I was driving much of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week. Coming on the heels of the historic health care vote that lurched the United States 
, switched three hours later to Rush Limbaugh, then to Sean Hannity
, and ultimately to Mark Levin
. You might say “Hey, that is only Conservative Talk Radio!” and you would be right. Of course I’m not the only one that doesn’t like to listen to Liberal lies and whining, so there isn’t a commercially available Liberal alternative since Air America
, switched three hours later to Rush Limbaugh, then to Sean Hannity, and ultimately to Mark Levin. You might say “Hey, that is only Conservative Talk Radio!” and you would be right. Of course I’m not the only one that doesn’t like to listen to Liberal lies and whining, so there isn’t a commercially available Liberal alternative since Air As you drive across country attempting to listen to Talk Radio you by necessity have to hit the “select” button a great deal as to lose stations. Advancing through the stations I was amazed by how many of them are devoted to sports and the number that habla espanol. Hearing that Kansas Milledgeville , Georgia
The stuck-in-the-sixties nitwit next door told me that they had endured eight years of George Bush and that the country and I would be just fine after Barack Obama. Really? George Bush didn’t fundamentally change the Nation. George Bush received it, removed the Clinton
My head is spinning – but then I’m sure that is the intent of the Obama administration. We need to redouble our efforts to get rid of every Democrat that embraces Obama and his administration. There might be a Sam Nunn democrat out there somewhere, but I don’t think so. We also need to excise any Republican who just wants to get along with Democrats. The battle lines are drawn and November elections are the solution.
Conservative Resistance – Day 507
Days until we start taking back our country - 221
Obviously this isn't really the intent of your post, I thought I would correct your understanding of NPR's funding model.
ReplyDeleteWhile it is true that in the 70's and early 80's the majority of their funding came from the federal government, currently only 2% of their operating costs are covered by federal assistance, and even that is based on competitive grant awards rather than direct entitlements.
In other words, they survive - and thrive in many markets - without any significant government assistance, in spite of (some would say because of) their "goofy crap."
That is a bit deceptive. A quick check of Wikipedia resulted in this:
ReplyDelete"According to the 2005 financial statement, NPR makes just over half of its money from the fees and dues it charges member stations to receive programming. Some of that money originates at the CPB itself, in the form of federal pass-through grants to member stations.[12][13]. Some more of that money originates from local and state governments and government-funded universities subsidizing member stations' fees and dues to NPR.[14] About 2% of NPR's funding comes from bidding on government grants and programs, chiefly the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; the remainder comes from member station dues, foundation grants, and corporate underwriting. Typically, NPR member stations raise funds through on-air pledge drives, corporate underwriting, and grants from state governments, universities, and the CPB itself."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Public_Radio
"CPB" is the "Corporation for Public Broadcasting" one of the many quasi government train wrecks (like Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac) that funnel our money ($400 Million in 2009) to other quasi government train wrecks like NPR. NPR could not exist without government funding from a variety of sources - the government doesn't have any money that it doesn't take from us.