tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716005656188610586.post-78228233046786916902008-06-10T11:26:00.004-04:002008-06-11T21:06:24.393-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3130/200806091407vc0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3130/200806091407vc0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Asked by some newspaper whether the Congress should continue funding for Public Television and NPR, National Public Radio, <a href="http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/jbistlin/headlines.htm">this fellow gave a classically idiotic answer</a>.<br /><blockquote>"Congress should continue paying for it because if they don't, the taxpayers will end up paying for it."</blockquote>Yikes! Makes me wonder two things...<br /><br />First, did the folks at the newspaper catch this, and decide to print it anyway?<br /><br />And second, how many people reading the newspaper agreed with him?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Thanks to </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://taxingtennessee.blogspot.com/2008/06/congress-should-pay-otherwise-taxpayers.html">TaxingTennessee</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for the heads up.)</span>Eagles And Dawgs...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16348623074840053501noreply@blogger.com