Flipping the Big Bird: Just try explaining Republicans to a 4 year old.

[Infomaniac]

How does one explain the current Republican Party to a 4-year-old boy? I find the prospect as daunting as explaining death or sexually transmitted diseases to him.
By now you have, of course, heard about how the Republicans in Congress have voted to slash $100 million from the budget of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- which gives money to PBS stations around the country -- and eliminate it altogether in two years. They've also slashed $23 million from shows like Sesame Street, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Between the Lions and Dragon Tales.

Any day now, I am sure I will have to explain to my bereaved son P. J. why Baby Animals & Their Fuzzy Friends is no longer on TV. If I were a Republican -- ouch, just thinking that hurts my head! -- I would simply adjust my belt, place both feet firmly on the floor and pontificate, "That'll show you who's the boss in America, little P. J.!" And when Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood reruns and Postcards From Buster are disappeared soon thereafter, I would simply light up my big fat cigar, study the latest printout from my Wal-Mart stock portfolio and shout, "Quit yer blubberin', P. J.! That'll teach you a lesson or three about the dangers of being mollycoddled by the liberal lesbian agenda! If you don't like it here, why don't you move to France, Mr. Par Lay Voo?"


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[zbdent]

1. One key point I haven't heard - Repubs say "Well, there's no longer

a monopoly on bringing 'educational programming' - there's 'The History Channel', 'The Learning Channel', " plus a list of other cable channels.

There's the point.

CABLE CHANNELS.

There are a whole bunch of people who are probably struggling just to pay for their electricity and food at the same time. How many of those people can afford the luxury of Cable? Or Satellite TV? And how many of these kids come from both parents are working (or the single-parent home, for that matter)?