NPR & PBS are member organizations for local public T.V. and radio and they receive less than 15% of their funding from CPB. Their true level of funding is more like 35% from all governmental sources including tax deductions for donations.

Local stations, such as WUOT, list that they get over 50% of their funding from donations leaving near 45% in direct government funds. Adding the tax deductions this brings their total to near 55%.

CPB receives $400M/year from the federal government. Although there have been three periods of funding cutbacks the trend since the late 1960’s has been upward. A large segment of the population believes that funding of the educational shows is fine. However government funded news and commentary are not. They have every right to oppose this.

The only talkers that I could see that are having a large decline in their standings were Ed Schultz and Randi Rhodes. The latter primarily because she can’t seem to hold a job.

For liberal/progressive talkers check my post elsewhere on this thread.

As to the christian thing to do, I have no dog in that fight. I’ll let those of you, who seem to have great knowledge about it, resolve that among yourselves.

Instead of posting three separate responses to your first three posts I will provide only one.

I did not get to watch the program that you referred to and I thought that radio personalities would not be able to make the direct quotes that you attributed to them without some sort legal or regulatory penalty. To solve this I printed out a copy of the transcript to compare it to your posts. I might suggest that you do this also. Even though you got the flavor of talk radio both right and left, your post was less than useful. I have never seen anyone get so many quotes completely wrong, taken out of context or misstatements of fact in such a short amount of writing. I will list them for you below so you can easily find them on the transcript and then make the necessary corrections I’m sure you would want to make. It’s never helpful to let things stand as they are if incorrect.

Post # 1:

1. They referred to liberals, as cockroaches that needed to be exterminated. (neither is true)
2. They openly called for killing the "scum and vermin" that promotes liberalism. (completely false and the quote does not exist)
3. This was justified in their minds, because liberals were out to destroy the "White Male Power Structure." (#2 is false so that makes this false, however you did get the quote right even though out of context)
4. Having a Black man (even though he is right-wing himself), and women, Jewish and Latino, on the Supreme Court was "an outrage," and proof the country was sinking into the "slime of liberalism." (where this came from is a complete mystery and the quotes do not exist)
5. As I listened, for the first time I had an inkling of what it must of felt like to be a Jew in Nazi Germany, when Hitler and Goebbels were ranting about the "Jewish vermin" that needed to be dealt with in a decisive way. (I’m not Jewish so I’ll leave that to their community to resolve’ I do know that they frown on comparisons of present day minor disputes to the horror of the holocaust)
6. Equally repugnant was Randall Terry, the radical anti-abortionist who threatened violent war against the establishment if health care reform included any money for any type of abortion procedure. (Here is the quote ”We will not comply. And there will be unthinkable, and horrifying ramifications. People will react --whether they react peacefully yet forceable and with forethought, or whether they react viscerally, and eruptions of rage.” this person sounds a lot like Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson when they are promoting racial harmony)
Post #2

Your second post is simply two quotes from other sources although you didn’t provide links and the first quote is completely unattributied.

Post #3

1. Public Television belongs to you! (not an error just thinking how well all public owned ventures work out for us)
2. He calls autistic children spoiled brats who need a good beating to "wake them up." (No mention of beating and the quote is false)
3.Another is Glen Beck, who on air wondered whether he could kill Michael Moore, or whether he should hire someone to do it for him. (although vile, it was a senseless joke about what some people would do for $50M. No more vile than Bill Maher saying that the world would be better off if Vice President Chaney was to die or be killed.)
4. A third hate monger is Neal Boortz, who refers to the Katrina victims as "the worthless dregs" of society, who were too lazy "to get off their fats asses and save themselves." (both quotes are false)
5. And lastly is Michael Reagan, son of the former president, who advocates "taking out the traitors and shooting them." (treason is a capital offence and he was not referring to liberals)
6. I know "that guy" and how he advocated turning the other cheek, not killing "liberal vermin and cockroaches." (the quote is false)
7. That means that no one religion, philosophy, or culture can assume a dominant role to the exclusion of other expressions of belief. (you do seem to have a problem with the expression of some philosophical beliefs.

“And finally, I ask you to name any liberal commentator that espouses that kind of rabid, hate filled talk, and I will condemn that behavior as well.” ( see my other post on this thread )

I’ll stand by for your corrections and condemnations.

The CPB & NPR are separate entities and there are two different women that are their heads. Of course they will be either very much or somewhat partisan to the Republican side as they were appointed by a Republican president. Elections have consequences. However both groups are controlled by their boards elected by the member stations.

I have no religious convictions so am no expert of their beliefs. However I would think that a prayer is a conversation, public or private, between the believer and his god. Preaching would be a public conversation between a selected believer and the faith’s followers to retain them or non-believers that he wishes to convert to his beliefs. The separation clause has always been and still does not prohibit any interaction between religion and state as long as the state is not seen to be promoting one over another.

Liberals are by nature tolerant. Conservatives are far less tolerant. Intolerance breeds hatred....

Conservative talk show hosts are natural "haters". Rush refers to "femi-nazis" frequently. Conservative talk show hosts attack minorites repeatedly.

When was the last time you heard a liberal talk show host attack a poor person?

Anyone who says conservative and liberal radio personalities are equally hateful is in denial.

conservative posts are deleted from this blog while the liberal attack machine continues its smear campaign on conservatives. You liberals are only intersted in free speech when it agrees with your liberal platform.

For the record my post that was deleted debunked these liberal myths that are being spewed but I guess the truth hurts and its for the betterment of society that liberals be successful in censuring all conservative voices.

If Jesus IS a liberal since he still reigns in heaven today and the liberal agenda is his master plan then we won't be able to afford to live in heaven with all of the taxes that must be prevalent there. I bet its tough for Jesus to prepare the heaven he promised us with so many dependent people waiting for a handout. No wonder its taking so long.

I will not take part in a liberal blog that blasphemes the name of Jesus Christ. You all can have this garbage. I'm out of here...see ya!

I’m going to need some backup on this. It sounds quite a bit like the right-wing claims against George Soros. I didn’t figure you for a follower of conspiracies.

The last two sentences sound strange coming from you. They have the feeling of wishful thinking. Is the fact that Jesus was a liberal an argument for that particular belief system? I know that in the past many groups have claimed to have a god on their side. However in this day and time with people believing less and less in that dogma I would think that wouldn’t be a very effective selling point. Maybe that was used for Crappieman’s sake.

was for Randmart. I forgot to mention, why wait till tomorrow. Why don’t you just run over to Rush Limbaugh’s web site and pick up a few of those hateful tidbits that he passed out today? Bring them back and prove me wrong. The only problem is that I didn’t defend him or talk radio. I only provided you a list of liberal haters. to balance the discussion. as all of you requested.

Any thinking rational person should realize that you can’t form a coherent thought until you have been a member here for at least a day or two. Although I have heard that some people do possess a strange ability to view a situation for a few minutes and then give you a truthful assessment of what has transpired.