01-08-2011, 01:17 AM
Anytime you bring up NPR funding, people pull out the usual red herring that you want NPR to go away. You can't be singing the praise of NPR and what wonderful programming they have and then say they can's support themselves. Last month I subscribed to Sirius. I pay 15 bucks a month and don't take shit from anyone. Congress can cut their funding all they want. In fact, if there was a case to be made for public funding, satellite radio makes much more sense. The diversity of programming is astounding. Why should Sirius beat the pavement everyday and NPR get a check in the mail by calling couple of congressmen?