I did read it and you do make some valid points but where we disagree is how much you want to let the goverment run your life. Yes Stern was fined before, but you failed to mention that he requested to go to court to see if the charges were indeed obscene. The FCC, instead of going to court, strongarmed his employer into paying basically by withholding necessary paperwork for them to run their business. Papers that were needed to purchase other stations were "lost" , causing them to not be able to buy them but after the "fine" was paid they all of a sudden were found. Also if you knew anything about it, the "fine" was changed to a "contribution" and they admitted no wrongdoing, which was agreed to by the FCC. But it was paid so they can continue their business. The only time the FCC went to court was over the "7 dirty words", and I havent heard any of them on his show.
Shouldnt it be up to parents to raise the kids not the goverment? If I have my daughter in the car with me, I do not listen to Stern. Why. Because I dont feel kids should listen to it. But I feel he has the right to be on the air and do his show. I thought republicans were for having less goverment in peoples lives? I, too, am a working man and I bust my ass to give my family a good life. I may not have a 2 story mansion and 2 vettes in the garage, but we have it pretty damn good. Whats gonna happen after the obscenity laws possibly change, the world will become one big happy family, everyday is sunny and 80*, All war will end, no crime, no poor? Nope, they will find another target then another and another. Pretty soon the will be fining the weather channel for saying the wind was blowing.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances