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eppur_se_muova

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43. What an appallingly pig-ignorant asshole. He needs to learn something about the state he purportedly represents:
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:06 AM
Sunday
The state of Alabama has invested in aerospace, education, health care, banking, and various heavy industries, including automobile manufacturing, mineral extraction, steel production and fabrication. By 2006, crop and animal production in Alabama was valued at $1.5 billion. In contrast to the primarily agricultural economy of the previous century, this was only about one percent of the state's gross domestic product. The number of private farms has declined at a steady rate since the 1960s, as land has been sold to developers, timber companies, and large farming conglomerates.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Alabama


There are plenty of well-educated people in AL who want to see their kids grow up with access to educational TV, and supporters of APT know that it played an important historic role:
1955 was a year of important firsts in America. The opening of McDonalds would help revolutionize the restaurant industry. The opening of Disneyland would transform the definition of theme park. And in Alabama, the sign-on of Alabama Public Television’s transmitters in Birmingham and on Mt. Cheaha would make it the first educational television network in the nation, demonstrating enormous new possibilities for students across the country.

In the following years, Alabama would be a prototype for broadcasters and educators in the U.S. and around the world. APT’s founding director, Raymond Hurlbert, was elected chairman of the board of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters for 1962-63, and he was president of the National Association of Educational Television in 1968. His participation in legislative hearings on behalf of the Public Broadcasting Act was recognized as key testimony in passage of the legislation, and he was honored by President Lyndon Johnson for his efforts on behalf of what would become national public broadcasting.

https://aptv.org/apt-news/celebrating-americas-first-2/

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Small to medium sized farms are going bankrupt anyway due to GOP polices. Irish_Dem Saturday #1
He's running for Governor. sop Saturday #2
But not running for re-election in the Senate BumRushDaShow Saturday #9
He will win Stuckinthebush Saturday #16
I feel for you. When California is run by their right wing nutballs, it is a nightmare. travelingthrulife Saturday #20
He'll definitely win. sop Saturday #23
Tuberville does not want creon Saturday #3
Bankruptcy regarding farms are on the rise................ Lovie777 Saturday #4
One of the dumbest politicians in DC PJMcK Saturday #5
He wants to eliminate smart people. Kid Berwyn Saturday #13
The Sarah Palin of men Jvp Saturday #28
He and many other MAGATS want all others to be a stupid as them Maraya1969 Saturday #6
'90%', eh? OldBaldy1701E Saturday #7
One thing's for certain Zorro Saturday #12
I am surprised that he could spell it! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Saturday #15
That's it exactly! mwb970 Saturday #18
BooberVille Would Praise a Car Wreck MrWowWow Saturday #8
It's not going anywhere, Tommy. tanyev Saturday #10
Good riddance to this brain-dead piece of shit. Paladin Saturday #11
Fits in with the low opinion heckles65 Saturday #14
Typically idiotic. mwb970 Saturday #17
Because there is NOTHING positive about the right. louis-t Saturday #19
Tommy--- TELL US SOMETHING GOOD FROM RIGHT-WING POLITICS. BurnDoubt Sunday #41
Snowflake Red Mountain Saturday #21
Yes they will Figarosmom Saturday #22
Trump's victory over PBS and NPR 'bias' will be 'devastating' for rural areas, station leaders say. generalbetrayus Saturday #24
I think Teeter's description in Yellowstone popsdenver Saturday #25
No dumb shit they won't but the people who do science in this world Eliot Rosewater Saturday #26
Farm and ranch families account for less than 2% of the U.S. population VMA131Marine Saturday #27
Once again, Tooberville strives to be... WestMichRad Saturday #29
This coming from the guy who never shuts up about "illegals" and jacks off to ICE arrests every day. Karasu Saturday #30
Do we know what state Tommy lives in? stollen Saturday #31
Listen, you filthy cockroach. Maybe start pulling your embarrassing state out of the shit can. chouchou Saturday #32
Crimson Tide..................... turbinetree Saturday #33
Just so everyone at DU knows, myself and 920,000+ people in Alabama tried our damndest to get Doug Jones re-elected. Crowman2009 Saturday #34
Now do Fox, Tubby! Nm Grins Saturday #35
The farmers' wives will. truthisfreedom Saturday #36
And most of all, their kids. nt eppur_se_muova Sunday #42
the TRUTH is "left-leaning" to these fucking Trump humping nazis Skittles Saturday #37
Goodness forbid the truth be told in an easy to understand format tonekat Saturday #38
I doubt .. . AverageOldGuy Sunday #39
Just goes to show Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday #40
What an appallingly pig-ignorant asshole. He needs to learn something about the state he purportedly represents: eppur_se_muova Sunday #43
More Bullshit. Frigging Tuberville himself was on NPR. I remember screaming back at him in the car. maxsolomon Monday #44
Several of my aunts and uncles farm, AND listen to public radio/watch PBS NickB79 Monday #45
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