not the worst thing to be cut recently, but it definitely stings. a lot.

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House votes to cut off federal funds for NPR

Quote: [Republicans] also denied that the measure was a vendetta against NPR...

....While everyone who knows anything about the Republicans and NPR laughed their freaking heads off, and then collapsed to their desks in frustration and exhaustion.

Because between Planned Parenthood, Japan, and the local Humane Society and animal shelters, I obviously didn't have enough important things vying for my charity cash at the moment. Arrrrrrgh.

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I pick and choose what I hear off the website, so I happily ignore their kowtowing to the conservatives in the name of "balance."

Must admit, though, when I heard the CEO of NPR was being fired for getting caught in a covert recording talking smack about the Tea Party, I was kind of like "...and your point is?" I mean, forgive my psycho-liberal craziness, but I get the impression most people who aren't them pretty much do think they're racist nutballs. Probably because most of them are