Cartoon Central

Congress and fart sounds just seem to go together.

Mind you, this has nothing to do with protecting kids. This is a tool of the powers that be to make sure that broadcasters toe the line. Just as the Government is now using the excuse of protecting children to justify massive warrantless country wide spy operations, they are using fines for speech that keep consolidated media groups in check under the guise of protecting people from indecency. It’s for the children that I want to fine radio stations ten times as much for making fart sounds than we do for companies that dump toxic waste. Naturally the Democrats were completely spineless in this power play. (Congressman Gary Ackerman (NY-05) being a rare exception.)