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your comments and you can do it anonymously!
Ok, you know what Howard Stern looks like, don't you? But, do you know what
the man behind Howard Stern looks like?
His name is Mel Karmazin and he is the puppet master behind Howard Stern
and the rest of the CBS family of indecent broadcasters.
So, without any further introduction . . . . . here is the man responsible
for more indecent radio broadcasts than any other person in history.
Mel Karmazin became President and Chief Operating Officer of Viacom
Inc. in May 2000, upon the merger of Viacom and CBS. He had served as President
and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation since January 1999. Mr. Karmazin
is also Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Infinity Broadcasting,
a subsidiary of Viacom.
Mel Karmazin has taken radio from Marconi to Masturbation in
a very few years.
Mel Karmazin, President VIACOM/CBS
FCC GIVES THUMBS UP TO "FUCK"!
On the Golden Globe Awards program on January 19, 2003, performer Bono uttered
the phrase"this is really, really, fucking brilliant,"
or "this is fucking great."
A complaint was subsequently filed with the Federal Communications Commission
that the broadcasting of those words violated federal indecency and obscenity
laws.
HERE'S WHAT THE FCC SAID ABOUT THE BROADCASTING OF THE WORDS "FUCK"
AND "FUCKING"
"To be obscene, material must meet a three-prong test: (1) the average
person, applying contemporary community standards, must find that the material,
as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; (2) the material must depict
or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined
by applicable law; and (3) the material, taken as a whole, must lack serious
literary, artistic, political or scientific value. Applying that test, we
find that the material broadcast during the Golden Globe Awards program
was not obscene. The use of specific words, including expletives or other
Four letter words does not render material obscene."
"Moreover, the complained-of material does not depict or describe
sexual conduct and thus does not meet the obscenity standard under Miller
v. California. Because the broadcast does not meet the obscenity standard
under Miller, we deny the complaints alleging that the broadcast was obscene.
"
So, thanks to the Federal Communications Commission, you can say "fuck"
on the radiio and television as long as it is not used as a verb.
Now ain't that fucking lovely!
By the way, here's a photo and the address of the Chairman of the Federal
Communications Commission.
And, yes. His father is Secretary of State, Colin Powell.
Michael Powell, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
For A Good Time Call: 1-900-MONICA
There's your warning, so I don't want to hear any nonsense from anyone who
might feel
some anal retentive desire to tell me that children have access to this
web site.
I don't want to hear anything from misguided whiners who might say,
"Oh Gee Al, you're no better than Stern because you put his material
on your web site."
To those who may take that position I use Howard Stern's words in response,
"'F'-You, you son-of-a-bitch!"
The only way children have access to this web site is if Mom and Dad bought
a computer, and if Mom and Dad bought Internet service and if "Junior"
knows how to use a computer.
It should be noted that the address of this Internet site has been placed
on strategic search engines
in areas which are of no interest to children.
The only way to 'stumble' on this web site is if you are searching for information
on Howard Stern and if Junior arrives here as a result of a search for Howard
Stern information,
then the child obviously knew about Stern before he arrived at this web
site.
Another way to "inadvertantly" arrive here is because some Sternie
linked his page to this one.
In which case, Junior gets what he deserves.
Those sensitive to adult language are invited to leave. Now!
For those who choose to read on, here's three things you need to know.
"You rat bastard" - "'F'-YOU" - "You 'A'-Hole"
- "#^%$&%#*!"
"I love getting my daughters excited."
"I want to have sex with my daughter, you're so cute in your jammies"
"My thick fingers will make you feel happier than Barney." . . . . . . Howard Stern on Westinghouse/CBS Radio
"Howard Stern's radio show is unquestionably adult oriented
material.
Both federal law and broadcast ethics, dictate that it should not be broadcast
to children."
. . . . . Al Westcott on Howard Stern
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the world;
indeed, it's the only thing that ever does."
. . . . . . Margaret Mead
Twelve (12) Chapters - Twelve (12) Facts!
