[the mongoose]

Originally Posted by Sean

I love that this post started out with saying how "fucked" it is to trust anything on PBS, and ends with the smoking gun that clearly proves the point - "...some shows that began on NET, such as Sesame Street and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, continue to air on PBS today". Shit dude, you're totally right. We can't be letting our children get brainwashed by those goddamned, number counting, hand-stuffed muppets. I heard they were sponsored by the letter "H", the same letter that kicks off a name we all know - HITLER! And of course, we all know about Evil Bert...

Mister Rogers helped plump up PBS's funding like one motherfucker, wonder why he never had a catchy song about THAT, ha ha:
Mister Rogers and PBS funding

In 1969, Rogers appeared before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Communications. His goal was to support funding for PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in response to significant proposed cuts. In about six minutes of testimony, Rogers spoke of the need for social and emotional education that public television provided. He passionately argued that alternative television programming like his Neighborhood helped encourage children to become happy and productive citizens, sometimes opposing less positive messages in media and in popular culture. He even recited the lyrics to one of his songs.
The chairman of the subcommittee, John O. Pastore, was not previously familiar with Rogers' work, and was sometimes described as gruff and impatient. However, he reported that the testimony had given him goosebumps, and declared, "I think it's wonderful. Looks like you just earned the $20 million." The subsequent congressional appropriation, for 1971, increased PBS funding from $9 million to $22 million.[21]

Some other fairly recent political stuff ole Mr. Rogers was involved in getting passed before he himself passed:

• On March 4, 2003, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Resolution 111.

which can be found........>>>HERE<<<
The NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) ultimately uses >>>PACS<<< that influence who gets supported in a campaign and how much they get:





Fair and balanced support huh?

• On March 5, 2003 the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Resolution 16.............found >>>HERE<<<

Rogers meeting with President George W. Bush in 2002.