House votes to defund NPR

[Sho]

The Weiner clip is brilliant, made my day yesterday when I saw it.

and fucking lol @ Sesame Street being too liberal now.. as long as Bert and Ernie are still in the closet its not in any way liberal.

The only complaint you can really make about Sesame Street these days is its no where near as honest as it was back in the day. There's no shit like Big Bird learning about Mr Hooper's death and there hasn't been for 20+ years.

This is the topic post I have been waiting for! Agree 100% on all points. /monocle to you good sir.

[notorious bum]

6 in 1, half dozen in the other. most arguments involve at least one side making giant errors impossible to account for unless you consider emotion (ie butthurt). if people made the kind of thinking errors in the non-confrontational aspects of their lives that they do in argument (especially online argument in multi-page threads), you would seriously worry about their health / mental state.

do you understand? most argument errors are as blaring and grievous as forgetting how doorknobs work, or leaving your food in the oven indefinitely. also, when someone comes in and makes an argument that has already been covered earlier, you know you're not dealing with a very serious, rigorous thinker.

speaking of serious, rigorous thinkers, i notice that every time you respond to me you demonstrate some sort of basic reading comprehension problem. i can't tell if it's because you're used to people agreeing with you in a certain way or disagreeing with you or something, but if i recall (which is a big if), i've only ever really said non-contentious things to you, and you've usually argued with them. c'est la vie, we can't all be communication superheroes like me.

What is this mongoloid on about besides their deep-rooted hatred for gays? Really, you're trying to call someone out for reading comprehension problems when your sentence-structure is that of a 10yr old with ADD and your philosophical diarrhea sounds worse than a pothead's words of wisdom.

"most arguments involve at least one side making giant errors impossible to account for unless you consider emotion"???

Yeah, if you argue with college-grade retards all day, I can see where you may have a point.

[SwampdonkeyPLD]

Nothing you just said changed the point of this issue.

They want to defund NPR because they're just jackasses. You agree with this regardless of the circumstance because that jives with what you believe in (taxes bad, capitalism good). That you think it would help NPR is essentially mental gymnastics because ultimately, you're probably more concerned with not funding a public institutition that you don't consider vital because you're a libertarian.

Status remains quo.

That's either a gross generalization or your are incapable, like 99.9% of liberals, of staying away from strawmen.

[Kuya]

6 in 1, half dozen in the other. most arguments involve at least one side making giant errors impossible to account for unless you consider emotion (ie butthurt). if people made the kind of thinking errors in the non-confrontational aspects of their lives that they do in argument (especially online argument in multi-page threads), you would seriously worry about their health / mental state.

do you understand? most argument errors are as blaring and grievous as forgetting how doorknobs work, or leaving your food in the oven indefinitely. also, when someone comes in and makes an argument that has already been covered earlier, you know you're not dealing with a very serious, rigorous thinker.

speaking of serious, rigorous thinkers, i notice that every time you respond to me you demonstrate some sort of basic reading comprehension problem. i can't tell if it's because you're used to people agreeing with you in a certain way or disagreeing with you or something, but if i recall (which is a big if), i've only ever really said non-contentious things to you, and you've usually argued with them. c'est la vie, we can't all be communication superheroes like me.

[SwampdonkeyPLD]

If that is a response to me, it doesn't account for why you liberals are always doing it.

[Kuya]

I'm not really paying you attention so no it's not a response to you.

[Demosthenes11]

I'm actually interested in seeing swamp's response to "taxes bad, capitalism good"

[pahnphoenix]

What is this mongoloid on about besides their deep-rooted hatred for gays? Really, you're trying to call someone out for reading comprehension problems when your sentence-structure is that of a 10yr old with ADD and your philosophical diarrhea sounds worse than a pothead's words of wisdom.

"most arguments involve at least one side making giant errors impossible to account for unless you consider emotion"???

Yeah, if you argue with college-grade retards all day, I can see where you may have a point.

i'm obviously right. it doesn't matter if you don't realize it.

[notorious bum]

i'm obviously right. it doesn't matter if you don't realize it.

Wow, thanks for that, O'Reilly.

[aurik]

That's either a gross generalization or your are incapable, like 99.9% of liberals, of staying away from strawmen.

Notice that not even Pohibaba (at whom the post was aimed) disagreed with this generalization of his beliefs.

[Coren]

If you like what they offer then voluntarily offer them donations for their services. Otherwise don't force everyone else to pay for it.

This is one of the fundamental problems with people... "I don't like it so I don't want to pay for it".

How about this: if you want us to invade countries, just donate to the cause! if you want to have abstinence-based sex ed, send them some voluntary donations.

Actually, this too: I don't drive on any roads outside of about 100 miles of me, so can we just defund that? I don't need that shit.

BBC is actually quite decent, and it is gov't funded.

[ZarakiKujata]

BBC is actually quite decent, and it is gov't funded.

That's putting it mildly. BBC has produced some of the best TV/radio ever made.

[Cantih]

That's putting it mildly. BBC has produced some of the best TV/radio ever made.

^

[guartz]

Ha.

The liberal left in this country have no love for NPR!

Exibit A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLaP_-KXPDY

[Kuya]

The liberal left in the US? What's that, a rock band?

[guartz]

The liberal left in the US? What's that, a rock band?

Yes, the members almost always hold Phds

[Kuya]

It sounds like they're not a very popular band.

[guartz]

It sounds like they're not a very popular band.

They only play in small, local bars. Like, Democracynow, for example.

[Kuya]

We should follow them on twitter posthaste before they get popular so we can say we liked them before they got popular.

[Pirian]

That's putting it mildly. BBC has produced some of the best TV/radio ever made.

The Mighty Boosh. Enough Said.