When will they be joining OWS?

Can I please get children’s show on that I can let my son watch that does not involve some subversive political message.

Also, sesame street..if you want to more accurately portray poverty in America, you will have to make the Muppet obese, gabbing on a tax payer funded cell phone, living in a tax payer funded house, eating tax payer funded food with an ebt card, and buying cigarettes and booze with the cash received from welfare all while wearing a “hope and change” tea shirt provided to them by ACORN.

There’s no political message here, is there? There is nothing political about a hungry child. This is a message about a very real problem in our nation. It is informative. It is developmental.

The political message is your second paragraph wherein you have a hungry child talking on a cellphone, smoking cigarettes and drinking booze. I dare say there is no hungry child in America doing this. You have really conveyed your dark soul, your “hard-heartedness”, your lack of charity and your lack of social responsibility. It is a true shame that there is room in our nation for someone like you.

She’s hungry because Cookie Monster isn’t paying his fair share.

This is about dying children… You are the worst.

Actually the individual I was reffering to in the second paragraph could be categorized as Lily’s mom and non existant father, who’s behavor is enabled by liberal policies as exemplafied in every inner city in America, which as you know are liberal bastions.

So, regarding who possess a “dark soul”   just go into the nearest inner city, look for the real life versions of lily,….see the political party that controls and has controlled Lily’s community for the past 40 years, then tell me which political party you support.  After you do that….then you will see who truly has the dark soul.

Well, he was commenting about his/her idea for a muppet, not a child, and this is a political website . . . so, I dare say your second paragraph took things as far out of proportion as his second paragraph.

On topic, the muppet depicted in the article sounds like a much better metaphor to get children to eat their vegetables than the classic “all the starving children in China” line.  Might help them appreciate the value of having those vegetables in the first place too.

It was about children not getting enough to eat. Why did you lie about it? Because you could?

If its about dying children, then we need to make sure we frame the context of how they got there properly.
 
Case in point.  Just last week I was behind a women at a convenience store (obese), who clearly was not dressed for work, spending 40 dollars on scratch tickets.  After that purchase, she then bought two bags of chips, a gallon of milk, and a loaf of bread with her EBT card.  The cashier said that her EBT card only had 8 dollars left on it, so she put the gallon of milk back and kept everything else.   This is after she bought $40 dollars in scratch tickets.  She had two school age kids in the car waiting for her.  This was ten am on a Thursday.  The nature of this problem is self inflicted in every instance I’ve witnessed in my life, and is perpetuated and enabled through policies largely legislated by democrats. 
 
But yes…I am the worst.

“While much has been made of the childhood obesity in our country, a new Sesame Street special will focus on childhood hunger, a large problem that, in part, can be attributed to some of the same issues.”

1.) How the hell are obesity and hunger an attribute of the same problem?
2.) Where are all these children starving? You can’t even google the topic, where are these dying kids in America?

Is this Muppet called ‘N*ggerhead’?

Ahhhhh, Ted is showing his softer side.

Open a charity, you insufferable pompous ass!

Government propaganda, sponsored by your local taxpayer. Wow.

My family grew up in WV, lost everything in a flood. We lived off of the generosity of the people in our congregation and government benefits. I grew up extremely poor & often hungry. The government school breakfast & lunch programs gave me 2 good meals. After graduation I took out government loans to complete my college education & now I can provide for my children the way my parents could not. I am a conservative. I have been registered as a Republican since 1992. Not every government program is evil if used correctly and not every issue is a political hot button topic. Poverty is a huge problem &  both parties need to address it. One side calls for more government $ & the other calls for more personal responsibility. Charities are great but there were others that did not have the support system my family had. To turn this into a political issue is disgusting. 

Yeah! There are no starving children in America. Liberal, right-wing, racist, lefty, hippy, tea party, GOP, democrat lies! Only you speak the truth NDanielson.

Just curious : what would you prefer your kids to watch as an alternative? Aside from turning off the TV all together, that is.  Oh, wait..you’re a guest.  How convenient for you.

