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Originally Posted by LixyChick
I'm NOT a bad person and I can't stand someone saying I am because I listen to what I listen to or look at what I look at.
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OH, NO! NO, NO, NO! of course you’re not!!!!!!…i didn’t mean to imply that at all!
oh, man! i want to fix this but how!?….i don’t know how, really, except to say (and hope you believe!) that i do
not think you’re a bad person, not even a little!!! you are passionate, true, but that’s a good thing(!), and resolute but kind and sincere and… well… you are who you are and i like you like that. lots. k?
and realizing that massive mix-up, i went back and
really looked hard at my post, with as much detachment as i could manage, and i saw some more areas that may explain the frustration i’m sensing from you. (if i knew what you look like when you feel like throttling someone, i’d know what to picture in my mind’s eye
) so i’m going to try and clear a few things up, just so you know that in no way was i trying to make this personal.
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Originally Posted by LixyChick
He doesn't lie to his audience. Never has. So it (how much to expect to spend to convert to sattelite) was no secret!
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i truly did not mean to imply it was a secret. and reading back i saw now that it sounded a bit that way. i do not believe howard is a liar. in fact, from what i have come to know of him through his show in the years i have listened (i am not a faithful listener by any means but i do listen) he has the power of conviction, and integrity in his beliefs. those are things i can greatly repect and admire in another human beiing. i do beleive he is enjoying his taste of martyrdom though, but that does not a liar make
and some of the phrases i used quotes for? just to clarify… i chose to use quotes in those instances to convey that word/phrase in all it’s implications and applications, they weren’t used in a sarcastic manner, which iknow using quotes can mean. my apologies.
and one more…when i asked you “where’s the harm in that?”, i can see that pissed you off a bit
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Originally Posted by LixyChick
WHERE’S THE FUCKING HARM?
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...again, reading back, i sounded sarcastic and again that was not my intention. i wasmerely pointing out that he has only to move to satellite to continue his show and how that is a kind of non-issue for me. he definitely, without a doubt, has every right to rail against this bill and try like hell to change things he thinks need changing, as does anyone who wishes to. and i sincerely wish them luck…it takes a special courage to fight the system instead of lapsing into complacency.
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Originally Posted by LixyChick
If the FCC had jurisdiction to do what they intend to do...they wouldn't need an act of Congress to say ok. They'd just do it. They don't have the power yet...but are seeking the power through this bill.
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but after reading this, and thinking back on a few others things you’ve said regarding this bill, i am beginning to worry that i am not even thinking of the same bill you are. i was under the impression that the fcc did already have this power to fine at their discretion. i thought the bill raised the fines and daily cap (clarification: the senate’s has a cap, the houses’ does not) and allows them to fine an individual as well as or in place of the company who holds the entertainers’ contract and the fcc license and has aired the material deemed indecent (although this is actually contradicted in a few articles i’ve found, some imply that they [fcc] already have this power) and a few other things. do you have a link to more specific info you could share?…i could not find one that actually lists the bills’ provisions. damned if i didn’t try though. i even looked on dot gov sights. the bastages are hiding it from me!
the best one i found was:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS...s.indecency.ap/
aside from that... i am afraid we must agree to disagree.
but this debate got me thinking, which is always a good thing (eh, eh, eh…no comments from the
gallery please! tsk! tsk!
and ty, lixy! here’s to more in the future
) if this all happened 5 years ago (aka before kids lol) i think i might have been standing right there with ya lix. kids have made me look at my world in a way that…i don’t know….i just haven’t got the words to explain it…maybe they have made me a nutcase but i’m a nutcase all stuffed with love and protectiveness for them. it’s not better or worse, just different.
and just one more thing…
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Originally Posted by LixyChick
I feel so alone! I don't care what anyone says…
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you aren’t alone. i was just discussing this with a friend at a birthday party a few weeks ago and… if it helps to hear this… she feels just as frustrated and stifled by it as you do.