Ever since MoveOn.org made its way into my e-mail box, I have been signing petitions, calling elected officials, and occasionally donating money. They have elevated the status of power to the people. They keep politicians on their toes and they do it with simply earnest prose and understated grace.
Once again despicable politicians want to cut funds to NPR and PBS. Where would us Tucsonans be without the eloquent voice of KUAZ’s Nelson Warnell reporting across the airwaves? NPR and PBS are akin to a clearing in the forest; they tell it like it is (watchdog journalism) which perhaps our government just doesn’t want to hear.
Last year, 1 million people signed a petition to keep the funding for NPR and PBS. Today, they’re asking once again for 1.5 million people to sign.
So sign it already, and tell your friends to sign too.
This article appears in Jun 8-14, 2006.
Here’s yet another missive in my mailbox today:
Your member of Congress, Rep. Jim Kolbe, sits on the key committee voting on funding for NPR and PBS as soon as today. This gives you a unique chance to save NPR and PBS.
Can you call Rep. Kolbe today and ask him to restore full funding to NPR and PBS?
Congressman Jim Kolbe
Phone: 202-225-2542
I called like a good little NPR-loving citizen. No wonder I can never get any work done. One crisis after another appears at my email doorstep like clockwork.
Some dork took the call and said he would pass it on (yeah right). Scary that Kolbe sits on that committee. Does he really care what I think? Or what you think? I never voted for him. His special interests and my special interests are worlds apart.
Start calling…
Karyn,
The congressmen would like you to call him back on his personal cell phone…..
Thank God for Sheep like you that read an email and do exactly what it tells you without researching it yourself.
You Suck.
“that committee” “my special interests”
Boy you sure know your stuff Karyn. Shouldn’t an “activist such as yourself be able to be a little more specific? Or maybe you see an R next to someone’s name and say EVIL.
Kayrn did moveon email to tell you that Kolbe is getting a Major Award from an extremely liberal Foreign Aid organization on June 19th? Don’t believe me? Maybe check with Moveon or click here: http://www.cgdev.org/content/calendar/detail/8122/
Or you could just wait until you get an email from Move on it. Maybe you shouldn’t rip on people you know crap about. Did you know that Kolbe has increased Foreign Aid single handedly over the past 10 plus years? Did you know that? No you get an email once a week from a group you know crap about and send off your rant. You are not an activist, you are a subscriber…big difference.