Fox News says boycott Canada

[Ben Kenobi]

The same troglodytes would whine on how it was a money pit.

Wow!

Advanced all the way to troglodyte status.

So without public funding none of this would have happened?

[Agathon]

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


Wow!

Advanced all the way to troglodyte status.

So without public funding none of this would have happened?

Much less likely to have happened.

And so too would Eugene Levy have been much less likely to have had a viable career.

It was Canadian TV stations who needed CanCon that breathed life into SCTV, not Yankee stations.

[Zylka]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


Wow!

Advanced all the way to troglodyte status.

So without public funding none of this would have happened?

no, it would have happened BETTER

meanwhile we pay taxes for POS programming such as "ROCKPOINT PD". check it out! seriously, give this abolute gem of Canadian funding a look next time you're up at 3:00am

and in ironic fashion, quality programming such as Trailer Park Boy make constant mockery of the feds every shot they get - and still take the very paycheques they find ridiculous. wake the * up, Canada

[notyoueither]

John Candy, Martin Short, Dave Thomas, Catherine O'Hara, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Harold Ramis, Robin Duke, Tony Rosato, Joe Flaherty, and Eugene Levy...

With a cast like that, why were not New York execs lining up to put them on prime time in the US? Oh wait, they were unknown then.

[Agathon]

How dare some of you people in effect diss "The Beachcombers". You bastards!!!!!!

[Ben Kenobi]

Much less likely to have happened.

And so too would Eugene Levy have been much less likely to have had a viable career.

Well, then.

Why don't we privatise everything and see if the flow of good Canadian film stops.

If you are right, what do you have to fear?

[notyoueither]

You have a problem with requiring people who profit from licences for use of public airwaves to put something back?

Do you beat puppies too?

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Agathon
How dare some of you people in effect diss "The Beachcombers". You bastards!!!!!!

Relic forEVAR!

[Ben Kenobi]

You have a problem with requiring people who profit from licences for use of public airwaves to put something back?

They pay for these licences already.

That's a form of contribution.

[notyoueither]

Bull!

Again, with the cast for SCTV, the private sector should have been lined up to air them. They weren't. CBC, baby. Nothin', zilch, nada from the states for many years, despite the connections to Chicago.

[bipolarbear]

What do you think would happen nationally, If alquaeda were to assasinte o'reilly? Would he become an national hero? i think he would.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


They pay for these licences already.

That's a form of contribution.

Besides, they pay what? 1.5% of revenue... to the government!

You want the government to get directly into the business of producing programming? Isn't the Ceebs news bad enough for you already? Are you nuts?

[St Leo]

Re: Re: Fox News says boycott Canada

Originally posted by Zylka
The globe IS as far left as it gets in N America for mainstream

Uhm, Toronto Star is mainstream. I'd like you to explain how the Globe is further left than the Star.

and in ironic fashion, quality programming such as Trailer Park Boy make constant mockery of the feds every shot they get - and still take the very paycheques they find ridiculous. wake the * up, Canada

Excuse me, but you have no right to moan about this since you'd also moan if they were censored by the government. I am proud of Canada for supporting freedom of speech.

They pay for these licences already. That's a form of contribution.

Would you find it acceptable if the Canadian content rules were junked, the fees were raised, and the money from the fees were used to fund all of CBC operations?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
How does O'Reilly equal Fox News now?

And O'Reilly isn't really your ordinary right-winger. He's pretty left on a variety of issues.

Doesn't matter -- whether you're a left extremist or a right extremist, a person would still be a loon.