(From Marconi To Masturbation in 12 Easy Lessons, or 6 hard Ones) - A Westcott Web Work Always In Progress - Forward
For many years I've blamed Howard Stern for the indecent, racist, obscene
and downright silly shit he broadcasts.
But, I have recently come to the conclusion that Stern is not to blame.
Stern is just doing what he does best and, unfortunately, he does it on
the radio.
But, then again, where else could an indecent, obscene and downright silly
racist get a job?
To blame Howard Stern for his broadcasts is to blame a dog for pissing on
your leg.
One can not blame a 'dumb animal' who knows no better.
The blame for Howard Stern and the pissing dog lies with their Master.
Howard Stern's Master is CBS!
Now, America, you have remained silent for too long and
you have gotten exactly what you deserve.
Howard Stern right in your living room.
Right in your kid's bedroom. Right in your face.
Right on CBS Television.
Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, M*A*S*H, Bill Cosby, Mike Wallace, and
now,
ladies and gentlemen, Howard "Go 'F'' Yourself" Stern.
The "Master Of Bation" brings his load of radio raunch to television.
CBS President Mel Karmazin, has turned "The Tiffany Network" into
"Trash TV".
If this is the best that CBS has to offer, then the shareholders need to
call somebody!
Betcha' William Paley is spinnin' like a Maytag!.
Introduction
In the beginning, Marconi invented radio and heard that it was good.
A few years after the beginning, others listened to Marconi's invention
and heard that it was profitable!
A few years after it was profitable, radio became Walter Winchell, Edward
R. Murrow, CBS, NBC, Bob Hope, "The War Of The Worlds", "Little
Orphan Annie", "The Phantom", "Fibber McGee and Mollie",
The Mercury Playhouse, Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen and the
source of the world's hope through World War II.
As the world returned to the more mundane affiars of post-war day-to-day
life, television replaced radio as the nation's prime source of entertainment
and news. Radio stars of the 40's became the television stars of the 50's
and radio became little more than two knobs and five buttons on the car
dashboard. It was the first death of radio and it was, almost, terminal!
As the mid-50's approached, radio was still searching for a way to compete
with television. The answer came in the form of three guitar chords, Little
Richard, Bill Haley and the Comets, Jerry Lee Lewis and a man named Alan
Freed. Freed was the nation's first radio "DJ" and was the man
who gave it all a name. He called it 'Rock & Roll' and he saw that it
was good.
Soon, every teenager in America had a radio in their bedroom and as the
portability of radio developed, 'disc-jockeys' in every big city were pumping
'Rock & Roll' music inter-mixed with smooth rhyme. Mostly black DJ's
or white guys who thought they were. DJ's like Baltimore's "Hot Rod".
"Oooooh Poppa, cool kitty. W-C-A-O in Baltimore City".
In 1957, AM radio was the ONLY radio and when Rock & Roll was born,
AM radio was the delivery room.
Technological advances in radio transmission combined with a transition
of musical tastes and social lifestyles gave rise to the birth of FM radio
in the 60's. Not just radio but, stereo radio.
Stereo FM was the result of the simultaneous explosion of music and technology.
In it's infancy, FM radio was a low-power, low-audience, low-frequency step-child
whose greatest asset was also its greatest fault. FM radio had great potential.
but no one knew quite what to do with it.
Then came the advances in music recording that resulted in multi-track,
Dolby enhanced, two-channel, stereophonic music that came from a radio with
all of the clarity, volume and intensity of a live in-person concert.
In the mid-60's when the British Invasion met the Haight-Ashbury counter-culture,
FM radio found it's target audience. It was a revolution in the streets
and a revolution in the airwaves.
The addition of FM frequencies on the radio dial increased the range and
quality of radio transmission, as well as, the range and temperment of public
acceptance of radio.
With the stereophonic 'Age Of Aquarius' came the second death of AM radio
and FM radio became the realm of the 'super cool' and/or 'terminally hip'
FM Jock.
