You've
Heard About This, Right?
 House
Republicans, who somehow magically believe that
all of Washington must now do their
dire bidding, have decided to help close the
trillion dollar budget gap, which they themselves
caused,
by eliminating the National Endowment for the
Arts,
the National
Endowment for the Humanities, and the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting.
Actually, those three foundations are just three
of a long wish list of social programs conservatives
would lovvvvvve to crush. Like Energy Star, Amtrak, Family
Planning, Weatherization Grants, and Beach Replenishment.
On the good side they want to get rid of mohair
subsidies. So there's that.
This bit of GOP fantasy
is called the Spending Reduction Act of 2011
which, considering the usual way Republicans name their bills
(I.E. The Clear Skies Initiative),
means it has nothing to do with deficit reduction whatsoever.
Today's cartoon specifically concerns the $455
million dollars the GOP wants to axe from
the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting, the fine folks responsible
for such Marxist doctrinaire as This Old House,
NOVA, Car Talk, This American Life and Masterpiece
Theatre.
Do you know how
much it costs you, as an individual, per year,
to support
the
Corporation
for Public
Broadcasting?
$1.67.
That's all. Less than a cup of coffee, and yet
the GOP is pretending that cutting this relative
drop
in
the bucket
will
somehow help balance a trillion-dollar shortfall.
Public Broadcasting has been responsible for
an amazing array of programs we'd have never
seen had it not been for its foresight. Programs
like Nature, Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood,
Mystery, Carl
Sagan's
Cosmos, and Monty Python.
Monty Python!!
In fact, if it hadn't
been for PBS all of the Monty Python tapes would
have been destroyed and lost forever long before
their American debut on KERA right here in Dallas
fucking Texas, bitchez! We would have consequently
missed the delights of the Knights of Ni, the
life of
Brian,
and one very angry hotel owner in Torquay.
Yes, we need to tighten our belts but let's please start
with defense first as that noxious, pointless beast drains
each man, woman and child in this country of $2000 each and
every year. I guarantee
you,
even
if we cut it by half the Chinese are not going to be on our
doorstep anytime soon.
=Lefty=
PS, I subtly altered this comic from its original
version because too many viewers don't remember that
Kermit the Frog
was one of the primary muppets in the early days of
Sesame Street. Although to most adults Elmo has all the appeal
of fingernails on a blackboard he at least
has
name recognition.
But so, too, does good old Charlie Manson.
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