tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2000653595730883700..comments2024-03-19T01:52:00.810-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Mitt Romney will create 12 million new jobs, when President Obama couldn't."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger345125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79817442113928771662012-10-05T22:50:58.000-05:002012-10-05T22:50:58.000-05:00The link for "Big Bird will be fine" is ...The link for "Big Bird will be fine" is here:<br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/04/sesame-exec-big-bird-lives-on/<br /><br />But it is buried under all the progressive lies about "killing Big Bird" when you search google.Nathan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618170642379567187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22953401469100102152012-10-05T22:49:12.793-05:002012-10-05T22:49:12.793-05:00Big Bird is also quite the cash cow. So big, in fa...<i>Big Bird is also quite the cash cow. So big, in fact, that in 2008 Sesame Workshop’s CEO Gary Knell was able to draw nearly a million dollars in salary.</i><br /><br />Nearly a 7-figure salary? Why are progressives supporting such a widening gap between the rich and the poor like this?Nathan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618170642379567187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16042910286009346692012-10-05T22:48:04.657-05:002012-10-05T22:48:04.657-05:00Sesame Workshop executive vice president Sherrie W...<i>Sesame Workshop executive vice president Sherrie Westin said there wouldn’t be a problem without money from PBS.<br /><br />“The Sesame Workshop receives very, very little funding from PBS,” she said. “So we are able to raise our funding through philanthropic, through our licensed product, which goes back into the educational programming, through corporate underwriting and sponsorship. So quite frankly, you can debate whether or not there should be funding of public broadcasting. But when they always try to trout out Big Bird, and say we’re going to kill Big Bird — that is actually misleading, because Sesame Street will be here. … Big Bird lives on.”</i><br /><br />So the liberals are lying in order to gain political support?<br /><br />I'm shocked, SHOCKED!Nathan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618170642379567187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76997513929581789212012-10-05T09:27:29.641-05:002012-10-05T09:27:29.641-05:00MadisonMan said...
Maybe. But a politician who s...MadisonMan said... <br /><br /><i>Maybe. But a politician who says that's [PBS] where the cuts will start is simply pandering to the base ... Cuts need to be far more deep and widespread than that -- </i><br /><br />Cuts will be, must be, radical and across the board, and even remove a couple cabinet level departments. PBS is merely part of the overgrown government pie...and only at risk because we are broke, repeat, broke, period. <br /><br />@Marswhall as the concept down precisely....<br /><br />Marshall said....<br /><br /><i>You don't say we can't take care of the easy things until we get to the hard ones ... [because] corporate managers [and government executives] are less willing to make substantive cuts in their areas when they see lower priority spending continue in others ...[snip]... I have my doubts about Romney overall. But on this subject he may be the best person available since this is a primary focus of turnaround specialists.</i><br /><br />"Turn Around" surgery is what we need now, and we may not get another chance. A couple more new and unnecessary bureau's, agencies or departments, and the critical mass will be impossible to defeat. <br /><br />I'd go further and say government senior executives are not inclined to see cuts in their areas, period. Anyone within their ranks or near them who does make such a proposal is promptly ostracized. <br />Aridoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345930150667529742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90143550488610662322012-10-05T09:22:35.559-05:002012-10-05T09:22:35.559-05:00Freeman,
I'd recommend "Beakman's Wo...Freeman,<br /><br />I'd recommend "Beakman's World" too for kid's science on TV. We've been watching again on Netflix.<br /><br />Can you find Captain Kangaroo on DVD?<br /><br />How're baby Wyatt and his older siblings?kimschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15742219426291395677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71802702803217455782012-10-05T09:20:49.220-05:002012-10-05T09:20:49.220-05:00MadisonMan said...
My cynicism may be showing to...<i>MadisonMan said... <br /><br />My cynicism may be showing today.</i><br /><br />If that's the case I must have it bad, since what you say isn't cynical but realistic. <br /><br />You can look at Federal managers as having the hardest jobs conceivable, or the easiest. Federal managers have an impossible job because they face structural problems the private sector doesn't. The worst features are drastically reduced authority over their employees, combined with a greater level of bureaucratic nonsense than even the largest corporations have developed, and a culture of complacency. <br /><br />On the other hand they have it easy since they don't face an expectation of performance. So hard or easy depends on whether you define their job as what it is or what it should be. Realists define the job as what it is. testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478829894294731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16010859506405084922012-10-05T09:14:56.228-05:002012-10-05T09:14:56.228-05:00So, you've set an incredibly low bar for him.
