From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article , did   
   weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:   
   >   
   > The Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted Monday to dissolve itself   
   > after Republicans in Congress rescinded $1.1 billion in federal   
   > funding, cutting off the primary government revenue stream that has   
   > long sustained NPR and PBS.   
   [snip]   
      
   Things people actually wanted, like classic Sesame Street, didn't need   
   the support.   
      
   There is something to be said for funding commercially unsuccessful art,   
   since some of it proves over time to be great. We no longer have a lot   
   of private art patrons, so it seems natural for government to fill the   
   gap. On the other hand, the stuff the government funds very seldom   
   proves great over time.   
      
   --   
   Trustworthy words are not pretty;   
   Pretty words are not trustworthy.   
      
   -Lao-Tzu spoke those pretty words.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)