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...now that our committed-to-education-and-democracy Congress has voted to gut all federal spending for the Center for Public Broadcasting:
Chicago Tribune article
AZ Central copy of NYT article
It is noted in both of those, I think, that those responsible are actually going far far over the cuts that the White House asked for. Which sort of lends credence to my belief that the most horrific trends coming out of our government do not actually stem from our Inarticulate-in-Chief. He's no prize, not by a long chalk, but I'm well convinced there are a lot worse creatures than him swimming in the administration depths, and the real problem is that he lacks either the ability or the interest (or both) to rein those in. I don't know if that's better or worse, in an absolute sense, but it's very, very creepy.
Chicago Tribune article
AZ Central copy of NYT article
It is noted in both of those, I think, that those responsible are actually going far far over the cuts that the White House asked for. Which sort of lends credence to my belief that the most horrific trends coming out of our government do not actually stem from our Inarticulate-in-Chief. He's no prize, not by a long chalk, but I'm well convinced there are a lot worse creatures than him swimming in the administration depths, and the real problem is that he lacks either the ability or the interest (or both) to rein those in. I don't know if that's better or worse, in an absolute sense, but it's very, very creepy.
