FCC Censorship To Increase?

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Monday March 28, 2005 · 10:04 AM PST

2005/03/28 · 10:04

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/03/28/business/decency.html

This sounds like bad news for people who enjoy the only good shows left on TV, shows on cable stations like HBO. As a Canadian, I won't be directly affected by any FCC changes but anything that chills creative freedom worries me a great deal. I watch a fair number of shows from the US and would hate to see these programs become sanitized to appease the Parents Television Council.

I'm also willing to bet that the real targets won't be the actual porn producers since they're such loyal Republican contributors. My guess is that shows like Deadwood will be turned into the force that is corrupting the morals of the nation. The scary part for me was that the PTC and their leader Brent Bozell seems to be indicating that there is bipartisan support in Congress for this. What are Democrats doing cozying up to these people? Read More

A Real Ownership Society

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Friday December 17, 2004 · 3:10 PM PST

2004/12/17 · 15:10

I hear the rhetoric about the creation of an "ownership society" and couldn't agree more. However, I think my definition would differ substantially from what the Bush administration definition of an ownership society might be.

I'm sure according to the Republicans, creating an ownership society means slashing taxes further and allowing people to take ownership over providing for their needs such as health care, education, saving for retirement and other social programs currently managed by the government. In addition, I'm sure that tort reform will be a big part of this as well, forcing people to take ownership of problems, rather than suing other parties to try and solve them. However, I have in mind a different type of ownership society. Read More

Buchanan Makes Sense?? Minus the Racism Of Course...

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Monday November 29, 2004 · 5:08 PM PST

2004/11/29 · 17:08

I saw a PBS interview with Pat Buchanan last night and he actually made a few reasonable points. I also sat for a while at the local bookstore and flipped through his book and felt the same way for parts of it. Other than his racist attitudes, he represents some ideas that might be good issues to try and win over some traditional Republicans with.

First of all, he made the point very clearly and coherently that, in his words, "[The Arab world] doesn't hate our freedoms, they hate our policies." I was surprised to hear him put it so bluntly that American interventionism in the Middle East is responsible for the rise of anti-Americanism in the Muslim world. He also criticised Bush for not building international consensus and a true coalition against Iraq. Not only did it alienate traditional allies, but left the US almost completely on the hook for the human and financial costs of the war Read More

George Bush Skips Parliament

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Wednesday November 24, 2004 · 8:59 PM PST

2004/11/24 · 20:59

George Bush Skips Parliament

Too bad, I was looking forward to the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois heckling Bush like happened to Reagan. Instead, he'll address a hand-picked audience at a private function in Halifax. Hopefully he doesn't make Canadians sign a loyalty oath too. :)

It's too bad that the President doesn't have to regularly address the Congress and answer questions like happens in a parliamentary system. The regular exposure of his stupidity and his constant lies would make it easier to turf a bad president.

Affluenza and Modern Society

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Friday November 19, 2004 · 12:10 PM PST

2004/11/19 · 12:10

In most discussions of the economy, virtually all people discuss how to help expand the economy as measured in GDP. However, the massive growth in GDP over past decades has done little to help the average person's standard of living. In fact, in real terms, many people are worse off now then they were in the 1950s or 1960s when many middle class families could get by with only one person working. Today, people work longer hours and rack up major debts, but feel like they can't get ahead.

When you talk to people, many people have a sense that there's something wrong with the modern world but can rarely identify what it is. One of those problems is something that has been dubbed "affluenza." I highly recommend the book Affluenza to anyone who's looking for a great issue that resonates with both conservatives and liberals alike.

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