NPR uses your tax dollars so you can "Learn to Speak Tea Bag"

Washington Examiner ^ | 1/4/10 | MARK HEMINGWAY

[FromLori]

Let me get this straight, the suits at NPR (and by "suits" I mean ponytails-and-Birkenstocks) have pressured their commentators Juan Williams and Mara Liasson over appearences on Fox News because they think it damages NPR's credibility. And yet, they think that using your tax dollars for content such as "Learn to Speak Tea Bag" is perfectly ok. Huh.

[VeniVidiVici]

Better the Teabagger than the Teabaggee.

[Seven plus One]

NPR actually is state-run media, and as such, 'credibility' actually means 'ideological purity' in dem-speak. I followed the link to NPR's site and watched their nasty little video. It's what I would expect from those pinheads. Their smugness comes from knowing that we have to pay for it. One of these days...

[RussP]

That’s funny. I always thought that having Juan and Mara on Fox News gave NPR a shred of credibility. Not that I agree with them most of the time, but at least they aren’t loony liberals.

[PALIN SMITH]

When we take over Congress the first thing we do is defund NPR!!

[dead]

People who listen to NPR LOVE to tell you that they listen to NPR.

I think they believe they will impress others with their sophistication, but it generally just reveals them as kneejerk liberal saps parading around like foppish intellectual dandies.

If you ever learned anything from NPR, it was probably wrong.

[FromLori]

And ACORN!

[SantosLHalper]

People who listen to NPR LOVE to tell you that they listen to NPR.

Bingo!

I had a co-worker who would actually get a smug look on his face when talking about something he'd heard on NPR.

Not
Particularly
Reliable

[KTM rider]

This is a classic fascist political tactic to caricaturize and demonize the “enemy” , in order to foment public hatred

[Drango]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120344047

485+ comments. NPR is being savaged and the left is rather silent. Register and let ‘em know what you think. It takes less than 30 seconds.

And please pass the NPR link over to your congress critter so they can think about what they are funding..

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Also, if you scroll down to the 'comments' section, the phone number of the NPR Obudswomyn is listed. I just called and left a brief, pointed message.
Why not let them come to work in the morning and find thousands of indignant responses to their nasty little act of defamation?!
What's ironic is how often and carelessly the Left used the word 'Nazi' to depict President Bush.
Now it's impolite to use it. I know this because I listen to NPR. {sarc. OFF}

[dead]

Bump. You're right. It took about 10 seconds to register, then I had the pleasure of savaging them on their own site. I paid for it, I may as well use it!

Here's my comments from the site:

Jo Jo (JojoShaba) wrote:
Wow, that was lame, even for something produced by a government-run operation. The level of sophistication and insight in this political piece rivals something you'd find on a redneck comedy tour. This difference is that the redneck comedians aren't on the public dole. They succeed in a competitive free market. My tax dollars have to fund juvenile pap like this, complete with the homophobic references? Remember when political humor came from the likes of Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, or Will Rogers? Would NPR be proud to present this alongside those examples of political humor? Defund this useless, biased government operation. If you just can't let the people who earn their money keep it, at least give the loot to the hungry, rather than intellectual midgets with passable Flash skills.