There is nothing disgusting about turning it into a political issue…it is a political issue.

I’m glad that the system worked properly in your instance, but from members of my own family up through people I see in my daily interractions,…as I said,  are all in their current circumstances due to irresponsibility, selfishness, projection, and apathy.  And the casualties of this is the symbolic “Lily” are they’re children.  Then the real disgust sets in when you realize that Lily will grow up and most likely adopt the role of the parent, passing the misery off to a new generation.

And this generational aspect really picked up steam since LBJ’s great society.  .

So, what is your solution?  Not for those who sponge..I know what your solution would be for that..I’m talking about those who have no choice at the moment?

Yeah, Them damm hungry kids . Who do they think they are wanting food and stuff…………….It’s government propaganda, I tells ya.

“Oh, wait..you’re a guest.  How convenient for you.”

 Not sure where your going with that…I suppose it’s a reference to anonymity. But I’m willing to bet “Beezlbubba” is not your birth name either….so whats the problem?
 
In regards to your first question, I’m thinking shows like 3-2-1 contact, Mr. Wizard, and things like that that I used to watch.  I suppose all we have left is Sponge Bob, and power rangers.

A welfare system that allows recipients to buy luxury items, is a welfare system that takes food out of the mouths of needy children and encourages neglecting parents to remain on the aforementioned system.

The Republican are against food stamps and welfare.  Maybe the CEO pay will trickle out of their pocket and support these people.  

What would Jesus do?  

Of course those who have no choice, we need to help.  But “having no choice” is complex.  The guy on here describing his family losing everything in a flood, is a good example of having no choice. 
 
I healthy 25 year old man with no dependants, does have a choice, and can litterly pave roads, or shovel gravel for 10 bucks and hour and get by without a hassel.  But he wont if he can remain on a more lucrative system that pays him not to do a damn thing. 
 
When kids are involved, it gets more complicate.  My cousin hasn’t worked since 2006 and is on public assistance.  She has two kids from two different fathers and is not married.  She is on public assistance of course.  Both here kids go to school and are fairly self reliant since she neglects them.  However, her justification for collecting welfare, ebt, etc is that she is a “stay at home mom” 
 
Bottom line, I love her two daughters, and I don’t want them to experience any more pain then they already have, but I seriously believe that if uncle sam cut her off, she would get off her ass and work at Walmart/Best Buy/applebees, whatever…making the same money that she lives on now, but would become a productive member of society.

Jesus would get a job.

Yes, I am sure it gives you some great feeling of superiority to make a starving child beg for food. For me, not so much.

Starving children die, Nutsofast.

I agree!

Way to not see the root of the problem….that being “why do we have starving children”, “where do these starving children live” and what elected officials oversee these communities with starving children.

Jesus would support the same legislation that was passed when Gingrich was the speaker which cut back on these issues across the board…..then he would reiterate what is said in the Bible….”those who do not work, do not eat”
 
 
–Thanks for asking

I’ll give you the anonymity …I’ve seen several sites that let people comment without a name and the conversation has gone nowhere simply because they only jump in to post and ditch.  no offense intended.

See, i wish there were more shows of an educational nature out there and while the FCC mandated in 1990 that OTA broadcasters air a minimum of 3 hours of educational/informational programming per week, I think that’s way too low a number. Borrowing from what you mentioned, it’s pretty much sponge bob and power rangers as far as programming options are concerned.   Too bad the shows you mentioned aren’t around any more.

So given the choice between the sesame street route and spongebob, I’ll take the street any day.

Ah, Misogynist and Christian?

“So given the choice between the sesame street route and spongebob, I’ll take the street any day.”
 
 
I’ll probably will to, but I wish they’d stick to the abc’s, the count, and at least keep the viewing audience sheltered from some of the more adult aspects of society until they reach 5th or sixth grade.

I don’t think Rick Perry was around, so definitely not.