...<i>So, you've set an incredibly low bar for him.</i><br /><br />I'll think about it.<br /><br />sakredkowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652250985982301492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52163247262448562782012-10-05T09:05:30.371-05:002012-10-05T09:05:30.371-05:00big bird issue is a red herring. only 12% of the p...big bird issue is a red herring. only 12% of the pbs budget relies on fed funding. so to cut it out entirely would hurt, but not be catastrophic. definitely not enough to kill your iconic show, one that doesn't cost all that much to produce. (and brings in $50 million a year in toy sales). if 200 channels can figure out how to provide 24/7 programming and make a profit, pbs can too. the way i see it, they did it to themselves when a "public" broadcasting network financed by all taxpayers decide to only hire leftwing journalists and executives who run programing for leftwingers. why should i pay for that, leftists can pay for their own shows. oh that's right, being on the left means you expect everyone else to pay for your stuff.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18050314279172466564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80505472567379563302012-10-05T09:04:30.810-05:002012-10-05T09:04:30.810-05:00Matthew Sablan said...
-- That's not true. Th...Matthew Sablan said...<br /><br /><i>-- That's not true. They can just borrow it. From China.</i><br /><br />I'm no financial market expert, but I'm told by some who are, that China is busing little of USA debt these days. Apparently, our Federal Reserve is buying more and more of it (printing money)so we now can simply loan ourselves fiat (monopoly) money.<br /><br />If I am wrong, some one please correct me. <br /><br />My debates with the financial wiz's I know lately have been about the veracity of Intrade's odds making. I mean how can an outfit based in Dublin, Ireland be wrong, eh, especially when they still list odds for Mike Huckabee to win POTUS? <br /><br />Aridoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345930150667529742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47537763133819577512012-10-05T08:57:25.474-05:002012-10-05T08:57:25.474-05:00"If Obama can rally after this setback, show ..."If Obama can rally after this setback, show character, make the case for me that he's a fighter and he has a plan for the future, then I'll vote for him."<br /><br />-- Rallying should be easy, honestly. The media is already attacking Romney (and sometimes attacking him incorrectly), and Obama will regress towards the mean, which will be painted to look like a rally.<br /><br />So, you've set an incredibly low bar for him.Matt Sablanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885240752820005149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36634938376726360002012-10-05T08:56:54.006-05:002012-10-05T08:56:54.006-05:00Oh, and Freeman: Get your kids the DVD set of Ses...Oh, and Freeman: Get your kids the DVD set of <i>Sesame Street Old School.</i> Laugh at the hilarious *these episodes were produced at a different time in America and may not reflect the needs of today's preschoolers* disclaimer and then bask in the awesomeness of Sesame Street circa 1975. <br /><br />No random celebrity cameos or anything that will induce epileptic fits, just awesome psychedelic animated number and letter sequences and kids out exploring their neighborhood free-range style. I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170206151454145154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21043485972213153402012-10-05T08:55:00.747-05:002012-10-05T08:55:00.747-05:00"make the case for me that he's a fighter...<i>"make the case for me that he's a fighter and he has a plan for the future, then I'll vote for him."</i><br /><br />He's gonna make a plan NOW? That he will start when 2016? He's clearly telling you he want to do the same thing he has been doing: golf.<br /><br />Look at what you are doing. You are that woman who keeps taking back her abusing, cheating, unemployed husband, because she's afraid to leave him, to take a risk, to be free. You will make whatever excuse you need to not let him get away.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16531022078222024382012-10-05T08:54:49.367-05:002012-10-05T08:54:49.367-05:00Shanna said...
