Personally, I think PBS is one of the better investments our government is making. So what if Ernie and Elmo get a little $ from Uncle Sam to support their crack habits. What other programs can claim to have as much of an impact on individual childhoods than Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers and Reading Rainbow.

Anyone who can argue that the best news and most intellectually stimulating shows are not on PBS, please let me know. The day we get rid of PBS is the day that stupidy finally conquers America.

If we want to cut funding in the Federal Government, I suggest we start with examining all of the agriculture, defense, state department, hhs and homeland security contracts awarded without competition. Blackwater especially comes to mind. The way money has been thrown around, untracked and without accountability, in the name of security is sickening. It is not even helping with our nation's real threats (crime, poverty, lack of education).

Where is the outcry about that?