From: YOURMUCHTOOWICKED@WEKNOW.CO.KNEESUP   
      
   BBC wants to put the license up to 180 quid.   
      
   Number Crunching:   
      
   2.94 billion quid: revenue raised from licenses.   
      
   11.8 million quid: amount spent on taxi fares last year   
      
   484, 000 quid: cost of one hour of BBC drama   
      
   100,000 quid: deputy director general Mark Byford's BONUS last year on top   
   of a 270, 000 quid salary   
      
   2,500 quid: Amount paid to property management company to put up nine   
   shelves.   
      
   188: staff sent to cover the US election at a cost of 850,000 quid - ten   
   times ITV's budget   
      
   3: percentage of homes that watch BBC 4 for more than 15 minutes a week.   
      
   source: The BBC.   
      
      
   For long term Beebwatchers, yesterday was a -ahem- a red letter day. You had   
   everything that modern Islington socialism aka Inclusive, Safe. Modern,   
   Danish-style Social Democracy. Which means: We are the bureacrats (years ago   
   they were called aristrocrats: they meddled less but thieved the money all   
   the same) and WE WANT YOUR MONEY! START FUCKING PAYING UP FOR YOUR EXCITING,   
   CHALLENGING, MULTICULTURAL, INCLUSIVE, DUMBED DOWN, EXPENSIVE, GRAHAM NORTON   
   FUTURE!   
      
   Innit exciting!   
      
   ROBBIE   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)