A new Muppet for “Depicting Childhood Hunger”  —  Welcome to Obama’s America.  Heckuva job, Barry.

I bet Jesus would feel compassion toward those who couldn’t get a job and are hungry.  In fact he did.  Republicans seem to skip that part of the bible.  Actually they seem to skip most parts of the bible.  

you do know the SPONGEBOB beats FOX NEWS in the cable ratings?

N*ggerhead…N*ggerhead…lol That name just sounds funny…n*gger…head…lol

According to Lenin, “He who does not work shall not eat” is a necessary principle under socialism, the preliminary phase of the evolution towards communist society. The phrase appears in his 1917 work, The State and Revolution.

Matthew 14:16
Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

Where the hell are they?
There are none on my street either.

Having your government take money for your causes makes you feel so superior, though, huh you sanctimonious fraud? Start your own charity. Volunteer at a church feeding the hungry, donate! Yeah, you do your part, sitting there supporting a government that tells you it feeds your hungry kids, by putting a puppet on tv to bring attention to your sanctimonious “cause”. Wake up, fool. That puppet on tv feeds nobody but your self righteous pompous ego. Now you even have your little lapdog tbag thinking you care so much. You’re a joke.

Are you back to complaining about free speech today? Wait, today is an odd-number-day. Yep, its complain about free speech day for tbag. LOL. Hey, I hear moosenuts has a great chin warmer for you as soon as he gets done with your empoah. Misogynist? Hell I had no clue he was a woman.

TbagsRstupid 24 minutes ago in reply to NDanielson
Ah, Misogynist and Christian?

Hey empoah I thought your name was Robert??? Is it Roberta?

I for one, did skip the part in the Bible where Jesus equated feeding the poor with petitioning Caesar for govt entitlement programs, or where he suggested that govt largess was the same as extending oneself personally.

However, I’d venture to say there are millions of hungry children whose parents are doing this.

If Sesame Street would develop a program devoted to and ending the entitlement and victimhood epidemic in this nation, I could better swallow this. 

Sesame street addresses a real issue facing a demographic that has no control over itself and all you right wing morons want to do is bullshit? Get off your fucking soap box, these are children!!!!

Sesame street addresses a real issue facing a demographic that has no control over itself and all you right wing morons want to do is bullshit? Get off your fucking soap box, these are children!!!!

Join a charity, fool. What city do you live in, fool? I’ll give you a long list, fool. Start a charity, fool. Your puppet on tv will feed nothing but your sanctimonious attitude, fool.

And both have been around for how long and yet we have a worse problem now than then?

May be private charity should handle that money,  They likely could do it better by doing it personally in the community and demanding more accountability.

Yep, so give them a puppet like 12iqman in their corner! You go 12iqman! How much charitable work did you actually do last week? How many soup kitchens did you write a check to last year? How many food drives did you organize, puppet?

It’s a good thing that Republicons don’t care about ‘Sesame Street’ and children learning, because they would yell at that Muppet and have him tossed on the street… to go DIE!!

Yep that Sesame Street Puppet tells me the goverment’s got it covered too, 12iQman. I won’t need to write a check next year or help out on any food drives this year at all. Thanks Sesame Street Puppet for bringing the hungry to my attention! And my grandkids!

Is anyone surprised you and yours get your inspiration from Sesame Street? Wow.

So the Obamacrats are quoting the Bible now to advance their destructive policies?

So much for the separation of church and state, huh?

Sorry Ted that you didn’t!

Sorry Ted that you didn’t!

Says the bigot!

So are you, trog!

Repubs have jobs unlike you libs and don’t have the time to watch your politically  lachrymose puppet shows.

So you’d let that muppet die, huh?

So unless it’s money coming out of your paycheck by Uncle Sam, you aren’t prepared to do anything?

