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10/5/2012 10:17:37 AM

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"Funding a tv/radio station is just as dumb as bailouts. I support Romney on ending pbs/npr. Romney's healthcare. Cancel it (Not worth borrowing money for) Pay for Politicians Cancel it (Not worth borrowing money for) Foreign Aid Cancel it (Not worth borrowing money for) Embassies Cancel it (Not worth borrowing money for) Playing Police with our Army Cancel it (Not worth borrowing money for) Tax breaks for everyone Cancel it (Not worth borrowing money for)"

Who are you and what have you done with BlackJesus?

10/5/2012 10:17:51 AM

Anyone is certainly welcome to their opinion. Fact of the matter is that there's benefit to ensuring a non-commercial alternative with a focus on education and learning is available on television. An alternative not completely reliant on advertising for revenue. It benefits us all as a society to not have pure garbage on every channel.
Also, funding for PBS comes from other sources than the federal government such as corporations, universities, donors, local channels, etc...

10/5/2012 10:18:10 AM

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" Start END G. W. Bush (first term) 4.2% 5.3% G. W. Bush (second term)5.3% 7.8% Obama 7.8% 7.8% as of now "

Now what are you saying?

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/05/29/presidents-and-the-unemployment-rate/

10/5/2012 10:18:29 AM

Who said they were angry?
The figure is bullshit creative math.

10/5/2012 10:19:43 AM

Eaton Bush pwnt

10/5/2012 10:20:51 AM

I'm not sure I see a benefit for a media outlet to not be solely advertising based. PBS, depending on the affiliate, gets something like 15-50% of their funding from the government. Again, I don't see how PBS is any better than other media outlets. If you don't like Fox, MSNBC, etc., there are still alternatives. And other than old people and kids, no one watches PBS.

I'm not defending Romney; it was stupid of him to bring that up and yes, it's just a drop in the bucket on its own and the fiscal focus should be elsewhere. But since we're talking PBS funding, I was just giving my opinion. Not worth anymore time really

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 10:24 AM. Reason : .]

10/5/2012 10:21:38 AM

Same math that's always been used across administrations.

What world do you live in?

10/5/2012 10:22:32 AM

People are white knighting for big bird itt.

This is a free market economy. We do not need a government tv channel. If you want pbs pay for it like you do cartoon network. I'm not saying cancel pbs, just stop funding dumbshit.

The last republican took us from a surplus and 4.2% unemployment, to a deficit and 7.8% unemployment. I'll take 4 more years of Obama before I'll even consider seeing a republican in the white house.

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 10:26 AM. Reason : .]

10/5/2012 10:25:16 AM

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"And other than old people and kids, no one watches PBS."

I happen to listen to NPR every day on my way to work, if I actually sat down and watched hours upon hours of television like most Americans, I can guarantee it would be tuned into PBS more often than anything else...

Just because you're a vapid moron who probably DVRs 1000s of hours of reality television a year and eats hot cheetos by the pawful, doesn't mean that educated, young adults don't benefit from public broadcasting. Christ

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 10:28 AM. Reason : iphone]

10/5/2012 10:27:21 AM

NPR != PBS

NPR is much better than PBS.

And you already admitted it... you don't watch PBS.

And still, neither really require government assistance. There's a reason other media outlets are hugely successful and don't require government money.

And just like a true idiot, you have no real argument, so you stoop down to personal attacks full of false assumptions!

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 10:31 AM. Reason : /]

10/5/2012 10:29:15 AM

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"SCHILLER: ... think the current Republican party is not really the Republican Party. It's been hijacked by this group that... "MUSLIM": The radical, racist, Islamophobic, Tea Party people? SCHILLER: Exactly. And not just Islamophobic, but really xenophobic. Basically, they believe in white, middle America, gun-toting -- I mean, it's pretty scary. They're seriously racist, racist people."

Random racist NPR quote.

If you want NPR pay for it. I don't want to pay taxes so idiots get to listen to a talk show on the way to work. I don't want to pay taxes so you can watch big bird. You people are part of the 47% . YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO HAVE PBS AND NPR.

