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2011-02-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

PBS Uses Cartoon Aardvark to Plead for Continued Funding

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Posted by Mike 2011-02-16 15:54|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Well, go public and run it as a for profit venture. Or at least a public service sans government funding where all the other "made possible by" funding they get is tax deductible for the corporations giving it. At very least they could break even.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-02-16 16:51|| 2011-02-16 16:51|| Front Page Top

#2 So we're in the hole. At least Bert and Ernie have jobs.

Posted by Fred 2011-02-16 18:23|| 2011-02-16 18:23|| Front Page Top

#3 It might be more appropriate to use the aardvarks from the Ant and Aardvark Pink Panther cartoon, Max Rebo, the blue aardvark from Star Wars, or Cerebus the amoral barbarian mercenary aardvark.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-02-16 18:29|| 2011-02-16 18:29|| Front Page Top

#4 No problem - directly fund CTW (of course, all Sesame Street licensing fees would then go to the US treasury). Cut Federal funding for all other NPR / PBS operations.

Posted by CincinnatusChili 2011-02-16 18:33|| 2011-02-16 18:33|| Front Page Top

#5 People love it, but won't pay for it directly is an oxymoron.

Extortion funding for entertainment is an immoral aberration in a free country.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-02-16 20:03|| 2011-02-16 20:03|| Front Page Top

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