-sigh- Really? This is an issue, now?

Skail: -sigh- Really? This is an issue, now?

Don't you know that PBS costs literally billions and billions of taxpayer dollars per year?

I strongly recommend the Rs keep harping on anti-gay rhetoric. Especially those trying to get mainstream voter support. I think that's a winning route for them to follow.

Finally, a "big ideas" GOP candidate.

TV without commercial interruptions is not real TV.

/Gulf Coast Seafood Bake
//Brought to you by BP

Your assignment is to write an essay either for or against one of the following issues, 1) Gun control, 2) Abortion, 3) Death Penalty, 4) [insert your own unimaginative wedge issue here].

/What are we, a nation of ninth graders?
//Oh. Never mind.

I saw an interview with a "typical" Iowan family the other day, trying to decide who to vote for in the caucus. The wife said she was voting for Romney, because she wanted to vote for someone she could trust. I damn near fell out.

*clicks link*

It seems Mitt Romney is doing it for purely budget reasons and has actually stated he likes PBS, but feels it is a luxury the federal government can't afford.

/You'd think by now people would know better then to post their initial reaction to a headline and actually RTFA
//You'd think

Bert and Ernie are going to Hell, along with the rest of the gays and liberals. Mitt's just sticking to the Mormon platform.

How do you look at something like PBS and decide, "Yep, that's gotta go." I can't imagine this. I can't follow this line of thinking at all.

What an asshole.

Non-evil Monkey: It seems Mitt Romney is doing it for purely budget reasons and has actually stated he likes PBS, but feels it is a luxury the federal government can't afford.

Educating our kids is a luxury. But don't you dare take away my tax cuts! It's a necessity. And so is war with Iran!

/hot like Big Bird

Non-evil Monkey: *clicks link*

It seems Mitt Romney is doing it for purely budget reasons and has actually stated he likes PBS, but feels it is a luxury the federal government can't afford.

/You'd think by now people would know better then to post their initial reaction to a headline and actually RTFA
//You'd think

Yea, reading the article still makes Mitt an asshole. His stance is the one of the GOP for the past year or so.

Who in their right mind thinks eliminating PBS is a smart and/or popular way to help fix the budget?

"We've tried nothing, and we're all out of ideas! Hey, how about PBS? That'll do it!"

Where is Fred Rogers when we need him most?

I am absolutely TERRIFIED of the big, strong conservatives continued attacks on Sesame Street.

Obviously, they should continue to make this a cornerstone of their 2012 campaign!

Car_Ramrod: Who in their right mind

well there's your problem

FlashHarry: funny how he was pro-gay rights when he was running for governor of massachusetts.

Gay marriage started in MA under his governorship.

Non-evil Monkey: *clicks link*

It seems Mitt Romney is doing it for purely budget reasons and has actually stated he likes PBS, but feels it is a luxury the federal government can't afford.

/You'd think by now people would know better then to post their initial reaction to a headline and actually RTFA
//You'd think

Oh please. If the federal budget is your home budget, than PBS funding is the change in your cushions.

This is like saying you're going to balance your household finances by not buying gum.

Non-evil Monkey: *clicks link*

It seems Mitt Romney is doing it for purely budget reasons and has actually stated he likes PBS, but feels it is a luxury the federal government can't afford.

/You'd think by now people would know better then to post their initial reaction to a headline and actually RTFA
//You'd think

Which is what I garnered from the article as well. However, I still find it silly that this is one of the things the he goes after. I'd bet a full paycheck that he'd have no issues goverment-funding a religious channel.

According to the article PBS costs each person $1.35 a year.

I can afford that and I haven't watched PBS in probably 2 decades.

/for the kids

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: If the worst thing the GOP did was to defund PBS, I'd vote for them in a heartbeat.

Yep. If I inhabited an imaginary world where the Republicans only had one bad idea, I would be a Republican too.

But back in the real world, Republicans have a never-ending supply of absolutely terrible ideas, so I'm not a Republican.

mitchcumstein1: Jesus Christ on a crutch, there have got to be more important things to be worrying about.

No, there is nothing more important then getting rid of the liberal indoctrination machine. PBS today, Nickelodeon tomorrow.

Non-evil Monkey: *clicks link*

It seems Mitt Romney is doing it for purely budget reasons and has actually stated he likes PBS, but feels it is a luxury the federal government can't afford.

/You'd think by now people would know better then to post their initial reaction to a headline and actually RTFA
//You'd think


And like Planned Parenthood, I don't feel a few million dollars to that program is going to have much of an effect on the U.S.'s $12 Trillion GPD. They're going after it because - fark you - that's why.

You want to talk funding with me. Lets talking funding. Lets talk about military spending, police spending, technology spending, education spending, tax-cut spending, social services spending .... don't bring me limp-dick things like PBS to strip funding from.

"PBS costs Americans just $1.35 per person a year."

Clearly, this is bankrupting us. Won't you think of the rich people who need that third of a latte?

PBS gave me Saturday night Monty Python and boobies.

That has to be worth something.

cman: HeartBurnKid: Non-evil Monkey: *clicks link*

It seems Mitt Romney is doing it for purely budget reasons and has actually stated he likes PBS, but feels it is a luxury the federal government can't afford.

/You'd think by now people would know better then to post their initial reaction to a headline and actually RTFA
//You'd think

Oh please. If the federal budget is your home budget, than PBS funding is the change in your cushions.

This is like saying you're going to balance your household finances by not buying gum.

This is the proper way.

Thank you. Finally someone from the other side who actually debates the matter at hand instead of stupid personal attacks and nonsense.

Enjoy your one month of TF

Thanks, much appreciated.

Wait... this isn't the PBS money, is it? :)

Personally, I don't think government should be in the broadcasting or arts business.