National Public Radio and Minnesota Public Radio, Wiconsin Public Radio, Michigan Public Radio--- publicly owned, Wall Street controlled

As I traveled across Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan the last three weeks I listed to National Public Radio and its state and local affiliates--- nothing but lies, racism and distortion of the facts with a smidgeon of truth tossed in once in a while to provide that "kernel of truth" always needed to make the lies palatable and acceptable for public consumption.

There is a great deal of confusion as to just what National Public Radio, its state and local stations are. Some say Public Radio has changed. This is the same old National Public Radio that it has ever been.

NPR has always been publicly financed to the hilt by tax-payers and listeners and by the great "philanthropists."

Who are these "philanthropists?"

These "philanthropists" are the same Wall Street coupon clippers who exploit working people 24/7 and rape the land all over the world.

The problem with NPR is that the "philanthropists" wield their influence over NPR very directly because they force and push their views using their "financial gifts" to manipulate, control and dictate to NPR.

These are the very same "philanthropists" who are backing Obama and all the other Wall Street politicians.

These are the same "philanthropists" who own the mines, mills and factories whose wealth is derived from "Manifest Destiny" in stealing the land and resources from First Nations Peoples and whose wealth is derived from slavery and the exploitation of working people who protect their assets through wars in the same way as they get tax-payers to fund their views on NPR.

The state and national mobster dominated Indian Gaming Industry has used their "contributions" to NPR and the various state public radio (and Public Television) to make sure the conditions over two-million people employed in the Indian Gaming Industry forced to work in loud, noisy, smoke-filled casinos at poverty wages without any rights under state or federal labor laws never get discussed.

In many ways, NPR is the embodiment and "flag-ship" providing direction for the corporate dominated and owned MainStreamMedia (MSM). The only difference is that NPR is publicly owned and Wall Street manipulated and controlled--- pretty much like the two-major parties; and in case you haven't noticed, NPR baits the two-party trap.

Here in Minnesota we have a very good example of how the corporations control Public Radio--- just tune into KAXE and you will find that this station is the voice of the Blandin Foundation, the mining companies and the Indian Gaming Industry--- corporations using a public institution to try to brainwash people into believing that this rotten capitalist system that has has morphed into a thoroughly rotten barbaric and cannibalistic system of Wall Street wars funded through austerity measures protecting the investments and assets of the Wall Street Coupon clippers is the "cat's meow" and the working class socialist alternative is the epitome of "evil."

By the time one gets done listening to NPR and its state affiliates like Minnesota Public Radio and KAXE one would think that there is no class struggle--- that Wall Street's problems and the problems of the working class are one and the same with the solutions to these problems identical; even though the source of the problems are never discussed in a way that would lead us to believe that capitalism is the system of the few wealthy owners of the banks, mines, mills, factories, big-agribusiness, forestry, power generating, health care and communication industries with the alternative cooperative socialist system being a better system for the rest of us.

National Public Radio (and television) is just like anything else in this country--- in the name of "philanthropy" the rich control it; and just like Wall Street's wars--- we pay for it.

All you hear on public radio is a bunch of over-paid capitalist Sooth-sayers making pitches for money none-stop as high-paid management sits behind the scenes making sure the system that has enriched "the great philanthropists" is never challenged .

Ever heard a good discussion on NPR about what cause poverty?  Of course not because the finger would point directly at "the great philanthropists" who dictate the programming of National Public Radio and its state and local affiliates.

I wouldn't contribute a single penny to keep this dog-and-pony show going.

The people should take control of NPR by taking our government back from Wall Street.