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Title: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: FooFa on March 11, 2011, 01:51:18 am Quote Schiller announced she is leaving only about 24 hours after a video surfaced on the Internet with comments by NPR's top fundraiser, Ron Schiller (no relation to Vivian Schiller), made during a luncheon meeting with two men who posed as wealthy donors from a Muslim charity. During the meeting, which was recorded by James O'Keefe, a well-known conservative provocateur, Schiller disparaged Republicans as "anti-intellectual" and tea party members as racists and xenophobes story/video (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030901802.html?sid=ST2011030803183)Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 11, 2011, 12:59:53 pm Quote Schiller disparaged Republicans as "anti-intellectual" and tea party members as racists and xenophobes Damn her! Why does she have to go around and lie like that! Only 99% of Republican's are "anti-intellectual" and only 99.5% of tea party members are racists and xenophobes! Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: lil mike on March 11, 2011, 11:14:19 pm It was an entertaining video, but really, it just confirmed what we already knew. I mean, who would think that an NPR exec wouldn't rather have lunch with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood than tea partiers?
Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 12, 2011, 10:50:01 am It was an entertaining video, but really, it just confirmed what we already knew. I mean, who would think that an NPR exec wouldn't rather have lunch with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood than tea partiers? Yeah! O'Keefe plays punk'd! Aren't you proud of him? It's a shame he's probably killed Big Bird and countless other educational venues for children. But what do you care as long as dessimating NPR and PBS saves money, right? It doesn't even matter that NPR has been praised by the Tea Party for their coverage: http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/89865/ Quote Robert Siegel, host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” was in the Dallas area last week and attended several DTP gatherings. He’d called and stated he’d like to do a story and asked if we would agree to let some of the “happenings” be recorded. “Of course” we said. “As long as you are fair.” WELL…he was! The story was on Mr. Siegel’s “All Things Considered” this past Wednesday (December 9). Here’s the link. He attended our neighborhood Tea Party, Sarah Palin’s book signing, a Tea Party coordinator meeting, and interviewed the founders and steering personnel. It turns out he understood that we are not only protesting and rallying, we are also educating our community. Considering that NPR has a history of being liberal organization, word is that we are all very pleased with the representation! Maybe if the right and teabaggers actually cared, they wouldn't be so fast to praise such shenanigans. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: lil mike on March 12, 2011, 06:24:38 pm Yeah! O'Keefe plays punk'd! Aren't you proud of him? It seems you were pretty proud of a similar stunt recently. THIS is fucking hilarious! And very, very telling...(Transcript: http://host.madison.com/wsj/article_531276b6-3f6a-11e0-b288-001cc4c002e0.html) It's a shame he's probably killed Big Bird and countless other educational venues for children. But what do you care as long as dessimating NPR and PBS saves money, right? It doesn't even matter that NPR has been praised by the Tea Party for their coverage: http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/89865/ Maybe if the right and teabaggers actually cared, they wouldn't be so fast to praise such shenanigans. This may surprise you, but I'm a frequent NPR listener. But I know what they are, and more to the point, I can't see why an entertainment of mine deserves a federal subsidy. Obama's budget cut out heating oil subsidies, but kept NPR. I realize the Michael Moore wing doesn't think there is any such thing as a fiscal crisis, it's just a hoax for Republicans to be meanies, but in the reality based community that I come from, our problems are real and serious. At some point, even a liberal is going to have to start making hard decisions on the budget, and this is no hard decision; it's budget fluff pure and simple. If you can't cut NPR, I doubt you can cut anything... until it's too late of course. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 12, 2011, 08:13:20 pm At some point, even a liberal is going to have to start making hard decisions on the budget, and this is no hard decision; it's budget fluff pure and simple. They have, as I've pointed out elsewhere. I'd rather keep the meager funding for NPR and get rid of the farm subsidies, oil subsidies, and like subsidies that do nothing but put more money in the hands of the rich. I can't see why an entertainment of mine deserves a federal subsidy. Obama's budget cut out heating oil subsidies, but kept NPR. (http://i.iimmgg.com/images/is5th/f06ba983cd432921e6af898f5fb8e2b2.jpg) (http://www.iimmgg.com/image/57b6cdd1125724575ad7ad0af63d3c06) Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: ekg on March 14, 2011, 09:48:19 am They have, as I've pointed out elsewhere. I'd rather keep the meager funding for NPR and get rid of the farm subsidies, oil subsidies, and like subsidies that do nothing but put more money in the hands of the rich. (http://i.iimmgg.com/images/is5th/f06ba983cd432921e6af898f5fb8e2b2.jpg) (http://www.iimmgg.com/image/57b6cdd1125724575ad7ad0af63d3c06) HA.. see that's the hilarious part. The Right says "You