Posted on 10/22/2010 11:35:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
At a time when our country is dangerously in debt and looking for areas of federal spending to cut, I think we’ve found a good candidate for defunding. National Public Radio is a public institution that directly or indirectly exists because the taxpayers fund it. And what do we, the taxpayers, get for this? We get to witness Juan Williams being fired from NPR for merely speaking frankly about the very real threat this country faces from radical Islam.
We have to have an honest discussion about the jihadist threat. Are we not allowed to say that Muslim terrorists have killed thousands of Americans and continue to plot the deaths of thousands more? Are we not allowed to say that there are Muslim states that aid and abet these fanatics? Are we not allowed to even debate the role that radical Islam plays in inciting this violence?
I don’t expect Juan Williams to support me (he’s said some tough things about me in the past) – but I will always support his right and the right of all Americans to speak honestly about the threats this country faces. And for Juan, speaking honestly about these issues isn’t just his right, it’s his job. Up until yesterday, he was doing that job at NPR. Firing him is their loss.
If NPR is unable to tolerate an honest debate about an issue as important as Islamic terrorism, then it’s time for “National Public Radio” to become “National Private Radio.”
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Islam should be banned from western countries, forced to live in the hell holes that(religion/form of Government )creates..we are letting our enemy grow stronger in our midst..
Islam should be banned from western countries”
Hear! Hear!!
It's time for “National Public Radio” to become “National Private Radio.”
Sarah hits it on the nail-—AGAIN.
She thinks & speaks like an average American.
No fancy words—no “parsing’ of her sentences. No smirking behind the comment: “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is”.
Honest debate? Not a NPR we don’t!
This woman sure doesn't go with the flow. Thank you God. She's just the kind of president we need in these troubled times. Make it so Lord.
We must have an honest discussion about Islam in general. Concrete decisions must be made and implemented about this growing threat to our way of live. The country will not survive this threat if Islam is ignored and continued to be considered a ROP. Our time is running out.
When will the PDS squad arrive?
This isn’t **about** her, this is **from** her. It’s probably scaring them likea a crucifix does a vampire.
No liberals need apply
Public funding to NPR, PBS and CPB, should be eliminated all together irregardless if they allow honest debate or not. Public funding of media is a BAD idea period. Also, donations to these entities should not be tax deductible. (How is a church can lose it tax status if it is deemed political yet NPR isn't?).
She is absolutely correct. If we don’t start talking about muslim terrorist openly, the people of this country and other countries will make up their own minds and act accordinly.
How does one have an honest discussion with the mentally ill? Liberalism is one of the most severe and persistent psychiatric hallucinations in existence. Far left is a 7 on the GCS.
There is no point in talking to them. They just need to be placed in an area where they can’t hurt others or themselves. Public office isn’t one of them.
Love the pix of Sarah cracking up! She’s just sooooo cute! (As well as smart and brave.)
Thomas Jefferson had a different view.
Obama isn't going to have a discussion of the jihadist threat because I honestly think he doesn't care. Plus he and the other elites fly AF1 or private planes and aren't worried about the rest of us having to deal with the airlines.
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