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Its not about Juan, guys, really. Its just that, in these hard economic times, we can’t afford to be subsidizing a wholly owned Soros subsidiary.

Cut them off. In an XM-Sirius world where there are hundreds of radio stations out there, in a cable TV world where there are hundreds of stations to choose from, we don’t need to be supporting these windbags. If they can’t get regular jobs, there must be some kind of SSI program for old hippies.

Our tax paying dollars go to public radio and tv that is basically a 24/7 campaign for liberal/democratic viewpoints.

Our tax paying dollars go to AFSCME who in turn have a portion of pay going to the campaign for liberal/democratic viewpoints.

Our tax paying dollars go to Federal Dept of Education which developes mediocre programs that promote liberal/democratic view points.

THIS IS WRONG WRONG WRONG......

Here’s the point of reality. NPR only receives $850k a year from congress directly. They’ve bundled themselves up into a massive money-game so you can’t really figure out the real input. Via their buddy, Public Broadcasting, they get another chunk of taxpayer money. Altogether, sixteen percent of their budget relates to US government money.

In the old days...with jazz,opera, and classical music taking up half of the hours per day...this sixteen percent budget was sufficient to pay all the bills. Today, with a massive complex of pretend-to-be-journalists and their DC expense account....they need millions beyond what the government gives.

Enter the foundations and public donations. Eighty-four percent of the budget comes from these two. For the small stations throughout the US to survive...they need local public donations to survive and keep broadcasting. If the local donations dry up suddenly...then local folks start laying off their team, and the system starts drying up.

If you wanted to really change things...tell the local guys that you want the old format back...jazz, opera and classical to be half the format, and you want two hours a day of just plain local and non-DC-directed news...frankly, no political news because you already get enough of that via everyone else. If the local stations came to demand this...you’d notice some worried folks at NPR HQ’s.

“there must be some kind of SSI program for old hippies.”

Some years ago, I read a story about an old folk’s home that catered exclusively to American communists. I believe it was located in California (naturally), but don’t know if it still exists.

The outrage is more than that. It’s the creeping Sharia and the attack on free speech plain and simple. He stated what most sane americans feel regarding the issue. Until the religion deals with the radicals who are actually doing what their “holy” book says that sense of unease and wariness will not go away. We should not have to silence our honest feelings on this matter any longer without fear of real retribution.

The fight back started with the muzzies wanting to build that damn victory mosque on the grave site of thousands of people. It continued with the outrage over the burning of the koran on 9/11 and other incidents that have shone a light on the deeds of these vermin in our midst.