Yukon Cornelius Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I love that show "A Man and His Wilderness" (or something like that). That guy builds a log cabin by himself and basically lives alone of years & years documenting the whole thing. For some reason I just can't change the station when it comes on. 1294573[/snapback] oh that is a great show also luv the british comodies there are many "noodlin" is a good doc... that u wont find anywere else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Jack Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 PBS is worth it just for The Newshour with Jim Lehrer. Everything else is just a wonderful bonus. 1294366[/snapback] Was it Jim Leher who did the power of myth with Joseph Campbell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Jack Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 (edited) I love that show "A Man and His Wilderness" (or something like that). That guy builds a log cabin by himself and basically lives alone of years & years documenting the whole thing. For some reason I just can't change the station when it comes on. 1294573[/snapback] that actually sounds pretty dang cool. And I would like to add, that anyone that says NPC is hugely slanted to the left obviously does not listen. I was listening to the Leonard Lopet show today and he had an ex-congresswoman on who wanted to impeach Bush. She was not given an easy time, at all. Edited January 31, 2006 by Duchess Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dread Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Good lord, what a ponderous piece of self-important ego-stroking that book was. 1295088[/snapback] agree 100%... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Wait... that was sarcasm, right? 1295598[/snapback] Not in the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 PBS rules because of Seasame Street alone. There is other stuff on there that is also good, some not so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 PBS's childrens programming is pretty good. It teaches our children to love gay purple dinosauars, and flamming little creatures that can't talk. Seriously the childrens programing is pretty good, and probably would be picked up by other networks, if PBS were done away with. PBS, NPR, and the National Endowment for the "Arts" should be done away with. There is no reason tax payers should be paying for it. If what they provide has any value, then the commercial sector will pick them up, if a lot of their programing that is aimed towards adults is just liberal crap like a lot of us think it probably won't be picked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualung Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Az makes a good point. I like the "Antiques Roadshow" as well as the handyman shows. Good science shows too. JMO. 1294459[/snapback] ...and the food shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 PBS's childrens programming is pretty good. It teaches our children to love gay purple dinosauars, and flamming little creatures that can't talk. Seriously the childrens programing is pretty good, and probably would be picked up by other networks, if PBS were done away with. PBS, NPR, and the National Endowment for the "Arts" should be done away with. There is no reason tax payers should be paying for it. If what they provide has any value, then the commercial sector will pick them up, if a lot of their programing that is aimed towards adults is just liberal crap like a lot of us think it probably won't be picked up. 1300176[/snapback] There's no f'n way the children's programming would survive as is on network tv. They'd have it ruined within a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I'm a small-government Libertarian who loves listening to NPR. If it were a matter of principle, I'd say cut funding. I usually take a more pragmatic view, though, and realize that NPR is a drop in the bucket compared to the budget as a whole. Given the wastefulness of the government, I'll withhold the axe from CPB until the larger, more aggregious offenders have been eliminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Jack Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 There's no f'n way the children's programming would survive as is on network tv. They'd have it ruined within a year. 1300242[/snapback] Rainbow Randolph anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 "The Arts" are important to society, and turning them into a commercial venture means it would no longer be art, but business. Believe it or not, art for art's sake is a good thing to have. ANd when we're talking about potentially 2 trillion getting dropped into Iraq over the LONG haul (healthcare, anyone?) this whole debate is over a drop in the bucket..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaumont Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I feel the same way about Churches. If they don't even pay taxes, Why do we need to give them almost 4 billion dollars of tax money? 1295664[/snapback] Because Bush wants to be your Pope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaumont Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 There's no f'n way the children's programming would survive as is on network tv. They'd have it ruined within a year. 1300242[/snapback] Amen. Don't mess with my Children's Television Workshop and my Thomas the Tank Engine ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 "The Arts" are important to society, and turning them into a commercial venture means it would no longer be art, but business. 1300327[/snapback] f'n idiot. art has ALWAYS been a "commercial venture" of one sort or another. even with government patronage it's a commercial venture. what the f*ck else do you call it when someone creates something because the government paid them to do it? it's only art if the government pays? and it's NOT business for the artist if the government pays? how many great artists made a living without a penny of government patronage, that would be a pretty long list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Good lord, what a ponderous piece of self-important ego-stroking that book was. 1295088[/snapback] Ponderous? You apparently haven't read any Melville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Ponderous? You apparently haven't read any Melville. 1300688[/snapback] Melville's uber-ponderousness (did read Moby Dick but it was about 20 yrs back) doesn't make Thoreau any less so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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