Congress has moved from
aiming at Big Bird and Elmo, to having them squarely in their sights and ready to pull the trigger today at the House Appropriations Committee Meeting.
In a breathless rush to get this all over before parents all across America have a chance to discover what they are doing, Congress has raced this item forward on the agenda, going from subcommittee hearing to full committee vote in barely a week.
Do you think that Congress should kill the funding for children's educational television programs, such as Sesame Street? Do you think they should kill the funding for public radio broadcasts?
If yes, then do nothing.
But if you think this is wrong, wrong, wrong--keep reading.
If you think it's time that Congress stopped interjecting politics into everything from Main Street to Sesame Street, then you are going to want to take action right now.
Start calling and faxing the members of the House Appropriations Committee.
Tell them to restore FULL funding to PBS.
More on the flip side!!
If you see your Congressmember on that list, start there and keep going--if not, start at the top and do as many as you can. Just click
here to get to the phone and fax list in the forum. As always please be polite.
But before you start your calling, you may want to stop and take a minute and let others know what is happening right now to the people in their neighborhood, people like Elmo and Bert and Ernie.
Click here to see a copy of the e-mail I sent around to family and friends if you need a sample of how to get others involved.
Now let's roll up our sleeves and get to work. You can start by clicking here to link to the House Appropriations Committee Phone and Fax List in the DCP Forum.
As always, pass the word around, and thanks for helping out.