Democracy Cell Project was at the "Save Childrens' Programming" Rally

The Democracy Cell Project has the up-to-date information from the rally to save childrens' educational programming. Pictures will be posted as soon as possible.

Here are a sampling of the comments directly from the speakers there

They have over 1 million signatures asking the Republican Congress to "keep your hands off childrens' programming!"

Rep. Ed Markey from MA is speaking. He says:

"Children can have their selection of Jerry Springer, Judge Judy, Days of our Lives (etc) and programs catering to adults but the childrens' programming on PBS with an educational purpose is now being considered dangerous.

We are going to save this programming and keep it on the air.

The GAO have determined 19% do not subscribe to cable. This network serves the poor. These kids are the future and we must give them access.

It is not a question if we can afford PBS, but whether we can NOT afford it.

We are going to fight the Republicans and we will not let them take away educational programming for children."

Hillary Clinton is up now.

She says:

"Every day I hear from concerned parents. Concerned about the violence. Very few of the stories on t.v. reflect their values. The national tv violence study reports 2/3 children are exposed to 6 acts of violence per hour."

Now speaking is Congressman John Dingell from Michigan:

"As a parent, I raised my children on public television and I'm proud of it. We have a mission! They are talking about cutting 200 million from public broadcast. We would much rather have our federal dollars go to big red dogs rather than fat cats!"

Earl Blunenauer says, "The financial hits will be felt in small town America where the population base can not fill in the gaps with donations."

Barbara Boxer is up now...

She says, "These cuts will insure a deficit of education for our young."

More details as they come!
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/06/cpbs_kenneth_to.html#comments

They want to sneak this through while we're all on our summer vacations! The schools are on break and the teacher's unions have no time to organize.

If you care about society, then you have to care about this very basic education.

So much for "no child left behind" when statistics show kids who watch sesame street are better prepared than those who don't!