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Been locked too long in a Fox

NCD — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 23:11:54 +0000

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Been locked too long in a Fox News Hate Hadio bubble, and beginning to not like the reality of the Trump Con you are hearing about now, (if you can add 1 +1) on NPR?

So kill the messenger? Press is the enemy of the people, right? Especially when the government is headed by a lying race baiting demagogue.

How about when the government does nothing but sponsor partisan politics? Blocks everything? Exploits ignorance and fear for their own benefit? Doesn't allow a vote on a Supreme Court appointee? Threatens default on the nation's debt?

The endless GOP investigations of the other Party, and openly saying they should not investigate their own?

Using government money and contracts for political patronage - think private prisons, dreams of sending Social Security and Medicare to their Wall Street co-conspirators. Fill their administration with billionaires.

And that every last thing the GOP does is aimed towards rewarding themselves and their rich supporters.

Like today, the Fantastic Trump Health Care Bill, removes the corporate tax deduction cap of 1/2 million for the pay of CEOs, in for profit health care corporations.

Ends the ACA requirement for Wall Street corp's to spend a minimum % of health insurance receipts from subscribers on actual health care costs for subscribers. More money left to send to the GOP.

There were ardent Germans who believed their lying race baiting demagogue would 'win' for them, and kept believing, until Russian artillery shells came crashing through their neatly tiled roofs.

You people are idiots. It's

National Propaganda Radio — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 22:02:14 +0000

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You people are idiots. It's these kind of comments that put NPR in jeopardy. You show disdain for half the people who pay taxes in this country.

I used to be an active listener and financial supporter of National Public Radio. I used to value the content on science, art and local happenings. In recent years, I find NPR to be obsessively concerned with furthering the political views of one side in America, the left. To me, it is a dull and boring as listening to Rush Limbaugh. It is less honest that listening to Limbaugh, because, at least Rush doesn't try to pretend he has any balance.

I have come to the conclusion that that reporters, commentators and producers at NPR are not able to give up their fanatical obsession with trying to push their democrat party agenda.

Or, they may have painted themselves into a corner by fostering an audience that so falling into an co-dependent relationship with a left-wing audience that is fiercely supportive. That same audience might turn down the heat on the loyalty if they suspect that NPR is not as fanatical as they are. So, NPR has alienated half of the people who pay their bills. If they lose the "I can't live without NPR" crowd, NPR will be left with nothing but enemies.

If NPR is to survive, and I hope they will, they need to get out of politics and get back to science, art, culture without the political bent. I don't believe they will be able to do that, but I hope they can.

When the government sponsors a medium that tries to influence politics, that is a dangerous situation.

Sorry I'm so late getting to

Danny Cardwell — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 17:17:41 +0000

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Sorry I'm so late getting to this comment. I think you are 100% right. The way this is framed has an impact. Putting this administration on the hook for answering questions about their economic priorities is vital. The sustained war on the arts and education is in danger of being won by those invested in limiting access to education.

I'm a day late and a dollar

Beetlejuice — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:09:27 +0000

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I'm a day late and a dollar short, but I had an epiphany a few days ago.

The farm belt is Trump's cash cow. And farmers get quite a few subsidies. Like being paid " n o t " to grow for a season or more. Now wouldn't being paid not to grow crops be no different than being paid unemployment compensation because you can't find work? Is there a difference between the two I fail to see? Both the farmer and the unemployed worker are fully capable of working ... one is paid not to work and the other because he can't find work. Would I be correct in " a s s u m i n g " farm subsidies is a form of welfare? And there's more than just this one too. Something about milk and cheese over production and so forth. The government picks up the excess and finds a place to store it so as to keep consumer prices high so farmers don't go bankrupt.

Perhaps the best way to tackle Trump and his republican minions would be to identify republican welfare given to their constituents and demand they bring it under control as well. And if they defend such welfare, remind them of Adam Smith as well as their demand to de-regulate any and everything.

So re-framing the defunding debate should point out if NPR and CBP can be targeted, so too should farm welfare. And I suspect, there's more money to be recaptured from farming than from NPR and CBP.

It's sad! Thanks for taking

Danny Cardwell — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:06:19 +0000

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It's sad! Thanks for taking the time to read and comment on this post!

As if the military needs more

Beetlejuice — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 23:05:54 +0000

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As if the military needs more money? And don't they have an issue with accountability of their funding ....10's of 100's of millions of $$$ are always unaccounted for? And if I'm not mistaken, the five-sided foxhole's funding is more than that spent by England, France and Germany. Note too ...

" ... In fiscal year 2015, military spending is projected to account for 54 percent of all federal discretionary spending, a total of $598.5 billion. ... "

Correct me if I'm wrong, but $445 million is only 1.34% of $598.5 billion ... it doesn't buy anything of value. Perhaps the foolish republican congress-critter might want to ear-mark the money for a specific program with a comparable cost to prove he's not throwing the money down a bottomless pit.

Thanks for reading this post

Danny Cardwell — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:36:11 +0000

In reply to Good post, Danny. I don't

Thanks for reading this post Doc!

Good post, Danny. I don't

Doctor Cleveland — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:16:08 +0000

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Good post, Danny. I don't think the Republicans hate education and art. I think they want to keep them as monopolies of the wealthy. What they cannot abide is regular people having access to the same education and art as the privileged.

This is sad!

Danny Cardwell — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:05:34 +0000

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This is sad!

That's actually genius. We

Danny Cardwell — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:04:34 +0000

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That's actually genius. We can use the emperor's ego for some good! We could even make up some false ratings for the series.