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73 de Jim, N2EY

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050121/D87OIUJG0.html
Jan 21, 11:35 AM (ET)
By TED BRIDIS
(AP) Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell speaks at
the National Press Club in...
.. . .
"Powell, a champion of deregulation who critics say is too pro-big business,
rose from commissioner to chairman when Bush took office in 2001. His term
was to run until 2007."
.. . .
Powell led the Republican-dominated FCC in easing decades-old rules
governing ownership of newspapers and television and radio stations.
.. . .
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No mention was made of his selling out to the power companies in support of
BPL.
Now, can anyone worse be nominated for FCC Chairman?

ak

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73 de Jim, N2EY


I hear Jimmy Swaggart is next in line.....;^)


- Mike KB3EIA -

Mike Coslo wrote:
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73 de Jim, N2EY


I hear Jimmy Swaggart is next in line.....;^)

Eric Idle has a song about the FCC. 3.1 MB download:

WARNING! CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND ENOUGH POLITICAL CONTENT TO
OFFEND ALMOST EVERYONE!

http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/idle/index.shtml
click the download link

73 de Jim, N2EY

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73 de Jim, N2EY

.....but what people want to know is if there are
more bare titties shown at this Year's Super Bowl
haltime show, will the far right monkeys be rattling
the bars on their cages and throwing feces at the
fcc because they were 'forced' to see a tittie on national television.....?

(think about it a minute...they got all worked up
in a frothing lather when J.J. showed her bedazzled
breastie nipple on the Super Bowl halftime
show...but you didn't hear jack shi+ from joe sixpack
when the Abu Graib photos were released to the
news media...........GO FIGURE..... (grin)

wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote:

wrote:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6852019/

73 de Jim, N2EY


I hear Jimmy Swaggart is next in line.....;^)


Eric Idle has a song about the FCC. 3.1 MB download:

WARNING! CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND ENOUGH POLITICAL CONTENT TO
OFFEND ALMOST EVERYONE!

http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/idle/index.shtml
click the download link

Now THAT is funny!

- Mike KB3EIA -

skinshedder wrote:
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73 de Jim, N2EY

....but what people want to know is if there are
more bare titties shown at this Year's Super Bowl
haltime show, will the far right monkeys be rattling
the bars on their cages and throwing feces at the
fcc because they were 'forced' to see a tittie on national
television.....?

(think about it a minute...they got all worked up
in a frothing lather when J.J. showed her bedazzled
breastie nipple on the Super Bowl halftime
show...but you didn't hear jack shi+ from joe sixpack
when the Abu Graib photos were released to the
news media...........GO FIGURE..... (grin)

Dan Rather's handler is the one that got the photo's and released them
to Al Jazeer. Once they broke the story, she ran them on CBS.

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:39:04 -0500, Mike Coslo wrote:

They could have fined CBS a reasonable amount of money, which would
have prompted them to be sure to clean up their act. Instead, they speak
of fining every station that carries an offending signal, and
threatening all manner of dire consequences on those who would scoff
public decency. As well as fining CBS the better part of a megabuck.

As may have been mentioned before, the FCC does not have a "hook" on
a network or program provider, only on stations which are licensees
or are transmitting signals without a license.

The "CBS" which was hit by the forfeiture was the Owned and Operated
(O&O) stations. Failure to levy a penalty on the non-O&Os would give
rise to a defense claim of selective enforcement, which wouldn't
stand up but would stir up the pot and cost the Feds more than the
amount taken in as penalties. Some organizations would do that just
in spite.

Frankly, anything less than the big bucks penalties would be ignored
as the equivalent of a mosquito bite and/or paid out and ignored as
"the cost of doing business".

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

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73 de Jim, N2EY

Wonder which BPL intity he will wind up with in a nice cushy high
paying job as his reward for pushing BPL?

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73 de Jim, N2EY


I hear Jimmy Swaggart is next in line.....;^)

I would find Swaggart much more preferable than the dumbbell commissioner
Kathleen Q. Abernathy. The first requirement for FCC chief should be NO law
degree. Some brains and some technical comprehension would be a plus.

ak







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