LOL! Sam, thanks for lightening my day. I'd been trudging along, ankle deep in code all day, and I read this... and it cheered me right up.
It's like I've got my finger on the pulse! PBS *iz terroristz!!!11!1* Well, I guess it's pretty sad from a certain perspective... luckily, I choose to run with the funny, non-soul-sucking-that-people-think-this view! =) I know! I know! /It's a plot to turn boy scouts into suicide bombers!/ Step one: Get them to listen to NPR Step two: Ha! Yeah right. Oh no! Horrible thought: They've started with the cub scouts via Sesame Street! /Dooooooommmmmmed!/ :Den -- Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. Bertrand Russell On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Sam wrote: > > http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/mar/11/another-hit-for-npr/ > > In a phone call with Liley after the lunch, an O'Keefe associate > posing as "Ibrahim Kasaam " of the Muslim Education Action Center (a > fictitious entity) expressed concerns that NPR, which receives > government funding, would be subject to government audits or would > have to disclose the source of its donations. > > Liley responded, "If you were concerned about that, you might want to > be an anonymous donor and we would certainly, if that was your > interest, we would want to shield you from that." > > At another point, Kasaam asked Liley, "It sounded like you're saying > that NPR would be able to shield us from a government audit, is that > correct?" > > "I think that is the case, especially if you were anonymous, and I can > inquire about that," Liley said. She later informed Kasaam via e-mail > that NPR's management had cleared an anonymous donation from his > group. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335218 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
