Harry Reid’s Surprising NPR Defense: I Heard a ‘Great Piece’ on Dog Racing Once
- Posted on March 18, 2011 at 12:54pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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If you ask Harry Reid why NPR should keep its public funding, he might tell you about the really good report he heard on dog racing. That’s at least the story he launched into on the Senate floor last night. Seriously.
The Hill reports that after Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) began praising participants of the legendary Iditarod dog-sled race, Reid couldn’t help but interject an epiphany.
“They had a really, really good piece on public radio before the start of the race,” explained Reid. “I hesitate saying this because I know I will probably get in trouble, but this is a good reason why the House vote was bad today to defund public radio.”
Hint: if you have to interject the phrase “I know I will probably get in trouble,” what follows might be best kept to yourself.
(H/T: Greg Hengler)
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Comments (211)
Fina Biscotti
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:20pmIt is pretty pathetic – that Harry Reid is still around.
I heard a good story, too – Harry – how voting machines delivered by union workers – just so happened to have votes already “tallied” for you – and then Nevada had a power outrage – in the middle of the election – and voila! – Reid is ahead when the lights come back on –
Report Post »although Reid was slightly lagging behind Tea Party candidate Sharon Angle prior to the black-out – and in all the polls prior to the election.
wikiuptown
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:19pmLet them keep digging their hole. Libs = idiots.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 4:20pmschemes……………..that’s all they do is scheme…..they sit and try to figure out the next rotten thing they can do or say.
Report Post »monksunkadan
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:18pmi wrote this yesterday but it bears repeating.. the joke was always that gerald ford played football without a helmet can we assume there was no headgear when “ dingy harry” was boxing. there has just got to be brain damage with this guy. he has used 2 of the most irrelevant arguements to save npr. harry, there is no reason to save it. it either is good enough to survive or it is not. let it get sponsor, like everyone else. then at least we would see directly where george soros spends the money he stores off-shore
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:18pmHarry is at it again. First he is almost in tears because of the Cowboy Poets hootenanny may be defunded, and now we need to keep funding NPR because Harry heard a good story about racing dogs once? That’s worth hundreds of millions dollars a year. I bet he listened to it while wearing nothing but his cowboy hat and wooly chaps. Have to go now. Got a mental picture and now have to go vomit.
Report Post »Johnnyp1958
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:17pmIf it were Republicans or the Tea party who made the same comments as NPR the communist / democrats would demand heads roll.
Report Post »AR485
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:14pmThis is what doing the people’s business looks like? I likely don’t earn in a year what these Alpo Twins earn in the time they spent on the floor talking about this.
Report Post »old *******
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:13pmIf you look into Harrys eyes in this picture you can see the problem.Harry is no longer in there and hasn’t been there for a long time.If it wasn’t for the unions Nevada would have never elected this old fart with dementia.Hopefully in 2012 he will put in his place and all we will hear from him is a low wimper.
Report Post »Stopit
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:11pmPlaying the fiddle while Rome burns. “Just listen to the music, and the doggie stories.”
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:11pmAbsolutely!
(Your stuff is funny, now that I’ve had some sense knocked into my head by another conservative!)
Good afternoon, H & S!
Report Post »wildwood
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:11pmThis guy is a mental case, senile, brain dead, bully, arragant ass, a corrupt weasel, a inion slave, now can you see why America is in a finiancial crisis!!!!!!!!! These ignorant democrats don’t have a clue when it come to government!!!!!!Evrty day a democrat make a fool of themselves, seems like Harry has the best record!!!!! They think the DEFICIT IS A BIG JOKE!!!!!!
Report Post »Afungi
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:10pmA necessary service will find a way to make a profit and stay open. If not another way will be found like Ham radio that was used before public radio. With sat internet PBS is fast becoming obsolete. Face book, tweet and e-mail. Besides PBS competes unfairly with advertised supported radio and TV. Let PBS go in the way of the buggy whip.
Report Post »Rodney Huckleberry
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 5:29pmAgreed – They keep saying the rural areas have no other talk radio to listen to BUT the USDA has Funded Broadband Internet to Rural Missouri and I suspect other states thru the stimulus bills. So the argument that the rural areas have nothing but NPR is a moot point. You know Obama and Reid are financing the poor and rural area broadband giving them access to any broadcasts. I happen to live in rural Missouri by the way and do not support public broadcasting.
