The First Amendment Under Attack And More

H. R. 3687

To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 8, 2003

Mr. OSE (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, is amended–

(1) by inserting
(a) before `Whoever’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:
(b) As used in this section, the term `profane’, used with respect to language, includes the words `shit’, `piss’, `fuck’, `cunt’, `asshole’, and the phrases `cock sucker’, `mother fucker’, and `ass hole’, compound use (including hyphenated compounds) of such words and phrases with each other or with other words or phrases, and other grammatical forms of such words and phrases (including verb, adjective, gerund, participle, and infinitive forms).’.

Yes, it’s real folks. More over at Sound And Fury, Signifying Nothing.

The liberal media sure seem to be all over this don’t they?

You think Gore endorsing Dean (NYTimes) is a surprise? Man the media sure has you fooled. The reason why the last election was so damn close was Gore’s refusal to adopt Clinton’s centrist policies and positioning. Gore leaned left, sounded left, and never took hold of the true center in America – and he paid the price. As did we all.

Efforts to ask the world to help in Iraq by our Administration are pretense (VOANews). If others don’t want to play by our rules – we don’t want their help.

I think Jeff Jarvis is on the right track and is a true booster of democracy in Iraq by trying to find ways to support citizen media.

Hey, do you think that Wal-Mart is good for America (NYTimes)?

A shout out to Mark for his 30th!. I hope your birthday was a great one dude!

Another shout out and congratulations to Mike Cannon-Brookes on his new book getting released!

Wigetopia is a pretty cool site for interface ideas. via dangerousmeta.

37signals has posted one of the very best weblog primers I have read yet.

Did you know that Philadelphia is ranked 7th most dangerous city with a population over 500,000? That Camden is 4th overall?