Federal Court Tells FCC To Go Cheney Itself

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Dubya's Federal Communications Commission has been punishing the television networks for the airing of 'fleeting expletives', such as those used by Bono, Cher, and Nicole Richie at award shows. A federal appeals panel tells the FCC to fuck off:

If President Bush and Vice President Cheney can blurt out vulgar language, then the government cannot punish broadcast television stations for broadcasting the same words in similarly fleeting contexts.

That, in essence, was the decision on Monday, when a federal appeals panel struck down the government policy that allows stations and networks to be fined if they broadcast shows containing obscene language.

It only gets funnier when the Bush Administration actually challenges another about who has a better grip on reality:

Mr. Martin, the chairman of the commission, attacked the panel’s reasoning.

“I completely disagree with the court’s ruling and am disappointed for American families,” he said. “The court says the commission is ‘divorced from reality.’ It is the New York court, not the commission, that is divorced from reality.”

It is also a relief to think that time is running out on our Christianist friends in power. Bye, and go ahead and just pray for us!


(Source: Stephen Labaton for The New York Times)

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Federal Court Tells FCC To Go Cheney Itself

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Dubya's Federal Communications Commission has been punishing the television networks for the airing of 'fleeting expletives', such as those used by Bono, Cher, and Nicole Richie at award shows. A federal appeals panel tells the FCC to fuck off:

If President Bush and Vice President Cheney can blurt out vulgar language, then the government cannot punish broadcast television stations for broadcasting the same words in similarly fleeting contexts.

That, in essence, was the decision on Monday, when a federal appeals panel struck down the government policy that allows stations and networks to be fined if they broadcast shows containing obscene language.

It only gets funnier when the Bush Administration actually challenges another about who has a better grip on reality:

Mr. Martin, the chairman of the commission, attacked the panel’s reasoning.

“I completely disagree with the court’s ruling and am disappointed for American families,” he said. “The court says the commission is ‘divorced from reality.’ It is the New York court, not the commission, that is divorced from reality.”

It is also a relief to think that time is running out on our Christianist friends in power. Bye, and go ahead and just pray for us!


(Source: Stephen Labaton for The New York Times)

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American Psycho

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Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated, intelligent. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. His nights he spends in ways we cannot begin to fathom. He is twenty-six years old and living his own American Dream.

-- Blurb

Bo and Monk had to cut short the post-breakfast rounds, as the storm broke and the rain started bulleting down. The skies are rumbling and promising a good full day of this stuff.

Actually, this may be the right atmospherics as I begin my third reading of Bret Easton Ellis's "American Psycho". It is hard to believe that it has been seven years since the last reading of this classic novel. This dark and deliciously quirky book is definitely a landmark in Monk's reading life. Such good nasty fun! A man's man's book.

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American Psycho

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Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated, intelligent. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. His nights he spends in ways we cannot begin to fathom. He is twenty-six years old and living his own American Dream.

-- Blurb

Bo and Monk had to cut short the post-breakfast rounds, as the storm broke and the rain started bulleting down. The skies are rumbling and promising a good full day of this stuff.

Actually, this may be the right atmospherics as I begin my third reading of Bret Easton Ellis's "American Psycho". It is hard to believe that it has been seven years since the last reading of this classic novel. This dark and deliciously quirky book is definitely a landmark in Monk's reading life. Such good nasty fun! A man's man's book.

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Bluebirds and Love

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I just got "Eye of the Beholder" into my movie collection. I so love that theme song "I Wish You Love", and I rewind the end to hear it whole again and again. Here is the best version that I could find on YouTube. It is still plenty sweet:

Bluebirds and Love

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I just got "Eye of the Beholder" into my movie collection. I so love that theme song "I Wish You Love", and I rewind the end to hear it whole again and again. Here is the best version that I could find on YouTube. It is still plenty sweet: