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drm604

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17. I guess you haven't seen the History Channel recently. You can't compare it to PBS.

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 08:14 PM

Oct 2012

Tonight is a marathon of "Cajun Pawn Stars", then later "Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy".

They also have things like "American Pickers", "Ice Road Truckers", "Stan Lee's Superhumans", and "Sex in the Ancient World".

You can't buy the quality of PBS on the private market.

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Interesting "average Joe" reaction [View all] Lex Oct 2012 OP

Obama has a great line he's using today... Qutzupalotl Oct 2012 #1

I wish he could have said that line at the debate Lilyeye Oct 2012 #6

I'm happy he didn't. It would have taken from the seriousness case he was making. vaberella Oct 2012 #43

He also said..... RichGirl Oct 2012 #40

I'm actually surprised Romney said that jimlup Oct 2012 #2

Mitt has a personality for everybody he stands for, living and nonliving. DhhD Oct 2012 #12

It was one of the many RW red meat lines he threw in trying to cover all bases. kelliekat44 Oct 2012 #20

Willard laughs as he says he is going to kill Big Bird Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #3

He salivates. gateley Oct 2012 #4

Maybe cause Chris Christe's from Joisey? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2012 #15

Does Mitt have any clue how much kids from 4-48 love PBS children's shows??? reformist2 Oct 2012 #5

If it wasn't subsidized, it just be another channel with Honey Boo Boo on it or Lex Oct 2012 #7

So true. People know that the free market for entertainment produces a lot of crap. reformist2 Oct 2012 #11

The History channel has very few history programs these days. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2012 #16

I guess you haven't seen the History Channel recently. You can't compare it to PBS. drm604 Oct 2012 #17

LOL! I haven't seen the History channel in years, since I downgraded my cable. $1000/yr was ridic. reformist2 Oct 2012 #33

The bigger question... StarryNite Oct 2012 #9

No, it is simply a matter of whether it makes money somehow Lex Oct 2012 #10

I have a feeling he does now. ejpoeta Oct 2012 #30

Much of Sesame Street.... RichGirl Oct 2012 #41

Sesame Street, Mr Rogers' Neighborhood, The Electric Company, Zoom... Cooley Hurd Oct 2012 #8

I feel the same way, Average JOe!!!! Ken Burns' The Civil War, Monty Python. Vicar of Dibley, Count Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #13

Not to mention Fawlty Towers, Flowery Twats and Farty Towels... rfranklin Oct 2012 #22

How could I forget Fawlty Towers!???? One of the funniest shows ever made. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #26

Give my regards to the Earth's core! gkhouston Oct 2012 #44

And.... RichGirl Oct 2012 #42

Funny how Obama did exactly what we've been wanting DaveJ Oct 2012 #14

Bingo! JeffHead Oct 2012 #34

Now if we can get that person to vote nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #18

I'm so glad he said that about PBS!! ailsagirl Oct 2012 #19

but they stopped airing Eastenders years ago on PBS IcyPeas Oct 2012 #21

Not in NC they didn't. Lex Oct 2012 #24

really? I'm so bummed IcyPeas Oct 2012 #49

Hey IcyPeas, I understand there are lots of episodes Lex Oct 2012 #50

Funny, through all of the hoopla about Romney "winning"....... Wounded Bear Oct 2012 #23

Not only that Jennifer Granholm pointed out yesterday that the Cleita Oct 2012 #25

The PBS remark pissed me off, too. Arkansas Granny Oct 2012 #27

Funny thing is I think the big bird comment was supposed to be one of those zingers Raine Oct 2012 #28

I want my Doctor Who, dammit! LTR Oct 2012 #29

Rmoney came off petty and mean....per usual. (nt) barnabas63 Oct 2012 #31

Candidate who likes to fire people threatens to fire Moderator... cr8tvlde Oct 2012 #32

It seems to me Harry_Scrote Oct 2012 #35

I'm a PBS employee and the thing I found ironic justiceischeap Oct 2012 #36

Muppet madness James48 Oct 2012 #37

So many good programs burrowowl Oct 2012 #38

more James48 Oct 2012 #39

Ah! Ah! Ah! INDEED Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #45

Eastenders? Hell No! I might have to get the Mitchell brothers to come round... HipChick Oct 2012 #46

They'll get it sorted! Lex Oct 2012 #48

Students in my class were talking about it too. Starry Messenger Oct 2012 #47

Yep,' Cosmos ' the ' Civil War ' all those nonsense shows . orpupilofnature57 Oct 2012 #51