For an interesting take on NPR funding you should check out this planet money podcast.
After listening to the podcast continue reading:
One thing not discussed in great detail is whether or not you want to be a consumer receiving the benefit of wonderful broadcasting or whether you would rather be the product that NPR is pedaling [...]
I have been in a huge debate with a co-worker about the merits of NPR and public broadcasting. What can I say, I love NPR even though I thought I was a conservative, which apparently is not compatible.
Why do I love NPR? No commercials. Common Sense. Humor. Very little news about Charlie [...]
So, apparently the federal government is regulating Credit Card businesses more strictly. We used to get 30 days between our cycle date and our payment due date, now we get 25 days as mandated by the federal government. Thank you, Obama, oh and thanks for making my payment late, because I didn’t notice the [...]
Today I heard about the report being released regarding the decisions made to use certain types of interrogation techniques by the justice department and other senior civilian officials in the U.S. Government.
I have a question: How did the justice department determine that water-boarding was not torture?
The media simply tells us that they made a recommendation [...]
Yesterday I had a trivia question about Fort Knox. We all thought it was in Tennessee, turns out it’s in Kentucky. Anyway we went to wikipedia to check it out. According to wikipedia there is about 4603 tonnes of gold stored at Fort Knox, but it isn’t the largest reserve of gold [...]
This morning on NPR I heard a piece of one of the Big 3 Auto Execs testimonies in front of congress. He told congress that they need 25 billion dollars because there was no way they could have predicted the current economic situation. While I agree with this statement, I would offer up the [...]
Voter turnout in New Mexico was 41% before election day ever made it here. I expect total turnout will be pretty high, but with that many people having already cast their ballots it only took me 15 minutes to vote this morning. If I had been in either of the other two precincts [...]
It greatly disturbs me when a politician (like Obama or Tom Udall) talk about “sharing the wealth.” I don’t believe that it is government’s place to take money from the wealthy and redistribute to the poor. While, there are some exceptions most people with great wealth worked very hard to get it. [...]
Maybe I said this already but nobody really reads this blog anyway so I can repeat myself if it makes me feel better.
We have a debt driven economy and that is the fundamental problem with the economy. Years ago a business would save money for hard times, they would draw from their savings during [...]
Who is Theora, you ask? If you watched the debate last night she posed the Internet question 28 minutes into the debate. She asked, “What sacrifices will you ask every American to make?”
Ever since I watched “The War” on PBS, I have wondered this same thing. American’s supported the Second World War because [...]