10/5/2012 10:31:35 AM

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"There's a reason other media outlets are hugely successful and don't require government money."

Pretty much every other televised/radio media outlet is driven by ratings to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 10:35 AM. Reason : EMCE covered it pretty well]

10/5/2012 10:34:10 AM

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"PBS * Private, non-profit media enterprise owned and operated by member stations. * Distributes programming to 348 public television stations across the country. * Funded by CPB and member stations. * http://www.pbs.org NPR * Private, non-profit media enterprise. * Produces and distributes programs. * Funded by member stations. * http://www.npr.org "

http://www.cpb.org/aboutpb/faq/cpbpbsnpr.html

please, explain

10/5/2012 10:34:57 AM

10/5/2012 10:35:13 AM

Is there a picture somewhere on the internet of a guy shitting onto his own face

I feel like that would appropriately sum up wdprice's performance over the past few days, but I don't want to go looking for it at work

Thanks

10/5/2012 10:39:00 AM

try asking someone who works for PBS

i'm sure they could find it

10/5/2012 10:42:04 AM

there's my nutrider! where have you been lately?

10/5/2012 10:58:36 AM

Dude, you post 50 times a day

It's pretty hard not to run into you

Don't deflect your idiocy by calling me a nutrider

YOU JUST GOT ERNIE'D

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 10:59 AM. Reason : ERNIE'D]

10/5/2012 10:59:50 AM

ah yes, it is idiotic to say that a media outlet can be successful without receiving 15-50% of its funding from the government.

10/5/2012 11:02:43 AM

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"Username : Ernie Status : All American Posts : 45433 (13.5 per day)"

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"Username : wdprice3 Status : most armed most free Posts : 37077 (12.8 per day)"

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"Username : BlackJesus Status : in iTrust I trust Posts : 6261 (9.1 per day)"

PWNT

10/5/2012 11:05:57 AM

One of us is posting 50 times a day in 2012

One of us has 6 posts today, the most in months

One of us is someone called BlackJesus

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 11:07 AM. Reason : Nice to meet you, B. Jesus.]

10/5/2012 11:07:14 AM

Absolutely no one has said that a media outlet can't be successful without receiving some level of funding from the government - I'm not really sure where you got that from, or why you're arguing against this.

What was said:

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"Fact of the matter is that there's benefit to ensuring a non-commercial alternative with a focus on education and learning is available on television. An alternative not completely reliant on advertising for revenue..... Also, funding for PBS comes from other sources than the federal government such as corporations, universities, donors, local channels, etc... "

I think you need to realize that content on a channel is in part determined by what advertisers are willing to pony up the dough. By divorcing itself from advertising revenue, PBS allows itself the autonomy to broadcast educational material instead of honey boo boo

10/5/2012 11:14:53 AM

FUCK AN EDUCATED POPULACE!

I WANTS MORE HONEY BOO BOO CHILDZ!

10/5/2012 11:16:38 AM

Trying to fix the economy by cutting funding to PBS is the same is fixing your household financed by saving 1 penny on your phone bill.

Sure a penny saved is a penny earned, but if it took you 6 months of arguing about it in congress is the penny maybe not worth it?

Maybe, to fix your household finances you should look at your record breaking department of defense spending and the fact that you are proposing to give them even more than they are asking for!

10/5/2012 11:17:54 AM

maybe I should restate that.

When compared to actual educational institutions and other media outlets, PBS is pretty far down on this list.

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 11:25 AM. Reason : .]

10/5/2012 11:21:18 AM

actually, it is

how could you argue that?

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 11:28 AM. Reason : way to edit your original statement about PBS not educating millions of people]

10/5/2012 11:23:22 AM

Even if PBS is doing nothing, and is an absolute waste of money, its a terrible thing to target considering the political time and costs and the insignificant returns if winning.

The only logical thing to do if being serious is to slash DOD spending.

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 11:25 AM. Reason : .]

