I agree with everything you said.
This also shines a honkin’ big spotlight on NPR and whether we should be spending tax dollars on it. This time we MAY get funding pulled.
And ... we may see a new Juan Williams, Yesterday, he rocked. If you missed it, catch the long version on YouTube. He seems like a man who has suddenly seen his path.
Yesterday morning he stated that NPR does not need funding from the government to operate. He said if they lost their funding they should have no difficulties. That he said this is an important point, I believe.