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"Million Muppet March" planned to defend U.S. backing for PBS
Reuters ^
| October 12, 2012
| Daneil Trotta
Posted on 10/12/2012 6:44:30 PM PDT by cruise_missile
(Reuters) - Plans to save Big Bird, the fuzzy yellow character on U.S. public television's "Sesame Street," from possible extinction are taking shape in the form of a puppet-based protest next month dubbed the "Million Muppet March."
The demonstration is planned for November 3 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., three days before the general election.
Before the presidential debate between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney had concluded on October 3, two men who had never met each floated the Million Muppet March idea on social media. They immediately united to defend public broadcasting.
Romney pledged during the debate to end the U.S. federal government's subsidy for the Public Broadcasting Service despite his professed love for Big Bird, one of the characters on PBS's 43-year-old children's educational program "Sesame Street," which features the Muppets.
Michael Bellavia, 43, an animation executive from Los Angeles, and Chris Mecham, 46, a university student in Idaho, separately came up with the Million Muppet March idea in response.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bigbird; commies; corporatewelfare; march; muppets; pbs; reddiaperdoperbabies
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To: cruise_missile
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Me? Work? HA!
To: cruise_missile
What’s a muppett, a hair lip puppet?
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posted on
10/12/2012 7:08:24 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: cruise_missile
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posted on
10/12/2012 7:09:08 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: cruise_missile
"Million Muppet March." The grand total will wind up being about 15 Code Pink hags, with their vagina costumes and red wigs.
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posted on
10/12/2012 7:10:56 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: cruise_missile
Occupy Sesame Street.
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posted on
10/12/2012 7:10:58 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
To: psjones
Oh, I checked more than once. I couldn’t even laugh, due to how dumbfounded I was.
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posted on
10/12/2012 7:12:37 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: cruise_missile
WIll they actually be giving their own money voluntarily?
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posted on
10/12/2012 7:13:48 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: cruise_missile
Hmmm... I thought they said they get/need little funding from the guv. I guess they lied about that. Or they would show how independent they can be. I see how much they are being syndicated.../sarc on last statement..lol.
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posted on
10/12/2012 7:14:10 PM PDT
by
NCDave
(AKA, "That idiot over there")
To: KarlInOhio
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10/12/2012 7:14:30 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: cruise_missile
Von, von trillion, two, two trillion ... can ve count to seventeen trillion dollars, children?
To: KarlInOhio
That pepper spray image is awesome
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10/12/2012 7:16:32 PM PDT
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GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: cruise_missile
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posted on
10/12/2012 7:18:20 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
To: cruise_missile
The Dems are going to trot out the children. It’s for the children. Each participant will receive a special commeneration picture of the President and his wife with Big Bird.
To: ETL
To: KarlInOhio
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10/12/2012 7:24:19 PM PDT
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ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: KarlInOhio
To: cruise_missile
The ME is afire, we are facing the largest tax increase in history, and the military buget will be gutted putting hundreds of thousands of high paying employees out of work, and all the RAT party can worry about is SAVING BIG BIRD?
This is a pretty sick political party and a fairly sick country at this stage.
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10/12/2012 7:35:08 PM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: cruise_missile
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posted on
10/12/2012 7:35:33 PM PDT
by
dead
(It ain't over until the phone lady sings.)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
10/12/2012 7:36:15 PM PDT
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ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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10/12/2012 7:45:12 PM PDT
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ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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