cshort wrote:Jim Henson and his family made millions off of characters he created and developed through Sesame Street. While the entities are non-profit, hard to argue that the creator didn't profit. Would seem to me PBS dropped the ball by not getting something from Henson (unless they were prohibited by law). Non-profits in other areas get royalties/fees from products where they provide the resources for people to invent or create, seems to me PBS could have done the same thing, seeing as they were the money making vehicle for Henson.

CalvinBall wrote:PBS showing their two hour special on Romney and Obama and how they came up through the political ranks.

Paul Ryan said that Democrats's strategy through the election is "to call us liars for a month" in an interview with Michigan radio host Frank Beckmann Monday. The day after Wednesday's presidential debate, the Obama campaign released an ad saying Romney had not told the truth during the debate.

“It seems pretty clear that their new strategy is basically just call us liars, to descend down into a mud pit and hopefully with enough mudslinging back and forth and distortion, people will get demoralized and then they can win by default; sort of a choice of the lesser of two evils,” Ryan said.

CalvinBall wrote:romney issued over 800 vetoes as governor. i thought he and the legislature got along?

The Democratic Party in Florida has turned in more than 290,000 voter registration applications this year, compared to less than 47,000 for the state’s Republican Party.

td11 wrote:http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ryan-dems-strategy-is-to-call-us-liars

Paul Ryan said that Democrats's strategy through the election is "to call us liars for a month" in an interview with Michigan radio host Frank Beckmann Monday. The day after Wednesday's presidential debate, the Obama campaign released an ad saying Romney had not told the truth during the debate.

“It seems pretty clear that their new strategy is basically just call us liars, to descend down into a mud pit and hopefully with enough mudslinging back and forth and distortion, people will get demoralized and then they can win by default; sort of a choice of the lesser of two evils,” Ryan said.

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cshort wrote:Jim Henson and his family made millions off of characters he created and developed through Sesame Street. While the entities are non-profit, hard to argue that the creator didn't profit. Would seem to me PBS dropped the ball by not getting something from Henson (unless they were prohibited by law). Non-profits in other areas get royalties/fees from products where they provide the resources for people to invent or create, seems to me PBS could have done the same thing, seeing as they were the money making vehicle for Henson.

td11 wrote:http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ryan-dems-strategy-is-to-call-us-liars

Paul Ryan said that Democrats's strategy through the election is "to call us liars for a month" in an interview with Michigan radio host Frank Beckmann Monday. The day after Wednesday's presidential debate, the Obama campaign released an ad saying Romney had not told the truth during the debate.

“It seems pretty clear that their new strategy is basically just call us liars, to descend down into a mud pit and hopefully with enough mudslinging back and forth and distortion, people will get demoralized and then they can win by default; sort of a choice of the lesser of two evils,” Ryan said.

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