From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V5 #149 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Wednesday, June 15 2005 Volume 05 : Number 149 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] new ascorbic acidy pop [rlewis@nethere.com (Russ Lewis)] [loud-fans] no NPR or PBS? [A52boy@aol.com] Re: [loud-fans] no NPR or PBS? [JRT456@aol.com] Re: [loud-fans] no NPR or PBS? [Jeff ] Re: [loud-fans] no NPR or PBS? [Michael Mitton ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:51:08 -0700 From: rlewis@nethere.com (Russ Lewis) Subject: [loud-fans] new ascorbic acidy pop << Play this record on a clear summer morning with the top down in your Day-Glo '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible after drinking two cappuccinos. - - --Mark >> Only two? Pussy. - --R.L. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:58:40 EDT From: A52boy@aol.com Subject: [loud-fans] no NPR or PBS? I know the list steers away from politics most of the time, but keeping NPR and PBS are things I would think almost all Loudfans would want. If we lose them, then it's a new media dark age. Please sign the petition. It may not help, but it certainly won't hurt. PBS is a staple for teachers and NPR gives us "The World" and "World Cafe," which is fantastic. Though I'm not sure I like Cookie Monster singing about cookies being a "sometimes food" nowadays (it just seems weird), I certainly don't want him to go away. There's something sinister and partisan going on here. It's getting scarier and scarier. - --Mark A House panel has voted to eliminate all public funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street." This would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting. NPR and PBS are under attack, but Americans trust them over the commercial networks. Sign the petition to save NPR, PBS and our local public stations from losing their funding. (http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?id=5663-601765-4u4vcVcm9S2pPRR5lsV o8Q&t=1) Dear MoveOn member, 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 the footnotes if you don't believe us.) 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. Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS: _http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?id=5663-601765-4u4vcVcm9S2pPRR5lsV o 8Q&t=3_ (http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?id=5663-601765-4u4vcVcm9S2pPRR5lsV o8Q&t=3) If we can reach 250,000 signatures by the end of the week, we'll put Congress on notice. After you sign the petition, please pass this message along to any friends, neighbors or co-workers who count on NPR and PBS. The cuts would slash 25% of the federal funding this yearb$100 millionband end funding altogether within two years.1 In particular, the loss could kill beloved children's shows like "Sesame Street," "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. This shameful vote is only the latest partisan assault on public TV and radio. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which exists to shield public TV and radio from political pressure, is now chaired by Kenneth Tomlinson, a staunch Republican close to the White House. Tomlinson has already forced one-sided conservative programs on the air, even though Tomlinson's own surveys show that most people consider NPR "fair and balanced" and they actually trust public broadcasting more than commercial network news.2 Tomlinson also spent taxpayer dollars on a witch hunt to root out "liberal bias," including a secret investigation of Bill Moyers and PBS' popular investigative show, "NOW." Even though the public paid for the investigation, Tomlinson has refused to release the findings.3 The lawmakers who proposed the cuts aren't just trying to save money in the budgetbthey're trying to decimate any news outlets who question those in power. This is an ideological attack on our free press. Talk about bad timing. Every day brings another story about media consolidation. Radio, TV stations and newspapers are increasingly controlled by a few massive corporate conglomerates trying to maximize profits at the expense of quality journalism. Now more than ever, we need publicly funded media who will ask hard questions and focus on stories that affect real people, instead of Michael Jackson and the runaway bride. As the House and Senate consider this frightening effort to kill public broadcasting, they need to hear from its ownersbyou. _http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasti ng/?id=5663-601765-4u4vcVcm9S2pPRR5lsVo8Q&t=4_ (http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?id=5663-601765-4u4vcVcm9S2pPRR5lsV o8Q&t=4) Thank you for all you do, bNoah, Wes, Jennifer, Eli and the MoveOn.org Team Tuesday, June 14th, 2005 P.S. You can learn more about the threat to public broadcasting from our friends at Free Press at: _http://www.moveon.org/r?r=748_ (http://www.moveon.org/r?r=748) Sources: 1. "Public Broadcasting Targeted By House," Washington Post, June 10, 2005 _http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745_ (http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745) 2. "CPB's 'Secrets and Lies': Why the CPB Board Hid its Polls Revealing Broad Public Support for PBS and NPR," Center for Digital Democracy, April 27, 2005 _http://www.moveon.org/r?r=746_ (http://www.moveon.org/r?r=746) 3. "Republican Chairman Exerts Pressure on PBS, Alleging Biases," New York Times, May 2, 2005 _http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0502-01.htm_ (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0502-01.htm) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:00:42 EDT From: JRT456@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] no NPR or PBS? In a message dated 6/14/05 2:16:12 PM, A52boy@aol.com writes: > I know the list steers away from politics most of the time, but keeping NPR > and PBS are things I would think almost all Loudfans would want. > And yet the Illuminati remain as well-funded as ever. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:44:12 -0500 From: Jeff Subject: Re: [loud-fans] no NPR or PBS? On 6/14/05, A52boy@aol.com wrote: > I know the list steers away from politics most of the time It does? Oops... - -- ...Jeff The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:03:21 -0700 From: Michael Mitton Subject: Re: [loud-fans] no NPR or PBS? I used to have regular meetings at ASCAP's headquarters, which were always dreadfully boring--both the meetings and the offices. The only bright spot, literally, of walking into that building was that Sesame Street is a few floors below ASCAP, and when the elevator doors opened on their floor, you saw bright primary colors, and all the favorite characters. Then every time I got to ASCAP's floor, I'd cross my fingers hoping they'd decided to paint on cartoons of Irving Berlin and Dr. Dre. IIRC, I actually got off-white. mm ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V5 #149 *******************************