big_bird_threatened Q I've tried my entire adult life to respect them as fellow citizens of the US, even though I've never agreed with their politics. Still, Republicans in Congress have never failed to demonstrate to me that they really are douche bag captives of the likes of pipsqueak thief and liar Tom Delay, corporate american self-destructive mindlessness and greed, and right-wing hate-filled, historically and scientifically ignorant, disgustingly sexist, sexually confused and repressed, Christofascist radicalism. Not only have they blindly followed their idiot and liar of a leader to send already over 1600 of our military and more than 12,000 Iraqis to their demises, but now in their haste to destroy everything good that doesn't look and behave like G W Bush's twins, they've decided to do in Big Bird and all of the Bird's friends on Sesame Street. Yes, they've ganged up in a House subcommittee and voted to eliminate federal funding for Sesame Street! They are too much into their own self-righteous, murderous evil to have any shame. All is not yet lost. If you are not just a citizen of the world but also of the US, email - or, better, fax - your Congressperson and Senators to tell them that you want Sesame Street and all its lovable denizens like Big Bird fully and amply funded for the foreseeable future. 050619 what's it to you? who go blather from