I wish that our leadership would oppose the new FCC rules and not cave

[rumguy]

into the right wing. The stupid, lame, insipid, disgusting piece of legislation passed the House with Dem votes....raising the fine for "indecency" to half a million, each infraction. What a joke - it will be levied by the likes of that slug Michael Powell against the foes of dubya like Stern, a man who speaks the truth even if it singes the ears....

Why do dems jump on this lame right wing bandwagon, why are they such cowards?

Free speech? Stern is right when he says in a matter of years we will be living under a Christian dictatorship...

It makes me sick, down deep....

[7th_Sephiroth]

1. America is a Cesspool

as soon as i can i want to leave this crap-hole, i do not want to be called an american

[rumguy]

2. so is that a vote of confidence for Stern? nt

[7th_Sephiroth]

3. at some point you have to say enugh is enough

we have tried the peacefull solutions to this greed and "fundy" infestation, and it has not worked, its time someone broke out the raid

[rumguy]

4. I agree - I am prepared to fight the fundies tooth and nail

I WILL NOT live in a country or a world ruled over by their black hearts...they will have to kill me before I will accept the dictates of their "religion" - bring it on fundy phonys!!!!!

[7th_Sephiroth]

5. the FCC must be stopped

if only we could convince someone famous that gets fined by the FCC to fight back, there MIGHT be a hope of the fcc being scaled back, if not, that is the last option before all hell breaks loose

[Eric J in MN]

10. A huge majority of Americans like tv and radio which includes sex.

A huge majority of Americans like tv and radio which includes sex.

Censorship has momentum right now, but it's going to stopped by public demand.

[7th_Sephiroth]

12. i fear me might have to resort to republican tactics to defeat the FCC

to teach them the meaning of fear untilthey give up, i want to strike fear into thier dead, black hearts

[Eric J in MN]

7. We're winning the culture war overall. Rightwingers are having a good

We're winning the culture war overall. Rightwingers are having a good few months.

There is still "Will and Grace" on primetime broadcast tv.

Don't over-react to something which will work out okay.

There is a lot of money to be made in giving listeners and viewers what they want, and the rightwingers attempts to stop it won't succeed.

[w4rma]

6. The bill also limits media conglomeration and helps prevent Murdoch

from taking over more of TV.

That said, I agree with you on the increasing of the fines (should be opposed). The bill is both good and bad, imho. I think that the bigger problem is media conglomeration. I also think that we'll be able to revers the larger fines in the future, but the media conglomeration has to be stopped now and this is the bill that the Republicans allowed to pass in the House which lessens the media conglomeration.

[7th_Sephiroth]

8. thats how they pass thier unconstitutional laws

they piggyback them onto other things, there should be a law against that

[Eric J in MN]

9. The Senate version delays media conglomeration for a year. The

The Senate version delays media conglomeration for a year. The House version says nothing about media conglomeration.

Call your Senators against the bill.

Don't be charmed be a one-year delay in the bill, which will probably be removed in conference-comittee anyway.

Senators names and phone numbers are listed at:
www.vote-smart.org

[rumguy]

11. excellent point - their end-game of censorship can't be hidden

it must be stopped - of course, our cowardly senate leadership makes me doubt they will do anything but vote for it...spineless weasels...