[Vision2020] Save Bob Edwards

[Joan Opyr]

Carl wrote to us all a few days ago about National Public Radio's incredibly 
stupid, mind-numbingly short-sighted, morally reprehensible decision to 
replace Bob Edwards, the 56 year-old host of Morning Edition.  Apparently, 
NPR feels that it needs a fresh (read younger) host rather than smooth, 
comfortable, trustworthy Bob.  Like many -- like Carl, in fact -- I was 
outraged.  I wrote a couple of stinging missives to NPR's Jay Kernis, Bob 
Edwards' boss, and got back a lot of pap in response.  Today, I came across 
an online petition; perhaps it will have greater effect.

If you're interested in signing, go to www.savebobedwards.com.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment

PS: I just checked my driver's license, and I see that 56 looms before me, a 
scant 19 years away.  As I can remember exactly where I was and what I was 
doing 19 years ago, I'm well aware of the fact that time passes swiftly.  
One minute you're at a Bangles' concert wearing a pair of black parachute 
pants from Merry-Go-Round; the next, you're listening to Enya and shopping 
for khakis at Wal-Mart.  Surely Bob Edwards has ten or fifteen or twenty 
good seasons left in him.  Surely this is a nasty bit of age discrimination. 
  Come now, my fellow over-thirties -- our ox is being gored!

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