Monday - February 02, 2004
Another Reason to Hate the FCC
As if there weren't enough reasons to despise the
Extralegal, unconstitutional Federal Communications Commission, our favorite
squeamish
general's son, Michael Powell, is giving us new
cause.It's all about the recent Janet
Jackson bared breast. Have no fear, no pictures of that hag's anatomy will ever
grace my website. Janet and her singing partner on stage showed that the idiocy
in the Jackson family is not reserved to her pervert brother, and her stunt
lacked class, decency and subjected us not only to her ungracefully aging face,
but also her right breast. I think the fact that she is hideous is responsible
for much of the angry reactions as anything else.
There's a time and a place for everything. There
is nothing wrong with nudity, and I like naked women in general, but the
Superbowl is not meant to be a burlesque show, and it is inconsiderate of CBS
and the NFL to corrupt a pleasant game of football that all can enjoy with their
families, no matter their beliefs. Is Janet immoral? Yes, but not because of
this stunt. That's just evidence of her stupidity and her bad
manners.
But what has my ire up is the
comments of the FCC chairman, squeamish Colin Powell's son, Michael. Here he
is, in a position of public trust, making statements like
this:
"I am outraged at
what I saw during the halftime show of the Super Bowl. Like millions of
Americans, my family and I gathered around the television for a celebration.
Instead, that celebration was tainted by a classless, crass and deplorable
stunt. Our nation's children, parents and citizens deserve better."
He then went on to promise a swift and
thorough investigation.
You know,
here he has already publicly concluded that this was intentional before the
investigation has even started. I guess I should commend his honesty, but
personally I like keeping some appearances up. He should at least pretend that
he is withholding judgement until after an investigation is
complete.
Powell is a pure, statist
thug politician. He seems to revel in drawing attention to himself for making
hard policy decisions based on little more than his personal whims. That he is
that way is not too surprising or disturbing, A postion like his will
eventually attract power mongers, he just happens to be the one to magnify and
publicize the power mongering.
The
thing is that no one disagrees with him. There is no need for the government to
get involved, the outrage has been clear from all quarters. I have yet to read
of anyone speak in favor of seeing a naked forty-something year old woman on
television during the biggest family show of the year. The people of the
country are showing every sign of taking care of this without a government boot
stamping on us.
What Squeamish's son
has done is now put a government face on this incident, and as a partisan
politician he has pretty much guaranteed that now there will be a schism in
opinions where until now there has been universal
condemnation.
The FCC should have no
power to regulate content of broadcasts. We are free people, we can take care
of this ourselves without being oppressed.
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