Posted on 11/05/2007 8:30:49 AM PST by Trueblackman
New Cable TV Vouchers Ban FOX News
Democrats' hard-fought battle to provide cable television to welfare recipients hit another snag yesterday when Republicans found a newly inserted provision that specifically excludes FOX News Channel from programming options. "This clause was not in this bill last week," said Rep. Jim Clements (R-CO) "I don't know whether someone thought they could slip this by us, or what, but this is getting to be a bit much." The affected bill, a 3.5 billion dollar spending measure that proponents say is necessary to educate potential voters before the 2008 elections, has met with great resistance from conservative legislators on both sides of the aisle who portray it as just one more unnecessary entitlement tacked onto an already over-burdoned welfare system. "The Federal Government is not obliged to provide people the ability to watch Sponge Bob Square Pants." Said Rep. Mitch Weyland (R-NM), "This whole idea was bad from the beginning... it's a waste of taxpayer dollars." "Contrary to what my friend from New Mexico thinks, this is not about entertainment. It's about education.," said Warren Billingsley, Democrat from Buffalo, New York, and co-sponsor of the 'Voter Education and Inclusion Act.' Billingsley claims that without cable television, an irreplaceable source of political info and events, millions of voters nationwide will be disenfranchised from the process. "We need to move beyond this notion that only the very rich should have access to the political process," he said. "We want the American people, all of the American people, to have the proper information before heading to the polls in 2008." Asked why language was inserted to specifically bar FOX News Channel from programming, he replied, "FOX News isn't a source of proper information."
Ha ha ha!! Name ONE conservative democrat! Just one!
I don’t have cable because I cannot fit another bill into my budget. Why are the poor getting it for free???
Because, President Bush and the Congress wants to provide this service to all the American people.
Please support the President in his effort.
THIS fooled me!
This is something Demoncrats would push for.
Satire.
You might have labeled it as such from the start.
The gist of this is the Plantation Owners have to keep the serfs ignorant. The truth will set them free and they are not going to let that happen.
Actually, Official News Agency is entirely satire. The ‘about us’ page actually spells it out in black and white.
http://www.officialnewsagency.com/content/view/42/64/
Glad you enjoyed the story, though. Thanks for stopping in.
Keith
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