Posted on 02/06/2017 10:50:33 AM PST by Drango
Oklahoma GOP Rep. Tom Cole is the biggest problem. His constituents need to contact him stat.
I’ve contacted my House Congress critter and two Senators asking them to support this.
This is actually a pretty important move. I actually torture myself listening to NPR fairly often, and it’s pretty unreal the degree of left-wing bias that exists there, all delivered of course with an air of high-minded impartiality. They don’t deserve the support of a government that represents all Americans. And they’ll actually do just fine based on the various other kinds of grants, private donations and corporate sponsorship that they have access to.
LONG OVERDUE !
It is a government subsidized progressive propaganda media outlet !
He’s my Congress-critter.
Good work, Doug.
It’s a very, very small move in terms of budget reduction.
Yet in terms of symbolism it’s huge. Bigly.
The left will mobilize screaming about killing Big Bird, who ironically is an HBO show now.
Nathional Propaganda Radio and nobody listens to it except college professors. That’s where they get the garbage they spew at our students.
I’d prefer they keep the classical music @ 24/7 with a handful of techs to keep things running. Make it a $1 check box on my tax returns.
YES. Please let this happen.
This will be a VERY tough fight. Very. Let's see what Trump can do.
In 2005, the GOP-led House Appropriations Committee recommended cutting 25 percent from CPBs $400 million outlay, leading to a weeklong public outcry. All but six of the Houses 202 Democrats voted down the proposal, with 87 of 140 Republicans joining.
I can't think of the conservative alternative...
yyyyyeeeeeessssssssssssssss!!!!!!!
Just defund the damn things - take their funding lines out of the appropriation and budget documents.
“If some wacko wants to stick a crucifix in urine and call it art, he should do it on his own time and his own dime.”
I’d pee on a koran for free!
Hey. Maybe this time it will actually happen. Unlike the dozen or so times before it was introduced and died under the “Republican” Congress and “Conservative” President Bush.
If a GOP congress and president can’t defund these democrat party propaganda machines, at long last, what good are they?
The defense of these dinosaurs is always the same. “Well it’s not that much money.”
Ok sure if it isn’t that much money then they won’t miss it!!
‘Cause Cole and others keep putting it back in... https://cole.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/apts-presents-champion-public-broadcasting-award-oklahoma-congressman
It’s good symbolism, but it’s even more important to reduce the volume of leftist claptrap. Defunded CPB/NPR will just not have the same amount of resources to deploy on behalf of their cause.
Let's see what they will offer to give up to keep it. Then we can do the same thing next budget.
Oh, NO! This means WETA (Washington PBS) General Manager may not get his $650K salary in the coming years. What a tragedy!
Drain the Swamp!
Let’s see what they will offer to give up to keep it”
I remember when Newt threatened this as speaker. They promised more balance, then they ran 1 or 2 conservative friendly shows not series’s mind you just 1 or two shows and this was it.
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