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| Cantor targets funding for NPR |
| 2010-10-26 |
| A top House Republican says the party will ask Americans whether to cut off funding for NPR after the radio network fired commentator Juan Williams this week for his comments about Mohammedans. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, said the Republican Party will add cutting funding for NPR to its YouCut program, which asks constituents what federal programs they would want to slash. Mr. Cantor said Friday that NPR's firing of Mr. Williams, who said in an interview on Fox News this week he feels uncomfortable when he sees someone wearing tradition Mohammedan religious attire get on an airplane, is "over-reaching political correctness," and said it is "chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression." "NPR's decision to fire Juan Williams not only undermines that, it shows an ignorance of the fact that radical Islam and the gun-hung tough guys who murder in its name scare people of all faiths, religions and beliefs," Mr. Cantor said. While in the minority, Republicans' YouCut program has been mostly advisory. The House Republican caucus has tried to offer the cuts as amendments to bills, but has been shut down procedurally by the Democratic majority. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Good point, NS. Of course, the DemoncRats would want to keep everything but the defense budget.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-10-26 19:15 |
| #7 I think it would be quicker and more efficient to ask people which ones they want to keep. And if they can't think of the program, kill it. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-10-26 19:11 |
| #6 Following up on what tw said, Cantor also asks taxpayers to nominate programs to be cut. Here's the website. Of the ones I've seen nominated, every gd one of the are wastes of our money. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-10-26 19:08 |
| #5 Grow up Mr. Cantor. I'm on Rep. Cantor's email list, Depot Guy. Every couple of weeks he sends a link to his website, and I and all the others can vote for which item on the list I would like to see cut from the budget. Once the votes are in, the Republicans try to get the winner attached to a bill. Thus far, of course, the Democrats have completely shut them out (the Republicans can ride in the back, as dear President Obama said the other day). But the Republicans are asking the voters to prioritize, rather than simply pandering on the issue of the day. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-26 18:31 |
| #4 Throw PBS in there too. Their childrens' programming ranges from odd to creepy. Seen SStreet lately? Only at last minute under pressure did they not show that bouncing tit set who wants to like the lollypops of the boys. The newspeople are riddle with uneducated hacks. Whats that leave, Bob Ross re-runs? And don't get me wrong..9/10 opinions of Mr. Williams I disagree with and the remainder I listen to for the nostalgia of the slogans I was pitched as a kid where I have found mostly sales pitch rather than beliefe. Mr. Williams is one of the few who at the least came across as believing his views. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-10-26 18:07 |
| #3 I will take a line out on NPR's federal money any day. There is no reason for us taxpayers to be funding the Left's Pravada. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-10-26 17:53 |
| #2 Grow up Mr. Cantor. With all the pressing issues of the day, tilting at the NPR funding windmill is opportunistic and petty. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-10-26 16:14 |
| #1 And if he had said, "When at the airport and I see a catholic priest talking to a little boy, I get nervous", his contract would be extended 10 years with a signing bonus. |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2010-10-26 09:31 |