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Related: About this forumCutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget--
Neil deGrasse Tyson ?@neiltyson
Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive
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Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget-- (Original Post)
eridani
Oct 2012
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PATRICK
(12,228 posts)1. Throwing more moderate
Republicans whose only indoctrination in hard right drivel comes gratis of PBS under the bus. More lost votes, more hardening of lunacy.
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)2. I like to say firing
Big Bird and all his friends 2000 times.
CBHagman
(16,984 posts)3. And watch Romney's expression when he announces stances like this.
With that frozen grin he awaits a reaction from the audience, very much as he did when he made the threat against the Affordable Care Act before the NAACP. That's all you need to know about the spirit in which he's doing these things.
Donkees
(31,406 posts)4. Just pay your taxes, Mitt
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)5. So, in the last month before an election, Romney makes PBS and NPR news organizations feel
they've got nothing to lose by exposing his every lie. Genius move.
Justice
(7,188 posts)6. is like trimming your toenails to lose weight
says Chicago columnist today.