I was beyond livid; I was infuriated.  The show was ironically called  “Democracy Now.” I have come to find out this is a nightly “progressive” news program on NPR stations.  Friends, it is a disgrace. I have put in the segment with Dohrn and Ayers below. If you have a chance this weekend, please listen. Your tax money is helping pay for this.

I know some will not be happy with what I am about to say, but it is time for NPR to be cut off from public money. It is not impartial in any sense; it is unnecessary with all the choices out there today;  and it serves as a propaganda tool for the left in this country.  If people want it, let it compete with every other commercial station in the country.

I am extremely proud of our Congressman, Doug Lamborn, who is leading the charge to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and NPR.  In this age of extremely tight budgets why are we supporting a radio station anyway? They claim that federal funding is only two percent of their direct budget.  However that is misleading. Member stations get 15% of their budgets from taxpayer money. From that,  they pay programming fees to NPR which account for 45% of the NPR budget.

The new request for money for CBP and NPR is $445 million dollars. To me that is real money.  The two previous directors of NPR received  $603,000 and $479,000 when they left.  Where was the outcry from liberals about the one percent there?

I have also attached a draft  letter Congressman Lamborn will send to the Appropriations  Sub-Committee requesting the defunding of NPR.  He has doggedly pursued this issue for several years. Today I spoke with one of his staff in Washington who is directly involved in this effort to get an update.  Please watch this video and contact your representatives. Fast forward to the 15:35 mark if you want to eliminate the overview. This propaganda at our expense has to stop. I think you will be as angry as I was. The Congressman’s draft letter follows.

Have a great weekend in spite of NPR. See you Monday!

Rep. Denny Rehberg
Chairman
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
H-307 Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
Rep. Rosa DeLauro
Ranking Member
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
1016 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
May 9, 2012
Dear Chairman Rehberg and Ranking Member DeLauro,

It has come to my attention that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is requesting a $445 million advance appropriation for FY2015. This is an enormous sum of money, especially considering that President Obama’s 2010 bipartisan deficit reduction commission recommended funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting be eliminated completely.
CPB’s requested appropriation represents no reduction from its prior year appropriation level. While so many Americans are making sacrifices around the country to make ends meet, CPB appears unwilling to do the same. Even though media and information have become more accessible than ever, funding for CPB has exploded. Between 2001 and 2012, the CPB’s appropriated funding increased by nearly 31 percent, from $340 million to $444.1 million.

As you know, the country is more than $15 trillion in debt, and at the end of this year the government is expected to reach its legal borrowing limit once again.

We simply cannot afford to continue funding all of the programs that we have in the past. Significant spending cuts must be made in order to put the government on a path towards balancing its budget.

We face many hard choices ahead, but defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting should be one of the easier decisions to make. The FY 2013 appropriations bill that funds CPB has not yet been completed and I urge you to join me in working to permanently defund CPB.

As you know, last year’s appropriation bill instructed CPB to report to Congress about alternative sources of funding for public media by June 20, 2012. I look forward to that date and learning about how public media can use private sources of funding in the near future, as the overwhelming majority of their competitors in the media marketplace already do. No one is advocating that CPB stop operating, just that it stand on its own two feet when it comes to funding.

We are fortunate that in today’s media landscape, consumers have many news and entertainment choices, unlike when the 1967 Public Broadcasting Act to create and fund CPB was passed. And, public media outlets are thriving.

Federal funding for CPB’s highest-profile grant recipients, National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service, represent only a small portion of their overall budgets. NPR receives about 2 percent of its operating funds from CPB and federal funding for the Public Broadcasting Service represents about 15 percent of its system’s revenue.

According to its most recently available tax filings, Director and President Paula Kerger received $603,403 in reportable compensation in 2010. Former NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, who was forced to resign after the controversial firing of longtime analyst Juan Williams, was received $479,011in compensation in 2011. Certainly, thriving media entities that can afford to pay their executives such generous salaries should not be asking taxpayers to subsidize them.
A vibrant, free, and independent press is essential to this country’s freedom. We are fortunate that Americans now have thousands of news, entertainment, and educational programs to choose from that are widely available on countless television, web, and radio outlets.

Now is the appropriate and necessary time for the government to end taxpayer subsidies for CPB.

Respectfully,

Rep. Doug Lamborn
Member of Congress

I do not watch Letterman, as he has gone from being funny, to being a sarcastic caricature of a late night comedian. He is rude to guests that don’t support his liberal line of thinking, and uses his nightly show to endorse or attack political enemies. Not exactly a worthy successor to Johnny Carson or Jack Paar.

Last night in a rant dripping with venom, he praised President Obama to the hilt. I have included it below. My question is, why does anyone watch his show? He is a partisan hack, subscribing to the loose morals of many people in power. If he were a republican he would be dead meat; But he is a liberal, so his many transgressions are not even mentioned. His effusive praise of the president is typical. It is however unseemly coming from what is supposed to be a topical comedy show. If you still waste your time on this man, please consider anything else. He is a loser and does not deserve your viewership.

In a continuing effort to talk about anything other than his horrendous record as president,  Barack Obama  appeared on the View ( see photo below),  to pander to one of his few remaining constituencies.

He did this in conjunction with a less than resounding speech at Barnard College for women, another of his few remaining voting blocks. I sure am glad the economy is running so smoothly that he has the time to solve so many social issues.

Recent polling is not good for the president, especially the New York Times poll that indicated that 67% of respondents believe he spoke out on gay marriage for political reasons , not because he believed it.  It really hurts when you don’t have a core belief.

In an effort to find something humorous about the news today,  I had an idea to solicit  captions  for  the photo below. Knowing many of you are frustrated writers, comedians, curmudgeons, wits, etc, I thought it might be amusing to see if any of you have a caption for the picture.   If you do, just put it in the comment section.  I had several ideas come to mind:

1. Who are those people on the couch with Elisabeth?

2.. The president shows his feminine side by revealing he too suffers from PMS

3. The President discloses that as part of Obamacare,  everyone will wear shoes like Whoopi.

Thoughts?