@Aridog. Excellent suggestion [vis...Shanna said...<br /><br /><i>@Aridog. Excellent suggestion [vis a vis cuts to ES & Flag ranks I presume]that will never, ever happen. Shit rolls downhill.</i><br /><br />That is part of the point. The *management pyramid" in government has successfully been inverted, where the pointy end is now the delivery point for services...the wide base is now the top occupied by myriad **assistant deputy assistant principal advisor assistants** in charge of everything & nothing. No one left to actually deliver much in the way of services. <br /><br />You are correct in the allusion, however, but the shit you refer to no longer rolls down the hill, it falls directly on your taxpaying head due to the inverted "hill." Aridoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345930150667529742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33636642898927094682012-10-05T08:53:41.375-05:002012-10-05T08:53:41.375-05:00But I'll tell you any manager in corporate ame...<i>But I'll tell you any manager in corporate america taking this stance would be moved out of the decision making procvess one way or another. Why? Because he's blocking progess. <br /><br /></i>I think Managers in the Federal Govt have the easiest job. They never have to make hard decisions about letting people go. They complain to the press and the press gins up the umbrage of the people and the people call the congress, and when phones start humming with outraged constituents, congresscritters start to worry about being re-elected, and maybe they can find a way to fund what was cut after all, and they call China.<br /><br />My cynicism may be showing today.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10285187032856647742012-10-05T08:50:54.089-05:002012-10-05T08:50:54.089-05:00--a) Bush left the economy in worst shape than any...--a) Bush left the economy in worst shape than anyone knew. We nearly lost the American auto industry, for example. The depth of the economic crisis was not known until late in 2009 when full economic reports were available---<br /><br /><br />Yet the Japanese & SorKs manage to make a profit here, hmmm,<br /><br />Ummm we've been losing that industry for years, it's not like it's a shock.<br /><br />I remember the mid-80s when they were getting their lunch eaten and decided that since the yen was high to RAISE their prices to compete with the Japanese.<br /><br /><br /><br />OTOH, the green energy big government-funded jobs have lost us $90 Billion?<br /><br />Small change.........<br /><br /><br />Trickle-down econ has been a massive failure?<br /><br />Whaaaa?<br /><br />Not people have more stuff now than they did under Ronnie. People are affording it somehow.<br /><br /><br />Obamaphones are funded by that trickle-down idea you loathe, because that's where the taxes come from to pay for the poors' "free" cell phones.Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75037197653215687352012-10-05T08:50:37.032-05:002012-10-05T08:50:37.032-05:00"But Cookie Monster, man, not sure what he wo..."But Cookie Monster, man, not sure what he would do in this economy. "<br /><br />Make Call Me Maybe parodies.Matt Sablanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885240752820005149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11955621972845892712012-10-05T08:49:33.148-05:002012-10-05T08:49:33.148-05:00I think Big Bird would probably make it okay if he...I think Big Bird would probably make it okay if he got the axe from Sesame Street. He's an articulate fellow. He can sing and dance. But Cookie Monster, man, not sure what he would do in this economy. garage mahalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485491995866513686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76677829932580269712012-10-05T08:48:00.827-05:002012-10-05T08:48:00.827-05:00Re: funding for PBS and NPR: Fuck 'em. As lo...Re: funding for PBS and NPR: Fuck 'em. As long as Ira Glass, Steve Inskeep and Michele Norris are pulling down $300K a year, my tears do not flow.I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170206151454145154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39594833900433565382012-10-05T08:47:21.706-05:002012-10-05T08:47:21.706-05:00"For every dollar the government spends it mu...<br />"For every dollar the government spends it musty first tax that dollar away from someone."<br /><br />-- That's not true. They can just borrow it. From China.Matt Sablanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885240752820005149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55316826922210047582012-10-05T08:40:52.006-05:002012-10-05T08:40:52.006-05:00Not shockingly, Freeman Hunt and I are in accord, ...<i>Not shockingly, Freeman Hunt and I are in accord, as has been true for many years now.</i><br /><br />Yes, we are.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47468505030884830012012-10-05T08:39:34.319-05:002012-10-05T08:39:34.319-05:00I hope the professor didn't get in trouble for...I hope the professor didn't get in trouble for <a href="http://URL" rel="nofollow">commenting on the irregularities</a> of the Obama "visit".<br /><br />Did somebody come knocking at her door?Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84205839483677258932012-10-05T08:38:40.255-05:002012-10-05T08:38:40.255-05:00phx - you have been seeing his character.
Conserv...phx - you have been seeing his character.<br /><br />Conservatives saw his character before he was elected.<br /><br />3 AM phone call, he turned over, went back to sleep & the cover up commenced to cover up the death of an ambassador.<br /><br />Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34593238406816960362012-10-05T08:37:27.653-05:002012-10-05T08:37:27.653-05:00I ordered Amazon Prime specifically for the access...I ordered Amazon Prime specifically for the access to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. I also bought a set of Mr. Wizard DVDs. Shows made before they decided they needed to cut every second and a half, have things flashing around, and practically screaming in kids' faces to get them to watch. Also before they decided to populate kids' shows with characters who have obnoxious personalities one would loathe his own children to emulate.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67815613200630263062012-10-05T08:34:01.193-05:002012-10-05T08:34:01.193-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78071434494561149622012-10-05T08:31:47.573-05:002012-10-05T08:31:47.573-05:00Anyone watch a current episode of Sesame Street la...Anyone watch a current episode of Sesame Street lately? It's horrible. Like an ADD cocktail.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.com