NPR - National Pakistani Radio?

As the nation finds itself in yet another ideological debate about the worthiness of NPR when it comes to Federal funding, I have to again wonder what the Sheople might think if they truly knew where their hard earned taxes were going.  Don't get me wrong... I'm physically sickened at the thought of money I could be saving for my children's education, or for my retirement, instead contributing to the salary of a left wing cow like Nina Totenburg.  With that said, NPR is only the tip of the iceberg that lies dead ahead, and Captain Obama seems all too happy to go down with this ship, while Pelosi and Reid lead the orchestra on the deck.

You see, when most folks hear the acronym NPR, the emotional reaction will vary wildly depending upon whether you're speaking to someone on the right, or on the left.  However, one assumption liberals and conservatives are typically able to agree upon is that the NPR we're referring to is in fact National Public Radio.  Unfortunately, under the care and feeding of big-government, one-world, open-society progressives like Pelosi, Reid and Obama, the role of the US Government has mushroomed and mutated from a Nanny State into a Nanny Planet.  Case in point:

Federal Grant Opportunity:  Pakistan Children's Television    
Total Cost to the Taxpayers:  $20,000,000
 

Himalayan Monal - Big Bird's Pakistani Protege

That's right Sheople.  I'm not sure what the Big Bird equivalent is for a stone-age country that serves as a safe harbor for both radical Muslim terrorists as well as billions in US foreign aid every year, but if it's the Himalayan Monal, it's one damned well-funded bird.  I would hope that regardless of whether you believe a big yellow bird that lives on Sesame Street should be feeding at the public trough, we can at least agree that sending $20,000,000 to a corrupt country hostile to the US for public children's broadcasting content is just a bit outside the purview of what the Federal government should be doing with our taxes.  Then again, I've been disappointed before. 

So Sheople,  as you sit back and watch the debate unfold, with Big Bird's feathery butt hanging in the balance, you might be wise to consider the fate of the guy who went Velociraptor hunting late in the first Jurassic Park movie.  Remember that look of confidence on his face as he lined up his sights on his target.  Remember how his expression changed as he realized he'd lost track of the other and it was about to devour him?

Sleep well Sheople.  Barack has the flock.