NPR Host: Constitution 'Like Tinkerbell...Only Alive As We Collectively Decide'

Breibart - Big Journalism ^ | 4-24-2013 | Larry O'Connor

[Sir Napsalot]

Peter Sagal, host of NPR's highly entertaining "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me," is planning a new PBS special on the US Constitution. In an interview with Politico, Sagal explains that he will be using the show to "educate" Americans about our government's framing document .

The tax-payer funded show, "Constitution USA with Peter Sagal," sounds harmless enough:

… We talked to people who were basically living the Constitution whether they wanted to or not, as opposed to the usual array of pundits or activists who have opinions about it.

But as Sagal reveals his personal views of the constitution, a very "NPR" kind of attitude is apparent:

The Constitution is only as alive as we collectively have decided it is today,” he said. ”I’ve been calling it the Tinkerbell of national charters because Tinkerbell only lives if you clap, right? Or if you say, ‘I do believe in fairies, I do!’ It’s like this: ‘I do believe in civics, I do!’ And everybody believes in it, and we move on. And it’s an amazing phenomenon.

(Watch the entire interview at Breitbart link)

[Sir Napsalot]

Where do these people come from???? Maybe Peter got more than some interview from the "marijuana growers and cannabis activists and same-sex couples who want to get married".

[skeeter]

I don't know any guys who would draw any kind of an equivalent with Tinkerbell, at any time for any reason.

[ClearCase_guy]

NPR's highly entertaining "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me,"

Oh, please! A bunch of super smug people sitting around patting each other on the back for how clever and well-meaning, and in-the-know they all are.

I can't listen for more than a couple minutes. It's painful.

[molson209]

and Laws ,they don’t need no stinking Laws

[central_va]

Or if you say, ‘I do believe in fairies, I do!’

What faggotry is this?

[cardinal4]

*shakes head*

[A_Former_Democrat]

What an ignorant ass. This taxpayer-subsidized jackass obviously doesn’t understand the first thing about The Constitution

Get rid of NPR

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Q: ( I have had several times in my life ) “Do you listen to NPR?

My standard answer: “Not if I can avoid it.”

[ConradofMontferrat]

When the winds of Sharia come blowing their way, they will cry like bailfull sheep for the protections of the Constitution they so arrogantly disdain now.

[Third Person]

NPR Host “like Tinkerbell”.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

*chuckle* I love that meme.

[indthkr]

"only as alive as we collectively have decided it is today"

Maybe we'll collectively decide that Peter and NPR no longer have Freedom of Speech? I wonder how they'll like that one....Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me /sarc

[Forrestfire]

And your contract with NPR, and your Mortgage contract are “ Living Breathing” Documents, when they say your pay is now $1.00 an hour, and your pay off is Five years and not Thirty, you will say that is right!!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Bill of Rights is the exact opposite of "the collective."

[KittenClaws]

and Laws ,they don’t need no stinking Laws

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There are two sides to that particular coin.

[RedMDer]

[beef]

Any form of humane government ultimately depends on a good majority following the rules, in our case, the Constitution. If you do not follow the rules, or have no rules, or they get made up as you go along, or they come down by decree, then you have despotism or anarchy. How they not see this? The only way they can be in favor of this is if they think their despot will never have to cede power. They can't possibly believe they will run the country forever. They don't even have the power to run it their way right now. Lunatics.

[varyouga]

We don't need no stinkin piece of papah written by some ancient crackaz. This be the modarn age!

[AppyPappy]

“Where do these people come from????”

I don’t know but they are usually the first against the wall.

[Califreak]

Camacho is different than our president.

He might have been kind of stupid, but in his heart, he loved his country and tried to save it.