Words Like Locusts Flew From Her Fingers

Too Old For a Babysitter

Salon.com News | The FCC’s cable crackdown
This summer, [FCC Chairman, Kevin] Martin hired one of the activists, Penny Nance, to work in the FCC’s Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, a position that will allow her to advise on indecency issues. Nance founded the Kids First Coalition, a group that fights abortion, cloning and indecency in the name of “pro-child, pro-family public policy.” She has long been one of the nation’s leading anti-pornography crusaders, testifying repeatedly before Congress. During the last presidential campaign, she appeared on Fox News as a “suburban stay-at-home mom” to say that women believe President Bush will “protect our children.”

What a nitwit.

I’m a woman and, believe me, I never appointed her to speak for me.

Anyway, this pretty much tells you everything you need to know about Kevin J. Martin. There’s nothing pro-family about removing control over the home television from a child’s parents and placing it in the hands of the government. It’s not the government’s place to decide what’s appropriate for your children. It’s up to YOU. And it’s certainly not up to the government to determine what’s appropriate viewing for adults. I don’t need a “babysitter.” Like pretty much every adult, I’m fully capable of turning off the television if there’s something on it I don’t want to see. I don’t want or need anyone else to do that for me. When the government tries to take control of what goes on in the privacy of your own home — like what you watch on television or what you allow your children to watch — that’s anti-child, anti-family public policy. And don’t let people like Kevin J. Martin or his pet whiner Penny Nance tell you different.

These people are NOT looking out for you. Not really.

They just want to control you.

When they can control what you see on television, they’re halfway to controlling what you think.

Don’t let them do it. Fight censorship! Let the FCC know that you don’t want them usurping your role as a parent or insulting your intelligence as an adult television viewer. Sign up for e-alerts from SpeakSpeak News and you’ll get some great suggestions for what you can do to keep the government’s nose out of your television set.