Rice asks for 75 mill to beam propaganda into Persia

[liveoaktx]

http://www.prwatch.org/node/4475

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Congress yesterday to provide $75 million in emergency funding to step up pressure on the Iranian government." If granted, the request would increase to $85 million the 2006 budget "to promote political change inside Iran," up from $3.5 million last year. $50 million would be used to "significantly increase Farsi broadcasts into Iran, mainly satellite television broadcasting by the federal government and broadcasts of the U.S.-funded Radio Farda." Another $5 million "will be aimed at reaching the Iranian public through the Internet and building independent Farsi television and radio stations." $15 million "would go to Iranian labor groups, human rights activists and other groups, generally via ... groups such as the National Endowment for Democracy."

[fooj]

1. Boo fucking hoo!

NOT IN MY NAME!


Peace.

[benburch]

2. Why do we always try this?

It is quite predictably and easily jammed.

[Nutmegger]

3. What a waste of $75 million

Typical. Surprised? Naw, I don't put anything past Bush Inc and Kind-of Sleazy-Rice!

[Broadslidin]

4. The Sleazy 'Lincoln Group' expecting another government contract.....?

[Rocknrule]

5. Why don't they just extend Fox News into Iran?

[pinto]

6. (aside) This administration has made a full time job out of emergency

funding. Primary way they avoid an honest budget review.

[area51]

7. pssssst, Condosleaza

We're broke, you a-hole!

Try this on for size: if we're too broke for Universal Healthcare, we're too broke for this.