Sunday, November 4, 2012

Million Muppet March Is Off By 999,000

This must be Muppet/PBS math
From the New York Daily News: EL-MO! We won’t go!”
Progressive puppeteers took to the street – and this time, it was not Sesame Street.
More than 1000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C.  in support of public media at The Million Puppet March on Saturday – three days before the presidential election.
PBS and NPR supporters – dressed as Sesame Street characters and armed with Muppets – marched to the Capitol from Lincoln Park just after 11 a.m.
“Power to the puppets! We can save the Muppets!” the crowd chanted as they waved playful yet political signs.
“When puppets are outlawed only outlaws will have puppets,” one sign read.
The Million Puppet March was intended to raise awareness of public media’s importance and to promote wider support for its continued federal funding.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sesame-street-takes-national-mall-article-1.1196478#ixzz2BKFV7kHM
If they can only get 1000 people to help save Sesame Street and PBS at a rally in Washington DC, then PBS isn't worth taxpayers helping them anymore.
I heard the cookie monster was supposed to be there but...
 

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