Yeah, I’m with you on that.  It’s unfortunate that so many sponge off the system to the extent they do. Charities are a clear answer but a dishonest person is a dishonest person. I don’t know the specifics of welfare..(limits, etc)

The thing is we are assuming, like with your example, that there’s such a job available to that 25 year old guy.  If the conservative media is right, then Obama’s stimulus plan was a failure and no jobs were created..so along with that is this ‘trickle down’ effect in unemployment.  People in six figure salary sales persons were being laid off…then taking sub-six-figure salaries….the people that had those jobs were taking entry-level pay jobs…so college students have had a hard time finding work, therefore retail and service industry.  Provided they’re hiring.

I won’t defend those that cheat the system at it affects those who are legitimately in need.  Consider it like benefit of citizenship or a work-provided benefit….if it get’s abused, the simple answer is to reform it or, some would say to 86 it…no more abuse, and that funding can go elsewhere.  But those that relied on the work benefit are now screwed.  As they say “This is why we can’t have nice things!”

Welcome back (although you never left) notsosmart.

Yes they are – on that you are right.  The point that everyone keeps missing is that children misunderstand things like poverty, hunger and cannot process it like an adult.  Why would we want to inflict pain on children?  Why wouldn’t we want to protect them?  Sesame Street was always a fun show – encouraging children to count and do their alphabets.  Their purpose was not to take a “social issue” and skew it.  We are talking about children – mostly 3 and under and our job as Parents was to shelter and nourish them – not have them deal with economic problems that they cannot possibly process in a logical manner.

I’m sorry – but I completely disagree with this entire premise.  I know how children think and this is just wrong.  

Yeah, that’s why I give to private charities that help to feed and educate people rather than sending money to PBS.

Evidently, when we’ve come to point where hungry children are a peer group, perhaps the corporate sponsors of PBS ought to rethink who and what has the greater need.

Unions say the same thing; “its all about the kids!”

Well, as far as I’m concerned, when unions (who are all about the kids!) are aligned with these yahoos, well I’ll stay on my fucking soap box.  Sesame Street is stepping into political territory.  If you’re so worried about the kids.  But you’re an admitted libby, therefore you don’t mind indoctrinating the pre-school mind.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20111005/D9Q6CSEO0.html

Next week, they are introducing a puppet called “Broke Obummer.”

He is a black failure elected President based on a lie, who destroys the American economy and is thrown out of office after four years as a complete failure.

Breaking News from Mark R. Levin Esq.

Sarah Palin is NOT running for POTUS.  She’s on the phone with him right now.

Personally, I’m glad.  I like her, but she’s not of the right material.

Poor baby, are your cornrows on fire again?

Oh look- It’s “N*ggerhead”!

Frankly, I’m hoping to see Sesame Street expand the role of Grover into one of being a dead-beat dad.

They could have Grover, Jr. talking about the experience of having a father who makes babies and then makes tracks..

Sesame Street has always done this. When Mr. Hooper died they did an entire episode about it which is still considered to be one of the most influential moments in television because it gave parents the chance to address the issue of death. This is no different. If you’re going to be pissed at this you have to be pissed at that and not get your right-wing panties in a twist. Sesame Street has always been about teaching children about life. Need I remind you that just a few months ago they did a show about fiscal responsibility? Why are they taking an economic issue and skewing it? Don’t get into this mode just because you think it’s some kind of socialism crap. That’s bullshit and you know it.

Bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit. This isn’t about politics. This is about Sesame Street doing what it’s always done; addressing real-life issues in a way children can understand so take your neocon bullshit and shove it down your own throat. You’re the same breed as those who were ecstatic that Hawaii did away with universal healthcare for children because that’s socialism.

As a conservative, you should probably be careful about ridding the world of Conservative Victimization Syndrome. You wouldn’t have much left without it.

I think we have all witnessed the abuse of a system that was set up to help.  Why do we only see the abuse?  Because, the ones who need and use the system like it was intended – don’t act and do things that attract attention.  They go, do their shopping, and head home.  

