I don't know how much you should care, but the fact that a government supported institution will terminate someones employment over his thoughts worries the heck out of me. CNN firing Rick Sanchez was a business decision. NPR firing Juan Williams IS censure ship.
This might be a good day for Fox to fire him, too.
Don’t you just love liberals? Devoted to the false diversity of skin color and opposed to any dirversity of ideas.
Absolutely correct! I live in eastern Tennessee - TVA (a federal agency for those not familiar) is the big employer in the area. While there are certainly leftists within that organization, it has more than its share of conservatives within the workforce as well. I know of at least a couple that are involved in the Tea Party movement. The problem, for them, is that they are already scared to become "too public" in their opinions, lest their comments have an effect on their employment.
This episode reminds me of back in the 1980's when I worked in a union job in Ohio - in the same department as the Vice President of the Union. He and I exchanged barbs on more than one occasion. One time, he threatened to "pull my card" (IOW, kick me out of the union) because I didn't want to go along with the "union" way of things. This is the same kind of thing. If you don't share the opinions with the leftards in charge, you will be punished.