If I had my way, Big Bird would be on the spit bubbling and turning away. Pass the extra BBQ sauce. Seriously, The people at PBS have already stated that they can make it without government welfare, so let them do it. I haven't heard anything from NPR, but I don't care. They should rip Pravda Radio....oops, I mean NPR off the public teet asap. Let their pinko employees starve.

Yes, I forgot about that, but you're right. I listened to NPR today, just to see what was going on in their world, and they really need to be concerned about commercial success. Without it, they come out sounding like something that belongs at the counter of your local B.M.V.

Exactly. Add NPR to that list.

Exactly! I have spent a lot of time watching PBS. But Discovery Channel, The History Channel, The Learning Channel, the Sci Fi Channel, all do similar programming. They are the free market solutions to broadcasting. Anything with the word "public" in it needs to be removed from our economy. Public transportation, public housing, public television, all of it. Good intentions cannot account for the tyranny of reality.