Somewhere between playing the records and their own egos, FM Jocks started
thinking that it took some sort of talent to put a tape in a machine, flip
a switch and have it play over the airwaves.
FM had a relatively small but emerging audience and DJ's began 'pushing
the indecency envelope' as easily as they pushed the music. After all, not
many people were listening. The occasional "fuck", hidden in the
lyrics of a song, gave way to the occasional "fuck" being broadcast
by the DJ. As DJ "Bad Boys" began to get attention, ratings began
to increase and envelopes continued to be pushed.
In the beginning, Marconi invented radio and heard that it was good.
Despite the efforts of religious groups, political activists and 'just plain
folks' all across the nation, Howard Stern's masogenistic message that "All
women are whores", continues to be delivered directly to our children
from coast-to-coast, five days a week (6:00 AM until 11:00 AM in all markets).
Just so everyone is clear on the issue, it is a violation of federal law
to broadcast indecent material between the hours of 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM.
and obscene material is banned 24 hours a day.
In a whimsical response to one of my complaints against them, although Stern's
own broadcasts reveal otherwise, Stern and his broadcasters told the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that there are no children in Stern's
audience. I believe that if you or I lied to a government agency during
an investigation, we would be locked up. But, the FCC did nothing.
Despite the more than 300 advertisers pulling their sponsorship of his program,
Howard Stern remains a 'cash cow' who continues to broadcast indecency and
obscenity to our children, on more radio stations today then ever before.
The indecency and obscenity theme is even a part of the Internet site of
Sterncasters such as WBCN-FM in
Boston and Stern affiliate WBUZ-FM
in Toledo and former Sterncaster KEGL-FM
in Dallas, conduct obscene remote broadcast parties.
As far as today's broadcasters are concerned, Howard Stern is the "Goose"
that laid the "Golden Egg".
It is an interesting and unfortunate cycle that spins around broadcasters
who are fined millions of dollars by the FCC for broadcasting Stern's indecent
material, yet are allowed by the FCC to continue broadcasting and make so
much money from Stern's indecent broadcasts that the fines are merely a
drop in the bucket. In actuality the FCC has really done Stern and his broadcasters
a favor in issueing mere fines.
FCC fines stimulate a very vicious cycle that cuts like a double edged sword.
Indecency fines means more publicity which means more listeners which means
more advertisers which means more revenues.
Some say I'm crazy to continue
to fight these powerful radio broadcasters like, Lowry Mays and CBS CEO
Michael Jordan and, you know what, maybe they're right!
Chapter Two:
- First Amendment? O.K., then "Fuck You"! -
With their penis' in one hand, and their attorneys firmly in the other,
radio broadcasters have "pushed the indecency and obscenity envelope"
to the breaking point and in doing so, they have hatched the in-your-face-in-your-ear-in-your-crotch
diatribes that the industry calls 'entertainment'. It is 'titilation broadcasting'
and it can be heard on any radio in almost any town in America.
The broadcasters call it First Amendment and most of us call it bullshit
but, one thing's for sure, with Howard Stern as their 'poster boy', the
nation's broadcasters are gearing their stations completely toward 24-hours
a day of 'envelope pushing'.
Cowering behind Free Speech, Howard Stern and CBS believe that there are
no limits and, literally, anything goes including Christian
bashing.
Radio 'entertainment' now comes in the form of four letter words and if
you don't like it, the nation's broadcasters simply say, "fuck you,
change the station".
Today's broadcasters stand on the First Amendment as they squat to the lowest
common denominator. Like a $10 whore at a pickle convention, broadcasters
say they are giving the American public what it wants.
We all have a First Amendment right of freedom of speech but it's still
against the law to yell "fire" in a crowded theater and it's still
against the law to broadcast indecent and obscene material to children.
Do you think Stern's material is protected under the First Amendment?
O.K., asshole, here's the ultimate test. Let's see you back up the power
of your convictions.
