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What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit?
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Today in my college cafeteria I caught a fleeting glimpse of the news on a TV and there was some bullshit about "Big Bird controversy".  I also think I read an article about it on Yahoo or something.  Somewhere I read an article that asked the reader if they really wanted to elect a President that liked Big Bird.

I saw bits and pieces of the debate last night and personally saw the part where Romney talked about cutting public funding to PBS.

How literally fucking stupid does the media have to be to make such an ASTRONOMICAL deal about something that doesn't even matter?  Are they really this fucking stupid?  Or are they just starving for media material so bad that they are willing to go this far for a story.

This would be like a starving African in the Gobi desert sucking a dick just so they could survive a little longer off of the nutrients in the cum.

Sorry for the gross analogy but that's the way I view this.


Does anyone else really think this way about Mitt Romney's Big Bird analogy - that it was meant literally?


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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: Celestial Traveler]
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I have no clue, didn't see the debate but facebook (god I need to get off gay ass facebook) was overran with the whole big bird topic. That was like the main fucking thing people were focused on.

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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: Celestial Traveler]
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The American public (by and large) is stupid. The media makes a living off of that stupidity.

Hence... news for the masses.


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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
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luvdemshrooms said:
The American public (by and large) is stupid. The media makes a living off of that stupidity.

Hence... news for the masses.


Yeah but this takes it to a whole new level...I mean, it was just a fucking analogy and people are blowing it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy out of proportion.

What a bunch of fucking morons there are in this world. :facepalm:


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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: Celestial Traveler]
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Celestial Traveler said:
What a bunch of fucking morons there are in this world. :facepalm:


Occasionally... RARELY... there is a statement made that try as I might... I can't argue with.

This is one of those times.


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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: Celestial Traveler]
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i don't even wanna know. all i'll say is stupid is as stupid does. :gump:

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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: Celestial Traveler] * 5
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It wasn't an analogy, he's seriously going to cut PBS and anything else that he deems to be not "critical" which means a lot of things that are beneficial to our society in ways that he cannot understand. No more sesame street or other educational programs for children. They can watch the shit that's on Nick or Cartoon Network.


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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: JoieDeVivre]
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JoieDeVivre said:
It wasn't an analogy, he's seriously going to cut PBS and anything else that he deems to be not "critical" which means a lot of things that are beneficial to our society in ways that he cannot understand. No more sesame street or other educational programs for children. They can watch the shit that's on Nick or Cartoon Network.


Good. The feds should not be funding television shows/networks.


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You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for that my dear friend is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. ~ Adrian Rogers

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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
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one thing out of many that shouldn't be funded.

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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: JoieDeVivre] * 3
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JoieDeVivre said:
It wasn't an analogy, he's seriously going to cut PBS and anything else that he deems to be not "critical" which means a lot of things that are beneficial to our society in ways that he cannot understand. No more sesame street or other educational programs for children. They can watch the shit that's on Nick or Cartoon Network.


This.  I think this thread is a testament to the failure of the education system.  I shudder to think that it could get worse if funding is cut.


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...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: JoieDeVivre]
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JoieDeVivre said:
It wasn't an analogy, he's seriously going to cut PBS and anything else that he deems to be not "critical" which means a lot of things that are beneficial to our society in ways that he cannot understand. No more sesame street or other educational programs for children. They can watch the shit that's on Nick or Cartoon Network.


You do know that government subsidies only account for about 15% of sesame streets fundig right. Don't get your panties in a twist big bird ain't going anywhere. Besides I agree, it's not the governments job to provide us with luxuries. If it was I'd be demanding a gold plated corvette and a plate of caviar spread on my dick by playboy bunnies every night.

Want your kids to get a good education, here's an idea, fucking educate them yourself. Don't rely on some prancing giant bird on the idiot box to do it.


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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: akira_akuma]
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akira_akuma said:
one thing out of many that shouldn't be funded.


:eek:

I'm always stunned when we agree.

:lol:

Well... not really.


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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: Bjorn_Stormcrow] * 1
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Ulfrick said:
Want your kids to get a good education, here's an idea, fucking educate them yourself. Don't rely on some prancing giant bird on the idiot box to do it.


quoted for motherfucking truth


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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: badchad]
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badchad said:
I shudder to think that it could get worse if funding is cut.


Except one can look at the huge increases in education funding and see no real improvements in the educational system and results.


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You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for that my dear friend is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. ~ Adrian Rogers

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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: Bjorn_Stormcrow]
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Ulfrick said:
If it was I'd be demanding a gold plated corvette and a plate of caviar spread on my dick by playboy bunnies every night.


What if the bunnies don't like caviar?


Quote:
Want your kids to get a good education, here's an idea, fucking educate them yourself. Don't rely on some prancing giant bird on the idiot box to do it.


Surely you aren't advocating personal responsibility?

Oh the horror!


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You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for that my dear friend is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. ~ Adrian Rogers

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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
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What are all these kids doing home watching tv anyway? They should be out working and paying taxes like good Americans.


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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: Bjorn_Stormcrow] * 2
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Ulfrick said:
Want your kids to get a good education, here's an idea, fucking educate them yourself. Don't rely on some prancing giant bird on the idiot box to do it.


Obviously, unfortunately lots of kids have shitty parents. It's not about the TV show anyway, it's just about the fact that Mitt Romney would cut anything he deems unnecessary, and his opinion is pretty different from what the American public actually wants.


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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: luvdemshrooms]
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luvdemshrooms said:
akira_akuma said:
one thing out of many that shouldn't be funded.


:eek:

I'm always stunned when we agree.

:lol:

Well... not really.


there is only one reason things are so abhorrent in this economy... and that's unheeded spending.

spend on social programs when you're the one doing the spending. no need to have "Big Bird" doing the managing for everyone.

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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: JoieDeVivre]
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JoieDeVivre said:
it's just about the fact that Mitt Romney would cut anything he deems unnecessary, and his opinion is pretty different from what the American public actually wants.


1st. Romney can't just cut whatever he wants. If you believe he can, your knowledge of the system is seriously lacking.

2nd. Seeing as the polls are pretty much even, I'd say he has a grasp of what half the American people want.


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Re: What gives with the "Big Bird Controversy" bullshit? [Re: JoieDeVivre]
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Personally I just found that moment of the debate funny because it harkens back to one of my favorite Toby moments on The West Wing:

Hamlin: [on why the government should cut funding to PBS] Product licensing for this merchandise brings in over $20 million a year, none of which goes to PBS, all of which goes to the show's producer, the Children's Television Workshop. Now this is a company whose chief executive earns high six-figures in salary and benefits per year. Yet Sesame Street is subsidized by taxpayer dollars.
Toby Ziegler: It's a perfectly reasonable complaint.
Sondra: And?
Toby Ziegler: I don't care.
Hamlin: Toby...
Toby Ziegler: We're gonna see to all those things. In the meantime, at a time when the public is rightly concerned about the impact of sex and violence on TV, this administration is gonna protect the MUPPETS! We're gonna protect Wall Street Week, we're gonna protect Live from Lincoln Center, and by God, we are going to protect Miss Julia Child!

So yeah, the people producing Sesame St. got a cushy deal, but that doesn't mean PBS as a whole is raking in the dough. If it weren't creepy and blatantly unconstitutional to require people to watch Frontline I would be all for it, a real news program is worth it's producers' weight in gold these days.


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