Public Television Propaganda

I gave up cable a while back.  Couldn't afford their rent.  Didn't like how they marketed to new customers while hiking up the price on long-time ones.  When we called to cancel it was like -- 'well,well,well, come on now we we can work out something here how about two free months.'.  No sir, you should have just kept me from canceling in the first place.  That is how I want you to think but that is for a different post.

Getting cable is not on the bill of rights, yet.  Although some liberals will tell you that disparity causes many social woes.  Lucky for them they have PBS.  It is like marketing in the grocery store.  The low hanging fruit - e.i. fruit loops, cocoa puffs, charms are on the bottom and they are sooo sweet for the little ones.  Thus the easy tv is on the bottom shelf for those less likely to have the 'healthy' stuff.  The analogy kinda breaks down but you get the picture.  Really the analogy works better on talk radio when you compare subsidized NPR to pure commercial radio broadcasters since much of Hollywood thinks like NPR and PBS anyway.

So it is an eye opening experience to see what our tax dollars pay for to enlighten the masses.  I always heard it was liberal, but man! this crap is pure socialist propaganda.  Instead of programs illustrating how hard work, determination, and disparity BUILD character, strength, and hope we get 'documentaries' that deploy the one sided thought that social 'fairness' = healthy people.  Look, I'm a free marketer and free speech-er.  Yes people have every right to think that way.  But anytime the government spends a penny on it - it better be dry, very factual stuff relevant to government!  Heck cspan does a better job at that.

Well Leader is in the blog so what to do and not do:

DO:  

- Engage your state representation to end funding for public television.

- Vote with your money, call companies you see funding socialist documentaries letting them no that you will avoid their products.  Do avoid them as much as you can.

- Watch the programs you pay for with your tax dollars but do not be enticed.  Socialism comes in sheeps clothing.

- If your children watch, be sure to treat it like PG-13 movies (maybe X rated sometimes?).  That is, when Elmo wants you to share some of your allowance with poor Johnny, ask your child 'did Johnny make your bed, did he help wash the car.  No YOU did you earned it, you decide what you want as a reward.'

- Talk about this at parties and gain support to ride ourselves of 'state propaganda'

- Counter the socialist views as often as you can.

Don'ts:

- avoid this issue. We need people on all sides to say 'should tax be used to show me this'?  We need capitalist to ask, where is my share of programming time.  Fairness Doctrine SHOULD apply for public funded media.  Heck you pay for it!

- Get stuck on this one thing.  There is much more to worry about.  But winning over hearts and minds against this 'fairness' racket is a multi-faceted battle on many fronts. (no I'm not like Hoffa - no real wars or battles just a rhetorical device).

Thanks.