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One doesn't expect to see this kind of programming on a network otherwise known for high quality. Most of those who love regular PBS programming are appalled by these programs and their deviation from the norm. As a result, loyal fans are lost, at least temporarily. And the people who are attracted to these misfits may cough up some money, but they may not be pleased when the drive is over and Suze heads south for another couple of months to be replaced by science shows, Brit dramas and how-to shows -- all of which inhabit a plateau totally dissimilar to shows that have the words "wheat belly" in the title. Then there are the pleasant special shows, usually performance-oriented, that should last an hour but usually take twice as long. (Steve Martin and Edie Brickell in a Great Performances pledge special, left.) Why? Because the allegedly brilliant minds that are responsible for shows like "Nova" and "American Masters" think punctuating a good program with endless pleading for money makes sense. Compare it to buying a car. You go into a showroom and either like what you see and think it's worth the cost or you don't. A salesperson may try to browbeat you into capitulation. He may disappear for inordinate amounts of time to check a fact with a manager and may forget to return your keys that they borrowed to appraise your car. But they don't want to give up. Such tactics might work on the dimwit characters of endless failed sitcoms, but they are insulting to the typical fan of the normal PBS quality level. It's an insult thrown regularly throughout each broadcast year at people who have proven their loyalty. These and other tasteless tactics of PBS pledge drives are as out-of-place and gauchely mistaken as a platter of White Castles on a Downton Abbey banquet table. That these judgment errors continue unchanged and unchallenged isn't easily forgiven. Public radio stations with which I'm familiar don't rely on stunts and bad manners to receive support. So why is the larger sibling so clueless? Going back to the top of this rant, there once was a time when smokers were welcomed almost everywhere, and no one thought of challenging such negative behavior. Today the smokers who persist not only are not welcomed, but they are also treated as the worst and most undesirable of creatures by many. Please, PBS, clean up your act, break the habit and treat your fans with the respect they deserve. Because right now you stink.

I am going to work on creating a family friendly sitcom about myself, my mother, stepmom, grandmother, father and other family members, BUT we will use our own names. Teddy bears included and cats included. I am going to be the main character who loves every day filled with adventures. It is going to take place in either my father's house, my mother's house or both. I will take my teddy bear Pat out wherever I go and whatever I do, but he has a napping and feeding schedule since he is a baby. I will have to make time for all of that. In this sitcom I am going to take my bear Pat wherever I go but the problem is it is not appropriate for my age. We all know that but since it is geared to kids we should include him outside the house. I liked doing things with Pat in and out of the house even when I was little. I am looking for someone to videotape all episodes and find songs to use in all episodes.

To: letterstoeditor@bostonherald.com, letters@belmontvoice.org, NYT Letters , nancy.barns@globe.com, mark.morrow@globe.com, Audience Npr Subject: The sin of Jewishness in Biden’s America  It is a sin to be Jewish in President Biden and the Democrat’s America. My first vote was for William Jefferson Clinton, I rarely miss an election and I have never voted for a Republican, bit my party is no longer the Democratic Party for a host of reasons and how can I vote for my party, which is openly courting antisemitic voters? I choose to face the fear of a second Trump administration over my defunct, antidemocratic and antisemitic party. President Trump has corrupted the Democratic Party far more than the Republican Party. Far more. Or, better to say that candidate Trump has allowed the Democratic Party to corrupt itself and is we can’t survive a second Trump presidency then we aren’t meant to and won’t survive the next iteration. This dynamic of fear and desperation is augmenting polarity and hastening the end of democracy. President Biden’s lowers the flag to half staff in remembrance and to mark any sized mass shooting to bring awareness to gun violence, but also to serve and profit from a wedge issue, but if you are one of the 33 Jewish Americans killed in Israel by terrorists, who are held in good regard by his the demographic electorate he is courting, well then you come to your own conclusions about this official non-act.  I can't get my head around the implications of the White House's silent "proclamation" that Jewish Americans are "less than,” “other” and sub-citizens, tainted by their communal sins including connectedness to Israel and all undeserving of the dignity of the most salient and dignified tradition of lowering the county’s flag and remembering and mourning as a whole nation. By not proclaiming the flags be lowered for Americans killed by terrorists in a massive terror attack in Israel on 10/7, President Biden proclaimed something else far more sinister, insidious and threatening to “the American experiment” than the program of the Trump cabal. My fellow Democrats are spending down our democratic endowment as fast, or faster than former President Trump is. The Democratic Party has lost the thread on equality, justice and the values that promote liberty. The Democratic Party has lost its moral core and seceded to the socialists. In President Biden’s America inequality is promoted and there are full and worthy citizens and lesser, shameful citizens. Sincerely, Fred H*****n-S***h 231 Belmont, Ma 02478 (339)-XXX-XXXX *****This message was sent from my mobile device.*****