Mitt says he'll fire Big Bird!

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by JCricket

It sure satisfies Romeny though.


Isn't liquidating corporations and making a hundred million on them while closing the doors and putting workers out on the street the same thing?

Yeah, pretty much. But, if it's all done in the name of selfish personal gain and done in the private sector, it makes perfectly good sense to these guys. I mean, how else is a draft dodging prick to fund a presidential campaign? So you ruin a few thousand lives and wreck a few communities. Whatever, there's always welfare for those slobs. Mitt needs another jet with staff on board to wipe his ass for him, so he does what he has to do.

Regards,
Dave

[Oerets]

With all the discussions about PBS's funding of late, both in print and media. One day last week while listening to a Right leaning AM morning talk show out of Louisville. The host made a comment and I'm paraphrasing now but it went something like this, " PBS just needs to grow up and learn about the sacrifices you need to make everyday to receive corporate sponsorship". She did not even see the underlining truth made by her. That PBS is more independent in there content where her show needed to make adjustments in order to receive funding.

Now I'm not saying in the least that PBS does not make some decisions that are funding based. But on a whole I think we all can agree PBS would change if it were to be the same as every other commercial broadcast network.

Then there is the fact that if PBS went onto cable or internet only delivery then what about those who do not choose to pay. Because of financial or availability among the many reasons people choose not to pay for content. In this day and age the amount of unfiltered content is getting thinner and thinner because of lack of outlets. Do we really want this?

I see this as more the Right using this along with the going after Unions, Teachers and the so call "Voter Fraud". As an attempt to stifle another point of view then theirs from being able to get a message out. Period!!



Barney

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Oerets

I see this as more the Right using this along with the going after Unions, Teachers and the so call "Voter Fraud". As an attempt to stifle another point of view then theirs from being able to get a message out. Period!!

It has always been about that, Barney. The Right, and their corporate benefactors, don't want anything even resembling an objective voice for news. Neither do they want any sort of programming that teaches or encourages critical thinking.

This dovetails nicely with the Fairleigh study Finn posted about this morning and the ongoing effort to corporatize ("privatize") public education. Keep the populace misinformed, confused and compliant.

John

[bobabode]

Fat, dumb and happy - with the exception of the ocassional curmudgeonly malcontent, would be the result of defunding NPR & PBS.

I sullenly claim the exception.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Fat, dumb and happy - with the exception of the ocassional curmudgeonly malcontent, would be the result of defunding NPR & PBS.

I sullenly claim the exception.

No, fat, dumb and insecure. Happy's bad. Our "leaders" need to be able to feed on our insecurities so they can tell us who to blame for them and how they propose to protect us from them.

John

[bobabode]

Ignorance is bliss to some.. I would rather have a frontal lobotomy.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Ignorance is bliss to some.. I would rather have a frontal lobotomy.

I'd rather have a bottle in front o' me.

(with apologies to Dorothy Parker)

John

[bobabode]

Cheers!

[wgrr]

Originally Posted by JJIII

So you say.



If the country were flush I would have no problem with the funding. The fact is we are hurting right now. Time for cuts in many, many places.

This country has only been "flush" one time in our history. That was in 1835 and 6 under President Andrew Jackson. A country being debt free is not a good thing. It was a topic of much economic discussions in 2000 when, if we followed the 1990's economic model set by Clinton and the Republicans who controlled Congress, we would be 100% out of debt now and, actually have a huge revenue surplus. There were major concerns amongst the Fed and economist in the world that a "flush" US would cause major world economic problems around the world. Educate yourself.

I don't fault people that think running a budget for a nation is the same as running a budget for your household. It absolutely is not the same. Your household can create wealth if you borrow money to buy it. If you pay cash no wealth is created. Once again educate yourself.

The economics of the US and the world are complex. In order to improve our economic outlook, we need steep tariffs on imported goods, tax increases that are fairly distributed, and investment in infrastructure instead of investing in endless wars that accomplish nothing. Eisenhower did warn us, but what does a five star general know about the military industrial complex?

[bobabode]

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