Anyone here feel best qualified to be point man with the FSC?

RawAlex · 2006-03-18, 01:17 PM

Bill, I have retired from some of the parts of the business I was doing before. Newer rules have made some things less than productive. My Domain list has shrunk by 75% in 3 years. I am not retired, but I am certainly headed a different direction.

Underlying all the news releases, court challenges, laws, and "enforcement actions" going on is that there is apparently a shift in the shrillness of the extreme left on these issues, and they are winning the battle in many cases.

It isn't just porn on the net - it is everything from Janet's nipple to Roe v. Wade. They are pushing on many sides, and with the assistance of a numbnuts president and a now fairly conservative supreme court, I think they are feeling their oats and are going to push like mad in the next two years. They know all too well that they are looking at a likely shift in the house and senate next time around, and the President only has two years left... so they are bailing as fast as they can. It's working.

The FCC has leveled very large fines against CBS and others recently ( http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11847422/ ) and is moving to try to get more family oriented programming to be included in a la carte cable/sat programming choices. They have also talked about attempting to find ways to regulate cable and sat channels to be closer to the over the air rules.

It is a major, major shift, it has been coming for years, and it is actually good overall for the porn business (push us undergroun a bit, and we can charge more for the same thing, guilt tax, I guess). However, it will be painful for some people, as it will change business models and leave the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

Alex

Bill · 2006-03-18, 04:09 PM

Alex, you said 'extreme left', is that what you meant?

I saw that bill as an attempt by the rural states to bully the urban states.

The us senate and electoral college overrepresents the rural states, giving them far more power to control lawmaking than their populations would ordinarily warrant.

This is a tactical advantage that the neocon movement has ruthlessly exploited, literally taking over the republican party, and fucking the traditional conservative republicans (like my father) up the ass by spending more money than ever before.

It's an attempt to bankrupt the federal government. They have explicitly stated that this is their intent - it's just that the average american can't read anymnore, so they don't know this stuff, they think this is all being done to protect them from the big bad terrorists.

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But, to get back to the original topic, this latest bill is just a shot across the bows. Worse is coming.

2006-03-18, 01:17 PM	#1
RawAlex Took the hint. Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,597	Bill, I have retired from some of the parts of the business I was doing before. Newer rules have made some things less than productive. My Domain list has shrunk by 75% in 3 years. I am not retired, but I am certainly headed a different direction. Underlying all the news releases, court challenges, laws, and "enforcement actions" going on is that there is apparently a shift in the shrillness of the extreme left on these issues, and they are winning the battle in many cases. It isn't just porn on the net - it is everything from Janet's nipple to Roe v. Wade. They are pushing on many sides, and with the assistance of a numbnuts president and a now fairly conservative supreme court, I think they are feeling their oats and are going to push like mad in the next two years. They know all too well that they are looking at a likely shift in the house and senate next time around, and the President only has two years left... so they are bailing as fast as they can. It's working. The FCC has leveled very large fines against CBS and others recently ( http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11847422/ ) and is moving to try to get more family oriented programming to be included in a la carte cable/sat programming choices. They have also talked about attempting to find ways to regulate cable and sat channels to be closer to the over the air rules. It is a major, major shift, it has been coming for years, and it is actually good overall for the porn business (push us undergroun a bit, and we can charge more for the same thing, guilt tax, I guess). However, it will be painful for some people, as it will change business models and leave the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Alex

2006-03-18, 04:09 PM	#2
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Alex, you said 'extreme left', is that what you meant? I saw that bill as an attempt by the rural states to bully the urban states. The us senate and electoral college overrepresents the rural states, giving them far more power to control lawmaking than their populations would ordinarily warrant. This is a tactical advantage that the neocon movement has ruthlessly exploited, literally taking over the republican party, and fucking the traditional conservative republicans (like my father) up the ass by spending more money than ever before. It's an attempt to bankrupt the federal government. They have explicitly stated that this is their intent - it's just that the average american can't read anymnore, so they don't know this stuff, they think this is all being done to protect them from the big bad terrorists. --- But, to get back to the original topic, this latest bill is just a shot across the bows. Worse is coming.