Obama: Makes No Sense to Defund Public Broadcasting
**Written by Doug Powers
If the same amount of taxpayer dollars were going to Fox News, would it be considered such a meaningless pittance?
President Obama defended public broadcasting from cuts on Friday, emphasizing that defunding networks like NPR and PBS would do little to rein in spending.
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“I think it’s going to be important for us to have a conversation after we get the short-term budget done, about how do we really tackle the problem in a comprehensive way,” Obama said at a press conference on Friday.“And that means not just going after Head Start or Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That’s not where the money is,” he added.
It could be a moot point. As Doug Ross points out, if James O’Keefe continues at this pace, de-funding NPR won’t be necessary because it won’t have any employees left.
**Written by Doug Powers
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Awe common, Cheddar…you gave Stacey too many hints!
You’re right, Head Start should also be defunded. It does no good. Dems are good at taxing and spending and have no interest in evaluating.
What is it that you looove so much?
You love his golf swing?
You love the way he eats waffles?
You love his choice of vacation spots?
You love the way he looks next to greek columns?
Please tell me what he’s done for this country in the past two years that you looove so much? Besides, flushing us down the drain that is.
Common, kids…you’re giving Stacey the answers. This isn’t multple choice. I want this in her own words. Stacey…hello? Where are you? You are playing with the big kids here, so try to keep up. I know I am coming off as the playground bully, and the Obamas will probably chastize me, but it just kills me to hear anyone say “I love Obama” and then not give any reasons that make sense. Stacey…are you there? What has he done to deserve your “love”?
name that tune..mmm mmm mmm ___ ___ ___ mmm mmm mmm
Perfect
Love is a many-splendored thing.
How do I love thee ? Let me count the ways !
Uh, um….don`t tell me, I`ll get it !
So how is that news?
Hannity’s new buzzline is “We can’t afford 4 more years of Obama.” C’mon….we can’t afford TWO more years, or the LAST two years, for that matter. Let’s whip and ride on this “birthright” thing so we can annul every bill he’s ever signed.
His glistening pecs. Whatta man.
bump
He is the blank slate upon which all of the adoring masses can project their hopes and dreams of a wonderous future in the Fundamentally Transformed Peoples Paradise formerly known as the United States of America.
Who is Barry Soetoro?
Cantor is my Rep. I just shredded the last stack of lame replies today. He’s not even bothering to address any particular issue anymore. The letters are generic thank you for your opinion kiss offs. Doesn’t say where he stands on anything, mostly because he doesn’t know yet…..sad
Glad to see you on board.
To all: If that is the case…
Pick another member, maybe a newbie TEA Partier.
They don’t have to be yours, there decision affects ALL.
Any vote for the continuing resolution with Obamacare in it is a vote for Obamacare.
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HI STACEY OF LIBERTY–#92. Let me buy you a clue or two to help you evaluate Comrade Obama and his destructive policies during the rest of this year.
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Check out how much more it is going to cost you every time you fill up your gas tank. Peruse the Econ. 101 law of supply and demand–and what happens when supply is artificially reduced by drilling bans and moratoriums and 5 year permitting processes.
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Wait until you fill out your 2011 tax year IRS 1040 forms. Note how you pay more and get less. Democrats are happy with higher taxes and less disposable income for taxpayers–they flat out state that our money is a (their!) national resource–to squander at their will.
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Listen to Representative Michelle Bachmann’s excellent speech today. Calling for all the conservatives to “grow a pair”, draw the Alamo style line in the sand, and to defund the 105 Billion bucks snuck into the ObamaCare bill when they crammed it down out throats last year. Cut the debt (borrowing) limit and shut down the run amok spending now. Think about where this money is going to come from. (Clue–look in the mirror!)
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A conservative is just a liberal with (bad) experience. Class is in session now.
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John Bibb
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OK, then, Hopey, what’s YOUR plan to rein in spending? Congressional Republicans have been asking that simple question of you for days now, and you’ve apparently decided that pedestrian details like that are too much for the Great Community Organizing Guru. So if you’re not willing to get your precious little hands dirty over this, then STFU and let the adults fix the budget. Go play another round of golf or something.
Those three words right there are all that one has to read to know that this poster either is not to be taken seriously, or is outright supporting the destruction of our wonderful country.
So sad….