guys don't want to cut anything".. while they want to cut from the poor,old,sick and middle class.. ya know, from the people who literally depend on that meager stipend or programming or whatever.. the Left on the other hand does want to cut, and cut where it's where it won't kill.. like cutting Exxon's subsidy..or John Kerry's tax loopholes, or the Koch Brothers 'small business' tax credit.. not a single entity listed would miss that 3% or 5%.. not a one of them would NOT make over a billion plus this year even with the cut.. but NOoooooooooooooooooooooo don't cut them, and if that's all you want to cut, well you just don't want to cut anything then do you ::) it's like the idea is when you cut, someone has to die.. well no, the libs have found a way to cut, and it won't kill anyone.. in fact it's so superficial that it doesn't even require a band-aid...but while only superficial in it's 'pain', the benefits from it can save the country.. these $50million cuts here to that liberal program, 10 million there, 100 million over that way.. those kill off people and they don't really add up to much benefit.. they hurt more than they help.. but doing something like Trump said (one-time 14.25%,net worth tax in individuals and trusts with a net worth over $10million. That would raise $5.7 trillion in new revenue which would would use to pay the nat'l debt. we would save $200B in interest payments which would allow us to cut taxes on the middle-class working families by $100M) can benefit all, and hurt no one.. not even the ones making the 'sacrifice' because it's a single years sacrifice that they will make up exponentially the next year and every year after that... and still, you have people like Ice who would vote for the Right's the cut.. even though it would decimate his life because of all he depends on.. but you never know, he could be a Koch brother one day and need that 11 billion a year in profit just to keep his head above water. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 15, 2011, 03:13:38 pm It seems you were pretty proud of a similar stunt recently. Yes, I was. If only because it wasn't at the hands of O'Keefe's manipulating lies. Like we didn't know this would happen! (http://mediamatters.org/blog/201103140018) Video here: http://player.vimeo.com/video/20874109?color=ba0b14 Quote Last week, Media Matters documented problems with James O'Keefe's video of NPR fundraising executives and pointed out that the "sting" does nothing to undermine NPR's actual news reporting, which even conservatives acknowledge is fair. Now, we have uncovered new evidence raising questions about whether quotes O'Keefe attributed to an NPR employee are accurate. First, some context. Glenn Beck's Blaze website and Dave Weigel are pointing to a glaring problem with the story -- key portions of the video are ripped out of context. O'Keefe's video (and much of the subsequent news reporting) portrayed former NPR employee Ron Schiller as blasting the Tea Parties as xenophobic. Here's how O'Keefe presents Schiller's statement: SCHILLER: The current Republican party is not really the Republican party. It's been hijacked by this group -- that is -- "AMIR MALIK": The radical, racist, Islamophobic, tea party people? SCHILLER: And not just Islamophobic but really xenophobic And here's how The Daily Caller reported it when they broke the story: "The Republican Party, Schiller says, has been 'hijacked by this group.' The man posing as Malik finishes the sentence by adding, 'the radical, racist, Islamaphobic, Tea Party people.' Schiller agrees and intensifies the criticism, saying that the Tea Party people aren't 'just Islamaphobic, but really xenophobic, I mean basically they are, they believe in sort of white, middle-America gun-toting. I mean, it's scary. They're seriously racist, racist people.' " In reality, the unedited video shows Schiller was attributing that sentiment to two Republicans who he spoke with (the portion O'Keefe omitted is bolded): SCHILLER: I won't break a confidence, but a person who was an ambassador -- so a very highly placed Republican -- another person who was one of the top donors to the Republican Party, they both told me they voted for Obama, which they never believed they could ever do in their lives. That they could ever vote for a Democrat, ever. And they did, because they believe that the current Republican Party is not really the Republican Party. It's been hijacked by this group that is "AMIR MALIK": The radical, racist, Islamophobic, Tea Party people? SCHILLER: Exactly. And not just Islamophobic but really xenophobic. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: ekg on March 15, 2011, 04:00:00 pm Yes, I was. If only because it wasn't at the hands of O'Keefe's manipulating lies. Like we didn't know this would happen! (http://mediamatters.org/blog/201103140018) Video here: http://player.vimeo.com/video/20874109?color=ba0b14 wow, James O'Keefe cropped sentences together to make something that wasn't really said? I'm stunned! What would his mentor Breitbart think? on a serious note, doesn't Hannity now have an obligation to sanity and the truth to out this bullshit instead of propagating it? where are the trust-worthy and stand up republicans? There simply has to be some, where are they and why aren't the on Fox outing this liar for the scum-bag that he is? this is where I miss Olbermann.. I guess we'll have to hope The daily show outs this one.. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: uselesslegs on March 15, 2011, 04:54:04 pm What perturbs me most is when the editing is shown, highlighted, pointed out, LOOK AT ME!...and the damage continues. THAT'S what boggles my mind.
