Re: Runaway Global Warming Possible!

From: Eric Chomko (echomko_at__at_polaris.umuc.edu)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:37:28 +0000 (UTC)

Vendicar Decarian (VD@Pyro.net) wrote:

: "Alex Terrell" <alexterrell@yahoo.com> wrote:
: > So they use the money to churn out things like Eastenders which are
: > hardly what tax payers money should be spent on, and could equally be
: > funded by advertising or subscription.

: In part. And of course "EastEnders" is the most enduring and longest
: running drama in world history. And of course there is also Dr. Who the
: longest running SiFi series in history, and Top of the Pops, and a host of
: other hugely successful series.

: But the primary importance of the BBC is the rage and quality of
: documentaries they produce, that teach the Brits about the natural world
: around them.

We get BBC America. I like it.

: Of course, Americans don't know about the documentaries the BBC produces,
: because U.S. television is completely devoid of any and all educational
: content.

: This is in part an explanation of why a substantial fraction of American
: adults can't find their own country on an unnamed map of the world, and why
: an even larger number can't manage to find the pacific ocean on the map
: either.

Yes, it is sad. We have become somewhat pampered. But I will ALWAYS put
our best against anyone else's best.

: By all measure, Americans are the most ignorant 1st world population on
: earth.

Perhaps, but our primary education system is second to none. English is
the world standard language and the dollar is the de facto standard
currency.

: Long live the BBC.

...in America, too!

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