Report Post »djeffcoat
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:07pmI don’t know how Harry can hear. He’s had his head up is ass so long that his ears must be full of sh*t!
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:12pmLmao
Report Post »calamari12
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:07pmPBS and NPR have maybe on show a month that I would want to watch. If it was any better I might donate more but it isn’t good programing. That‘s why they can’t get good sponsors and the Government has its hands in enough things that it has no business being a part of.
Report Post »greyling
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:07pmHarry Reid is the gift that keeps on giving. Clueless, and he isn’t even a teenage blonde!
Report Post »AR485
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:06pmHarry! The bus is here to take you back to the home.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:05pmI think i threw up in my mouth a little.
Report Post »packa14
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:04pmthis guy is mentally ill and has no place in governing any part of this country!!!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:04pmOh wow! A nice dog story, that’s worth $5 million…in what universe Harry?
Report Post »NoRoomForSocialismHere
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:33pmHarry and Mur-kow-ski make a good Progressive Socilaist couple I just don’t know which one is the woman
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:45pmHarry is the woman, Cowski is the man.
All Harry had to listen to on the radio back in Searchlight was NPR.
Report Post »If that is what listening to NPR does to someone, all the more reason to can it.
Bluebonnet
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 1:01pmI‘ve been through Searchlight and there’s nothing there, so what?
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:04pmI honestly don’t get why people loathe NPR so much.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:06pmMarine??…….pfffft, I’m not buyin it…..my brother is a Major and I find it offensive that you pretend to be a Marine.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:07pmThey don’t loathe it. They loathe that they are being forced to pay for it when they wouldn’t listen or watch NPR programming. If NPR wasn’t taking federal money, this wouldn’t be an issue.
Report Post »Stopit
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:07pmLeftist agenda, oh great leftist liberal one.
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:13pmYou should get to your local VA hospital IMMEDIATELY!!! You exhibit all the signs of a TBI event.
(Traumatic Brain Injury)
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:17pm“Progressive and liberal” trumps “Marine.”
Where were you when Napolitano said that military veterans were our enemies? Which FEMA Camp are you closest to, or are you using Progressive and Liberal as a waiver?
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:30pmYeah, I kind of agree…I am a thirty year army guy, and something about your “don’t doubt my military prowess” statement when the comment was about honor, sacrifice, etc…Your reply about your military prowess just didn’t fit… Hmmmmm……Strange…..A pretender here…?
Report Post »Ken
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:34pmMy late father was a Marine, and he would say without hesitation that “he ain’t no marine, he’s a commie and a traitor!!!” So wise up and school yourself in the Constitution, and kick your socialist habit!
Report Post »monksunkadan
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:34pmi don’t loathe npr. i just don’t want to pay for it. thank you for your service, but that free-market system is partly what your service was about. if npr has value the market will support it. i don’t think my government should fund media any more than i think it should fund the auto industry. ooops, that‘s right they did that didn’t they? ford seemed to be the only one with a game plan
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:36pmYou WOULDN’T get it PLM…From where you sit you see nothing wrong with giving them our tax dollars so that they can parrot the party line….When Republicans are in power the NPR is the sworn enemy, nit picking and putting a negative spin on everything the Repubs are trying to do…When the Democrats are in, the NPR becomes their cheering section…Today, they are SHAMELESS advocates for the Bam Bam although he hasn’t a clue about what is going on ….
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:46pmActually, to answer your question, I think part of it is some persons feel uncomfortable listening to diverse programming. Others are on a kind of “bandwagon” being led by populist controllers who are intent upon “dumbing down the populace” so it is easy to influence political ends. Others are trying to demonize and vilify “elitist” targets to keep the masses in a state of circus anger. They pick a topic of the week, like “ground zero mosques,“ ”evil unions,” and so forth to stir folks up. “Shiny Object Theory”
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:40pmI do not give a flip about NPR. Why do you? Why is this such a big deal to progressives? Especially when they go out of their way to make the point that it is only a small part of their funding? So just cut it? NPR can survive on its own, as can PBS. Especially if all the “cultured” people support it.
