It appears to be common knowledge that Trump's animas for public TV dates back to 1988 when Sesame Street parodied him as "Ronald Grump" the garbage can developer. Here's a compilation of that and several other satiric depictions of Trump that appeared on Sesame Street:
Okay, the man can't stand to be made fun of on a kid's TV show, but why the direct assault on National Public Radio? I cannot for the life of me even fantasize an image of Trump listening to NPR, like we know he watches TV. (I hardly ever watch broadcast TV, so very rarely PBS. I know. My loss.) But I do listen to WETS which is based on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. Listen to. The radio in my office is permanently tuned to 89.5 FM. If I'm sleepless in the wee hours, I can hear the BBC's World Service, until 5 a.m., when Morning Edition comes on and lasts through 7 a.m. (and then the whole program repeats 7-9). I can't do without Morning Edition for the way it breaks down news to the meat and potatoes of the way the world is working and why people do what they do.
All day with NPR is a much better day than being without NPR. Trump took away a big chunk of funding for little NPR stations serving rural areas. Out of hateful spite.
What powerful person uses the powers of their office to put pure personal revenge on the approved to-do list? What Republic allows that? A minority of our particular Republic set revenge above honor -- severe punishments meted out to target groups. They've seized the moment of Trump's control to purge their ranks of "soft" Republicans who don't practice revenge enough, like those Republican members of local boards of election in Harnett, Randolph, and Craven counties (article in The Assembly) who've been kicked off because they were considered "soft."
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1988 was when Donnie met Jeffrey. It coincided with "When Harry Met Sally."
Everybody was fixated on that scene where Donnie overhears Jeffry's orgasm
and exclaim's "I'll have what he's having!" Video was rolling: money was writhing: Thank you cards were exchanged.
Imagine the Children's Television Workshop underwritten by benevolent billionaires. They might lead with Molest-Me Elmo.
"The pedophile's a person in your neighborhood, in your neighborhood,
in your neigh- bor- ho-ood. A person that you meet when you're walking
down the street, a person that you see each day."
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