Why the American public should subsidize National Public Radio in today’s distressed financial environment is beyond me. Each time I come across their programming, I feel that the programming appears to be aimed at liberal socialists and pseudo-intellectuals;  primarily the brie and wine crowd who drink noho, quafmaster lattes. Where bashing capitalism in favor of subsidizing the “public arts” is a favorite topic.

Especially galling are those cutely-titled ugly monsters sold to pretentious people as art. Pretending that you need a refined sense of modern art to understand the message of the piece and its artist. Hogwash – the message of the artist is simple: this is a great way to make a living, supported on the public dime, as long as you have the so-called arbiters of taste and criticism in your corner. Sort of like the media shilling for Obama when the world can see that the “emperor has no clothes.”

So here is a funny video which mocks NPR’s perpetual fundraising drives to continue the fiction that NPR is mostly contributor-supported. Not mentioning the government subsidies and tax advantages that accrue to government propaganda outlets. Or the fact that some station personnel earn professional salaries, commensurate with their station size and rating – and requiring union membership to be employed. It’s not a charity, as they would have you believe – but another way liberals con the gullible out of their money.

Mocking the NPR pledge drive … (Carol: caution extremely bad language)

I find it outrageous that, even in parody, they characterize Ronald Reagan as the “inventor of Aids.”

Bottom line …

It is time we, as individuals and as a nation, stand up and call a spade a spade, ignore the corrupt and complacent media pundits and point out our incompetent, naked emperor who hasn’t a clue how to run the nation – except into the ground in pursuit of his personal political philosophy of Black Liberation Theology, also known as Marxism.

As for National (ized) Public Radio and Television, let them convert to a for-profit business model and see if their ability to inform and entertain can compete in a non-subsidized world of capitalists.

Feel free to mock those institutions which are openly mocking you as they plunder your pockets and make you feel as that you are the only one that “doesn’t get it.”

You get it alright – it’s all around you on public display. And if you don’t like it, remember to vote these weasels out of office in November.

-- steve