This is Why I like NPR:

Civil Unrest In Sierra Leone Concerns NPR Listener

HANOVER, NH–A National Public Radio report on a rebel insurrection in the West African nation of Sierra Leone deeply concerned Hanover-area listener Jim Ellenson Monday. "Apparently, the Sankoh-led Revolutionary United Front rebels are rapidly advancing on Freetown," said Ellenson, listening to NPR while leafing through the latest issue of The Nation. "Hopefully, the U.N. peacekeepers will be able to limit the movement of the RUF in the interior near Masiaka." Ellenson said he plans to stay tuned to NPR for the latest on the crisis

Cash-Strapped NPR Launches 'A Couple Things Considered'

WASHINGTON—Facing major cutbacks, National Public Radio has been forced to retool and relaunch its popular program All Things Considered as a truncated newscast that now only considers a couple, maybe three things per show. "We'd love to consider all things, but the reality is we no longer have the resources necessary to do so," host Michele Norris said following the new show's first broadcast, in which rising gas prices and jazz legend Wynton Marsalis were considered. "We'll still be able to mention six or seven things, gloss over four, and reference five, but we cannot afford to give every single thing our full consideration. Perhaps we were biting off more than we could chew in the first place." A Couple Things Considered is just one of many new shows brought about by budget constraints, along with NPR's recently launched Bicycle Talk and Public Radio International's This Tri-State Area Life.

The Onion

Thank you Fox News, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh for re-defining "health care."

"The world champion at controlling medical costs is Japan, even though its aging population is a profligate consumer of medical care. On average, the Japanese go to the doctor 15 times a year, three times the U.S. rate. They have twice as many MRI scans and X-rays. Quality is high; life expectancy and recovery rates for major diseases are better than in the United States. And yet Japan spends about $3,400 per person annually on health care; the United States spends more than $7,000."

According to this article, since I am an uninsured, healthy, young man, I might as well be living in Burundi. Since I will get the same coverage there as I do in the USA. I bet you I have a better chance of not going to in debt when I see a doctor in Burundi.

Read the whole article (it is a good one) here.

This is America

"Amid fears that President Obama is planning a clampdown on guns, Chris McGreal reports from Culpeper, Virginia, on a new US arms race"

So while un-employment and job loss are at a high and people complain of the lack of money in their accounts, American's buy more guns.

Take note that this article was written in the UK Guardian. Is this the picture that the world has of America? Fear Mongering, Gun Loving, Violence Thriving People? Maybe.....

"Chad Ramsey, the Brady Campaign's senior associate director, says that the NRA has spent $6.67m campaigning against Obama, a sum more than 30 times what it put in to the election campaign against Al Gore in the 2000 election. He adds: "The gun lobby, particularly the NRA, throughout the election has fomented this paranoia that the Obama administration and the Democrats were going to come and take your guns. I think folks responded to that. We're seeing people who are stockpiling weapons because they believed it. It's very problematic and scary. The gun lobby and the NRA have a real interest in spreading this fear. They get a lot of their funding from gun manufacturers and gun dealers. They're feeding their own coffers by doing this."

Rush.

A direct quote from Rush Limbaugh at his first televised address to the nation, at the
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Speech:

"And that I am arrogant. Neither of these things are remotely true. I can tell you a joke to illustrate this. Larry King passed away, goes to heaven. He's greeted by Saint Peter at the gates. Saint Peter says, "Welcome, Mr. King, it's great to have you here. I want to show you around, give you an idea of what's here, maybe you can pick a place that you'd like to reside." King says, "I just have one question: Is Rush Limbaugh here?"

"No, he's got a lot of time yet, Mr. King." So Saint Peter begins the tour. Larry King sees the various places and it's beyond anything we can imagine in terms of beauty. Finally, he gets to the biggest room of all, with this giant throne. And over the throne is a flashing beautiful angelic neon sign that says "Rush Limbaugh." [Laughter]

And Larry King looks at Saint Peter and says: "I thought you said he wasn't here."

"He said, he's not, he's not. This is God's room. He just thinks he's Rush Limbaugh."[Laughter] [Applause]"


Source:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030209/content/01125106.guest.html

I love Media. I realized that just now. I am watching things on TV, reading blogs, updating my own blog, checking news, and everything that is so very important. Not really, I just enjoy it.

Quit Facebook

I just read an interesting article about the day the author QUIT FACEBOOK. I am sure right now you are thinking, "why the heck would I want to do that?" I think the author points that out himself when he says "“We are what we repeatedly do.” "

If you have never been to the AdBusters website you should check it out. They have some great articles about today's society.

Cycletoons!!

I love to see my feelings depicted in cartoon form. Especially my very passionate feelings about Large useless cars, angry motorists, and gas guzzling nations.





For more great cycletoons!!

This is a great strip about a couple bicycle advocates that I read daily.