Here are some transcripts
from Stern's radio show. Simply download the transcripts, print them and
go stand on a crowded street and read them. When they come to arrest you,
tell the cops all about your First Amendment rights.
And when you get to jail, give a call to the ACLU!
Chapter Three:
- "It's The Money, Stoopid!" -
Howard Stern, Mel Karmazin and almost every other person associated
with Stern's program have joined the multi-million dollar boys club and
they have done it by violating federal law, having politicians pals in their
pocket and fucking rubber sex dolls
in the mouth, ass and vagina on the air!
In addition to fucking rubber dolls, the Federal Communications Commission
has also condoned CBS's broadcasting of Stern's pro-drug use messages to
our children.
After CBS gobbled up Westinghouse last year, one of its first moves was
to stop underwriting the prestigious Westinghouse Science Talent Search.
The contest draws entrants from across the United States and the winner
receives the top prize of a $40,000 scholarship. The contest has excelled
at uncovering and honoring scientific talent. Five Nobel laureates in chemistry
and physics are talent search winners; eight other winners later received
MacArthur Fellowships.
Maybe Westinghouse just wanted to save $40,000 but, I think the only reason
they stopped the science contest was because someone might have discovered
a cure for Stern!
Chapter Four:
- The National Association of Broadcasters -
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is the nation's biggest
lobby and, like the tobacco lobby, the Teamsters, and a well turned ankle,
the NAB has tremendous influence on Congressmen and Senators. The NAB and
its members control everything you hear on the radio and see on the television
including the advertisements for political candidates.
The NAB and its membership does not care about you or your children. They
are only interested in making money and making friends in high political
offices. The broadcasting industry has politicians by the balls and it continues
to squeeze their nuts while sucking down the financial fruits of its labor.
Chapter Five:
- From Sea To Shining Sea -
Thanks to the Canadians, the
broadcast standards of the entire continent of North America have been lowered.
Now, from Montreal and Quebec to Buffalo and San Jose, Stern spews his evil
gunk into the ears of two nations!
The "fuck-you" genie is out of the broadcasting bottle and
there's no way to put him back.
The only broadcasting standard is that there is no broadcasting standard.
Due to the systematic lack of enforcement by the Federal Communications
Commission, broadcasters have found that a few thousand dollars in indecency
fines is well worth the publicity. Whether it's Howard Stern, or a Howard
Stern wannabe, the nation's broadcasters have turned Marconi's invention
into a X-Rated masturbation box!
I wonder what Harry Chapin would think about "WOLD" today?
Radio today is nothing more than people with nothing to do, listening to
people who can't do anything.
Don't think me too harsh when I say that today's Federal Communications
Commission is a bloated, useless and out-dated government agency that lacks
any semblance of its creation as America's broadcasting watchdog. Actually,
anyone who knows the workings of the FCC would think I was being too kind.
Now that most of the radio and television broadcasting bans are 'owned'
by giant broadcasting corporations, the FCC's agenda has shifted from broadcasting
to telecommunications.
With the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the FCC's broadcasting
enforcement policy seems nothing more than making sure the tower is painted
yellow.
Rubber stamping broadcasting company mega-mergers is the name of the game
at the FCC and the enforcement of obscenity and indecency laws is not a
high priority on the Commission's "Things To Do Today" list.
It is a sad commentary on our federal government that the FCC is more concerned
about the paint job on a broadcasting tower than Howard Stern's "Nigger
Jokes" that are broadcast from it!
In and of itself, 'nigger', 'gook' or 'anti-Hispanic'
comments are not a violation of indecency laws but, civil rights laws, i.e.
'hostile work environment', may be another issue.
Even when the FCC has fined Stern's broadcasters for repeatedly violating
the indecency laws, they have only slapped
their wrist and let them off the hook without any regard to license
revocation.
Each one of the current FCC Commissioners is a lawyer who has been appointed
by Mr. Clinton. There's not a single broadcaster in the bunch and their
mission seems to be to create a maze of new laws rather than enforce the
current ones. Could the lawyers on the Commission be creating jobs for their
DC lawyer buddies?
