Isn’t it enough that we have to endure PBS “Festival” every, I don’t know, week or something, fending off our kids’ pleas for alms on Barney’s behalf when the big purple dinosaur sends them to get their mommy and her wallet??
At least the porn industry was sort of kidding about their bailout bid. Public radio and public television — already funded with your money to the tune of some $400 million in direct federal handouts and tax deductions for contributions made by individual viewers, not to mention untold state grants and subsidies — want a big chunk of Barack Obama’s stimulus pie (a.k.a. the Generational Theft Act of 2009). And they are deadly serious.
That’s right: Government-supported NPR and PBS want even more of a bailout than they’ve lived off the last 40 years. According to Current.org, the two entities along with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have petitioned Obama for$550 million in stimulus funding to help create more workers suckling on the public teat (big hat tip: Steve Bartin).
Maybe they should send Barney to do the asking. I’m just saying… Apparently he’s connected and already knows the universal sign for “gimme.”
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2 Comments
January 12, 2009 at 11:53 pm
That can’t be Chris Dodd with his hand out again!
January 13, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Hilarious, no? I couldn’t believe my luck when I found this photo!