I want to cut EVERY dollar I can. I want to totally and fully defund the federal government. I want congressmen sleeping on cots in their office, eating ramen noodles. I want public officials earning LESS than 4th year military personnel. I want to get rid of EVERY single department and administration that is not needed, starting with the useless department of education. The FCC? Yeah, gone…Give it back to the states or private industry. Social Security? I do not care if it is not the big problem republicans make it out to be, it is still a money vacuum. Buh-bye! Medicare? Yep…Oughta here. It ALL goes!
What about the poor who cant afford food? I get so sick of seeing people in grocery stores buying NAME BRAND goods, eating steak and lobster, buying cart fulls of soda and potato chips and watching them pay in food stamps while I eat Great Value crap and meat twice a week if I am lucky! I have the answer! I do not mind paying so the poor can eat. They can set up a special counter in every store, in a conspicuous place where everyone can see you there, and you can go pick up a cardboard box with a sack of sugar, a sack of flour, a bag of dried beans, a box of rice, a couple loafs of bread, two gallons of milk, can of coffee, and I will even let you have some lesser quality cuts of meat! That is your food for a week. You will not starve, hell, you will eat better than most people in the world!
Common sense, that is what I ask. Screw NPR!
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:42pmTo those that actually answered my question, thank you. To the ones who took it as an opportunity to insult my military career, pi$$ off.
I get where you are coming from, I do, it just seems like NPR does enough to support arts and childrens programming that many people use to warrant government money. But I get why people would be upset at the percieved liberal bias.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:47pm@PLM
We loath NPR for the same reasons we loath you……….Poser
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 3:00pmPLM,
I do not even care about the liberal bias. If they were conservatively balanced i would say the same thing. If I found out FNC was being partially funded by the government I would demand it stop.
Listen, you take a lot of flak in here, and I do not think you are a troll. I would love to buy you dinner and talk to you face to face for a few hours just to try and understand you. This is not a partisan thing, I want the government OUT of my business. I simply do not understand why anyone would feel differently. Do you support all the government waste? Do you not want to see all this useless stuff cut? I am all for a social safety net, we need to take care of the poor. But the system needs to be cleaned up and protected from abuse. Health care…The problem is not insurance companies, it is in the cost of health care. Government needs to regulate the OBSCENE cost of health care, start with the pharmaceutical companies…It will never happen because BOTH parties cannot piss off their money base….If average, middle class people could afford health care out of their own pocket there would not be a need for the system we have in place. Insurance would be affordable and only used for extreme emergencies like heart bypasses and such.
There are answers but it requires that the majority of us stand up and say ENOUGH! Just enough…Republican, democrat…It does not matter…
But of course I forget I am talking to a “progressive.” How do YOU define that? What is YOUR ideal? What do YOU want? Do you honestly want a socialized system? Do you really think government can control us?
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 3:10pmI do think that Health Care is something that should be socialized, because many of the companies that deal with medical care stop caring about the reason they are there (The Patients) and only care about how much money they can get. The government should heavily regulate that, if not control it.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 3:47pmI think the biggest problem facing health care is that it already IS partly socialized. It needs to be either totally government controlled or totally private. I think if the government stepped aside most of the problems would fix themselves. The key is to get costs down. If insurance has to compete it would self-regulate. If government money was not available the cost of overhead would drop. Medicare is a necessity, but if you brought prices in line then medicare would not be supporting the great numbers that it currently is. Insurance needs to be affordable to minimum wage earners. But attacking the insurance companies without doing anything about the costs of medical care is only going to bankrupt the system.
This is one of the hardest problems facing us. Socialized health care does have advantages, but it also has a great many pitfalls. With the way the system is set up now it would only serve to bankrupt this country. You progressives are right about one thing, it will not work unless it is a single payer system. I do not see that happening. Instead both sides are playing tug-o-war with our health care and EVERYONE loses.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 4:29pmI don’t trust the companies to not screw over the patients.
Report Post »maryslittlelamb
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 4:36pmProgLibMarine,
I am not the first here to suspect there is something salvageable about you. Many have been led down the path of Progressivism only to learn it destroys more than it purports to cure, spiritually, socially, ecologically and financially. David Horowitz is a name that comes to mind (Radical Son).
Every system has weaknesses but free market capitalism has far fewer than most. Milton Friedman is a great reference on the subject.
