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kaygore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:51 PM Original message |
VOTE: Should Your Tax Money Support PBS? |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. So far, the Ayes have it. |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. High Quality Cable TV Shows?? |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Sure...like pro wrestling |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Hey, don't forget 'Night of Love" with Tia Tequila |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Back in the 1980s, the Reaganites pointed to the existence of |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I Watch Discovery On Occasion |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. That was part of its transition to "mean and dumb" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
50. Evidently, A&E was bought out recently or is under threat of that change? |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 03:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. I watch PBS every night . There are very few shows |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Battlestar Galactica |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. I nearly choked when I read that |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Mine either... |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. PBS is about the only truthful channel there is. Good heavens, don't take it all away from us. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Probably... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Wingnuts think PBS leans to the left. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. the right of center is left to where the wingnuts are. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
51. Right . . . |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. not as long as the Board of Directors are republicons. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. The republicans should be working on that nasty CSPAN |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. They have been working on C-span . . . it was destroyed when the |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Let me also add that the censors are very busy at PBS with "In the Life" being |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Frontline? Wide Angle? Independent Lens? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. The question is . . . is PBS what it should be ---? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Alternatives? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Turn off your TV --- that's the best alternative . . . read a book -- |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Being informed is part of being a Democrat |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Well, consider that "knowing what is going on" .... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. NPR & PBS are as good a source as any |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Laughing . . . |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. You're lying now |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Well, if you haven't heard it . . . maybe you better think about that --- |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. See ya |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Promise . . . !!! |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. Well, the comments are *interesting* ... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. Along with the programs you mentioned in your OP, I also |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. Unfortunately, PBS in NC is one long commercial about NC |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's actually run by a private r-w coporation: The Corp for Public Broadcasting . . . |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
17. Repubs don't believe in the concept of the commons. |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. Voted ... |
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Agony (865 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. Folks, WE need to drag Pentagon Broadcasting System along the road |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Welcome to DU. n/t |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
20. Yeah, cut 'em off at the purse... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
21. Our taxes shouldn't support GOP ideologues. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Yes, but tax money allows some taxpayer oversight, unlike commercial television |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Complaints were filed against Tomlinson! |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. I agree... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. Yes 77% with 42750 votes, no with 13034 votes. |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. Done. YES! |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
29. Wow! 77% say yes! |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. yes, as long as |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. I totally support PBS. But not all PBS stations are that great |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. Absolutely.. |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yes!!! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
42. NO...and not as long as long as the Corporation For Public Broadcasting continues to lead the... |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
43. Not many can afford cable |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. sweet jesus, yes! it's the best stuff on TV outside of CSPAN. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yes. It is still at 77% yes. |
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