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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson Verified account ‏@neiltyson 3 Oct 2012

    Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive

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      1. Steve Marmel ‏@Marmel 3 Oct 2012

        Why the hell @neiltyson isn't moderating one of these debates is beyond me.

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      2. CVersage ‏@CVersage 4 Oct 2012

        @Marmel @neiltyson Because then we'd wind up electing him.

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      3. Steve Marmel ‏@Marmel 4 Oct 2012

        Okay. @CVersage @neiltyson

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      1. Brent Ozar ‏@BrentO 4 Oct 2012

        @neiltyson @jaylee Exactly. Everybody knows you go for the porn first.

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      2. Bart Silverstrim ‏@Bsilverstrim77 4 Oct 2012

        @BrentO NO NO NO NO NO!

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      3. Brent Ozar ‏@BrentO 4 Oct 2012

        @Bsilverstrim77 Only because we've got that stored on multiple hard drives for redundancy purposes.

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      4. Bart Silverstrim ‏@Bsilverstrim77 4 Oct 2012

        @BrentO In that case, okay. Backups are essential. Although budget-wise I don't know the equivalent...

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    1. elizabeth flock ‏@lizflock 4 Oct 2012

      Romney said in debate he wants to cut PBS. Here are 5 things the government spends more money on: http://t.usnews.com/bC8CD  cc @neiltyson

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    2. Khaled خالد ‏@KhaledAlwaleed 3 Oct 2012

      @neiltyson why do these people focus on cutting the wrong area in an effort to "balance the budget"??

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    3. Tim Rostan. ‏@mrtgr 3 Oct 2012

      @neiltyson (If there were an aggrieved 'base' among whom it was an article of faith that text files were elitist, socialistic, Europeanish.)

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      1. Angela Rynan Durrell ‏@Rowaenthe 3 Oct 2012

        @JasonBiggs33 @neiltyson I disagree with you and concur with Dr. Tyson. You go ahead and hug your rationale to your chest.

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      3. Angela Rynan Durrell ‏@Rowaenthe 3 Oct 2012

        @JasonBiggs33 @neiltyson Oh,wait, you think I'm interested in debating this with you? I'm not. I think you're wrong; that's pretty much it.

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      5. Angela Rynan Durrell ‏@Rowaenthe 3 Oct 2012

        @JasonBiggs33 @neiltyson *snort* Again...hug your delusion to your chest and go sleepy-bye.

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      7. Angela Rynan Durrell ‏@Rowaenthe 3 Oct 2012

        @JasonBiggs33 @neiltyson When was I talking about Obama? And it's none of your concern who I choose to speak with. Babe.

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      1. Matt Dillahunty ‏@Matt_Dillahunty 3 Oct 2012

        @neiltyson For the technically- challenged, it's like clipping your toenails to lose weight.

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