My Mother could make the most wonderful meal out of the cheapest cuts of meat and stuff she grew in the garden.  She always said that the food bill is where you can save the most money, if you want to.  Later on, She’d phone and ask me what I paid for something at my store and I wouldn’t have a clue – she thought that was completely wasteful!  (she was right).  I was fortunate in that I didn’t have to look at prices, just bought what I needed when I needed it – she in turn, never forgot that she had to know what everything cost before she ever hit the store at one point in her life.  Because she was so careful and a wonderful cook, I never knew until I was older how little we had at one time.  She made sure of that.   I always admired her for that – she didn’t inflict adult pain on a child.  She handled adversity with great class.  

Maybe Presbyterians and RC’s have the same Bible?

Well, knock me over with a feather!

What is it libs. Now you are saying kids are starving in the streets while your queen Michelle is saying kids are fat. Are you idiots or liars?

I’ve enjoyed more success in my 35 than you have in all yours.  I’m certain of it. 

Next…

We don’t have starving children dying in America flush.  I realize it makes good headlines, but it’s not true.  We do have children with pathetic excuses for parents who suffer because of it – but social programs and caring adults cover for the incompetent parent.   Parents who put their own well being (booze and cigs) before their children’s needs, we’ve all seen and it breaks my heart when I see it.   

I would say pick your charity wisely, as I am sure you did, and, if time and circumstance allow, actually give some time as well. Some charities, not all, not most, but some make people feel as if they are begging.

I guess this goes without saying, but food banks across the country are really hurting right now.

This works knows no ideology, no party.

Thanks for this post, Cecelia.

Like I said, you are okay with the indoctrination of the pre-school mind.

Last time I looked, learing the ABC’s weren’t on a par with childhood hunger. 

And free universal healthcare is socialism.

so what about death and fiscal responsibility? Are those on par with ABC’s? Because Sesame Street’s been talking about those since the 80′s.
You prove how much of a neocon moron you are. Children are one demographic that even the most hard-lined libertarians would want universal healthcare for but you fascist neocon morons have co-opted the Republican party. It’s no wonder Barry Goldwater wanted nothing to do with you.

Ted, that is all it would take- assuming you were ever capable of being vertical.

He struck a nerve in the lib who gets his social news from Sesame Street Muppets.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M0dHumzwur0/TcGzCM-nRKI/AAAAAAAABr0/ZBOlZxvDnow/s400/sorry_crying_cartoon1.jpg

And free universal healthcare is socialism.
And so are public schools
And so are roads
And so is Medicare
And so is Social Security

That looks like the libs at OWS!

does cornrows mean something?

didn’t you get banned?

Your qualifications?

Spongebob has a more intelligent audiance.

wow, just.. wow. very good my friend.

You’re a liberal. Your sad existence is floated on nothing but “victimhood”.

No it doesn’t. You’re thinking of CNN and MSDNC

COOKIE MONSTA NEED TO PAY MO TAXES TO DA GUBBERMINT SO ME CAN EAT. I LOVE GUBBERMINT, HATE FREE MARKET.. MMMM HMMM

Nah, he was hanging out at a church that blames Jews for 9-11

You realize that you’re trying to reason with an insane person, right? You may as well be trying to teach astro physics to a chimpanzee. It would be far more fruitful than attempting to reason with the liberals on this board.

Shove off, you phony!

From calling people traitors to their country, to making the most malevolent fun of regular people, you’re the biggest hater and political operator on the internet.

You’re the blogboard equivalent of anthrax.

Qualifications wern’t a requirement for you when you voted in 2008….why are they an issue now?

Thought so.

Good point.

So qualifications still arn’t an issue or are they?

Yeah, they’re not on the internet either. Google “children dying of starvation in America” and nothing comes up.

No, instead our children are stricken with diminished social skills and bad grammar because they text too much. Talk about friggin’ First World problems…

I love this stupid, irrational line of reasoning.

What would Jesus do? Find me anywhere in the Bible where Jesus stole from someone and then give it to someone else. Good luck, chump. Not that you’ve actually the Bible — or the Constitution.