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Tue Jun-06-06 06:24 PM
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| 40. As usual, Futurama sums the irony and pathos up best |
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Leela: Didn't you have ads in the 21st century?
Fry: Well sure, but not in our dreams. Only on TV and radio, and in magazines, and movies, and at ball games... and on buses and milk cartons and t-shirts, and bananas and written on the sky. But not in dreams, no siree.
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| -Forcing young kids to hear COMMERCIALS on School Buses??? |
lostnfound |
Jun-05-06 07:05 PM |
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some drivers play christians only radio stations or rush nt |
msongs |
Jun-05-06 07:07 PM |
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We had a librarian who played christian music in the school library |
proud2Blib |
Jun-05-06 07:10 PM |
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Link does not work nt |
Terran1212 |
Jun-05-06 07:07 PM |
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Sorry, it's fixed now. Thanks for telling me. nt |
lostnfound |
Jun-05-06 07:29 PM |
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Kids don't do homework on the bus |
proud2Blib |
Jun-05-06 07:08 PM |
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I did |
Ariana Celeste |
Jun-05-06 09:02 PM |
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They don't today |
proud2Blib |
Jun-05-06 10:17 PM |
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Well, that constitues torture - or it should...... |
Waya |
Jun-05-06 07:08 PM |
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What radios on school buses |
jumpoffdaplanet |
Jun-05-06 07:10 PM |
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We have them on our buses |
proud2Blib |
Jun-05-06 07:11 PM |
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It's been twenty years since I was in high school... |
Mythsaje |
Jun-05-06 07:59 PM |
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Thirty years for me |
sandnsea |
Jun-05-06 09:12 PM |
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I suppose some dumbass board of ed. out there might . . . |
donco6 |
Jun-05-06 07:14 PM |
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If we won't fund our schools, the schools will look elsewhere... |
Orsino |
Jun-05-06 07:14 PM |
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Tax the Rich. |
onehandle |
Jun-05-06 07:16 PM |
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I dunno...that's a lotta fuck. |
Orsino |
Jun-05-06 07:25 PM |
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That's right. The book "Born to Buy" |
lostnfound |
Jun-05-06 07:30 PM |
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Bad enough on regular buses. |
onehandle |
Jun-05-06 07:15 PM |
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All the buses I rode on had radios |
kiahzero |
Jun-05-06 07:16 PM |
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It all started with Channel One. Free TV equipment for your school |
BerryBush |
Jun-05-06 08:55 PM |
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I remember watching him my senior year of high school |
xmas74 |
Jun-06-06 04:15 PM |
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They had Channel One in my middle school, I just napped during it |
pstokely |
Jun-08-06 01:45 AM |
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Many school districts "outsource" their busing |
LWolf |
Jun-05-06 09:12 PM |
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School districts have contracts will the bus companies |
pstokely |
Jun-08-06 01:46 AM |
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Maybe I Have Faulty Perception But I Really Don't Have A Problem With This |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Jun-05-06 09:37 PM |
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Think "Channel One" -- |
lostnfound |
Jun-06-06 08:30 AM |
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I Appreciate The Well Put Post, But Like I Said, I Have No Problem With It |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Jun-06-06 04:10 PM |
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The kids have to be there. |
Orsino |
Jun-06-06 04:34 PM |
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Oh For Christ's Sake, It's Just Commercials. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Jun-06-06 05:06 PM |
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It's forced brainwashing, kids already get too much of that |
pstokely |
Jun-08-06 01:49 AM |
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I Consider That Statement To Be Beyond Extreme. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Jun-08-06 06:12 AM |
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Oh God... Channel One.. |
Ariana Celeste |
Jun-06-06 05:14 PM |
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I don't have a problem with neighborhood businesses placing ads during |
pstokely |
Jun-08-06 01:48 AM |
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It is 8 minutes more than my child is exposed to in my car (nm) |
Book Lover |
Jun-06-06 06:21 PM |
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Yay For You. Here's A Scooby Snack. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Jun-06-06 08:21 PM |
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Just cause YOU don't care what your kid is exposed to, doesn't mean |
U4ikLefty |
Jun-08-06 01:59 AM |
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Mine too. It's Pacifica or nothing for me... |
lostnfound |
Jun-06-06 09:17 PM |
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A few pencils through the speaker grilles will fix that. And well deserved |
eppur_se_muova |
Jun-06-06 03:28 AM |
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Man; I am quickly reaching full saturation on this crap. |
lildreamer316 |
Jun-06-06 08:36 AM |
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I see nothing wrong with it |
johnnie |
Jun-06-06 08:46 AM |
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That's what I used to think... But how much time is too much? |
lostnfound |
Jun-06-06 10:15 AM |
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Corporate propaganda |
kwolf68 |
Jun-06-06 05:19 PM |
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As I said, it has been a round for a long time |
johnnie |
Jun-06-06 06:09 PM |
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Get your kid an MP3 player. |
dbaker41 |
Jun-06-06 05:33 PM |
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there was a sci-fi story/book years ago about commercials on clouds |
bobbieinok |
Jun-06-06 06:14 PM |
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A recurring theme in SF--ads get more and more intrusive. |
eppur_se_muova |
Jun-08-06 12:13 AM |
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This needs to be turned into a safety issue so the whole |
Ilsa |
Jun-06-06 06:17 PM |
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This is part of the reason Republicans cut education funding all the time |
ComerPerro |
Jun-06-06 06:17 PM |
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As usual, Futurama sums the irony and pathos up best |
Book Lover |
Jun-06-06 06:24 PM |
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