I received this email today from Moveon.org. When I read it I, of course, did not hesitate to sign the petition. Cul also forwarded the email to me, doing his part to rouse friends and bloggers to give a moment to this issue.
Congress is trying to cut funding for publicly funded broadcasting such as PBS and NPR. My feeling is that publicly funded radio and television is essential to an educated, free-thinking society. Unfortunately, privately funded entertainment on television and radio doesn't give much of significant worth back to the community or the world, nor does it enrich people's knowledge and understanding the way that programs like PBS and NPR do.
It's amazing to me that our government is willing to pay for everything except the things that have a real solid value to the people. They don't want us to have minds or individual thoughts or access to programming that presents true reality rather than the fake reality that people can't get enough of on cable. This country is going down the shitter faster than the speed of light. We must salvage something. And this something stands for freedom, awareness, arts and enrichment. The world would be an ugly place without those things. Don't let our hideous government take it away from us so that they can pay for all of their other nefarious endeavors.
Sign the petition now! If you can't get there via the link above, cut and paste this into your browser:
http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?id=5663-4002555-8a9relhyEIIG3a1hgTI3ag&t=3
Posted by Maria at June 14, 2005 05:43 PMHey!! I am glad you put this on here!!!!!!!1 As a fan of public broadcasting, testified to in my comment above, I am so glad you put this here!!!!
Posted by: Laura at June 17, 2005 11:13 PMPBS rocks honey...okay give me a moment here..I've been cooking all day and drinkin' some german beer..thoughts need to be put in order here.
I giggle when I see people pay every month for HBO and the other garbage filled networks..PBS is so important..without Sesame Street and The Electric Company I would have been lost as a child...when we were in the states we always knew we could find an interesting, educational show on PBS no matter what time of day or night...we've donated to PBS very happily for over 12yrs...oh and cul is the best isn't he? He's the PBS of bloggers :) So glad he's here! He gave out some great info recently that concerned my daughter..the tracing your bloodlines thing he posted about...
Anyway..great post baby girl..
Posted by: Sandy at June 19, 2005 09:19 AM