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http://swiftreport.blogs.com/
Sesame Street is under siege by a
clique of censors from the extremes of both the left and right, thanks to the
Republican seizure of PBS, and the subsequent changes instituted just last week.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Sesame Street was a children's program,
created by Jim Henson that has been an American staple in the world of
Children's Programming for decades. The show has kept its place in society by
catering to the imaginative and creative needs of two to five year old children.
But with the changes in funding and censorship at the "new PBS" apparently more
drastic measures are now needed to further an agenda that has not been seen on
this program before.
"Beginning this spring, Sesame
Street will debut a new puppet named 'Noah,' who is intended to appeal to the
show's burgeoning audience of young Christians. The character, whose puppet
persona comes complete with an arc, will have responsibility for two letters in
the alphabet call-out portion of the show: 'F,' which stands for 'flood,' and
'G,' which now stands for 'God.'"
If Bible-toting Americans want to have
their views represented, all they need to do is create their own program, and
their own "loveable characters" to sell their rather strange ideas
about the need to further a Flat Earth Society, and the questionable nature of
the Rapture, neither of which have previously been front and center in the minds
of small children. Parents used to be the ones that were in charge of what their
children watched. But with the advent of these New Republican Censors
apparently if they can't get these backward and obsolete ideas across in the
normal way, then what they decided to do is get the Republican government censor
to mandate changes to some of the programs that are popular and that actually
work.
Whatever this may be called, it is
clearly censorship. The owners of the program should pull the show rather than
capitulate to this Gestapo tactic, a device that is meant to destroy human
potential, by warping the minds of the children, rather than by encouraging the
organic growth of curiosity or real imagination.
In fact - this charade goes straight to
the heart of creative control, and in the case of Sesame Street, it goes to the
definition of Jim Henson's original concept in the creation of both the
characters and their reason for being in the first place.
Whoever now owns the rights to Henson's
work, should be besieged with comment on this topic from the viewing public, and
the sponsors ought to hear from everyone concerned. This blatant attempt to
force children to adopt these fringe views on some religious principles runs
completely counter to these healthy and growing minds that are desperately in
need of stimulation, not brainwashing!
If the Evangelistas want to create a
show of their own, no one is stopping them. But if they persist on this track,
then perhaps the creative teams at Sesame Street ought to begin to think about a
whole new cast of characters to balance out these stone age additions, that have
so recently been mandated for the program.
For instance there could be Swaggy Jim,
the loveable but fallen preacher who has a fondness for casual companionship. Or
they could add Elmer-Tongue the blustery but loveable con artist, who fleeces
one and all for that someone that he talks to "upstairs." There could
be a whole new breed of strangers inserting themselves into the program.
Flathead Freddy, for instance could be very helpful with that portion of society
that still believes the world is flat. He could also be very helpful to all
those kids (the geographically challenged) who have no idea where they are on
this continent, or in the world.
And let's not forget about Re-write
Ralph, our faithful fundamentalist that constantly corrects the bad old
scientific community, by traveling the country and changing all the signs on US
national monuments to reflect their real importance: which is due to the Bible
and the Flood - in Ralphy's view only the literal interpretations of the one and
only Bible, could have been responsible for things like the Grand Canyon, or the
origins of life on this planet.
There could also soon be Just-Us Judy,
who always "Just says NO" to everything - especially anything that
might be sexual. And we can't forget Tepid Tim who spends his free time running
from his own shadow, inbetween lectures on the evils of anything that might be
bad for anyone. Most of these new characters could revolve around Super Sam, who
appears in riot gear and a cape made from "old glory," He passes out
pepper spray and secret cell-phones to all concerned about "the
terrorists" that are hiding everywhere, but will soon be coming to visit
every child who isn't patriotic.
But why stop there - let's just get a
group portrait of the presidential cabinet and make hero puppets out of every
single one of the president's key people, being as they are all such sterling
characters anyway. We should start with the president's very own representative
in the White House pressroom. For two years running Jeff Gannon-Gorsch-Guckert
or whatever his name really is, just happened to run a homosexual prostitution
ring inside the White House. But as there has been no investigation - he must be
one of the good guys - so let's introduce him to your children. We could call
him Tawdry Jeff.
http://www.rense.com/
As these characters are meant to be
inspirational we should look closely at the president's advisors. What a rogue's
gallery of fools, pardoned criminals, and thugs they are. What more outstanding
examples could we possibly find to use as role models for your children to
emulate? There's our new Director of National Intelligence, who used to run the
Death Squads in Central America. Or Paul Wolfowitz, truly a useable punk for all
reasons - not to be confused with someone who actually cares about anything but
his Capitalistic version of the Neo-Con agenda. "Always-Proper-Paul"
will now decide what is best for all the world's poor and starving. These are
some of the people, behind the scenes in this administration that Americans
really need to know more about. What better way to alter what they really are,
than by painting them as heroes for your children to emulate?
What is now being proposed for Sesame
Street is no different; this is just the beginning of state sanctioned
censorship trying to disguise itself as useful and intelligent advice to the
children of this nation. Children already have parents; there is no need for a
bogus father figure in the office that used to belong to the president.
It's one thing not to stand up to these
thugs when they masquerade as your leaders, it's another thing entirely when
they try to insert themselves between you and the education of your children!
So by all means don't write, don't call
the producers of Sesame Street, do not contact the advertisers who support this
program, and do not tell your friends or your associates about this travesty -
just do what you always do keep your mouth shut and your head down while the
government and a bunch of lunatics hijack the imaginations and the promise that
still lives in the vulnerable minds of your children.
Don't you dare ask questions of anyone
about all this garbage, because you might actually begin to rock the precarious
Ship of Fools that is running this nation into the wall at 10,000 miles a hour.
Why would anyone want to keep this government from completing its mission: That
mission seems to be the compete destruction of this nation, and with that
project now well along the way, it looks like they want to get the children too.
Hey - this used to be your country, look at your children - and think about what
they'll be like when and if this blatant censorship is allowed to have its way
with them!
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