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[Townsend]

Hmm?  It's almost half a billion in grants to a television network that has shown it is capable of supporting itself through private donations and grants.
I love PBS, but with a $1.1 trillion dollar budget deficit that had more than doubled over the past 3 years, a whole bunch of things need to be cut.

Might stop cutting things that educate and feed children.  Maybe cut things that harm.

[Hoss]

Might stop cutting things that educate and feed children.  Maybe cut things that harm.

Education, to right wingers, IS harming...didn't you know that?

[nathanm]

Hmm?  It's almost half a billion in grants to a television network that has shown it is capable of supporting itself through private donations and grants. I love PBS, but with a $1.1 trillion dollar budget deficit that had more than doubled over the past 3 years, a whole bunch of things need to be cut.

You do realize that most of the funding for CPB pays for the TV stations, not for programming, which is largely self supporting? Bye bye OETA.

we're headed the way of ... Spain and all of the other countries that felt they could just keep spending, borrowing, and squeezing the producers to feed the hive.

And you prove once again that your head is up your donkey. Before the financial crisis, Spain's financial position was far better than ours. It's too bad Romney shares your lack of knowledge regarding the rest of the world.

[Red Arrow]

Too much reality for you?

No.  Are you familiar with the story about "the boy who cried wolf"?  You are that person, a bit older perhaps.

[Red Arrow]

Still being obtuse.  If you actually applied this methodology to your engineering, you would never get anything designed, produced and into the field...

If you are as careless in your engineering as you are on this forum, it's a wonder you can find a job as an engineer.  Enough of the personal insults already.

[heironymouspasparagus]

I love PBS, but with a $1.1 trillion dollar budget deficit that had more than doubled over the past 3 years, a whole bunch of things need to be cut.

You say you love it, may well even have watched some of these shows growing up.  Just wonder how you missed the parts about not telling blatant lies?  Especially when you know they are lies.  If you will lie about this deficit stuff, just wonder what you will tell your customers?

And yes, you do know the deficits have been going down for the last 3 years.

[Red Arrow]

And yes, you do know the deficits have been going down for the last 3 years.

Everything is downhill when you are standing on the peak of Mt Everest.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Everything is downhill when you are standing on the peak of Mt Everest.

True. 

Bad place to be.  Glad we have come back at least this far from it.  Now only another trillion to go....

[Red Arrow]

Bad place to be.  Glad we have come back at least this far from it.  Now only another trillion to go....

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2013/assets/hist.pdf

Go to the bottom of page 22 and top of page 23

[Conan71]

I don't care what all they cut with one exception: I just want them to pay for Sandra Fluke's rubbers so she can't procreate.

[guido911]

I don't care what all they cut with one exception: I just want them to pay for Sandra Fluke's rubbers so she can't procreate.

Thanks for THAT image!!!

[heironymouspasparagus]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2013/assets/hist.pdf

Go to the bottom of page 22 and top of page 23

You gotta be kidding me, right??  You somehow think that a budget equates to actual debt numbers??

Geez.... get into some reality.  Here is some reality;
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm

I realize you want to be contrarian, but there is a difference between that and being petulant. 

[Conan71]

You gotta be kidding me, right??  You somehow think that a budget equates to actual debt numbers??

Geez.... get into some reality.  Here is some reality;
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm

I realize you want to be contrarian, but there is a difference between that and being petulant. 

Uh, yeah it does.  How do you think debt is created?  It's when you over-spend your income and borrow money to make up the shortfall.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Uh, yeah it does.  How do you think debt is created?  It's when you over-spend your income and borrow money to make up the shortfall.

Actually, no, it doesn't.  A budget is only a wish list.  A budget - especially a Presidential office budget - can say/be anything anyone wants it to say/do.  Means nothing until the spending bills are passed.

The spending and actual debt is only created/eliminated when Congress - specifically the House of Representatives - initiates a bill, both houses pass it, and the President signs it.  THEN an indebtedness accrues. 

[Townsend]

I don't care what all they cut with one exception: I just want them to pay for Sandra Fluke's rubbers so she can't procreate.

I listened to her in an interview. An intelligent woman with well thought out ideas and arguments.

It's too bad you can just write her off because Limbaugh decided to go loon again.