Report Post »Ken from Louisiana
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:00pmmr. termlimit, this is what I don’t get. Rather that giving a thought provoking answer about why NPR is not worth having, you simply state, “Marine??…….pfffft, I’m not buyin it…..my brother is a Major and I find it offensive that you pretend to be a Marine.” Why couldn’t you a come up with a good answer on your own rather than running to your brother for protection. Really, that goes for all of you NPR haters. You’ve never listened to a single show, why so you hate it so much? Because Fox tells you to? Listen to just one show and then tell me how horrible it is. Just don’t hit me…my brother-in-law is a Navy Seal. Yea, I know, you find that offensive and I’m a horrible liberal. Oh, yea, and stupid. But I do give better replies that any of you do.
Report Post »maryslittlelamb
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:20pmHere’s a thoughtful answer: It‘s not government’s job to sponsor radio stations.
Here’s a reference: U.S. Constitution
Report Post »Ozymandias
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:03pmThere is nothing too big to fail and with with its pride comes shame. Age old and time tested.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:01pmOh boy, don’t tell me this is supposed top be News! Just cancel the Federal funding and initiate their ability to compete and say goodbye. There is NO reason to be so petty! Soon you will have no reason to whine.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 12:59pmLOL, that’s tooooo funny!
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 12:58pmThe only decent program on NPR is the car guys. They will get picked up….
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 12:57pmThis guy is a disgrace.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:23pmHARRY REID DEFENDS NPR: I HEARD A GOOD PIECE ON DOG RACING ONCE .
Report Post »is this why he keep licking himself ?
Buck Bagaw
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:53pmRobert, Harry can’t lick himself, if he could he would have never left Nevada.
Report Post »LOOKINGFORGW
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 1:48amAnd he will be around for 5 plus years…
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 12:57pmGET RID OF NPR…let‘s stand on it’s own merits or let it die on the vine!
I am tired of my dollars being wasted on foolish government program!
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 12:59pmditto
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:02pmKeep talking Harry. You dolt.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
CatB
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:03pmMaybe Harry could get them to have some “cowboy poetry”. Hey Harry PAY FOR IT YOURSELF!
DEFUND PBS, NPR, EPA, NEA….. list continues….
Not with MY tax dollars!
I’m going to start calling him “short bus Harry”!
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:04pmGet rid of all government subsidies. If the industry can’t stand without them, then let it fall or change till it can.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:05pmI agree. If they are worried about financing they can take the profits Sesame Street ($300 million from what I heard) and use it. Those running it can take less pay or work for free.
Report Post »SoCal Patriot
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:05pmYou know, Harry, I’m reminded of a story I once heard about farm raised turkeys that look up when raindrops hit them on the head and are so dumbfounded by that precipitation event that they drown. Good thing you’re indoors, Senator.
Report Post »Arminianism
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:05pmNevadians, you should really be ashamed of yourselves. Reid is a freaking joke
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:06pmI certainly hope they do take public broadcasting “off the vine,” then they could sell advertising – If the laws restricting them from doing so are lifted. Why should the USA have it’s own BBC? We can just listen to BBC on satellite.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:06pmWell, well, well if Harry has heard a good piece that’s good enough for me. I think we have all learned a hard lesson about the poet cowboys, have we not? Let’s not repeat the same mistake and defund an organization that has done more to forward dog racing than any other outlet in recent memory. Oh and BTW Harry don‘t worry about gettin’ in to trouble by openin’ your mouth. Someone has got to speak up for the dogs that give their entire lives to racing. You go Harry and know that your upstanding causes and integrity are not lost on this citizen.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:06pmI’m tired of wasting time and money on Harry “Cowboy Poet” Reid.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:08pmPoor Harry. First we viscously take away his precious cowboy poetry festivals, now we force him to go to the interwebs to learn about doggies? Evil Republicans!!!
It’s too bad Harry already has a job – he could have taken over for Larry King when he retired. Nothing is more entertaining than an old man with no ability to absorb information he has recently heard.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:10pmdangit – you guys are on the ball today… three cowboy poerty references before I had a chance to post mine! Yippe Ki Yay.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:12pmReid, your an idiot.
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:16pmHarry is the smart one. The idiots are the ones who voted for him.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:19pmReid. “I hesitate saying this because I know I will probably get in trouble”
Report Post »HEY Reid….Your Absolutely RIGHT….Your in Trouble!!!