In what can only be interpreted as a sense of humor, Mr. Clinton appointed
attorney Harold Furchtgott-Roth as a FCC Commissioner and he
doesn't even have a television in his home. Well now, if that's the
criteria that the federal government uses for appointments to cushy federal
jobs, then I'm qualified for
a government job!
You can thank the FCC for the garbage that you see on television and hear
on the radio. You know there's something wrong when the Chief of the FCC's
Enforcement Division, Norman Goldstein tells me that broadcasting "motherfucking"
is not obscene speech .
Howard Stern and CBS are allowed to use the public airwaves and make millions
of dollars by broadcasting the web address of the North American Men Boy
Love Association (NAMBLA) to our children. And the FCC doesn't have a problem
with that.
Howard Stern and CBS are allowed to use the public airwaves and make millions
of dollars by broadcasting women 'farting' with their vaginas. They are
allowed to hide behind the First Amendment and to broadcast a woman squirting
whiskey from her pussy. And the FCC doesn't have a problem with that.
I don't think that's what Thomas Jefferson and the boys had in mind and
I don't know about you, but I've got a problem with that!
I understand why the FCC doesn't enforce the law. Going to Las Vegas for
the NAB Convention is more fun than going to the drabby ol' Supreme Court.
After all, Vegas comes with airfare and a room at the Mirage! The Supreme
Court only comes with honor!
It is time for the FCC to either enforce the law, or be disbanded. Period!
Chapter Eight:
- If African-Americans
Don't Care About "Niggers", Why Should I? -
The leaders in the black community (or as Howard Stern calls them, "Niggers")
seem more concerned about Texaco's "black jelly beans" than CBS
Radio's "niggers", "coons" and "porch monkeys".
It's been more than a year now and, so far, Mr. Gray has not responded.
Maybe he's too embarrassed! Afterall, a black man who helps promote racism
against his own people should be embarrassed, don't 'cha think?
Failing to get a response from Mr. Gray, in February 1997, I wrote a similar
letter to UNCF Washington, D.C. Director Thomasina W. Yearwood; UNCF Detroit
Director, Deborah Dolsey Diggs and UNCF New York Director, Francesca L.
Borges and none of them responded.
If we, as a nation of rational people, are indignant about TEXACO's 'Jelly
Beans', why are we silently tolerant of Stern's "Niggers"?
Both strike at the core of how we view each other, do they not?
Both are aimed at reducing minorities to sub human status and, if we as
a nation do not speak with a unified voice against racism, we shall all
become sub human.
We self-righteously shouted our disgust at Mark Fuhrman's words, yet we
listen cultishly to the words of racist Howard Stern.
We self-righteously shouted our disgust at Marge Shott's words, yet we listen
sheepishly to the words of racist Howard Stern.
After all, a 'nigger' joke is a 'nigger' joke, no matter who tells it.
But, if black leaders do not care about being called "niggers",
why should us white folk care?
Chapter Nine:
- Stern's Political Pals -
Capitol Hill, President Clinton and the Federal Communications Commission
have clearly shown the American public that they are not concerned about
the continual, repeated and willful violation of federal law by CBS Radio;
Howard Stern; CBS President Mel Karmazin
and CBS Chief Executive Officer, Michael Jordan.
As Stern, Karmazin and CBS abuse of our public airwaves, politicians turn
a deaf ear to the outcry from the American public.
Senator D'Amato purports to be anti-marijuana yet he hangs with the pot
smoking Howard Stern. Here's the Senator's message about marijuana:
The President released the 1996 National Drug Control Strategy with
a great deal of media attention and fanfare in April of 1996. After being
silent on the issue for so long, President Clinton has now realized the
need to focus attention on the drug plague that is emerging. Illegal drug
use is proliferating among this country's youth.
