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And Happy Veteran’s Day

You know the sanity barometer’s gone askew when television stations refuse to play Saving Private Ryan on Veteran’s Day for fear of retaliation from the FCC. Yes, this is the same Federal government the red voting aliens must believe is protecting them from the shock of seeing Janet Jackson’s nipple ring.

Does anybody else see irony making a full circle here? Maybe this is what Kerry meant when he closed his first debate with "the future belongs to freedom, not to fear.”

Not so fast there Mr. Senator…

What’s even more silly in this instance is that one news article I read said that ABC has aired the unedited film twice before (in 2001 and 2002) and the FCC registered only one complaint, in 2002, which it dismissed. I think the FCC’s position is that they only consider fines when people complain, so perhaps a “prior art” argument wouldn’t work here.

I heard this morning (I think I was watching ABC) that they will be airing the movie in it’s un-edited form. Great movie!

PS. Remember the hassle local stations were making over the Amish in the City series? What a crock! We’re being edited to death. Ugghhh… this world is turning out like the book 1984 I tell ya’.

Many months ago I warned everyone that was jumping on the censorship bandwagon. People that sit and talk about how much fun they are having playing Grand Theft Auto, people who talk about their church goings on. They responded to me that they felt some censorship was needed and was a good thing. I told them, “You will not like that, it is just a matter of time before something you like is censored”. They chuckled.

I know they all though the Saving Private Ryan film was a good thing for Veteran’s Day, as did I. This is a perfect example of what I was talking about.

I believe it was Ben Franklin who said, “Those who would sacrifice a little freedom for temporary safety deserve neither to be safe or free.”

Our founding fathers were brilliant men and too many people seem to forget that.