I'd assume a discerning public (if the need to continue the march was still deemed appropriate after the fact) would AT LEAST do so with trepidation...but instead...they seem to shift into an even higher gear. I DO NOT get that. I can't wrap my head around edited material being exposed and it not producing any pause for thought. "Well, he said the same thing anyway, so it doesn't matter." Hell yes it matters. Don't edit fucking anything. If you're worried I won't see the bigger picture, broader context, or point: 1. You assume or rely on my stupidity to justify the edits. 2. You impugn the validity and neutrality, and thus the substance, of that which you're relaying. Edits SHOULD NOT EVER be required, except in situations of length AND ONLY THEN, if they do not disturb, change, or confuse context. "-The actor in Arab blackface claims to be working for the Muslim Education Action Center, and mentions that some of its original founders were American Muslim Brotherhood. Left out: the actor then reassures Schiller that the American Muslim Brotherhood is different from in the middle east, and much more moderate. The raw footgage also suggests that the connection is of distant founders, not as a "front group" -Schiller Badmouth's Republicans Left Out: Schiller explains that he grew up republican, suggests that he may even be republican (even though he says he tends to vote democratic recently). He expresses admiration for the fiscal discipline of Republicans. -Schiller Badmouths the teaparty calling them xenephobic and racist: Left Out: Schiller explains that he is actually repeating the opinion of highly placed elected republican officials, who had told him that they can't bear to vote for T-Party Candidates because of their dangerous xenephobic views, and that Schiller is agreeing with this. It should also be pointed out, that Schiller's xenephobic comments begin as an agreement with the actor in Arab Blackface, calling the T-Party xenephobic and anti-muslim. One may disagree, but in light of Peter King's muslim hearings, this is not an untenable position that is "off the reservation." -The NPR execs make disparaging comments about Fox viewers Left Out: when pushed further by the Arab Blackface actor, the NPR execs do a U-turn and explain that many conservatives and fox viewers are highly educated and intelligent, with a shaggy dog story about smart conservatives from research institutions like Perdue -Admits NPR doesn't need Funding Left Out: the NPR execs say the big stations would be OK, but that they are concerned that rural areas, undeserved by any media would be the real victims, and so such funding is necessary -Also points out that the "unedited footgage" contains sections where the audio might have been purposely destroyed in a way to appear like a technical malfunction." http://www.slate.com/BLOGS/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/03/11/the-npr-stin-s-racist-tea-party-comment-was-taken-out-of-context.aspx (http://www.slate.com/BLOGS/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/03/11/the-npr-stin-s-racist-tea-party-comment-was-taken-out-of-context.aspx) Don't fucking edit, I'm a big boy, I can figure shit out for myself. God, O'Keefe is such a friggin blight. This is all fun and games to him and his "Posse." I hope he's sued into extinction by someone who was fodder for his 15 minutes and agenda. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 15, 2011, 05:50:11 pm What perturbs me most is when the editing is shown, highlighted, pointed out, LOOK AT ME!...and the damage continues. THAT'S what boggles my mind. I'd assume a discerning public (if the need to continue the march was still deemed appropriate after the fact) would AT LEAST do so with trepidation...but instead...they seem to shift into an even higher gear. There is no fucking thing as a discerning public. One half is so fucking stupid they'll listen to everything they hear and pronounce it gospel without thinking twice and the other half is so paranoid they're three quarters of the way into mea culpas and the unemployment line before anyone can blink. Mixed within the first group are the .01% of smart asses who know what's going on and don't care as long as it destroys the credibility of said targeted group. God, O'Keefe is such a friggin blight I'd like to trade him for Bradley Manning. But I'm afraid the guards couldn't handle seeing his nekkid ass and let him go. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: ekg on March 15, 2011, 08:40:04 pm Don't fucking edit, I'm a big boy, I can figure shit out for myself. God, O'Keefe is such a friggin blight. This is all fun and games to him and his "Posse." I hope he's sued into extinction by someone who was fodder for his 15 minutes and agenda. Hallelujah There is no fucking thing as a discerning public. One half is so fucking stupid they'll listen to everything they hear and pronounce it gospel without thinking twice and the other half is so paranoid they're three quarters of the way into mea culpas and the unemployment line before anyone can blink. Mixed within the first group are the .01% of smart asses who know what's going on and don't care as long as it destroys the credibility of said targeted group. . praise Jesus.. If you two were a religion, I'd be the one converting ;D Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: ekg on March 17, 2011, 03:39:45 pm Breaking news...U.S. House passes legislation that would bar federal funding for NPR; approval considered unlikely in Senate.
