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RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
October 23, 2010 at 6:19 pm
(October 23, 2010 at 5:05 pm)orogenicman Wrote: [quote= Quote:97% of NPR's funding comes from private donations from all over the country.
That's all well and good, as long as none of our tax money is helping to support it.
Quote:All of Fox News' funding comes from - Rupert Murdock.
...and none of Fox News' funding comes from the taxpayers.
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RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
October 23, 2010 at 10:35 pm
(October 23, 2010 at 6:19 pm)A Theist Wrote: (October 23, 2010 at 5:05 pm)orogenicman Wrote: [quote= Quote:97% of NPR's funding comes from private donations from all over the country.
That's all well and good, as long as none of our tax money is helping to support it.
Quote:All of Fox News' funding comes from - Rupert Murdock.
...and none of Fox News' funding comes from the taxpayers.
http://www.jedreport.com/2010/10/its-tim...undin.html
Quote:Fox News doesn't receive any direct funding from the federal government. But neither does NPR. Yes, you read that right: NPR gets absolutely no direct federal funding. Zilch, nada, zippo.
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RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
October 24, 2010 at 7:13 am
(October 23, 2010 at 10:35 pm)orogenicman Wrote: (October 23, 2010 at 6:19 pm)A Theist Wrote: (October 23, 2010 at 5:05 pm)orogenicman Wrote: [quote= Quote:97% of NPR's funding comes from private donations from all over the country.
That's all well and good, as long as none of our tax money is helping to support it.
Quote:All of Fox News' funding comes from - Rupert Murdock.
...and none of Fox News' funding comes from the taxpayers.
http://www.jedreport.com/2010/10/its-tim...undin.html
Quote:Fox News doesn't receive any direct funding from the federal government. But neither does NPR. Yes, you read that right: NPR gets absolutely no direct federal funding. Zilch, nada, zippo. Oh come on! That's absolute Bull! NPR is still on the receiving end of taxpayers support. When taxpayer supported public broadcasting espouses an intolerant agenda that does not allow for open debate, then federal dollars should be cut off. All federal taxpayer funding, direct or indirect, should not be flowing to NPR.
Quote:Fox News doesn't receive any direct funding from the federal government.
...unlike NPR, Fox News doesn't receive federal taxpayers support of any kind, direct or indirect, as also stated by the "Jed Report"...
"It makes as much sense as my proposal to ban federal funding for Fox News. Which, for the record, was a proposal made in jest. I really don't care if federal funding for Fox is banned. Because there isn't any."
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RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
October 24, 2010 at 8:56 am
Quote:But the bottom-line is that NPR receives no direct federal funding. In other words, when Huckabee and Palin call for eliminating direct federal funding of NPR, they are howling at the moon
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
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RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
October 24, 2010 at 9:07 am
(October 24, 2010 at 8:56 am)orogenicman Wrote: Quote:But the bottom-line is that NPR receives no direct federal funding. In other words, when Huckabee and Palin call for eliminating direct federal funding of NPR, they are howling at the moon Quote:Oh come on! That's absolute Bull! NPR is still on the receiving end of taxpayers support.
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RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
October 24, 2010 at 9:21 am
(October 24, 2010 at 9:07 am)A Theist Wrote: (October 24, 2010 at 8:56 am)orogenicman Wrote: Quote:But the bottom-line is that NPR receives no direct federal funding. In other words, when Huckabee and Palin call for eliminating direct federal funding of NPR, they are howling at the moon Quote:Oh come on! That's absolute Bull! NPR is still on the receiving end of taxpayers support.
That's your claim. Of course, you can prove it, right? And even IF they are, so friggin what? I think they are more representative of the American people than broadcasters like Faux News will ever be.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
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RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
October 24, 2010 at 1:19 pm
(October 24, 2010 at 9:21 am)orogenicman Wrote: (October 24, 2010 at 9:07 am)A Theist Wrote: (October 24, 2010 at 8:56 am)orogenicman Wrote: Quote:But the bottom-line is that NPR receives no direct federal funding. In other words, when Huckabee and Palin call for eliminating direct federal funding of NPR, they are howling at the moon Quote:Oh come on! That's absolute Bull! NPR is still on the receiving end of taxpayers support.