Studies have shown that 2.9 million teenagers used marijuana in 1994, an
increase of 1.3 million just from 1992. This alarming trend shows that one
in three high school seniors smoke marijuana.
The rise in marijuana use has serious implications. The Center on Addiction
and Substance Abuse (CASA) indicates that teenagers who use marijuana are
75 times more likely to use other dangerous drugs in the future, such as
cocaine. Obviously, the use of drugs cannot be pushed aside but must be
placed on the national agenda and confronted. Real efforts must be made
to reverse this trend. Platitudes are not enough."
Hey, Senator Al who are you trying to kid? Stern's audience certainly includes
the same "high school seniors" that Senator D'Amato discusses
yet, D'Amato supports Stern and his pro-drug use message delivered to those
same "high school seniors". (Is it just me that's smellin' the
coffee?)
O.K., Senator D'Amato, which is it? You can't support Stern and his pro-drug
message AND say that you're against drugs.
Hey New York! Wanna send a real message about drugs? "DUMP D' AMATO!"
In addition to the good Senator, Howard Stern is also very friendly with
Christie Todd Whitman (New
Jersey Governor and possibly the next Vice President). In exchange for Stern's
political support (and free campaign advertising on his daily program),
as soon as she became Governor, Ms. Whitman erected a bronze plaque at a
state highway rest stop to honor Stern. On a recent program Stern discussed
his fantasy about fucking both Ms. Whitman and her daughter.
Stern's political pals also include New York Governor, George Pataki and
New York City Mayor, Rudy Giuliani. If fact, on January 30, 1998, both the
Governor and the Mayor appeared at Stern's birthday party bearing gifts
and full of praise for Stern.
With such 'low friends in high places', it's no wonder that the cops
don't give a rat's ass that Stern
violates the law.
For the past seven years I have fought Stern and his broadcasters.
I proud to state that I have been responsible for almost
$2 million in federal fines being issued against Stern's radio stations
because they broadcast indecent material to children.
I'm equally proud that I have caused Stern's broadcasters the loss of untold
millions in revenues by contacting Stern's advertisers and giving them graphic
evidence of the true nature of his adult oriented broadcasts.
I have written hundreds of letters to politicians on every level of government,
broadcasters in three countries, advertisers, minority groups, womens groups,
church groups, civic groups, government agancies and political activist
groups.
Because I consider Stern's graphically adult material inappropriate for
children, Stern's fans have
called me everything but a white man, and my family has been threatened
by those zealots who see me as some sort of First Amendment Anti-Christ.
I have spoken about the broadcasting indecency issue on dozens of television
programs and I have given hundreds of radio, newspaper and magazine interviews.
In a continual effort to present the facts of the matter to anyone who is
interested, I have maintained and updated this web site myself, almost daily,
for the past three years.
I have not made a single penny from these efforts. Just like you, I have
a job and I work every day. I do not have any organization that financially
supports me or my efforts. I have paid all of my expenses myself.
All of this brings me to a conclusion that has been reached after careful
consideration to the 'bottom line' of each of the participants in the discussion
of indecency and obscenity in broadcasting.
Other than it's own personal financial agenda, each participant brings nothing
to the table.
Under current operations, candidates for federal and state office including
the President, Vice President and all members of Congress and the Senate,
pay the same amount for radio and television advertising.
The politicians would have us believe that cheaper broadcasting advertising
time would cause a marked reduction in the cost of a political campaign
resulting in a reduction in both the intensity and the magnitude of campaign
funding, and that's their so-called, 'bottom line'.
In looking at the lack of reform in the area of political advertising costs,
it would appear that the real 'bottom line' for politicians is to keep every
thing like it is. After all, any campaign with big dollars can easily outspend
the opposition and thereby influence more voters.
Somewhere near the politician's 'bottom line' and "Once Upon A Time"
is the argument that if radio and television advertising time was less costly,
campaigns would be cleaner. I'll leave it to you to judge the absurdity
of that thought process.