10/5/2012 11:24:52 AM

Maybe you should have watched more PBS, Bill.

You might not be such a stupid fucking adult.

10/5/2012 11:25:16 AM

Yes, we've already conceded that PBS funding is a grossly small sum when compared to the budget and that it's not a political issue that our government should waste time on arguing, and that massive cuts are needed elsewhere, and that mitt was a moron for even mentioning it.


[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 11:26 AM. Reason : nutriding]

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 11:27 AM. Reason : you got anything other than personal attacks? that's most of what you post.]

10/5/2012 11:26:21 AM

Since this debacle isn't really going anywhere...


I'd like to say that I think wdprice3 is extremely intelligent. I mean... he had enough foresight to grow a goatee so that we can all tell where his chin is supposed to be, as his fat fucking face melds into his neck.

10/5/2012 11:28:16 AM

Being educated and intelligent is such a communist thing

because communists have never singled out intellectuals and killed them or put them in camps or anything ever, communists love intellectuals.

10/5/2012 11:28:24 AM

ah yes, bring on personal attacks. because you have nothing else.

^wat

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 11:29 AM. Reason : .]

10/5/2012 11:29:06 AM

We can't slash DOD spending. If we slash that how will we protect America (and half of the free world)

10/5/2012 11:29:30 AM

We already won

This is how we celebrate

Now shake your belly for us

10/5/2012 11:29:47 AM

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"^wat"

dude just called himself out

10/5/2012 11:30:26 AM

oh, is that so?

is that the best you can do?

^that was in reference to the first line in your post.

Can't have a decent conversation with you people. Worthless leftist hacks.

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 11:32 AM. Reason : .]

10/5/2012 11:30:32 AM

Gladly

but not because we 'have nothing else'. It's because common fucking sense seems to glide right over your head, causing you to respond by attempting to distort the argument. For example,

"ah yes, it is idiotic to say that a media outlet can be successful without receiving 15-50% of its funding from the government.
"

or the dumbshit comment about educating millions though PBS

10/5/2012 11:33:50 AM

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"ah yes, bring on personal attacks. because you have nothing else."

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"Worthless leftist hacks."

10/5/2012 11:35:05 AM

10/5/2012 11:35:17 AM

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"We can't slash DOD spending. If we slash that how will we protect America (and half of the free world)"

not sure if serious


We are spending a fuck-ton (technical term) more than we were even during the Cold War. This is all in todays dollars. We can fucking dial it back and be fine.

10/5/2012 11:35:40 AM

jesus christ man - you suck at sarcasam detection.

[Edited on October 5, 2012 at 11:41 AM. Reason : .]

10/5/2012 11:38:46 AM

okay goldielox

10/5/2012 11:42:49 AM

strike 2

10/5/2012 11:47:41 AM

Also if we cut DOD spending we are gonna get rid of jobs. JOB CREATION IS #1 way to end our recession people.

Spend money to make money.

10/5/2012 12:04:39 PM

CUT WASTEFUL GOV'T SPENDING!*
*except DOD spending. That's just dandy

10/5/2012 12:09:33 PM

Do you want to get nuked by Iran? NO

So we need defense.

10/5/2012 12:20:44 PM

10/5/2012 12:23:59 PM

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"Do you want to get nuked by Iran? NO So we need defense."

Id be more worried about Iran if Mitt Romney were to win the election, since he's practically ejaculating in his pants just thinking about the possibility of starting a war with them

but that's not going to happen

10/5/2012 12:28:38 PM

On NPR/PBS: I listen to NPR every day. I like NPR, and I like PBS. Many other people feel the same.

The fact that I enjoy those stations and listen to them in no way justifies their funding from the federal government. I enjoy and make use of many great goods and services, and I don't mind paying for them. I reject that idea that it is ever moral to force others to help fund things that you use and enjoy. If you like them enough, you'll support them. If you don't like them enough to support them, you're kind of just a dick that wants others to pay the bill for your entertainment.

10/5/2012 12:31:13 PM