Let's go back to the scene of the crime. Super Bowl 38, Patriots vs. Panthers. A game that could've gone either way. A breathtaking display of guts, fortitude, something the Right Wing is very short on. Yet, with a game as great as that, Super Bowl 38 will long be remember for Janet Jackson's tit flashing in front of millions around the world.
It was the 'tit' that did us all on. A black woman's tit, exposed by the hand of a white gentleman has become the centerpiece of the FCC's war on indecency.
Yep, that Goddamn tit.
It was the tit seen round the world. A perfect excuse. Used as red meat to get the hungry dogs on the Christian Right hungry with rage. Destined to stuff the radical, Christian Right's agenda down the throat of every American.
And, with that, the FCC has been on a ridiculous campaign to stop on-air profanity from penetrating through our clean television airwaves, and into the souls of children.
It seems now, that the FCC has gone, oh, I don't know, too far in their approach.
According to a story from the MSNBC website, the FCC has requested numerous tapes from broadcasters that might include vulgar remarks from unruly spectators, coaches and athletes at live sporting events.
The tapes that have been requested include live broadcasts of football games and NASCAR races where participants or crowds let loose with foul language. It's been said that the FCC commission had requested for 30 tapes of live sports and news programs.
"It looks like they want to end live broadcast TV," said one executive, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity. "We already know that they aren't afraid to go after news."
So, this is what this country has been reduced to.
Instead of being angry about gas prices, the war in Iraq, 45 million Americans without Health Care, and a rogue administration, the biggest threat to American society is an Athlete saying "shit," after being poke in the eye by his opponent.
The hell with capturing Osama Bin Laden. How about members of the Miami Heat for saying "fuck", "ass," and "shit."
This reminds me of what Fmr Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said about this country in the beginnings of a dictatorship.
The FCC, under the theocratic regime of George Bush, are using their power to suppress live television.
"I don't know how they are going to rule, but they asked us for tapes with a specific emphasis on crowd noise," said another TV executive, who also requested anonymity. "If some bozo in the crowd calls the ref an a--hole, the commission is asking for a copy of the tape."
The tit flashed around the world in 2004 was a rallying cry from those on the sycophantic religious right to push the FCC commission into this "culture war" bullshit. And, because their stupid cries went noticed, the commission has been on a tear with ridiculous fines lobbied at television stations for programming that they deemed indecent.
Before it was just 32,500 dollars. A slap on the wrist. Now, if a fan says "dickhead" the station has to fork over 325,000 dollars in fines.
And, of course, President Syphills, the Born again Christian President, signed this ridiculous act into law. To please those in his base who want nothing more than to install Fundamental Christian values into every facet of our culture. And to use a cliche, by any means necessary.
Of course, everyone knows that the Christian Right are a league of con men and con women. And, so do they. That's why Janet Jackson's tit was perfect. It was a way to get people riled up about how our society is allegedly being poisoned by individuals who lack morals and decency.
And, because we as Americans are the most gullible, fell for it.
Now every facet of our society is being restricted to save the children from the words "fuck" or "shit."
Live television was a way to bring out the best and worse in every personality.
Now, under this theocratic regime, live television is just as good as dead.