[IP] Big Bird sentenced to death--no news at eleven
Keep our children dumb and they make better low wage workers djf
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From: John Adams <jadams01@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: June 10, 2005 12:22:17 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: For IP: Big Bird sentenced to death--no news at eleven
Reply-To: John Adams <jadams01@xxxxxxxxxxx>
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/
congress_shoots.html
BLOGSWARM PLEASE: Congress Shoots Big Bird
Yesterday, a house subcommittee carefully took aim at Big Bird,
pulled the trigger and shot America's favorite pre-school teacher:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/09/
AR2005060902283.html?sub=AR
The goal is to kill all funding to the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting within two years.
A House subcommittee voted yesterday to sharply reduce the federal
government's financial support for public broadcasting, including
eliminating taxpayer funds that help underwrite such popular
children's educational programs as "Sesame Street," "Reading
Rainbow," "Arthur" and "Postcards From Buster."
In addition, the subcommittee acted to eliminate within two years all
federal money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- which
passes federal funds to public broadcasters -- starting with a 25
percent reduction in CPB's budget for next year, from $400 million to
$300 million.
In all, the cuts would represent the most drastic cutback of public
broadcasting since Congress created the nonprofit CPB in 1967. The
CPB funds are particularly important for small TV and radio stations
and account for about 15 percent of the public broadcasting
industry's total revenue.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/09/
AR2005060902283.html
What you can do: Since the subcommittee already voted, the next step
is to call the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Jerry Lewis,
and tell him how you feel about this: http://
www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/congress_shoots.html
Here's the list of the other members of this committee, with links to
their sites for contact information: http://appropriations.house.gov/
index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutTheCommittee.MemberList&SubcommitteeId=18
You know what to do. Now do it, please.
Thanks,
John A
see me fulminate at http://www.jzip.org/
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