– Chicago Sun-Times television critic Lori Rackl, in her column on the GOP Presidential candidate's declaration during Wednesday's debate that in a Mitt Romney administration, Big Bird would be a critically endangered species – all to save the federal treasury. Rackl reports that the savings from axing the Public Broadcasting Service's entire subsidy (not just BB) would be "$445 million ... about 1/100 of 1 percent of the federal budget." Hence the quote above, and our pause to recall a time when bipartisan arithmetic led to consensus that Sesame Street (prior posts) is a societal plus. (credit for 1970 photo of 1st Lady Pat Nixon welcoming Big Bird to the White House)'That’s like me saying I’m going to lose weight by trimming my nails.'
Friday, October 5, 2012
'Nuff said
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'Nuff said,
2012 elections,
children,
culture,
DMA,
education,
Mitt Romney,
Pat Nixon
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