Monday - February 02, 2004

Category Image 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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