That's your claim. Of course, you can prove it, right? And even IF they are, so friggin what? I think they are more representative of the American people than broadcasters like Faux News will ever be. Quote: I think they are more representative of the American people...
LOL!!!
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RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
October 24, 2010 at 2:48 pm
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm by orogenicman.)
(October 24, 2010 at 1:19 pm)A Theist Wrote: (October 24, 2010 at 9:21 am)orogenicman Wrote: (October 24, 2010 at 9:07 am)A Theist Wrote: (October 24, 2010 at 8:56 am)orogenicman Wrote: Quote:But the bottom-line is that NPR receives no direct federal funding. In other words, when Huckabee and Palin call for eliminating direct federal funding of NPR, they are howling at the moon Quote:Oh come on! That's absolute Bull! NPR is still on the receiving end of taxpayers support.
That's your claim. Of course, you can prove it, right? And even IF they are, so friggin what? I think they are more representative of the American people than broadcasters like Faux News will ever be. Quote: I think they are more representative of the American people...
LOL!!!
Conservatives have always been a minority in this country, dude. If it wasn't for crossover votes, they'd never win in national elections. But of course, none of this has anything to do with science and mathematics, now, does it. So perhaps the moderators should move this thread to a more appropriate venue, eh?
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
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RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
October 24, 2010 at 3:55 pm
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2010 at 3:56 pm by A Theist.)
(October 24, 2010 at 2:48 pm)orogenicman Wrote: (October 24, 2010 at 1:19 pm)A Theist Wrote: (October 24, 2010 at 9:21 am)orogenicman Wrote: (October 24, 2010 at 9:07 am)A Theist Wrote: (October 24, 2010 at 8:56 am)orogenicman Wrote: Quote:Oh come on! That's absolute Bull! NPR is still on the receiving end of taxpayers support.
That's your claim. Of course, you can prove it, right? And even IF they are, so friggin what? I think they are more representative of the American people than broadcasters like Faux News will ever be. Quote: I think they are more representative of the American people...
LOL!!!
Quote:Conservatives have always been a minority in this country, dude.
If it wasn't for crossover votes, they'd never win in national elections. But of course, none of this has anything to do with science and mathematics, now, does it. So perhaps the moderators should move this thread to a more appropriate venue, eh? Quote:Conservatives have always been a minority in this country, dude.
...dude, no way. Liberals are the minority in this country. If it weren't for the independent vote, neither party would ever win national elections. Democrats are going to get slaughtered at the polls in November. Many state elections will also go to the Republicans.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/120857/conser...group.aspx
Quote: But of course, none of this has anything to do with science and mathematics,...
...
read my post #3...
Quote:Oops, sorry. I meant to start this thread in "Politics and History".
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RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
October 24, 2010 at 4:33 pm
(October 23, 2010 at 9:34 am)A Theist Wrote: Megan Kelly rips into muslim activist, Ibrahim Hooper of "CAIR", over its role in NPR's firing of Juan Williams...
I can't believe I agree with Fox. But Ibrahim Hooper is a piece of shit.
He took a section out of context, used the O'Reilly's show as a litmus test of racism (it's idiotic to use merely the existence of the show as a reason for racism - you judge the words, dumbass) and then was justifying "We have a right to react".
And I have a right to say fuck you to Muslims. But that doesn't mean I go waltzing down the street doing that.
You cannot have a dialogue while having people fired for voicing their honest opinions while examining why those opinions are that way.
That's like firing someone for admitting that they get nervous when they get surrounded by black people - emotions aren't logical. By definition.
Judging someone on their emotions is mind control, thought crime.
You judge their actions taken.
Fuck NPR.
Fuck Fox.
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