"Fleeting vulgarities:" does anyone give a fuck?

The US Supreme Court will hear the FCC’s appeal of a ruling by a lower court which ruled last year in favor of the four television networks that filed the suit, Fox, CBS, NBC and ABC.

The Commission, which has a majority of tight-spinctered, corporate butt-sucking Bush appointees cracked down on so-called "fleeting vulgarities" (good name for a blog, wethinks) which is the use of bad words on air accidentally or without forethought even if it was used just once or by a teenage boy yelling a bad word during a remote in a shopping mall.

This policy was a political bone thrown, in lieu of keeping other Bush election promises to the religious right. It succeeded, however,only in driving Howard Stern from the public airwaves and giving a huge boost to the struggling satellite radio.

(There's nothing that makes us more want to shout out the seven deadly words (shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits) than mention of the childish, wash-your-mouth-with-soap polices of the decency regulations by the Federal Communications Commission. These are rules that can not only stifle our sacred right to use these fine old Anglo-Saxon words, but make actual adults resort to such terms as "potty-mouth," f-bomb, or "frickin'").

This was a big change in FCC policy which had long forgiven quick or accidental uses of on air profanity. It was brought on when Bono, Cher, and Nicole Richie used profanity during awards shows in 2002 and 2003.

They changed the policy, the networks say, without adequate explanation -- or we would say, reason.

It's the first major broadcast indecency case the Supreme Court has heard in 30 years.

The Bush administration's FCC decency witch hunt put the fear of God into radio broadcasters, as well. At issue are Draconian fines and suspensions for these on-air utterances. Even if they're beyond control of the broadcasters.

This won't address the larger issue that cable teevee and satellite radio, free from such prudish regulation; haven't  corrupted the country and youth's innocence has somehow dealt with hearing the occasional the fuckshitpiss of the real world.

Comments

[DonnieDanger]

Yeah, like that bitch Tipper Gore~! Little bluenose prude!

[Duffman]

Careful! There are many FOG's (friends of Gore) herein. :)

[DonnieDanger]

oh, that's right! she's married to that plump, rich guy who eats all that carbon and then buys it back or something.

Sure hope they work things out.....hell, you'd think the sky is falling!

Psst appreciate the heads up on the fogs......

Happy Paddy's Day all!

[chucks]

Donald
Behave yourself. How can you possibly come to this holy site at commit blasphemy against the wife of Pope Al Gore, exalted leader of the Church of Global Warming.
These folks will punish us all for that. Now we are going to have another winter of record snow and cold. It is all your damned fault. Pagan!!
And just for the record, calling people bad names, ie bitch, cunt, ass hole, shit for brains dimocrat, bastard, snot nosed lib, etc is ok on your friendly neighborhood radidio blog is ok ('cept calling thunder thighs biyotch). Is it really necessary to have those generous expressions of affection on the TV during family hours?
Next thing you know, it will become OK for milk suckers to call their teachers bad names ie bitch faced cunt. Don't expect that to be OK and if one of my chillens was to do it, I would expect the likes of joannie or sparky to split their loving lil' heads with a louisville slugger or what ever their educational tool of choice might be.

[DonnieDanger]

that joanie really hurt my feelings....she say's she doesn't like me and just after i'd said ONE thing.........i feel kind of.....i dunno....victimized.......used...
my self esteem has really taken some blows......and i don't mean anything homophobic by that......

[chucks]

Oh Donnie
I am really sorry to hear that. Usually joanie is the kindest, sweetest ol' school marm on the old blog.
Maybe one of the chillens in her care called her one of the bad words that B'lam alluded to on the original post that day. She usually is very receptive to those who hold opinions that are counter to hers.

[donniedanger]

chucks....i really do appreciate your letting me know that........
man, i was starting to think, "Hey! Maybe the Left REALLY ISN'T DIVERSE! Maybe, just maybe, THEY SEPERATE and POLARIZE!"............but, man, that would be nuts! Like something out of Lewis Caroll or something!...........thanks again.....i bet joanie will take the time to know me and we can "dialogue".................

[Duffman]

Whoooooo chucks: me thinks you may have had a bit too much green Duff-beer?

[chucks]

OK don,
Maybe I exaggerated a wee bit. Maybe joanie isn't quite as open minded as I posted above.
Maybe if you pictured in your mind a bitter ex-wife with a nasty case of untreated bi-polar disease on a bad day, after her students have used some of B'lams special words with her, just maybe that might be a little more realistic. But do not take it personally. She only spits venom when she is alone. Of coarse that is when she shares her thoughts with us.
She really is a quite generous human being. Joanie like to take the money of the folks who make more than she, and give it to those who make less (or make none at all). It makes her feel good in a Robin Hood kind of way. Kind of a dimocrat pergressive lib kind of thing. Maybe, like me, you will learn to love her anyway. I believe that there is a great lady under there somewhere.
Sorry if I lead you astray. Thanks for guiding me back Duffy.

[Dogmandeux]

"Yeah, like that bitch Tipper Gore~! Little bluenose prude!"

Good call Donnie Danger.

Joe's Garage forever!

[J.Hova]

Hey Hood, looks like your site has gone in the shitter the last few days, so much for being consistent with the quality of the posters.

[donniedanger]

chucks, i was in tears reading your last post. you are the master of funny!

[joanie hussein for Obama]

J'hove, that's what happens when right-wing nutcases move into the neighborhood.

[joanie hussein for Obama]

"nutcases?" No. Scum.

No doubt the "bitter ex-wife" was simply a lady who was finished with slumming. Smart woman.

[wutitiz]

I did not know that 'piss' was one of the 7 banned words. Don't we hear that all the time when people say 'pissed off?' I believe I've heard that plenty of times on radio and TV.

Also 'pisseth' is, I'm pretty sure in the Bible (KJV) Something about 'he who pisseth against the wall.'

My Bible is in storage, but I google it, and here it is:

Kings 16:11(Old Testament, KJV)

And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolk, nor of his friends.

Christian stations, watch yourselves.

[joanie hussein for Obama]

One of my kids said "what the hell?" and another told on him. Laughing I responded that parents get to say things kids don't sometimes.

Not fair but the way it is.

The whole thing was funny.

[sparky]

I can beat that one joanie...when my cousin's little boy was 2.5 he was trying to potty train himself. One day he ran out of the bathroom, pants at half mast, spread his arms really wide and said:

"What the Hell my poop is huge!" It took much instruction from my cousin ( including many dirty looks toward her hysterically laughing husband) to cure him of saying "What the Hell!?" as a preface to just about everything he said. He is 6 now, and it has been reduced to "what the..."

We hear a lot, don't we joanie? Once, when I was teaching 5th grade, a boy came up to my desk and sadly told me his grandfather had died of a brain hemorrhoid.

[elisloew]

bet the author had an orgasm...with writing the seven words...gee it's hilarious.

[sparky]

elisloew, have you never heard of George Carlin??

[joanie hussein for Obama]

Perhaps leaving hypocrisy behind and letting kids have at it would be the best cure for the disease call religion.

[Dorian Deuce]

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