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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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