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Family Group Applauds FCC's Fines

I'm not sure what about this is the most stupid. The FCC having to take 15 years to decide an old TV show aired something it shouldn't have aired or this nitwit group bitching about it for 15 years. Okay, I can almost agree that the public airways need monitoring otherwise some pea brain would put something out there just for shock value to get rating. But if it takes 15 years for the FCC to figure this out then what's the point? The show is off the air and no one but one or two lawyers still arguing it even know about it. I doubt anyone who complained even remember (let alone saw) the original episode.


January 25, 2008

The American Family Association (AFA) applauded the Federal Communications Commission on Friday for its decision that ABC network stations violated federal broadcast decency laws.

“When ABC affiliate stations agreed to broadcast nudity during the February 25, 2003, episode of 'NYPD Blue,' they violated a sacred trust to serve the public interest,” says AFA chairman Donald E. Wildmon. “Viewers, especially parents, have held accountable the local station for what it broadcasts over the publicly-owned airwaves.”

The FCC levied a $20,000 fine against 20 ABC affiliates in response to 40,661 complaints received about the program by AFA supporters.

In the series, Detective Andy Sipowicz has a live-in sex partner, another detective named Connie. Connie drops her bathrobe in the bathroom, offering full rear and side nudity. Andy's six-year-old son comes into the bathroom and gawks at the naked woman. She turns full face to the camera as she covers her private parts with her hands.

Okay, I suppose it had to happen. There is now a book out on golf...law. One of my daily stops is overlawyered.com and today it had a post about The Little Green Book of Golf Law. Things like this are liable to make me appreciate Shakespeare more and more. Think about it.

Book Description
Golfers and lawyers alike will enjoy this insightful look at law and golf. Not concerned about the rules of golf, each chapter of this book examines an actual case where law and golf have come together. Read about a wide array of legal issues, including Tiger Woods' right of publicity, personal injury and product liability cases, contract disputes involving hole-in-one contests, IRS litigation over tax deductions for golf expenses, equipment patent disputes, and much more. It's the perfect book to share with the golfer or lawyer looking for a new perspective on the game!

Golf Talk

Those of you who know me know I’ve gotten into playing golf big time. I’m usually out every weekend and two or three days during the week to hit a few. I can’t say I’m any good but I enjoy trying. Recently a couple of friends of mine started a local radio show, Golf Talk with Rob and Susan, on an Alabama station WRJM – 93.7 for 2 hrs every Friday from 5-7pm. Unfortunately I usually don’t get to hear them live but have just learned the shows are archived online at wrjmfm.com and I’m catching up on what I’ve missed. You don’t have to be from Alabama to enjoy the show, while it does have some local flavor many of the topics they discuss will be interesting to all golfers.

ShieldsUP!

Not to turn this into a tech blog but I feel this is a great tool for everyone online. Unless you happen to be a tech geek you've probably never heard of SpinRite which probably the BEST! data recovery tool available. The author, Steve Gibson, also has several other excellent programs that are available free to test you computer's vulnerable to online threats. ShieldsUP! is the Internet's quickest, most popular, reliable and trusted, free Internet security checkup and information service with almost 50 million system tests preformed. I would recommend everyone give their system a test to help prevent the spread of the numerous viruses out there.

24

I can't help it, I love 24. This guy does more in 1 hr than I do the entire month. I actually feel bad about it as I sit back in my recliner with another bag of popcorn to see who he's going to torture and/or kill before the next commercial. Kind of makes you wonder what he does the other 364 days of the year.

I know some of these have been around for a couple of years now but I still like them.

Due to Jack Bauer, no one looks forward to the weekend anymore, they look forward to the weekend being over, and watching 24 on Monday.

If everyone on "24" followed Jack Bauer's instructions, it would be called "12".

When someone asks him how his day is going, Jack replies, "Previously, on 24..."

Jack Bauer is the leading cause of death in Middle Eastern men.

Don't beg Jack Bauer to shoot you. He will simply shoot your wife. No man tells Jack Bauer what to do.

Jack Bauer could strangle you with a cordless phone.

Killing Jack Bauer doesn't make him dead. It just makes him angry.

Jack Bauer sleeps with a pillow under his gun.

Jack Bauer was never addicted to heroin. Heroin was addicted to Jack Bauer.

Jack Bauer played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.

Jack Bauer once won a game of Connect 4 in 3 moves.

During the commercials, Jack Bauer calls the CSI detectives and solves their crimes.

When Jack Bauer was a child, he made his mother finish his vegetables.

Jack Bauer can get McDonald's breakfast after 10:30.

The Black Eyed Peas were just The Peas until Jack Bauer heard their music.

Jack Bauer doesn't speak any foreign languages, but he can make any foreigner speak English in a matter of minutes.

On a high school math test, Jack Bauer put down "Violence" as every one of the answers. He got an A+ on the test because Jack Bauer solves all his problems with Violence.

Simon Says should be renamed to Jack Bauer Says because if Jack Bauer says something then you better fucking do it.

Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.

When Google can't find something, it asks Jack Bauer for help.

Jack Bauer teaches a course at Harvard entitled: "Time Management: Making the Most Out Of Each Day."

Sun Tzu once wrote, "If your enemy is weaker, conquer him. If he is stronger, join him. If he is Jack Bauer, you're freaking dead."

Jack would never have given up the wet list... no one takes potential kills away from Jack Bauer.

Jack Bauer once killed so many terrorists that at one point, the #5 CIA Most Wanted fugitive was an 18-year-old teenager in Malaysia who downloaded the movie Dodgeball.

Quentin Tarantino was asked to direct a biography about Jack Bauer. He passed. It was too violent.

