33334, Great! n/m Posted by Nettrice, Fri Jun-24-05 12:09 AM
>Here's what I wrote my list: > >Friends -- > >We did it! > >Thanks to your efforts, and those of the many many others who >signed petitions, called and emailed their congresspeople, and >got friends and relatives to do the same, funding for the >Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been fully restored. >The vote in the House was 284-140, and that vote was the >direct result of our outcry. > >I urge you to continue to follow this story. While the >immediate crisis has passed, public broadcasting remains in >the crosshairs of some politicians. The independence and >objectivity that Americans value so much in public >broadcasting is being directly threatened. Good people like >Bill Moyers are speaking up, but they need people like us to >stand behind them. So please keep close tabs, and make sure >that your representatives know that this issue is important to >you even when Big Bird isn't roaming the halls of Congress. > >For now, though, let's celebrate. The moveon petition was >signed by over a million people... the most signing any >petition in this country, ever! Now that's a movement, huh? > >Your radio pal, >Jesse Thorn >The Sound of Young America >http://www.splangy.com/radio/
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