The American Spectator

Reader Mail

(Page 5 of 14)

By the way, I was for civil rights laws and support freedom of speech and religion, believe a 40-hour work week and child labor laws to be good things. All these of course are liberal ideas, opposed by conservatives -- unlike slavery, apartheid, Jim Crow, lynching etc.

I know you'd like a Goebbels-like organization to spout your imbecilic, puerile and foul lies, perhaps modern Triumph of the Will-like documentaries to propagandize the public and inspire your base (and possibly your sexual fantasies). That's not, of course, what PBS is for.

I'm not happy with PBS as I think it lets you people off too lightly when it should expose you as the elitist parasitic vermin you are. But I'm an adult and realize that PBS doesn't belong to me. Being an adult means realizing that you can't, indeed shouldn't always get your way -- which is why the world finds W and Cheney so pathetically juvenile.

But I've also realized that this is a war and that you will use any weapon at your disposal to win and that unfortunately people like us might have to do the same. It seems a patriotic duty to rescue this country from the hands of fascists.

p>So, you're on the radar. br> -- Francis J. Cratil br> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania /p>

I just saw George Neumayr on the PBS program, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer. I take great issue with Mr. Neumayr's pompous attitude and statements. As he leaned back in his chair, smirking, I found myself wanting to tell him, "It's time to wake up, pal. Your Republicanism is getting in the way of common sense. George Bush and his cronies are pushing too far. You want to see some backlash? You'll see it, but instead of striking PBS, it will strike smug conservatives like you. The 'will of the people' is not as vengeful as yours."

p>My family and I watch and listen to PBS and NPR. We are happy to see our tax dollars spent on public airways. Above and beyond that, we subscribe to local stations. The presence of a saner (and more balanced) view is needed in this country. PBS and NPR make that available to us! It is deeply concerning that Republicans feel so compelled to try to influence and infiltrate public broadcasting. What are they frightened of? br> -- Suzanne McKinley

topics:
Business, Religion, Islam, Constitution, Law, Military, Iraq, Iran, Israel, NATO, Communism, Fascism, Oil