An Open Letter to Big Bird

[Tx4obama]

Dear Big Bird,

It's hard to believe that after 43 years in the same job -- making oooooo and eeeeeee sounds; holding up big, Styrofoam letters; arguing with a stoned woolly mammoth -- you might be getting laid off. I don't know if the Count told you yet, but if elected president, Mitt Romney will give PBS zero (not vone, not two, but zzzero!) in government subsidies.

It's hard to imagine. Seeing Big Bird in an unemployment line would be like seeing Big Bird in an unemployment line. What else can you do for work? You could be the mascot for Chic-Fil-A, but then there's that whole Bert-Ernie connection. Hmm. Better scratch that.

It's kind of silly that the morning after a presidential debate, the topic that's trending highest on Google is a giant yellow emu. (Or are you an ostrich?) But for us here at Babytalk and Parenting, two brands dedicated to kids, this is a huge deal. Not only because you've helped our children learn letters, numbers, shapes and colors, but with all the thousands of line items on the federal budget, Romney picked on you.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shawn-bean/big-bird_b_1943193.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

[Tx4obama]

1. A tweet I just now saw on Twitter ...

Letterman: You can vote for the guy who got rid of bin Laden, or you can vote for the guy who wants to get rid of Big Bird.