Posts Tagged ‘censorship’
Canada, that land of escapism from the burdens placed on people in the US, just banned Dire Strait‘s Money For Nothing. According to the complaint, someone complained about the word “faggot”. If you’re not willing to click the download and contribute to Amazon, myself, and Dire Straits to listen to the song like any responsible [...]
Tags: Canada, censorship, chimpanzee, dire straits, faggot, fascism, money for nothing
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Yesterday we had two issues, among many, that demanded Obama’s attention. Fannie Mae, the largest U.S. residential mortgage funds provider, on Monday asked the government for an additional $8.4 billion after the company lost $13.1 billion in the first quarter. Barack Obama, addressing an audience in Hampton, Virginia, said nothing. The government very quietly wrote [...]
Tags: banking, censorship, elena kagan, fannie-mae, freddie-mac, hampton, ipad, ipod, justice, media control, national mediation board, nmb, obama, playstation, Solicitor General, supreme court, unemployment, union, virginia, xbox
Posted in Ethics, Fed Policy, supreme court, The Legal Process | No Comments »
Hillary Clinton gave a 35:44 speech you can watch in its entirity at MSNBC: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Only thing about this speech is it was actually over an hour long. MSNBC cut off the last 34 minutes. That’s kind of understandable, it’s a very windy speech [...]
Tags: bias, big-brother, censorship, clinton, council on foreign relations, hillary, msnbc, obama, State Department, told what to do, told what to think
Posted in Ethics, media bias, The Media | No Comments »
February 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment
This isn’t the first time this has happened, but it’s being discussed again ( via Kerry Picket at Newsbusters.org ): The House Energy and Commerce Committee is also looking at how it can put in place policies that would allow it greater oversight of the Internet. “Internet radio is becoming a big deal, and we’re seeing [...]
Tags: big-brother, censorship, eric holder, fairness doctrine, henry-waxman, hillary clinton, internet, obama, oversight, supreme court
Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Fed Policy, Idiot of the day, Legislative Process, The Legal Process, The Media | 1 Comment »
September 11th, 2008 | 3 Comments
Matt Damon had this to say about this year’s election: “It’s like a really bad Disney movie, “The Hockey Mom.’ Oh, I’m just a hockey mom from Alaska, and she’s president,” said Damon. “She’s facing down Vladimir Putin and using the folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It’s absurd.” Of course, Damon’s referring [...]
Tags: alaska, censorship, community organizing, creationalism, creationism, disney, game hunters, hockey mom, matt damon, moose, obama, rifles, russia, sarah palin, vladimir putin
Posted in 2008 Presidential Race | 3 Comments »