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Date:
Thu, 22 February 2007 12:11 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
Paintings Related to the Pope and Angela Merkel
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Germany's Joseph Ratzinger, the new Pope Benedict XVI, appears at the window
of St Peter's Basilica after being elected the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church at the Vatican City.
(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)
Wed Apr 20, 1:25 AM ET
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Some strange unusual relationship appeared between this Bugatti painting and the election of the new
Pope in 2005. This Bugatti painting was displayed in the painting exhibition at Nikko hotel, Jakarta, from April 14 to April 20, 2005.
On Tuesday, April 19 2005, bells chimed at St. Peter's Basilica in the evening, announcing to the world that
a new pope was elected in the first papal conclave of the new millennium.
This painting is about Bugatti Veyron 16 /4, whereas Mr. Ettore Bugatti, the founder of
Bugatti, was an Italian. Somewhat like the location of Vatican inside Rome, Italy.
While since year 2000, the Bugatti company has been acquired by the famous German car manufacturer
Volkswagen, just like the new Pope who is from Germany. And his title is Pope Benedict XVI, somewhat like the Bugatti 16 / 4
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U.S. socialite Paris Hilton poses during a promotional appearance for German internet
company 'GoYellow' in Munich May 20, 2005.
REUTERS/
Alexandra Winkler
Reuters - May 20 3:54 AM
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Newly appointed German chancellor Angela Merkel takes the oath
of office in the parliament in Berlin Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005. A so-called grand coalition of Christian Democrats
and Social Democrats elected Angela Merkel as German chancellor earlier the day.
(AP Photo/Fritz Reiss)
AP - Nov 22 6:31 AM
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The United States is hopeful that new German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R)
with US President George W. Bush, will help make all of Europe a more reliable partner for Washington, analysts
said here ahead of her foreign minister's first US trip on Monday.
(AFP/Pool/File/Julia Fassbender)
AFP/Pool/File - Sat Nov 26,11:42 PM ET
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer(R) welcomes new German
Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel for a bilateral meeting at NATO headquarters, in Brussels. Merkel stressed the
importance of NATO as a pillar of stability.
(AFP/BELGA/Herwig Vergult)
AFP/BELGA - Nov 24 12:01 AM
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A photo of Paris Hilton by Oliver Weiken/EPA at Indonesian
famous newspaper Kompas May 27, 2005, inspired the painter to make the painting of "Paris Gold 4".
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Paris Gold 4
70
x 89 cm
acrylic
on canvas
2005
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The working of this painting "Paris Gold 4" began on September 15, 2005. On September 18, 2005,
Angela Merkel's political party and Gerhard Schröder's political party went head-to-head in the national elections. Neither party held enough seats to
form a majority in the Bundestag, and both Schröder and Merkel claimed victory. However, after three weeks of negotiations, the two parties reached
a deal whereby Merkel would become Chancellor. On November 22, 2005, Angela Merkel was elected Chancellor. She becomes the first
female Chancellor of Germany, the first woman to lead Germany since it became a modern nation-state in 1871, and as of 2006, the youngest
person to be chancellor since the Second World War.
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On Friday February 16, 2997, I wrote the draft for this letter, containing the following:
"......At present I have two historical paintings, with significant historical moments,
significantly related with Germany. The first is a painting of Bugatti car, that related with the Pope elected in 2005, Pope Benedict XVI
from Germany. The second is a painting of Paris Hilton that related with the elected first female Prime Minister of Germany,
chancelor Angela Merkel. Those two paintings inevitably makes me feel like becoming like a little bit having the position of the ruler
of Germany, just a little bit. Especially the painting related to the first female chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. Therefore
I think I need to sell those paintings soon, because the last time a foreigner ruled Germany, it caused disaster to this world. It would
be more appropriate if I could sell it to the German art collector. Or if I was unable to sell it to any German art collectror, at least I
should sell it soon, maybe to Indonesian collector....."
What I meant by the sentence ".......the last time a foreigner ruled Germany, it caused
disaster to this world....." was the fact that Hitler was originally an Austrian, not a German, and when he ruled Germany it became
the huge disaster of World War II.
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Date:
Thu, 22 February 2007 12:44 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
.....Then Britney Spears Turns Bald
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In this photo made from video provided by KABC-TV, Pop singer Britney
Spears is at a Sherman Oaks, Calif., tattoo parlor Friday night, Feb. 16, 2007. Spears was there to get
a couple of tiny tattoos on her wrist, a pair of pink and red lips, according to KABC-TV.
(AP Photo/KABC-TV)
AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 12:14 AM
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Sinead O'Connor, the bald woman singer of early nineties
Sinead O'Connor's career received a significant blow — especially in the United
States — on October 3, 1992, when she appeared on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest, on a show
hosted by Tim Robbins. She was singing an a cappella version of Bob Marley's "War" to protest sexual
abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, and added a lyric about "child abuse". She then presented a
photo of Pope John Paul II to the camera while singing the word "evil", after which she tore the photo
into pieces, said "fight the real enemy", and threw the pieces towards the camera. A video of the event
is available on the internet at a YouTube posting, as well as a fan-made remix video. Almost immediately,
NBC's switchboard was jammed with thousands of complaints. To this day, NBC refuses to allow the
footage to be rebroadcast. Instead, they show footage from the dress rehearsal where she smiles and
bows after finishing the song.
The reaction to Sinéad's act of defiance was swift. In the resultant media furor,
O'Connor was booed off stages and verbally abused by audiences. Her records were destroyed, and radio stations
refused to play her songs. Despite popular rumours, neither Sinéad O'Connor nor Saturday Night Live were ever
fined $2.5 million for the stunt. Saturday Night Live is reluctant to have her as a guest again, however.
Saturday Night Live had no foreknowledge of O'Connor's plan and has resisted
invitations to rebroadcast the incident (however, it is available on volume four of Saturday Night Live —
25 Years of Music DVD, one of the program's compilation video sets).
On September 22, 1997, O'Connor was interviewed in Vita, an Italian weekly
newspaper. In the interview, she asked the Pope to forgive her. She claimed that the tearing of
the photo was "a ridiculous act, the gesture of a girl rebel". She claimed she did it
"because I was in rebellion against the faith, but I was still within the faith". She went on
to quote Saint Augustine, by saying, "Anger is the first step towards courage". However,
O'Connor remains unrepentant about the incident. In a 2002 interview with Salon.com, when asked if she
would change anything about the October 3, 1992 SNL appearance, she replied, "Hell, no".
In 2003 she announced that she was going to leave the music industry and
train to be a catechist (teacher of the Catholic religion to school children).
In 2005 she performed at Madison Square Garden at the Jammy Awards and
announced plans to release a reggae-influenced album, named Throw Down Your Arms, in October 2005.
ABC Radio News, announcing her new album, reported that she has found solace in the Rastafarian faith,
and that the religion "saved her life".
In a 2005 interview by the reggae artist Burning Spear in Andy Warhol's
Interview magazine, she reported that her mission is to "rescue God from religion".
source: wikipedia.com
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After writing the above letter and sent it to someone in the U.S.,
later on when I was at home again in the evening came the news about Britney Spears shaving her hair.
It reminds me with the famous singer of the eighties, Sinead O’Connor who also shaved her hair.
Besides famous as a singer, with her hit song in 1990 "Nothing Compares 2 You" which became number one hit
in UK singles, US Hot 100, US Modern Rock, US Dance Australian Charts, and Irish Charts.
Sinead O’Connor also famous for having a problem with the Pope, though later on she apologized.
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