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Originally posted by Fisty Palmer
Nice comments, Alex, and I hope you're right. Now if we can just keep from being Bush-whacked in the next election. I will just hate my life if that man gets into office another term.
Regarding COPA, I suspect if it passes the US-based search engines would be forced to drop all porn related listings. This wouldn't block all foreign traffic, but it could effectively put a dent into the adult webmaster's bottomline.
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it's unfortunate that freedom of speech has eroded behind 9-11, that our govt has used 9-11 to instill fear in us and those who object to the blanket policy that enables the govt under the homeland security act to virtually and physically crawl up our ass, are labeled "un patriotic". There was a shit ton of stuff added to the Amber alert law as well that restricts websites etc.
It is to the credit of the ACLU that COPA has stayed unenforcable this long. It was passed in the Clinton Administration, and we remember that Monica was over 18 when she was in the White House *maybe they met online??*.
The problem is that Bush has no agenda or plan to solve our problems, either domestically or this madness he's put us in overseas. Not the economy, joblessness *which will resolve itself as boomers age*, rampent fraud on Wall Street.
so his PLAN is to make us AFRAID...to put FEAR that our children might surf and see a TITTY or an ASS.. not that anyone with a Clicker and TV couldn't. Last night on the Comedy Network, they showed uncensored, South Park and Mother Fucker was every other word..That the Internet is responsible for the Moral decline of our youth.. that we need to fear the big bad pornographers because they are targeting your children. and thump his bible or intimate that someone who is non-christian is also non-patriotic. Make us afraid and we will follow.
Well if my child saw a tit or an ass *and we are nudists so he sees them all the time* it would give me a chance as a parent to OPEN dialogue on safe sex, tolerence and body acceptance.
But that aside, Where are the parents when these children are surfing?? Are they in the same room with them? are they paying attention to what/who they are talking to on the net? or are they too busy to pay attention?
Fisty.. i totally agree with you, and i did make a goal, despite my navy officer husband's dismay, that i am going to work in voter registration, i'm going to make sure that for the primary here and on election day, i take those days off to help in the polls, or help take people who don't have transportation to vote, that i'll be the one standing on the corner that you pass, holding the signs outside the polling place, reminding people if we want change, we have that option.
I don't think the Shrub will be able to pull off what he did in 2000 in Florida. but i do believe he will try something even more radical to up his numbers, as we get closer to the election.
Halliburton, Exxon, United Technologies are depending on it!!
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