Don't Kill Big Bird--Kill the Flying White Elephant!

What I fail to understand is why there is so much sound and fury emanating from the Republicans--not the least of whom is Mitt Romney--about PBS, which receives only around 15% of its budget from the federal government--a modest $444 million--and most of its funds from private corporations and endowments.

What the American people should be discussing is not why Big Bird should be strangled, but why the taxpayers are going to squander $1.5 trillion dollars on a Flying White Elepant known as the F-35.

What is the F-35?  It's a fifth-generation jet fighter.  Now let's think a little bit--when was the last time the U.S. Air Force actually engaged in an aerial dogfight using our jet fighters in combat against an enemy's jet fighters?  As far as I can see, that was in the Korean War [1950-1953], when our F-86 Sabre jets fought North Korea's MiG-15's over Mig Alley.  That was over half a century ago! And yet, these imbeciles are planning to squander one and a half trillion dollars of precious taxpayer money on what should be called the Flying White Elephant.

Are the American people going to summon the courage to say "Stop!" to this insanity?

Are the American people going to demand that their taxes be used to benefit the citizens of the United States through investments in health care, education, research and infrastructure instead of on the Flying White Elephant that has no purpose whatsoever except to fatten the coffers of the defense contractors and the plutocrats by another $1.5 trillion?

That's one of the the real issues facing America--yet no politician dares mention it.  Why not?

What I say is: Don't Kill Big Bird--Kill the Flying White Elephant!