My ol' MoveOn.org buddy Noah Winer (that's his real name) e-mails with their latest call to action:
George W. Bush is trying--yet again--to slash funding for NPR and PBS. This week, Bush proposed a new budget with devastating cuts to public broadcasting. "Sesame Street" and other ad-free kids' shows are under the knife. So is the independent journalism our country needs.
"Independent" journalism as provides by the likes of the strictly non-partisan Bill Moyers.
Enough is enough. We've fought this fight before and won-but we can't afford the risk anymore. With the new Congress, we can make sure this never happens again. We need Congress to insulate NPR and PBS from the political winds.
We can make it happen if enough of us sign this petition: "Congress must save NPR and PBS once and for all. Congress should guarantee permanent funding and independence from partisan meddling.
Permanent funding? So no matter what happens to the country, no matter the seriousness of the challenges facing the Republic, taxpayers will be required by LAW to continue shelling out for Garrison Keillor and Big Bird?
The Great Depression of 2015? Keep paying for NPR and PBS. A world war with China? Can't cut a dime from that public broadcasting funding. Al Gore's wildest global warming fantasy comes to pass and Manhattan is swallowed by a tsunami? Sorry New Yorkers. Get in line behind Caillou.
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