Posted on 10/04/2012 6:27:49 PM PDT by barmag25
Big Bird isn't just a big, yellow bird. Every day, millions of children -- including my two sons and my daughter -- tune in to PBS. What they get is programming that teaches them. They learn their letters and numbers, yes. But they also learn about character. About treating one another with dignity and kindness. They learn that it's OK to be different, and to stand up for their friends.
Governor Romney says he likes Big Bird, but he's going to cut PBS anyway. PBS accounts for about 1/100th of 1% (.0012%) of the Federal Budget. It provides high quality educational content for children. It provides important news and information for adults. Cutting PBS won't help solve the budget deficit, but it will contribute to a character and education deficit. It will contribute to a cultural deficit as important news and information programs are taken off the air. It will rob us of some of our most cherished programs and sources of information.
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Barney makes even more!
I’ve never heard of big bird but if that is what it looks like, kill it!
“Should the political winds shift in an ugly direction...”
I signed as Big Bird.
“I get no government funding. I AM the 1%”
I’m betting that Elmo is doing pretty good as well. Bert and Ernie have seen better days but if they invested wisely I doubt they’re exactly destitute.
Ok, you got me. How can you possibly not have heard of Big Bird? Did you grow up in the US?
So, Evan, I don’t have any children. Why do you expect me to pay for YOUR children to watch Big Bird?!
Romney should give the Big Bird to Obummer.
That was hilarious!
It ticks me off that they use our tax dollars and make huge profits.
Somehow everybody always appeals to Sesame Street when cutting PBS funding comes up.
How about “All Things Considered,” and the rest of that garbage?
“Did you grow up in the US? “
I’m 5th generation So. Californian and have lived all my 75 years in So. California.
I mean what if Big Bird asked for protection in Libya and our administration refused. Would it be headline news then? Would they care then!? I need to go to another thread before I break something.
I’ve teaching at a small university for 20 years
In that time, I have seen what Sesame Street has wrought on the minds of our children.
Textbooks are no longer text, they are big, bright images with material presented in 30 second clips. Kids don’t have the attention span to actually read an entire chapter in a book without entertaining interruptions,
I HATE what Sesame Street has done to education.
Big Bird needs to get his feathered tail off the dole and out into the job market.
Last time I looked, Children’s Television Workshop collected $47 million in annual licensing royalties. They do not need to be subsidized.
Nor does Amtrak, farmers, Planned Parenthood, green energy and on an on...
Speaking of a robbery.... stop taking my money from me against my will and under threat of force to fund a television station!!!!
Where is that petition?
As Biden says, “The president has a big stick, and you’ll get a Big Bird.”
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