Politics and Clay

Politics and Clay
Thomas Turnquist
　
　
Americans are losing control of their lives. The Federal govenment wants to control
our daily moves. We are moving to a point where the state can and will monitor all
forms of art including clay. Potters will be told how much clay can we use and how we use
clay in general. Art monitors will deem something good or evil. Potters will be forced
to prove that the clay objects are a good thing for the America and not a drain on
any resource.
　
　
Clay objects will be gender friendly. Clay shall be free of any hint of oppression.
Potters will be banned from purchasing clay materials that
are sold to create vessels that foster anger in men. The clay police will
have the power to filter out any sexist vessel form that may have a long
term impact, such as dreams about conservative talk show
hosts Glenn Beck or Dick Morris. No pottery studio can sell work
that is not in tune with Al Gore. Who would not be in tune with a
soul who has made millions of dollars hawking green dreams.
How does Gore explain the all that jet fuel he consumes?
　
America has a long and proud tradition in the field of pottery and
stoneware. A tradion that goes back more than three hundred
years. A period rooted in trial and error and huge success and
not based on gender. Art police were not an issue. Where
will this manic push to set standards stop? Will inane
government robots have control of taste? Prisons for
those who are convicted for not going the way of the
government standards.