red for the faces of the angry pinkerton men

busting heads of strikers?

Or enough green for the bills being stuffed into the pockets of the business men being depicted?

It's coming folks. Are you ready? Do you have your marching shoes? Do you have your signs? Is your voice clear and loud?

It's coming.