Tony was once shot in the neck, rushed to the hospital, underwent emergency surgery and was back on the job in just a few hours. Jack Bauer still can't believe that pussy went to the hospital first.

If Jack Bauer was gay, his name would be Chuck Norris.

You can lead a horse to water. Jack Bauer can make him drink.

All men are created equal. They are all vastly inferior to Jack Bauer.

Finding Nemo would have been vastly more exciting had Jack Bauer been looking for him.

Jack Bauer was conceived by torturing the other sperm until they gave up the location of the egg.

Jack Bauer has been to Mars. Thats why theres no life on Mars.

Great T-Shirt

I have to admit, this caught me by surprise during the game. Did I really see that on a network channel. Luckly I was able to rewind my DVR during the commerical and low and behold, yep I was right.

Anyone who's been to N.O. won't be surprised, you name it and they have a t-shirt that is freaking it.

I can image someone at FOX is probably looking for a job about now.

DOOOOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, that's all you could hear anywhere around here Saturday night when Deuce McAllister touched the ball for the Saints. Give Deuce the ball and watch him smash his way forward. Everybody is crazy about Reggie Bush but I prefer Deuce. Reggie is good but to me he's a dancer, he loses yards for everytime he gains yards. It's either good or bad with him. Reggie does serve a great purpose though of forcing other teams to worry about two running back and not concentrate on Deuce. This allows McAllister to be able to run over everyone that gets in his way by splitting the defense between him and Bush.

Deuce's 5 yr touchdown run will become legend for the Saints. Watching him getting hit on the 5, pushing to the 4...then watching the entire pile continue to move to the 2 then 1 and after what seemed like the entire quarter, cross the goal line. I hope it won't happen for a long time but Duece just cemented his being a hero in New Orleans along with the likes of Archie Manning. When it finally happens that he retires his number will be hanging from the ceiling of the Superdome next to Archie's.

Deuce is the man!!!!

DOOOOOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Bloggies are here, the Bloggies are here!!!

I can't help it, I always flash back to the Steve Martin movie, The Jerk. Nathan feels he's somebody because he has his name in the phone book. So what does that have to do with anything? Well the 2007 Bloggies are now accepting nominations. There are no limitations for the number of submissions but at least three (3) different weblogs total must be nominated.

2007 Bloggies Nomination Page

100 Best Companies to Work For 2007

Go ahead and look, your company's not on there.

Damn! Wouldn't you know it, mine didn't make the list either.

New Orleans Update

I just thought I would update you on New Orleans; I was just down there last weekend to see the Saints play. Even though they managed to lose to Washington it was a good time. First, New Orleans isn’t dead!!! Far from it, it’s almost like it’s gotten a second wind and is picking itself up everyday. Downtown N.O. and the Vieux Carrie (French Quarter) are open for business.

The first thing I noticed was how clean everything was. If you had ever been to N.O. before, well it was not a place you especially wanted to experience in the summer. It was dirty and the smell tended to drive most people away while the sun was up. But in a strange way it’s like everything has literally been washed away and they’re starting fresh.

The next thing I noticed was how friendly everyone was. New Orleans has always relied on tourism but for some reason you kind of hated to go there because everyone treated you like they could care less if you were there or not. Oh, they wanted your money; they just didn’t want to be bothered with you. Now the attitude is completely different. The people were the friendliest I have ever seen! Everyone speaking to you, asking how you were doing and meaning it, wanting to know if you needed anything and actually wanting to do it for you. It really made me feel good to be there.

There are still signs of what they went through a year ago. The French Market is only half the size it was previously. It’s coming back though as more people return to N.O. Also, some shops are still closed; some restaurants are only open in the evening since there are not enough people for them to open for lunch. Little reminders but nothing serious. But what really gets your attention is to drive some of the neighborhoods and still see the painted Xs on the houses indicating when they were searched and the number of bodies found. Everyone knows what happened but this really makes it more real if that’s possible. The good news is there is work being done everywhere. You still see the famous FEMA trailers which are more like camper trailers then mobile homes a lot of people think of in the yards but there are also dumpsters everywhere from the rebuilding going on.

You can read a lot of dumb things that keep happening as stated in the email below – hey, we’re talking about New Orleans and Louisiana after all, but no one is waiting around for FEMA to dump money in their lap. People are busting their tails to rebuild their homes and lives with very little help from FEMA no matter what anyone is saying. FEMA might have spent millions but it hasn’t been in any rebuilding effort for New Orleans. People are doing it on their own with what they have.

Lastly I want to say something to anyone who asks why New Orleans should be rebuilt since it sits in a bowl and is only kept dry by levees. In the 250 year history of New Orleans how many times has this happened? Katrina & Rita (yes, there were two hurricanes which people forget) were such an unusual event that nothing like that had ever happened before and while it could happen again next year, it could also be another 250 years or longer before all the events come together in such a strange way. But what really bugs me is the causal way people will say N.O. should not be rebuilt because it’s below sea level. Would you choose to start a city below sea level, well obviously not but most of it has been caused by the growth of the city and has occurred over 250 yrs. That said though, why would anyone expect one of our original and major cities in additional to being one of the important sea ports in the country to be abandoned? People don’t bat an eye when California goes through its annual cycle of fires and then mud slides… or you can choose earthquakes. Florida has its hurricanes, Oklahoma tornados, floods in the Dakotas and Buffalo more snow than I care to think about but I haven’t heard anyone say those places should be abandoned so don’t expect us to walk away from New Orleans. Like a relative you might not always be proud of, just let someone talk about them and the fights on.

Well, this started as just a short note to let you know how well New Orleans is doing because like anything else, all anyone hears is the negative news. But I got on a roll so I apologize for this being so long.