no details yet.. big surprise there.. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 17, 2011, 03:47:50 pm Breaking news...U.S. House passes legislation that would bar federal funding for NPR; approval considered unlikely in Senate. no details yet.. big surprise there.. I hope those guys in the House enjoy their few fleeting months of stupidity... and pray we still have an intact country when it's all over. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: 44nutman on March 17, 2011, 04:48:57 pm Breaking news...U.S. House passes legislation that would bar federal funding for NPR; approval considered unlikely in Senate. What idiots. We need another 3 week extension for a budget but lets call an emergency meeting for defunding NPR. I think they should be calling emergency meetings for the budget but lets go after NPR because they think the Tea Party is racist. We pay billions in interest but concerned with the millions NPR gets. What a bunch of effing hypocrits. no details yet.. big surprise there.. I feel like I am watching a bad comedy. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: ekg on March 17, 2011, 04:51:48 pm What idiots. We need another 3 week extension for a budget but lets call an emergency meeting for defunding NPR. I think they should be calling emergency meetings for the budget but lets go after NPR because they think the Tea Party is racist. We pay billions in interest but concerned with the millions NPR gets. What a bunch of effing hypocrits. I feel like I am watching a bad comedy. after finding out O'keefe lied about that whole NPR-sting.. it's amazing this still passed.. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: 44nutman on March 17, 2011, 04:59:59 pm after finding out O'keefe lied about that whole NPR-sting.. it's amazing this still passed.. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 17, 2011, 05:25:57 pm after finding out O'keefe lied about that whole NPR-sting.. it's amazing this still passed.. They don't care...remember they're the .01% who know what's going on. Not the 99.9% who follow them blindly. Remember, Acorn was shuttered after O'Keefe pulled one of his pranks. Yet, the Republican base still fears them. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51416.html Quote Fear of ACORN stealing elections runs so deep in GOP circles that a quarter of Republicans still believe the group will “steal the election” in 2012 — even now that it's been a year since the organization folded. A new survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling found that 25 percent of the Republican primary voters nationwide think the defunct community organizing group will try to “steal” votes for Democrats. Just 43 percent believe ACORN will not be able to swing votes and 32 percent are not sure. Among Republicans who believe ACORN is still a threat in 2012, Sarah Palin is the favored presidential candidate — getting 20 percent of the their support. Newt Gingrich comes second among the ACORN-fearing, getting 19 percent, following by Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney with 16 percent apiece. Pollster Tom Jensen noted that while “25 percent may seem like a high percentage to think that an organization no longer in existence will manage to steal a Presidential election but it's less than half the number who thought that two years ago.” The group shut down last March after getting bombarded by the right over a series of videos showing ACORN employees in an unflattering light, including one video in which an ACORN employee was shown offering business advice to a conservative posing as a pimp. The poll of 600 Republican primary voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points. They're not just dumb. They're shit-eating dumb. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 17, 2011, 05:36:46 pm I fucking love this crazy Jew!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJFivQYjC-Q Oh? The Republican rule about 72 hour notice? I guess that only applies to Democrat bills. ::) http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/17/dem-tweaks-house-republicans-ahead-of-npr-defunding-vote/ Quote Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, New York, called out Republicans on the House floor Thursday morning for allegedly breaking their own rules, during debate on a measure that would strip federal funding for National Public Radio. Weiner objected to consideration of the bill, saying it violates a House rule, "which requires 72 hour layover of the bill and it to be electronically noticed in order for it to be considered by the House." He continued, "This bill did not lay over for 72 hours. It was noticed at 1:42 p.m. on Tuesday. Therefore it has to wait until 1:42 on Friday to be in compliance with the rules of the House." The House vote on the bill was expected mid-afternoon on Thursday. Weiner then held up a sign