----------------------------Original message---------------------------- the most frightening thing about the whole debate might be that the monetary issue is only $285 million. In other words, it costs each person in the US about $1 to support public broadcasting. Can we possibly even understand what a small portion of the budget that is? Probably not. Privatize=eliminate. PBS, NPR, NEA and the other "leftie"- funded organizations wouldn't even buy a decent high-tech plane. sorry to ramble, it just pissed me off. arthur