On March 11th, 2011 at 11:04 pm, granite said:
StaceyOfDistraction
And she’s workin’ it well
You know that shyster you see going into the 7-11, the one all the clerks keep both eyes on the whole time he’s in there with their fingers hovering above 9-1-1 on the speed dial. He says his name is Steve but you’re pretty sure the yearbook had him as John. He’s a frequent flyer at the neighborhood crack house and you’re pretty sure he got the girl down the street pregnant, before leaving town for a decade. The same one who just last week was seen running from a burning building. The one who gets all his mail delivered to a PO Box that’s paid for in cash?
Yeah, I don’t know what to call this /Bammy/Ali/Mohammed/Barry/Baracky/ guy either but I trust him even less.
Who is Barry Soetoro?
Conversation? GAD this is so exasperating. There is no need whatsoever for anyone to run their pie-holes about spending. Look at what has been spent since Urkel was immaculated, and you get pretty good idea of where to start slicing and dicing.
That may not be where the real money is, but it’s a start, along with the billions more shoveled at left wing marxist groups similar to NPR and CPB.
On March 11th, 2011 at 10:31 pm, rocketman said:
Class is in session now.
Liberals are slow learners, we may need to hold classes here every day.
FIFY
alternate FIFY
I’m finding a lot of Righties over here dead too.
At least Jimmy Carter wasn’t a whiner. He was incompetent, holier-than-thou, and Wilsonian, but he didn’t whine.
Of course he would defend National (Leftist) Propaganda Radio, and (Leftist) Propaganda Broadcasting System.
Is this really news?
Mark Levin talked about this very thing last night, well worth a listen! He opens the show with some remarks on the earthquake, then goes right into this topic. He calls John Boehner out as a coward.
http://podloc.andomedia.com/dloadTrack.mp3?prm=2069xhttp://podfuse-dl.andomedia.com/800185/podfuse-origin.andomedia.com/citadel_origin/pods/marklevin/Levin03112011.mp3
One of these days obama will open his mouth and tell a lie so big that he will turn to stone right on the spot. Alas, today was not the day. But it’s coming.
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Bring your federal agencies and programs here:
three chopping blocks, no waiting.
NPR, CPB, Arts and Humanities all need to go-they never should have been. Along with the Departments of Energy and Education the dollar savings are not terribly significant but they are programs that never should have been. Yes entitlements are the biggest problem but that is no reason to ignore flies in the house. As Obama and his ilk feel there should be no limit to government power all we can do is try and fire him in 12.
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Cut the budget:
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
should be a convenience store,
NOT a government agency.
Every program not found in the or supported by the constitution need to be defunded and terminated. These unauthorized programs are the birth place of the socialism that is eating our country. Stick a stake in the heart of every last one of these tax grabbing, freedom stealing programs and be done with them.
The funding for NPR and PBS is a result of the old adage…once something is funded by the government, just TRY to get it defunded. Just like SS, Medicare, etc. it apparently becomes an entitlement that people start thinking is a constitutional right. I can understand why they funded the stations to start with as an off-shoot of educational programming, but there is NO rational for doing it now. Obambo…you will lose this fight also. Start getting used to losing because once it starts, it will snowball. No one like a loser. Buh-bye.
after this I’m going into catering
on numerous and unmentionable sites, i go by,”day late… or dollar short”……
if y’all don’t mind me cross threading here, i’m saying:
SpaceyOfLivery “went Full Retard” many years ago.
WHO is black and white and RED allover?
Cody: [after blowing up a row of palm trees with napalm] Mother Nature just pissed her pantsuit!
To our resident Prole STACEY OF LIBERTY:
“She gazed up at the enormous face. Two years it had taken her to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark face. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of her nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. She had won the victory over herself. She loved Fearless Leader.”
You really do have to examine yourself and wonder why a construct of the MSM would ellicit such feelings there Stacey.
NPR, PBS, and CPB: It may not be where all of the money is, but is an excellent place to start defunding unnecessary or unconstitutional programs. From there we can look at a lot more government programs to lop off.
As to Speaker Boehner, he and those around him look at what happened in ’95 when the government shut down in the infamous showdown with Bill Clinton. The Republicans took all of the heat and blame and he is not one to go there again. Ditto for the Senate Republicans that were there in ’95. Yeah, we want them to grow a pair. However, I can understand why they are timid when I watch the lamestream media in action. They are nothing but the cheerleader squad for Obummer.
Sen. Reid, who is Barry Soetoro?
And so it begins, as the RNC force feeds us their amnesty candidates:
“Let us not mince words. There are at most five plausible Republican presidents on the horizon – Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, former Utah governor and departing ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, former Massachusetts governor Romney and former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty.”
– George Will March 6, 2011