On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Through a procedural matter, the House voted 239-171 to move ahead on > a teleworking without a clause that would ban public radio stations > from using federal money to buy NPR programming: > > > http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/129963-house-fails-to-eliminate-npr-funding > > Of course, this is the lame duck session and when the teabaggers are > all in in January, they'll try this again, unless something else is > distracting them and they've forgotten Juan Williams. I guess the > teabaggers there aren't enough radio stations with today's lite rock > with less talk or today's hot new country. And if they don't forget and try it again next year, it will fail and fail again. But we all know this is nothing but a grandstanding stunt, much like 97% of all of the other stuff Congress does. Remember when they grandstanded (grandstood?) about PBS funding? (The private sector does a better job. Look, we have The Learning Channel on cable!) -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
