Help the Street Gang Out
Along with growing up on Transformers, Smurfs, Small Wonder and Mcguyver, I remember the very first television show I was hooked on was Sesame Street on PBS. Of course, the only way my mom could get me to shut up and sit still was to plop me down in front of the tv. Thankfully, the tv was to high for me to reach and as a result, she chose to set the television to Sesame Street where I learned my numbers from Count Dracula, my manners from Big Bird, how to be a good friend from Bert & Ernie and how i couldn’t stuff a whole cookie in my mouth like the Cookie Monster! I really felt that Sesame Street had a positive influence on my life and I would expect no less of an effect on the children of today.
With the ongoing war in Iraq and the concerns of how to fund the war, proposals to cut funding for PBS and NPR have again been proposed and I want to do my part in asking for your support to stop this from happening. I know this may not be news to many of you, but I hope this may rehash some motivation to do something. Here is a link to a petition that you can fill out to send to our senators and congressman to stop these cuts from happening – Click Here to Sign Petition
Nathan Drach 8.30 am on 26.02.2007 Permalink
No to be vulgar, but F*#ck the government. I guess No child Left Behind doesn’t actually mean that in practice.
Many of my childhood memories include mac ‘n cheese and learning from PBS. Where else do you learn that a black man, a large gay bird, a Hispanic women, and a purple vampire can all live in harmony.