PBS Lethal Injection Decision tomorrow, ACT TODAY!

[luaptifer]

despite the conclusion of a poster on another current thread, i STILL believe that little is better than NONE.

the CONs have the upper hand now and its gonna leave us with an emasculated voice, if any at all. what will you do then?!

please sign the petition linked below AND recommend my dKos diary so it'll ride high for other kossacks to see late this afternoon.

be a progressive with male or female cojones and act to save one of the few not-entirely-bought national media voices.

PBS Lethal Injection Tomorrow: Act NOW!
by luaptifer
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Wed Jun 15th, 2005 at 12:50:27 EDT

i'da thunk i'd see several diaries on the topic but unless the search engine here is really bad...

We all know the cinch is drawn tight round the collective scrota (and ovaries) of PBS but it's still only NPR's radio frequency voice that i can get AND bear on a nationwide basis.

despite the already-evident squeeze, it's only going to worsen as the CONs prepare to yank the garrot and finish the job. Please deny them. Call, email, sign petitions, tell those with still a functional brain that it's time to MOVE YOUR ASS!

Dear MoveOn member,

In less than a day, we've blown past our goal--more than 300,000 of us have signed the petition to save NPR and PBS from losing public funding. This is huge, but we need your help.

Tomorrow, the House Appropriations Committee will decide whether to approve these severe cuts to NPR and PBS. We can stop the cuts--and save public TV and radio--with a strong show of public outrage. We'll report to the committee members on our petition before they vote.

Can you help us reach 400,000 signers by the end of the day?

http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/

Once you've signed the petition, please pass it along to friends, family and neighbors who count on NPR and PBS. You can use the note below.

Thank you for all you do,

-Noah, Joan, Rosalyn, and the MoveOn.org Team
Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

P.S. Here's a note to send your friends:

Hi,

You know that email petition that keeps circulating about how Congress is slashing funding for NPR and PBS? Well, now it's actually true. (Really. Check at the bottom if you don't believe me.)

Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS:

http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?t=2

A House panel has voted to eliminate all public funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," and other commercial-free children's shows. If approved, this would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting, threatening to pull the plug on Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch.

The cuts would slash 25% of the federal funding this year--$100 million--and end funding altogether within two years. The loss could kill beloved children's shows like "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Arthur," and "Postcards from Buster." Rural stations and those serving low-income communities might not survive. Other stations would have to increase corporate sponsorships.

The next vote on the cuts will take place tomorrow (Thursday). Help us reach 400,000 signatures to be delivered to the committee members.

http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?t=3

Thanks!

P.S. Read the Washington Post report on the threat to NPR and PBS at:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745

and, please, if this has already been posted, forgive my caffeine-insufficiency.

but MOVE anyhow!

[Don Claybrook]

1. Do you suppose that, as a result of this

NPR will, in its remaining time, start to report the unvarnished truth once again? If they're on the chopping block anyway, screw it, they may as well get back at the pigs they kowtowed to. It could make for interesting reporting.

[n2doc]

2. nope

They'll be angling for jobs at MSRNC, RNN and Faux...

[helderheid]

3. DONE!