Welcome to "Doomsy After Dark" (I've just put on my ascot and I'm posting with a very dry martini immediately to my left after having just underlined key passages in "Tropic Of Cancer," by Henry Miller).
So, with the Gulf Coast reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and a pending hurricane gathering strength in the Gulf and bearing down on Louisiana again (but just remember, the science of global warming is “unproven” according to Bushco, even as polar bears learn how to apply sunscreen), and Iraq tilting towards an Iranian-style theocracy and the animal al Zarqawi effectively running an entire province (and Osama bin Forgotten...remember him?), and our economy stagnating and working families having “the ground chipped out from under them” in all directions, what do you think our esteemed government has defined as a perilous new threat? No, not influence peddling and its own internal corruption…
That’s right. Porn!
As reported from the Washington Post and accessible from this link, the FBI is looking for help to perform this hard, penetrating, and long-lasting assignment (OK, I’ll stop). And what’s even more ridiculous and not humorous in any way at all is the fact that, apparently, child porn isn’t even the focus of their efforts. They’re going after adult stuff which, more often than not, is consensual.
The story also mentioned that Bushco (in the form of AG Gonzales) will give this the same emphasis that Edwin Meese of the Reagan Administration gave it in the ‘80s (anything that recalls Ed Meese causes a seismic reaction on the disgust-o-meter for yours truly, by the way…I’ll save my rant on Meese for another time).
Well, at least this gives me the excuse to trot out this golden oldie (which further amplifies the hypocrisy of this entire position, as far as I’m concerned).
Update: And of course, why stop at just adult-oriented porn from which the media sultans are making a ton of dough and don't really want to do anything about anyway, appearances notwithstanding? Why not just start carving up movies that are synonymous with our culture, for better or worse, that contain anything that could be objectionable to some fundamentalist tightass?
I can just hear Robert DeNiro yelling at Joe Pesci now in the "new" version of "Raging Bull"..."Did you have connubial relations with my wife?"
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