Help save NPR and PBS

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Ack - pet peeve here - If you really like the stuff you see and hear on th public networks, don't sign some lame online petition - SEND THEM MONEY AND SUBSCRIBE!

Is it ok with you if we do both?

The organizers of the petition are going to put it before Congress. It is not another lame online petition. It DOES count.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Is it ok with you if we do both?

The organizers of the petition are going to put it before Congress. It is not another lame online petition. It DOES count.

Sorry, I still think petitions are a waste of time - send a personal letter to your congressman, or call their office if you want to make an impact.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Sorry, I still think petitions are a waste of time - send a personal letter to your congressman, or call their office if you want to make an impact.

Which is what the followup email to the peitition (if you signed it) urged people to do.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I rec'd an email from them:

As far as we know, this is the most Americans to ever sign a petition in a single week, and it's one of the larger petitions in recent U.S. history—over 1 million people! On Tuesday in front of the Capitol dome, we stacked box upon box of your signatures and comments—more than 60,000 pages—as members of Congress and children's advocates spoke in defense of NPR and PBS. PBS children's characters Clifford the Big Red Dog, Maya and Miguel, Leona the Lion, and lots of kids reminded Congress what's at stake.

The event was swarming with press, and the story is getting lots of great news coverage. You've helped to raise the profile of this issue and increase public pressure on Congress.

Our representatives have seen how many of us there are, but now they need to hear from us directly. Before this week's vote, can you call Rep. Cox?

More coverage: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...html?r=756&t=3

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

If you can afford it, send them money. If you can't, do what you can do, even if it's signing a petition. If someone is going to Washington to actually lobby the issue, the petition will be helpful.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

If you can afford it, send them money. If you can't, do what you can do, even if it's signing a petition. If someone is going to Washington to actually lobby the issue, the petition will be helpful.

I prefer surrounding your congressman's car in front of his house with an unruley mob dressed in Halloween costumes. But that's just me - Ah the days of the NEA4...

[BarTopDancer]

WOOHOO!

WASHINGTON - Big Bird and National Public Radio won a reprieve Thursday as the House restored $100 million that had been proposed as a budget cut for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The 284-140 vote demonstrated the enduring political strength of public broadcasting, whose supporters rallied behind popular programs such as "Sesame Street," "Postcards From Buster" and "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer."

The Public Broadcasting Service undertook a high-profile campaign to rescind the proposed cut. Lawmakers were flooded with letters and phone calls.

[wendybeth]

Yeah!!! It sucks that they were even considering the cuts, but it's great that they didn't push them through anyway!

[Ghoulish Delight]

There are still some cuts in there, but not nearly as deep. It remains to be seen if all of the cuts are eliminated or not.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I prefer surrounding your congressman's car in front of his house with an unruley mob dressed in Halloween costumes. But that's just me - Ah the days of the NEA4...

Ahhhh, the look on poor Dana Rohrbacher's face.