According to a new FCC estimate obtained by Mediaweek, nearly all indecency complaints in 2003
Powell and the FCC
Go read this Jeff Jarvis post about Michael Powell’s idiotic NY Times Op-ed.
Can’t we just get rid of the FCC?
BTW- I was channel surfing today, and stopped briefly on some soap. Why did I stop? Because there was an exceptionally hot half naked chik dry humping some half dressed guy on the bed. It caught my eye and my finely honed (horned?) interest. And I am supposed to be outraged by Terrell Owens and some bimbo?
Roids
So now it is official- Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi took steroids. And so did probably half of the players in MLB. Really- I think it was a change in Brady Anderson’s workout routine that caused his HR’s to leap from 16 in 1995 to 50 in 1996. Really- he was just seeing the ball better.
To be honest, I don’t care if Bonds took steroids, and I couldn’t disagree with Jay Caruso more:
Bottom line for me is this: Bonds is going to break Aaron
Kick ‘Em While They are Down
Beyond Me…
Maybe I am naive, but I find nothing controversial about the United Church of Christ commercial. The message is quite clear- everyone is welcome. Period.
It is only the existence of some real intolerance within certain religious communities that makes them sensitive to the honesty and clarity of the message in this commercial.
NBC and CBS are cowards.
*** Update ***
This dovetails nicely with the above story:
jury made up of United Methodist Church clergy convicted a lesbian minister Thursday of violating church law by openly living with her partner in a committed relationship.
The Rev. Irene Elizabeth Stroud could be defrocked as a result of the ruling, which came on the second day of her church trial. The same 13-member jury was set to meet Thursday afternoon to decide her penalty.
Methodist law bars “self-avowed, practicing homosexuals” from ministry. Nine votes were necessary for a conviction and the jury voted 12-1 to find Stroud guilty.
The last time the 8.3 million-member denomination convicted an openly gay cleric was in 1987, when a New Hampshire church court defrocked the Rev. Rose Mary Denman.
Like The UCC commercial said- everyone is welcome. Mind you, although I oppose the ruling in the ‘case’ here. I believe the Methodist church has a right to come to that decision if the Reverend was aware of the rules. They have the right to make their own rules of practice- the UCC should have the right to air commercials showing how their values differ.
Day By Day Returns
Great News!
Chris Muir’s Day by Day comic strip is returning tomorrow.
Just an Observation
Since I started using My Yahoo! several years ago, this is the longest running most emailed picture of the day I can remember. It was originally up on the 10th of November, and it is still one of the most emailed.
Figures.