The broadcasters want to keep the status quo since political ads provide
a well paying and continual source of income, and that's their 'bottom line'.
There is no such thing as 'equal time' when it comes to paid political ads.
But, there has been a growing 'campaign reform' discussion which would include
making broadcasters provide free advertising time to political candidates
and if not free advertising, at lease reduced rates.
On the issue of campaign reform in his State of the Union speech on January
27, 1998, Mr. Clinton said,
"Even more, we must address the reason for the explosion in campaign
costs. I will formally request that the Federal Communications Commission
act to provide free or reduced cost television time for candidates. The
airwaves are a public trust, and broadcasters also have a responsibility
to help strengthen our democracy."
If the President truly believes that the "airwaves are a public trust",
Mr. Clinton must call on the Federal Communications Commission to act to
enforce our broadcasting laws against those who continually and repeatedly
violate that public trust.
In dealing with the matter of radio porn being broadcast to our children,
Mr. Clinton has the opportunity to make a positive statement that will reverberate
around the world.
In the post cold war era, newly formed nations throughout Europe and the
former Soviet Republic look to the United States as the best example of
a democracy perpetuated by a system of laws.
If the President truly believes that "broadcasters also have a responsibility
to help strengthen our democracy", then to force broadcasters to obey
the law is to strenghten our democracy.
Mr. Clinton must request that the Federal Communications Commission act
to strenghten our democracy by enforcing our indecency laws and showing
the world that laws of conduct are the foundation of democracy. And, that's
the President's 'bottom line'.
And my 'bottom line'?
If (a) the FCC will not enforce the law; (b) our nation's black leaders
do not care about Stern's racism; and (c) Stern's political pals publically
defend his indecent broadcasts to our children, then I must be wrong and
I apologize to Howard Stern.
For the past 200 or so years, we have molded a society into a nation of
many opinions, philosophies, abilities and visions of our future. We have
disagreed among us about all matters of things but we have always shared
a common fiber of a certain morality of our vision. Whether that common
fiber still holds us together is the question that will determine our future
into the Millenium.
In looking to the future we must look to our past and in doing so, we see
that no matter what our social, political or moral differences may have
been, throughout our history we have, collectively, protected the weakest
among us, the most impressionable among us, our children.
Whether or not Howard Stern and the other audio predators lurking on the
radio dial are allowed to continue to verbally piss on our public airwaves
is a matter for the FCC and the American public to decide.
There is little doubt that Howard Stern has influenced the radio industry.
For better or for worse the Stern impact has caused the radio industry to
chase its tail into a perpetual motion machine of 'Let's do it and see what
happens' broadcasting.
Radio today is a world that stretches our sense of common decency as individuals,
our sense of responsibility as parents and our sense of dignity as a nation.
The radio broadcasting industry takes the lofty position that if you don't
like what you hear, change the station. The ridiculousness of this argument
only exemplifies the contempt that the nation's broadcasters have for their
license and the broadcasting law. It is a presumptive argument that suggests
that the gate be closed after the cows have run off.
"Change the station" is a Cavalier remedy offered by lemming Jesters
in the Court of the Absurd. Unless we have gone through the Looking Glass,
a broadcasting license is a privledge and not a right. A broadcasting license
comes with both a stated and implied contract with the American people that,
in exchange for holding the public trust, a licensee will broadcast in the
"interest, convenience and necessity" of the American public.
If anyone believes that CBS and Howard Stern broadcasting adult material
to our children is in the public interest, convenience and necessity, then
I've got a shock for you. It's not! And, that's the 'bottom line'"
Change the station?
Oh, you didn't know? Your ass better call somebody!
"Hey broadcasting industry, F**k You, now try to put that back in your
bottle."
As for me, I'm just starting, and that's my 'bottom line'! If you need a
reason, see number 1 above!
This site is built, maintained and paid
for by
Al Westcott
Postal Box 492 - Ojai, California 90324 USA
The Bill Clinton - Howard
Stern Connection 
