Family Values and PBS:

[Aquila]

Family Values and PBS:

I was watching television last night and watched a bit of FOX. Here's what was on... Sponge Bob Square Pants. This is the kind of thing a child sees on this show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8n-j...eature=related

I then turned to PBS. And I discovered a show called Super Why. Here's a clip of what kinds of things a kid will see on this show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f6BgCtvrOo

Now... only a braindead MORON would favor the junk on FOX over the stuff seen on PBS. Frankly, FOX is a PERVERSION of what our kids should be watching. The rhetoric against PBS is just an attempt to energize an ignorant base against public broad casting... because the corporate media machine cannot control it. In the end they want to dumb down our children as they do with FOX. Mitt Romney is counting on us being so stupid we'd support him even if he pulled the plug on Sesame Street.

What floored me is that Romney actually targeted PBS. He said he'd cut their funding. Ummm... their funding only equals something like 0.017% of a 4 TRILLION dollar budget. Like that will even make a dent. I vote he reconsideres the cost of the war in Iraq. Most people don't realize how expensive the war is. Look at it broken down like this... one day in Iraq equals...

One Day of the Iraq War = 84 New Elementary Schools

One Day of the Iraq War = 12,478 Elementary School Teachers

One Day of the Iraq War = 95,364 Head Start Places for Children

One Day of the Iraq War = 1,153,846 Children with Free School Lunches

One Day of the Iraq War = 34,904 Four-Year Scholarships for University Students

One Day of the Iraq War = 163,525 People with Health Care

One Day of the Iraq War = 423,529 Children with Health Care

One Day of the Iraq War = 6,482 Families with Homes

One Day of the Iraq War = 1,274,336 Homes with Renewable Energy

Mitt's angle... cut funding to PBS!!!

This guy's disconnected from reality.

The above is only ONE day of the funding going towards the Iraq war... imagine what it's cost us over the YEARS. And we wonder why we're on the brink of economic collapse??? Mitt's answer... cut funding to Big Bird. Give me a break man. lol

But Mitt doesn't care about our kids. In fact... thousands of children are writing him in tears. My son's school has had to address the issue. (My son is in 1st grade). The guy's an idiot. With everything that really needs attention right now... Mitt brought up putting the dastardly Big Bird out of business. I don't get these cats.

Do you know what else Mitt will cut? Funding to SCHIP, HCAP, Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs that help kids and the elderly get medical care that they need. But God knows he'll not cut funding to the war in Iraq. Haliburton has a no bid contract there. A significant portion of the money we're spending on the war... is going straight to Haliburton for nation building. And they're doing it on the cheap to make profits. War profiteering.

I'm sure that PBS made some profits. I bought my son some Sesame Street, Elmo, and Cookie Monster books and toys in the past. But those things are part of the entire educational process on the home front. PBS makes profits for selling educational merchandise and they're demonized.... the cats on Wall Street engage in collusion to bilk multiplied BILLIONS in profits leaving retirement investment accounts dry (people's life savings), bankers sell loans they know will default when the variable rate goes up. But before they do, these guys sell these loans on the foreign market, make a profit, and sit back watch it all fall apart. Millions of Americans loose their homes and find themselves saddled with record levels of debt. These fat cats? Oh, they light up a $1,000 cigar and laugh all the way to the bank. And the profits PBS made off of stuffed animals and childrens books is just unseemly???? PBS must be stopped???? I think they just don't want PBS Frontline to produce a documentary on what they've done.

PBS is less than 1% of our entire budget.

Sorry... there's a disconnect from reality here.

[deacon blues]

I SHATTERED MY ABACUS!!!!!!! ROFLOL!!!!!!!!! You can't beat SpongeBob!!!!!

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by deacon blues

I SHATTERED MY ABACUS!!!!!!! ROFLOL!!!!!!!!! You can't beat SpongeBob!!!!!

LOL

I always feel like I've lost intelligence after watching Spong Bob. lol

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by Aquila

LOL

I always feel like I've lost intelligence after watching Spong Bob. lol

Actually, the comedy on Sponge Bob is really really funny. It's a show kids and pedants enjoy together. Laughing together is good for families. That being said, PBS certainly leans toward being educational and that's important too. You know that the Sesame Street brand is worth tens of millions of dollars. It can hold it's own without tax dollars. Many programs on PBS could.

[Aquila]

Interestingly enough... I think it will be a hoot if Mitt loses and they trace the trimmers to his attack on Big Bird. LOL

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Interestingly enough... I think it will be a hoot if Mitt loses and they trace the trimmers to his attack on Big Bird. LOL

I think the media has driven the fear factor over an Obama re-election to such a height that Romney has a good chance of winning. It was the only way the Republicans could force a progressive on the party.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Family Values and PBS:

I was watching television last night and watched a bit of FOX. Here's what was on... Sponge Bob Square Pants. This is the kind of thing a child sees on this show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8n-j...eature=related

I then turned to PBS. And I discovered a show called Super Why. Here's a clip of what kinds of things a kid will see on this show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f6BgCtvrOo

Now... only a braindead MORON would favor the junk on FOX over the stuff seen on PBS. Frankly, FOX is a PERVERSION of what our kids should be watching. The rhetoric against PBS is just an attempt to energize an ignorant base against public broad casting... because the corporate media machine cannot control it. In the end they want to dumb down our children as they do with FOX. Mitt Romney is counting on us being so stupid we'd support him even if he pulled the plug on Sesame Street.

