Why yes. Actually if you won't turn me into the Free Republic thought police, I will confess that I listen to NPR sometimes when I commute to work and Rush isn't on.
NPR had a Talk of the Nation special on how terrible things were in Tennessee. They interviewed a single mom manager of a state office who had 3 other single mom's in the same office that was being furloughed (sp?). She lamented about how this was going to put all of them in a bind!
Actually, NPR went on to state that Tennessee had significant financial problems doing the boom times when others states were socking away money in rainy-day funds and adjusting revenues(i.e. taxes) and expenditures. NPR made it sound "unfair" that Tennesse had such bad luck. But they also said that it was of their own doing and had they gotten things in line in the past they wouldn't be in such despirate straights now.
OK I will say it and hopefully not get flamed. I go between wanting to take out my .357 Magnum and shoot the radio after I listen to an NPR program to agreeing with the comentattor. While I sense a real liberal bias, they seem lately to be trying to partially balance things. Just the other day, they had a cowboy poet talking about God & Country and patriotism! Other times they bring on folks to ridicule the Predge of Allegence. I can never tell whether a story will be worthwhile or just stupid!