TSUNAMI-22
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:21pmThe thing that I find funny is that we’re not trying to “get rid” of NPR. All the conservatives are saying is that we want to stop taxpayer funding of it.
If NPR is viable, it can survive on its own merits without taxpayer subsidies.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:22pm“They had a really, really good piece on public radio before the start of the race,” explained Reid. “I hesitate saying this because I know I will probably get in trouble, but this is a good reason why the House vote was bad today to defund public radio.”
No doubt Harry Reid could not have survived without hearing a “really good piece” before the dog race. Such information is critical to keeping our great country on course, maintaining our priorities, and balancing the federal budget.
Report Post »ginsberg
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:25pmHis point is actually a good one. Npr has interesting and diverse programming on american life that needs to be heard in a field dominated by clear channel crap. If you dont want npr then you have to be willing to defund the fcc and truly let the airwaves go to the highest bidder. Shows like prairie home companion are priceless. If we cant fund the arts and education we will die as a country. It doesnt say that the government cannot fund worthy enterprises, and npr is worthy.
Report Post »NoRoomForSocialismHere
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:25pmI am tired of their indoctronation for socialism. I am tired of Seasame Street pushing its Socialism and all of the other bigoted childrens shows on PBS too.
Report Post »SavvyCowboy
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:30pmHarry Reid is a moron.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:36pmThe government funding of Corporation for Public Broadcasting —there is no direct funding of either NPR or PBS — is highly regulated and restricted, meaning NPR cannot charge Satellite and Cable carriers like other networks, and is restricted from competition.
Report Post »Once they are de-funded these laws should be repealed, to even the playing field.
Also, Federal tax breaks, investments and guarantees to NBC, CBS, and Fox should be cut from all federal budgets beginning in 2014.
Buck Bagaw
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:41pmSo cute!! Two of our Country‘s biggest mistakes wiping each other’s( insert your choice of object here) in such a syrupy fashion. It‘s also nice to know that they aren’t wasting any time on that boring economical crap.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:43pm@Ginsberg ~
” If we cant fund the arts and education we will die as a country.”
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That’s horse apples, and you know it!!!
We didn’t have “arts and education” or even “NPR” when we were founded, and we didn’t die as a country! It’s more likely we will die as a country because of the egregious spending by the Democrats who are working hard to bankrupt this country.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:45pmIf a Progressive is for it, it cannot be good for the country!
Report Post »UMMAH GUMMAH
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:45pm.
What about DEFUND npr NOW DO THEY NOT UNDERSTAND?
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Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:04pmHey remember it’s “wither on the vine” this is the phrase taken out of context by the libs. But it‘s so good to see he remains the dimwit he’s always been, I don’t know how he was re-elected?
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:04pmHarry Reid just proves once again how big of an idiot he is.
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:17pm@Arminianism, don’t blame all of us. I froze my a** off to attend the Tea Party rally in Reid’s hometown and I voted against him. But the casinos support Reid because he protects their interests. SEIU with all of their illegal alien members and the construction unions are very big here. It’s a shame.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:19pmOK than lets FUND NPR and take away some MORE things for the poor and seniors .. already OBAMA who’s EPA hacks are going to OUT LAW Mercury (which BTW.. how can they do that and tell us we HAVE to have mercury filled light bulbs in our homes) which will make COAL prices increase and coal is 45% of our energy.. which will make energy for ALL necessarily skyrocket.. CUT the funding for heating help for the poor and seniors..and somehow GOOD OLD BOY HARRY is worried about NPR??? Here’s another one that has dementia.. however typical liberal thinking worry about T.V. rather than pay for what is truly necessary..
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:20pmI am rather upset that not ALL funding was cut our tax money will still be helping support their administrative overheard…NO TAX DOLLARS TO NPR…. how hard is that to understand?
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:21pm@Living In NYC
I agree 100%!
By the way…it’s a shame one of these attention wh0res reported your post. It and all those who responded will be erased…all because some twit was on the potty when this topic appeared and didn’t get first bite at having their name in lights.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:25pm@ VEGASGUY………..You have my sympathy !!!!!