with a quote from House Speaker John Boehner and read aloud, "I will not bring a bill to the floor that hasn't been posted online for at least 72 hours." He then prodded Republican Rep. Ted Poe, Texas, who was sitting in the chair, "Would the Speaker please clarify for the body that the 72 hours rule is either being waived or does not exist?" Poe responded that the rule is not predicated on a number of hours, "but rather on a number of calendar days." He said that since the measure had been electronically available online since Tuesday, that would constitute three calendar days, thus not breaking any rules. Weiner pushed a little further asking Poe to clarify, "Did this bill age for 72 hours? Yes or no?" Fuck. Only in BizarroAmerika! Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 17, 2011, 05:45:08 pm O'Keefe strikes out!
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/latest_james_okeefe_npr_tape_a_dud.php Quote Branded as a revelatory scoop uncovering previously unknown donations from George Soros to NPR, James O'Keefe's latest sting on NPR was debunked as a non-story within hours of its release. The news that O'Keefe purports to "break" -- that Soros had previously donated to the public broadcaster via grants from Soros' Open Society Institute -- had, in fact, long been publicly known through tax records and even press releases. "We believe that journalism is a pillar of an open and democratic society and a critical tool for transparency and accountability," a spokeswoman for OSI, Laura Silber, told TPM after sending over a list of previous grants to NPR and affiliates. "A free and independent press serves as a watchdog of both government and the private sector. NPR, which is a respected national news organization, provides an excellent vehicle for regional and national analyses of the most critical issues facing our country." The new audio recording features NPR director of institutional giving Betsy Liley talking with one of O'Keefe's actors, a member of a phony Muslim group claiming to want to donate $5 million to NPR. In their conversation, Liley discusses donations from George Soros, noting that after conservative attacks on him intensified he asked that his name not be mentioned on the air as a sponsor. "George Soros and the Open Society Institute gave us $1.8 million, and they have decided not to use on-air credits because of what's happening in Congress," Liley says. Lilely recounted past donations from Soros, saying "I think the first gift was within the first year he set up the Foundation, which was 10 or 15 years ago" and noting that there was much less media attention to his donations then. It's here that O'Keefe starts going off the rails. Touting his "scoop" in all caps on Twitter, O'Keefe wrote "BREAKING: NPR DIRECTOR ADMITS TO HAVING RECEIVED SOROS MONEY FOR YEARS..." with a link to the video, which also features O'Keefe pushing a press officer at Soros' Open Society Institute to hand over information on their grants before she finally hangs up. The Daily Caller ran with the news as well, throwing up the headline: "New O'Keefe tape shows George Soros has donated to NPR before last year." But donations from the Open Society Institute have long been public. They reported in their IRS 990 forms for 1997 and 1998 donations of $50,000 to finance a series on criminal justice and a series of grants totaling about $80,000 to support coverage of Central Asia. In addition to these direction donations, OSI has provided dozens of grants to individual public radio stations like WNYC and Minnesota Public Radio, some of whom have produced programming used by NPR. A quick Google search by Media Matters immediately dug up two old NPR press releases from 2000 and 2001 proudly touting support from OSI for programming by affiliate stations, both documentaries that aired on All Things Considered . As discussed on the video, Soros made his largest public donation to NPR last year, a $1.8 million award to hire 100 reporters to cover statehouses around the country. That donation was widely publicized at the time. I'm sure Drudge even took a break from his THE RADIATION CLOUDS GOING TO DESTROY AMERICAN AND ALL OBAMA DOES IS FILL OUT HIS MARCH MADNESS BRACKET! hysteria to highlight this today... Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: ekg on March 17, 2011, 08:35:07 pm I fucking love this crazy Jew! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJFivQYjC-Q Oh? The Republican rule about 72 hour notice? I guess that only applies to Democrat bills. ::) http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/17/dem-tweaks-house-republicans-ahead-of-npr-defunding-vote/ Fuck. Only in BizarroAmerika! HA! They're clearly talking to the Russians or Chinese HAAAAHAA I <3 him... Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 17, 2011, 08:44:31 pm HA! They're clearing talking to the Russians or Chinese HAAAAHAA I <3 him... As much as I love Alan Grayson, he could have taken lessons from this guy. Smart, funny, and verrrrrrrrrrrrry liberal. Future Prez material. Hah! Can you imagine the republican neocon take on that? Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 17, 2011, 08:53:10 pm Here's some funny quotes from a blog, including some of Weiner's Wisdom:
Quote "What a relief. I'm glad we got the economy back going. I'm so glad we secured our nuclear power plants. So glad Americans are going back to work," he said. "We discovered a target we can all agree on...it's Click And Clack." Quote Please come out and join Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Grover, Elmo and all the others at the demonstration this weekend at the Capitol Mall. Cookie will be bringing cookies, naturally, but also fresh fruit, and Oscar promises to fling some rancid banana peels he's been saving at any House Republican that walks through the crowd. And Big Bird was emphatic that, while being very mild-mannered normally, he is nonetheless eight feet tall and ready to "kick some ass." Quote How soon until the RNC runs the following ad? Scary voice: Is the Democrat Party completely out of touch with America? Listen to what Representative Anthony Weiner, Democrat of New York, said recently in Congress: Weiner:The American people are not concerns with jobs or the economy or what's going on around the world. Do you want jobs? Do you want economic growth? Send money to the RNC now! Based on O'Keefe ethics, that's fine, right? Quote Under the measure, sponsored by Representative Doug Lamborn, a Republican from Colorado, stations could not buy programming from NPR or any other source using the $22 million the stations receive from the Treasury for that purpose. Local NPR stations would be able to use federal funds for operating expenses, but not content. Remember this the next time Republicans claim to prefer local control to federal authority. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: uselesslegs on March 18, 2011, 11:56:23 am If NPR discussed things like, oh say, the great wisdom of supply side economics, How Unions hurt the average work'in man, more of a need to have our presence in "worrisome" countries, the need for even lower taxes/extending tax breaks for the wealthy indefinitely,...things would have gone quite differently.
Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: ekg on March 18, 2011, 02:15:56 pm Here's some funny quotes from a blog, including some of Weiner's Wisdom: Quote How soon until the RNC runs the following ad? Scary voice: Is the Democrat Party completely out of touch with America? Listen to what Representative Anthony Weiner, Democrat of New York, said recently in Congress: Weiner:The American people are not concerns with jobs or the economy or what's going on around the world. Do you want jobs? Do you want economic growth? Send money to the RNC now! Based on O'Keefe ethics, that's fine, right? we can laugh, but they did that very thing to Harry Reid.. remember when they were trying to stop the health care vote by adding stupid amendments to it(any amendment at that point would have killed the bill)? and one they tried was the no gov't funded Viagra for pedophiles.. Reid of course voted against it because it was a ploy to stop the healthcare vote and everyone knew it.. well, Sharon Angle used it for an add against Reid.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xly9XjFo33o so yes, I expect that ad to come out.. because the "O'keefe way" is about the only way the GOP works now.. since not a single member of the party, citizen or congressman has come out against those kinds of tactics..why wouldn't they keep using them? Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: uselesslegs on March 18, 2011, 02:55:55 pm I wonder if it would be considered an encroachment on Freedom of Speech, if we did like they do in Britain.
If you say it, in a public forum, and it's not true...you can be taken to court and potentially sued, not only for a retraction, but financially. Title: Re: NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB Post by: Howey on March 18, 2011, 04:30:04 pm I wonder if it would be considered an encroachment on Freedom of Speech, if we did like they do in Britain. If you say it, in a public forum, and it's not true...you can be taken to court and potentially sued, not only for a retraction, but financially. I think you've hit upon the perfect solution. Just look at all the jobs created building those bazillion new prisons to house all the Republicans! Of course...The jobs would only be "temporary" jobs (like, say, building high speed rail) since it only takes three years to build a prison and according to some people that's just not good enough. The same some people who fail to realize it takes people to run and maintain the prison and/or high speed rail. |