Friday, March 19, 2004

Thinking about Refs Self-indulgent as I am, this is something I think about at least a couple of times a week. I've started a ref list a couple of times... my last one was quite long. For one thing, I set a goal of trying to include everyone who had ever been on Virtual Occoquan. Nice idea, but it sucked. A lot of the folks on it fizzled out and quit writing, a lot of them were there once or twice but maybe I didn't like them as much as some folks who had never been there at all. Should I link to everyone who has ever linked to me? Blog politics, how boring can we get? So now I start my new ref list with a new criteria: it has to mean something. So my criteria is now, 'add em if I can write a paragraph about em'. Here I go. Number 1 on my new list has to be Paul Hinrichs, of Playing with my lunch or whatever the hell it's called. Great blog, lousy name, but that's just one man's opinion. Paul is my frequent co-editor at VO, sound engineer, and one all-around talented motherfucker. I think of Paul as my doppelganger - there are so many times when we post things that could link together in a fit of deja-dude that it is mind-boggling. I don't know what I am going to see when I click on to Paul, and that's the way I like it. It's all good. There. My first new link. 7:25:18 PM    comment []

The PTC says this is for immediate release. Now! Calm down fellas, I'm typing as fast as I can. Hollywood, CA - Today the Federal Communications Commission decided not to fine NBC for airing the F-word uttered by Bono during the fucking 2002 Golden Globe Awards. The following is a statement from Brent Bozell, President of the Parents Television Council: "Bono may have used the F-word as a fucking adjective, but today's fucked-up FCC ruling turned it into a verb directed at American families. "Today's decision by the Fucking Communications Commission does nothing to hold NBC accountable for this obvious breach of commonsense decency standards. The decision also does little to restore the notion that a broadcast license represents a motherfucking public trust, not a corporate entitlement. Once again the FCC has made a fucking mockery of its avowed duty to serve the public interest. "FCC Chairman Michael Powell insists he is taking a strong fucking stance against broadcast indecency. But today his message is loud and clear: Fucking TV networks can broadcast indecent programming because the FCC will not enforce the existing decency laws laid down by the fucking Supreme Court 25 fucking years ago. "Perhaps as appalling as today's ruling is NBC's fucking arrogance in the matter. After the Golden Globe Awards broadcast, did NBC admit that it had done something wrong? Fuck No. Did NBC apologize? Fuck No. Did NBC take immediate steps to make sure it would never happen again? Fuck No. In fact, fucking NBC filed a formal statement with the fucking FCC that defended its fucking broadcast, and they went so far as to dismiss the objections of fucking American families as 'logically bankrupt.'" Visit the Parent's Television Council Today! 10:17:15 AM    comment []