Report Post »Yakimaniacal
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:31pmDesperation is really setting in with these cretins. Their free ride is being threatened.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:47pmNeither of those two should still be in the positions they hold!
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:48pmGet rid of Harry too. His last election was a fraud. He is not the legitimately elected Senator from Nevada. What he is, is a corrupt idiot. He did vote no, not once, but twice for the health care bill. That takes brains. He doesn‘t have the mental capacity to perform his duties and he’s an embarrassment to our country. If I were a liberal I would have to kick my own ass because this kind of buffoon is the best they can up with. Pathetic is the only word that describes Harry accurately!
Report Post »Tiny280
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:53pmNO WAY!
DO NOT let NPR / PBS “die on the vine” – SELL THEM to the highest bidder!
Those organizations are collectively worth several $Billion. The taxpayers built them and should realize maximum beneit from that expensive effort via an open market sale of either the entirety of both operations or the bits and pieces which comprise the bulk of the value. Just tearing them down – or allowing them to go off on their own without any compensation to the taxpayer – is criminally stupid.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 3:03pmI can no longer call Harry Reid an idiot because I think he’s one smart cookie who has bought his office for many, many (to many) years. He acts like a dolt because he can get more that way. In Nv. he is so corrupt the big boys keep him in office because they know he can be bought and sold. He puts on his act because it pays off for him. The bad boy knows what he’s doing, mark my words.
Report Post »Leadthemtothelight
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 3:12pmShocking! Harry Reid! NPR is a waste of taxpayer money. Not to mention the fact that the government should have no financial relationship with the media. We need real cuts to tackle the budget now. It is gonna be unpleasant but if the next generations are to have a chance we need to step up now and fix it.
Report Post »Please Harry sit down and shut up.
nptden
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 3:39pmIsn‘t it great to have such ’wise’, and ‘logical’ leaders in our govt?..I guess he figures he will be able to keep his money and die before the Revolution takes over..Nice to be in a club….
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 3:56pmThe lamestream media are bemoaning the fact that Repubs want to kill off Big Bird by eliminating public funding. That is a whopping big lie because Sesame Street and all of its furry/feathered inhabitants are making obscenely large amounts of money on their own without any govt funding. The lib media allow themselves to be used as propaganda machines without any concerns about ethics and telling the truth. When will their journalistic consciences ever kick in?
Report Post »Progessives=Fail
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 4:51pmThanks again Nevada for re-electing this little weasel.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 5:13pmLiving In NYC;
We need to get your head right – it’s NOT your money (end sarcasm).
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 5:29pmMan, what an idiot this man “IS.”
Report Post »rightwinghippie
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 5:52pmWow…a couple of brain surgeons expounding on the benefits of TAXPAYER FUNDED propaganda.
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 6:30pmHarry Reid——– What a jerk.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 7:43pmSomeone get this man a brain please!
Report Post »Catfish
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 7:45pmI cannot believe the American People can not see that anything that is good for the people, the Democrats are aganist, they make me sick and I am not a Republican either, but they are the better of two evils,the Democrats just serve the blacks, mexicans, unions and the JUDGES who do there dirty work and keep them in office, we had better wake up, in 2012 if ANY ONE has Democrat in front of there name,PLEASE DONT VOTE FOR THEM PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Report Post »obamananausish
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 8:32pmDid i just wittness a public BJ ???
Report Post »drbage
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 8:34pmSounds more and more like someone is stealing the cards from Harry’s deck.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 9:54pmHarry Reid aint right in the eyes. He looks like a retarded poodle i once had
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:53pmditto, I agree! We don’t have the money to spend on a liberal public broadcast! enough is enough!
http://www.josephfawcettart.com
Report Post »*************************
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 12:49amGet rid of NPR, Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Barry Soetoro, and the whole anti-America socialist, communist, progressive, traitor cabal.
sheriff BART: “You know, a man drinks like that, and he don’t eat, he is going to die.”
Report Post »town drunk JIM: “When?”
-Blazing Saddles
Secret Squirrel
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:35am…………
Report Post »“I Heard a ‘Great Piece’ on Dog Racing Once”
Yeah, and I had a great bowel movement once, but I didn’t ask the government to fund it.
sleazyhippo
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Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 1:53pmAmen!
Dirty Harry would be watching dogs racing, it is almost beyond his intellectual capacity, so he better be careful.
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