Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 03, 2012

Or firearms. Or NASCAR. Or freedom…State Radio – here to give you what the State determines that YOU need.

May your chains lie light upon you and may history forget that you were descended from free men.

Orion

Considering Rat’s contempt for everyone other than himself, his claiming to be one of the “commoners” makes him almost hypocritical enough to get a job with Faux News Channel. Is his first name Glenn, by any chance?

Righteous Rat…

Rat claims to hate stupid people yet at the same time speaks the anti-intellectual clap trap that infests so much of the American landscape.

so people don’t like the idea that NPR is funded by the government… okay i can respect that … what do they think of radio free Europe? also funded by the US government, maybe a bunch of communist sympathizers?

Shouldn’t that be a white wine? I guess a rosé is close enough!

You’re = contraction for “you are.” But then when one begins foaming at the mouth, the niceties of grammar just fly out the window I guess.

If NPR is government-funded, why the endless fundraisers?

@CitizenThom: I posted this on PBS (Pearls Before Swine ~not Public Broadcast System) late yesterday so I thought I would post it for you again today.

I listen to NPR sometimes. There are some good blues and jazz programs and Praraie Home Companion is pretty good also.

@Citizen Thom, I have looked on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and Borders before they closed up shop. Nowhere have I been able to find books about Dick and Jane now that they are grown up and are into adult activities.

Actually, I think Rats persona is more like Neal Boortz who has a great disdain for…commoners.

Rat will now go home and hang himself. He accidentally admitted he’s common and not superior to everyone else as he constantly tries claiming. He’s more elitist than goat.

By the way, NPR has covered monster truck rallies and demolition derbies. And roller derby. Does that make something legitimate?

People (or goats) who sit at a bar and listen to podcasts while sipping wine are just begging for some rat to strike up a conversation and bait them a bit! And it works!

Monster Truck Rally YES on NPR.http://www.npr.org/2012/02/22/147257246/we-crush-the-cars-inside-the-monster-truck-arena

Whoa! Somebody skip their meds today?

Who but Rat, would want to listen to Monster Truck Rallies on the radio?

The grammar discussion was great!

Every time a rat mentions freedom, a liberal wets their diaper.

Rat tells it like it is!!!

@Ray Cov: No Sherlock is NOT that clever. The liberals have come up with the name “faux news”…..just because Fox News actually informs Americans about what is really going on. But I guess he must be one of the 41% of the people who didn’t even know the SCOTUS ruled on Thursday about Obama-Tax. I am sure Rat knew about this.

I’m a former generous supporter of NPR – and hope to be again. When they return to reporting news instead of telling me how to interpret news, my wallet will reopen. Keeping yourself informed these days is like mining: gotta sort through a lot of slag to find a little ore.

All history is revisionist.

@Quasimodo – twits calling each other names isn’t funny? Grab a beer and enjoy the show! First round’s on me.

You go, Rat! Just like his predecessor, Archie Bunker, his liberal writers unwittingly put pearls of wisdom in his mouth.

@Quasimodo: You are RIGHT. I hate when I get caught up in the name calling………. I mean let’s face it…we are ALL HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE THE STRIP! :)I think I’ll join you and Businessgypsy for a beer! Hey that would make 3 of us…does that qualify for an official “Beer Summit”??? lol

Apparently, NPR does include monster truck rallies…

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/22/147257246/we-crush-the-cars-inside-the-monster-truck-arena

I honestly believe it’s a problem in the U.S. Many people (and I’m related to some of them!) continuously absorbing a constant stream of Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, Beck, Levin . . .The stuff I hear coming out of these listener-friends of mine . . . is mind-boggling . . .

The commoners I know look down on the monster truck bunch, so they might be in a class of their own, along with WWE Smackdown fans (why was that left off the list?).

Firearms might suck, but the government control in the US of firearms sucks worse. Assault weapons are automatic by definition, but the powers that be have made many ordinary hunting rifles into “assault weapons” purely based on looks.

For a rundown fy NPR of where it gets its funding, see http://www.npr.org/about/aboutnpr/publicradiofinances.htmlNice pie graph. Of course, some may say that NPR is lying about itself. Over 1 1/2 years ago, Fox reported this: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/13/taxpayers-provide-percent-nprs-funding-analyst-says/Whatever, NPR by no means gets ALL of its funding from government entities.

Picture of Obama drinking PepsiNPR: Obama enjoys a Pepsi.MSN: Obama wins big points with Pepsi supporters.FOX: Obama declares war on Coke.

(Stolen from some internet meme, but appropriate I think)

My grammar flew out the window – and nobody has seen her since.

Excellent strip.

xxx

I think that Goat’s only mistake was going on the defensive..My personal point of view — and what Goat should have said — is: “I have good taste, and high standards. I like what I like, and if you have a problem with that, it’s your problem, not mine.”.If that defines an elitist, I’m okay with that too.

Good to see the Libs getting so upset about a comic strip! You guys should learn how to laugh at yourself, everyone else does!

Well, I guess I have common tastes. I like PBS and PBS, not so much because they’re perfect…they’re pretty good…but because they don’t have stupid yellers and very crass lowest-denomination commercials.

I did a little radio, and I don’t like jerks much. And I have a better right hook than Rat ever dreamed of. He’ll NEVER sucker-punch me. I’m an OLD-FASHIONED out-of-datelib dem, kind of like Roosevelt…Teddy. He was one of the original importers of jiu jitsu to this country, too. And he could box good.

Today we have anonymous internet. All you tighty-righty dummies are better off that way.

Curse you, Rat. Now William Shatner’s version of “Common People” has invaded my brain.“I wanna live like common people.I wanna do whatever common people do.”

I’m guessing that Brian Griffin likes NPR. So does that mean that Stephan secretly wants to sucker punch Seth McFarlane?

everyone kiss my rats ass

@Night-Gaunt49: Yes, Yoda, attacking the attacker I was — sort of like what you’re doing in your post. Here, I’ll hold the mirror….

Drat, an arument I don’t like but I’m not clever enough to retort. Aah HAH, a TYPO! Mwa ha ha ha!

Those who can retort, those who can’t nick pick.

My first post here. I love Pearls. I also listen to NPR a lot. Some of it drives me crazy but Terry Gross does terrific interviews with a broad range of guests. Her interview with Gene Simmons is classic. (I am from Philly where the show is produced.)

Just for the record, Goat (for once) is wrong… NPR HAS covered monster truck rallies!http://www.npr.org/2012/02/22/147257246/we-crush-the-cars-inside-the-monster-truck-arena

sad……

@Stephan PastisNPR segment on Monster Trucks: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thisisnpr/2012/07/05/156287669/npr-in-the-cartoons@Orion(see above)NPR segment on firearms: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/24/145640473/how-the-glock-became-americas-weapon-of-choiceNPR segment on NASCAR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=156335779Federal state & local governments contribute about 4.6% to NPR’s expenses.

@ Ray CovThe problem with Fox News is that it does present news in such a way to support their editorials, rather than keeping their editorials and news separate. An interesting article here discusses their “Fair & Balanced” reporting: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067/

To all: Look at any day of NPR programming, the wide variety of subjects and try to find similar diversity in any Fox broadcast day.

I love npr. Long live eliteist!!!

HE SAID CRAP, WHAAAAAAAT?? %^*$, the world is ending

Actually, they did do a story on monster truck rallies once.

Goat is leet.

you know, it actually did cover a monster truck rally

gasp goat said cra with a p!