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"The Founding Fathers were right...There is no provision in the Constitution that allows the state to fund propaganda, especially propaganda that argues against our Founding Fathers' ideals."
You're so right, but enough about the current administration. :-). What do you think about NPR? Sherwood 
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NPR Saturday Night Live style. Its...neat.
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If NPR had anything of value to say they could operate without taxpayer funding. Either all radio stations should be funded or none.
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I listen to NPR frequently. I especially like the Tappet Brothers, Click and Clack (Car Talk), and Peter Schickele (PDQ Bach). I listen sometimes to understand my Mother's point of view, as she's a raging liberal (a lovely lady with a skewed political viewpoint). The no commercial, classical music can be very soothing during traffic, and some of the foriegn news outlets give an interesting perspective to events. When I get tired of the leftist crap I just slip in some kid rock or eminem or rage against the machine, drop down a gear or two and leave the traffic behind. Our local station (WAMC) just sponsored and built a very nice, smaller concert hall.
NPR is okay in measured doses. And yes, Mom guilts me into contributing.
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I'm sorry, but you are totally f#cking delusional if you REALLY think NPR is pro-communist/islamofascist (nice O'reilly/Savage buttboy term). How old and out of touch can you get, with your OBSESSION with imaginary communists? Are you trying to be an even bigger caricature than those you idolize?
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I listen every day on the way to and from work. On occasion, when the black guy (Fox's lefty) or the old guy (Daniel Shore?) are on, I have to change the station so as not to blow chunks on the SC's dash but most of the time I tolerate the lefty slant. I enjoy some of the stories that are off the beaten news path.
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"When I get tired of the leftist crap I just slip in some...rage against the machine..."
The repubs are the machine.
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I'm really surprised there seems to be general consensus that NPR is left-of-center. Seems obvious to me, but this is very un-OTlike. Anyone want to argue that it's not? 
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Car Talk is the show that got me listening to NPR. Then I started listening to the news shows during the week. I am a moderate with a libertarian slant. The left slant on NPR used to bother me a tiny bit, but it doesn't any more because it has pretty much gone away. I really noticed a big difference over the last couple years.
Also NPR seems much more consistent in their new coverage. The for profit media sways with the public mood. When Bush was real popular the majority of the news coverage was positive, and now that he is unpopular they are going after him more. I think they are trying to give the public what they want. It's more entertainment then news. I don't see this much with NPR. I do think we ought to stop funding NPR and PBS, but do it slowly so they have time to build other sources of funding. Cutting it off all at once like many Republicans wanted to do this year is just wrong. |
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Daniel Shore makes me want to stab my Blaupunkt.
Though he shocked the hell out of me when he commented on Libya ditching their nuke research. He implied that something Bush had done might've had a possibly non-negative effect.
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Personally, I can't wait to buy one of Bill O'Reilly's suits. or any other of the oddball, Roncoesque products that Hannity, OReilley, Ingram hawks on their radio programs. Doesn't that say anything to you guys on the Right in terms of credibility? these guys are sensational for one reason only: they get rich off of poor saps like you tuning in, buying their products, books, etc. it's OK to be Right, conservative, etc., same as it is to hold strong liberal beliefs. It's a whole other thing to think that (left and right) rush, sean, laura, bill, tavis, al, michael, etc. are doing ANYTHING other than making money by lying to you.
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