As Jeff Jarvis pointed out – it is far too easy for just a few people to suppress the free speech of the many by using the FCC. He filed a Freedom of Information Act request to research a $1.2 million dollar fine the FCC levied against Fox for the suggestion of sex on one of its shows. What he found was disturbing. You should read it.

Now these “Selective Constitutionists” are up in arms over the Monday Night Football opening Desperate Housewives advertisement, featuring Terrell Owens and Nicollette Sheridan. Gimme a break. It was a soap opera spoof piece! If you really want to sanitize sports advertisements, lets start with all those damn Viagra or beer commercials. I just hate hypocracy. I just hate it.

Notice my use of the phrase “Selective Constitutionists”. We need a word or phrase, with as much omph as ‘politically correct liberals’ to label those who decide to support only part of the Constitution, part of the time. I don’t know what that word or phrase is, but I do know it’s important to find.

This was removed from the university website, but I think you should read it:

President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:

The media tells us that you have received the largest number of popular votes of any president in America’s history. Congratulations!

In your re-election, God has graciously granted America?though she doesn’t deserve it?a reprieve from the agenda of paganism. You have been given a mandate. We the people expect your voice to be like the clear and certain sound of a trumpet. Because you seek the Lord daily, we who know the Lord will follow that kind of voice eagerly.

Don’t equivocate. Put your agenda on the front burner and let it boil. You owe the liberals nothing. They despise you because they despise your Christ. Honor the Lord, and He will honor you.

Had your opponent won, I would have still given thanks, because the Bible says I must (I Thessalonians 5:18). It would have been hard, but because the Lord lifts up whom He will and pulls down whom He will, I would have done it. It is easy to rejoice today, because Christ has allowed you to be His servant in this nation for another presidential term. Undoubtedly, you will have opportunity to appoint many conservative judges and exercise forceful leadership with the Congress in passing legislation that is defined by biblical norm regarding the family, sexuality, sanctity of life, religious freedom, freedom of speech, and limited government. You have four years?a brief time only?to leave an imprint for righteousness upon this nation that brings with it the blessings of Almighty God.

Christ said, ?If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my father honour? (John 12:26).

The student body, faculty, and staff at Bob Jones University commit ourselves to pray for you?that you would do right and honor the Savior. Pull out all the stops and make a difference. If you have weaklings around you who do not share your biblical values, shed yourself of them. Conservative Americans would love to see one president who doesn’t care whether he is liked, but cares infinitely that he does right.

Best wishes.

Sincerely your friend,

Bob Jones III
President

BJIII:lw

Letter to President Bush from Dr. Bob Jones III

BTW – you can’t associate these folks with Catholics like myself since they claim we are a ‘satanic counterfeit’ (yes, you read that right) :

…A Catholic may be saved in spite of his church. He will never be saved because of it.

Romanism is a pagan counterfeit of the Christian religion, ancient paganism and idolatry, claiming to be the church which Christ founded. While the other groups and denominations have differed historically on questions of scriptural interpretation, their common origin is biblical. Romanism is a religion of works. Protestantism is a religion of free grace. The Roman Church is not another Christian denomination. It is a satanic counterfeit, an ecclesiastic tyranny over the souls of men, not to bring them to salvation but to hold them bound in sin and to hurl them into eternal damnation. It is the old harlot of the book of the Revelation?”the Mother of Harlots.”

Bob Jones University: Romanism and the Charismatic Movement

They have since backed away from such a hard line against Catholics – and against interracial marriage (within the past for years), and it’s old news that George Bush visited the university during his 2000 run for President. What is news is that the school wants payback for its support during the campaign.

John Kerry returned to Washington last week and did something surprising for a defeated Democratic presidential nominee. He met with his party’s leaders in the House and Senate to plot strategy for the upcoming year.

Those who supposed Kerry would disappear on vacation, put on a few pounds, grow a beard, make an American Express commercial, or teach at a small college raised their eyebrows: Kerry might actually be serious about playing an important role over the next few years. He might even be planning another presidential run.

This scenario would not be surprising if Kerry were a Republican. GOP contenders are groomed over a long period, and losing is often a part of the credentialing process.

Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush ran unsuccessful campaigns before winning — with Reagan twice falling short of the GOP nomination and Nixon failing once as the nominee, followed by a more embarrassing defeat for governor of California.

As a result, Republicans almost always nominate a familiar, tested brand — a Nixon, Reagan, Bob Dole, or Bush — who knows every whistle-stop and pothole on the national campaign trail the way an expert skier knows the bumps on a favorite mountain. (George W. Bush got the lay of the land from his father’s two decades in the national spotlight.)

The Democrats, meanwhile, begin every cycle afresh, as though looking for a caped crusader to lead them to the White House. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton could not have been picked out of a police lineup outside their home states before launching their national campaigns. And past nominees George McGovern, Michael Dukakis, and Kerry were all unknowns on the national stage, stepping out of the chorus to sing the lead.

Since Democrats’ first allegiance is usually to their causes, not their leaders, losing candidates get discarded quickly. As Ted Kennedy once said in a concession speech scripted by eight-time losing consultant Bob Shrum, ”The cause endures.” But a candidate’s shelf life expires immediately.

One reason Democratic candidates so often fall prey to Republican efforts to ”define them” through negative ads is that they are undefined to begin with. Lately, this seems to have become a staple of the Republican game plan, as Clinton noted at the Democratic convention.

”Since most Americans aren’t that far right, our friends have to portray us Democrats as simply unacceptable, lacking in strength and values,” Clinton advised the party faithful.

…Voters knew Bush; they did not know Kerry. So despite the Democrat’s best effort to appear strong, a broad-brush characterization of Kerry as weak was enough to send some voters scurrying back to Bush. If voters had seen more of Kerry over the past few years and had their own observations to guide them, they would not have been so easily swayed.

…Over time Kerry might decide that after running the costliest Democratic campaign ever, only to win the exit polls but lose the presidency, he cannot bear to return to square one.

But there is every reason to believe that he — as well as Edwards and Dean — would be better candidates for having run before. And the country would get less talk of swift boats, screams, or hair products, and more of a chance for serious debate.

Boston.com: In ’08, familiar faces could aid Democrats: 11/16/2004

More here: WashPost: After the Race, John Kerry Climbs Back Up the Hill. This is a guy you can’t help but respect – that is – if you don’t let Karl Rove define him for you.

Doesn’t this just reek of the old Soviet Union?

Then again, doesn’t this too?

The message being sent: There is only the party. You must be loyal to the party. To pursue your own beliefs, when contrary to the party, is treason.

According to truthout we have David Cobb of the Green Party to thank.

Take a look at this video to give you a glimmer of what some people faced on election day.

BTW – doesn’t truthout remind you of early Salon? That’s a good thing.

In anycase, the number of people running from this administration is an eye opener. Six at current count.