Posted on 03/08/2011 7:38:06 PM PST by Kaslin
Taxes Misspent: It's bad enough that taxpayers are forced to support a left-wing media outlet long since rendered obsolete by the Internet. Now we learn NPR is seeking booty from terrorist sources.
Where to begin in describing the damning revelations produced by filmmaker James O'Keefe's Project Veritas in its videotaped undercover sting of National Public Radio officials?
NPR claims innocence, but why was Ron Schiller, until recently the president of the NPR Foundation, so eager to do lunch at Georgetown's schmancy Cafe Milano with two men posing as high-ranking members of a Muslim Brotherhood front?
The investigative reporters were offering NPR a $5 million donation, and the videotape they made shows Schiller giving them the impression that it would be money well spent.
The whole episode provides plenty of new reasons for taxpayers to demand the end of NPR public funding.
An NPR spokeswoman insists that O'Keefe's phony Islamists "repeatedly pressed us to accept a $5 million check, with no strings attached, which we repeatedly refused to accept." Does she expect people to believe that NPR fundraisers spend their working hours meeting with prospective donors for the fun of it?
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One can hope and dream that taxpayer funding for NPR has come to an end. Ditto for PBS.
The Republicans on Capitol Hill will find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory once again. NPR will continue to nip at our heals using our money to help them do it.
Last straw? Hardly. This will rally NPR supporters, they are being attacked! To the rescue!
NPR is a friend to anyone who is an enemy of the United States.
Highly unlikely. A wonderful dream yes, but almost no chance it will happen - probably not in our lifetime.
The problem is Democrats know they just need to trot out pictures of Big Bird, round up some teachers to say how essential public broadcasting "for the kids", and the public folds like a cheap suit - particularly women.
Tax payer funding for public broadcasting will end when liberals figure out that it would actually be in their best interest. NPR is already liberal, but without tax payer funding it can come out of the closet and be a full on left wing media outlet.
“repeatedly pressed us to accept a $5 million check, with no strings attached, which we repeatedly refused to accept.”
Suspicions were aroused: all their other terrorist and communist donors have, historically, required strings.
Lots of whiners and defeatists on this thread.
I think NPR can and will be defunded.
The US is looking to cut spending? This is a no brainer.
Unfortunately, self-important, America-hating, metrosexual fairies like Schiller are a dime a dozen in DC. They really have taken over the culture of the city.
The Corp for Public Broadcasting is where the really money pit is! The Network and stations should be sold individually or put on the market as a New Issue! Proceeds to pay down the National Debt.
Yeah so I noticed, and I agree that NPR can and will be defunded
“Liberals are 100x the GOP fighters.”
Exactly, and they never quit, and if needed they don’t play fair.
GOP should read and understand Rules For Radicals. Or some conservative should re-write it to be more aggressive and leave off the dedication.
You're right. O'Keefe was on Savage tonight and said that, just like Acorn, there are more tapes coming ;-)
Good! Anything that will pump courage into the Pubbies in Congress!
I’m doing my best to spread the articles and links to video to my email trees and coworkers.
“Why” can it not be defunded? I don’t understand
“Why” can it not be defunded? I don’t understand
Doubt it. Too many Democrats who will delay and delay until this thing blows over. Except for a few Republicans this is a blip on the radar. Not enough voter anger over this garbage. If there was, our country probably wouldn’t be so hopelessly in debt.
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