[Rick Lee]

It always bothered me that the fed. gov't. wouldn't subsidize me when I played in a band and we weren't good enough to get signed to a major label. Whaaaaaa! It's not fair! Why does any "art" get subsidized? If it can't survive on its own, let it die. And does anyone really believe we will lose "opposing viewpoints" if PBS and NPR go private? Last I checked, there still plenty of Bush haters on network news.