{"id":15941,"date":"2012-10-13T17:14:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T21:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15941"},"modified":"2012-10-13T17:14:57","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T21:14:57","slug":"i-love-elmo-but-this-is-ridiculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15941","title":{"rendered":"I Love Elmo, But This Is Ridiculous"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reuters<\/a> reported on Friday that a “Million Muppet March” is being planned for November 3 at the National Mall<\/a> in Washington, D.C.<\/a> The event is a response to Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney<\/a>‘s statement that he loves Big Bird<\/a>, but it is time to stop subsidizing PBS<\/a> with taxpayer money. The implication is that it is time to kick Big Bird out of the public nest.<\/p>\n

I like Big Bird too, but enough is enough. If Dora the Explorer<\/a> can survive without public assistance, why can’t Big Bird? Do you know how many “Tickle-Me Elmo<\/a>‘s” I have bought for my grandchildren? How many Sesame Street<\/a> books? Sesame Street coloring books? I realize that Public Broadcasting<\/a> is more than Sesame Street, but it seems that with an income generator like Sesame Street, it ought to be easy to make Public Broadcasting profitable. What about the fund raisers they do throughout the year? I understand that ‘they do not do commercials,’ but what about all the names mentioned of contributors in between shows?<\/p>\n

Anyway, I hope those supporting Big Bird have a happy march. I also hope that someone comes up with a few ideas on some small places to cut the federal budget. If we can’t make little budget cuts, how will we ever make big ones?<\/p>\n

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