05-06-2008, 03:54 PM
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Cheesesteak GURU! Wiz with
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Originally Posted by alesis
I guess you never heard of the Department of Education? Every form of government has a tiered system on the federal, state, and local levels.
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What would lead you to draw that conclusion?
I've heard of CPB and I don't think that's something the Federal Gov. should be involved with, I don't think we need a DoE either. In fact, it's one of the many terrible legacies left to us by President carter.
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Originally Posted by alesis
Yeah-and in our area WHYY is "used by the universities". Meanwhile, College Public Access Channels are under a completely different umbrella as it is used as a utility to showcase student projects rather than substantive educational material.
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PBS isn't needed so people can take classes from home, especially with the internet. Further, I've seen classes being held on Drexel's channel, so I don't know why the other Universities couldn't follow suit. There's no way they need 168 hours a week to showcase their student projects.
You've got to admit that's a flimsy argument.
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Originally Posted by alesis
I can agree on this, but when the government is using 100's of millions of dollars to place ineffective anti-drug advertising on the superbowl and pay for graffiti in my neighborhood(I'll provide a pict later), I think they might as well spend a lesser amount on proven educational tools.
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Just because we waste money for research on growing dates in Idaho doesn't mean that we should waste money on other projects the gov. has no charter to be involved in.
If we'd cut out all the stupid little wastes of money, we'd end up with a big overall reduction and a reasonable tax burden.
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Originally Posted by Colin P. Varga
Public Television comes under the "useful arts and sciences" part of the Consititution.
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The "Copywrite Clause".
Are you serious?
Okay, how does this: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries
Establish the responsibility of Congress to have CPB?
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