What floored me is that Romney actually targeted PBS. He said he'd cut their funding. Ummm... their funding only equals something like 0.017% of a 4 TRILLION dollar budget. Like that will even make a dent. I vote he reconsideres the cost of the war in Iraq. Most people don't realize how expensive the war is. Look at it broken down like this... one day in Iraq equals...

One Day of the Iraq War = 84 New Elementary Schools

One Day of the Iraq War = 12,478 Elementary School Teachers

One Day of the Iraq War = 95,364 Head Start Places for Children

One Day of the Iraq War = 1,153,846 Children with Free School Lunches

One Day of the Iraq War = 34,904 Four-Year Scholarships for University Students

One Day of the Iraq War = 163,525 People with Health Care

One Day of the Iraq War = 423,529 Children with Health Care

One Day of the Iraq War = 6,482 Families with Homes

One Day of the Iraq War = 1,274,336 Homes with Renewable Energy

Mitt's angle... cut funding to PBS!!!

This guy's disconnected from reality.

One day of the the funding going towards the Iraq war... imagine what it's cost us over the YEARS. And we wonder why we're on the brink of economic collapse??? Mitt's answer... cut funding to Big Bird. Give me a break man. lol

But Mitt doesn't care about our kids. In fact... thousands of children are writing him in tears. My son's school has had to address the issue. (My son is in 1st grade). They guy's an idiot. With everything that really needs attention right now... Mitt brought up putting the dastardly Big Bird out of business. I don't get these cats.

Do you know what else Mitt will cut? Funding to SCHIP, HCAP, Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs that help kids and the elderly get medical care that they need. But God knows he'll not cut funding to the war in Iraq. Haliburton has a no bid contract there. All that money we're spending on the war... is going straight to Haliburton for nation building. And they're doing it on the cheap to make profits. War profiteering.

I'm sure that PBS made some profits. I bought my son some Sesame Street, Elmo, and Cookie Monster books and toys in the past. But those things are part of the entire educational process on the home front. PBS makes profits for selling educational merchandise and they're demonized.... the cats on Wall Street engage in collusion to bilk multiplied BILLIONS in profits leaving retirement investment accounts dry (people's life savings), bankers sell loans they know will default to people they know can't pay for them when the variable rate goes up... then they sell these loans on the foreign market, make a profit, and sit back watch it all fall apart. Millions of Americans loose their homes and find themselves saddled with record levels of debt. The bankers? Oh, they light up a $1,000 cigar. And the profits PBS made off of stuffed animals and childrens books is just unseemly????

PBS is less than 1% of our entire budget.

Sorry... there's a disconnect from reality here.

Exactly! Super Why is a great show!

You might be interested in this article. Of course, not an Obama supporter, but he didn't ask the hard questions. He also gave me the impression that he was threatened to stand down at this last debate. Because, with all the untruths that Romney told, while looking presidential, I don't know another reason Obama wouldn't have engaged him.

I also read someone quoting Napoleon as Obama's view and stance at the debate - "“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

Forget Big Bird. What about the Snuffleupagus in the room?

Obama would do better to focus on Big Bird’s elephantine friend Aloysius Snuffleupagus.

In the presidential campaign, Big Bird is a distraction from Romney’s real cuts, which he is not yet allowing Americans to see. Obama should be drawing attention to the elephant in the room.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...b2a7_story.html

[deacon blues]

I love PBS. Watch it all the time. And I think PBS could easily compete with the other channels and programs. Why do they need taxpayer dollars? If we aren't willing to consider cuts across the board we will never get out of the hole we have dug for ourselves and our children and their children. The federal government can't be all things to all men.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by deacon blues

I love PBS. Watch it all the time. And I think PBS could easily compete with the other channels and programs. Why do they need taxpayer dollars? If we aren't willing to consider cuts across the board we will never get out of the hole we have dug for ourselves and our children and their children. The federal government can't be all things to all men.

Deacon, if it goes private... do you really thing PBS Frontline will be able to to produce documentaries as they do? PBS is obviously left leaning, as FOX is right leaning. The minority opinion isn't going to generate the revenue.

News and documentaries will go away and we'll be left with more table squabbling like we see on FOX where a screened liberal gets beat up by the conservative host.

I think it's important to ensure that the opposition, and minority opinion, be heard in a democratic republic. The interesting thing is that most don't know the details to the opposition's opinion. They only know what's said about it. PBS traditionally goes into greater detail.

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Deacon, if it goes private... do you really thing PBS Frontline will be able to to produce documentaries as they do? PBS is obviously left leaning, as FOX is right leaning. The minority opinion isn't going to generate the revenue.

News and documentaries will go away and we'll be left with more table squabbling like we see on FOX where a screened liberal gets beat up by the conservative host.

I think it's important to ensure that the opposition, and minority opinion, be heard in a democratic republic. The interesting thing is that most don't know the details to the opposition's opinion. They only know what's said about it. PBS traditionally goes into greater detail.

First of all, SpongeBob is a Nickelodeon program, not FOX. Second, PBS gets the bulk of it's money from "viewers like you". They also get millions from charitable trusts. There's plenty of money out there for PBS. Look at MSNBC. Tey used to be third behind Fox News and CNN. Now they are second. There an audience for liberal and left leaning programs. You don't have to have tax dollars to survive. And if you can't, the government shouldn't be propping it up. Besides talk radio, Fox News, a few newspapers and Internet news sources, the left minority dominates all of the other mainstream news sources.

My point is, we haven to got to stop picking winners and losers. Let the market decide.