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John Lockridge sent me a petition to the FCC on indecency on television.
I asked him if he would sign a similar petition by Howard Stern or someone else if he asked the FCC to ban Christianity from television.
Here’s his response and my thoughts. What do you think?

Good question. I think there is an obligation of broadcasters to use the public airwaves responsibly. I think I still would sign the petition in spite of Stern’s hypothetical petition. Of course, if I perceived a real risk to wholesome endeavors such as proclamation of the Good News, then I would be slower to take such a course.
Some would argue that this issue should be left for the “free market” to decide. I agree that many things should best be addressed that way. However, I think the use of public airwaves and the protection of children from their misuse are legitimate FCC concerns — ones that even affect our relationship with the world.
A lack of FCC enforcement has led to the envelope being pushed significantly over the past 30 years — and a growing absense of moral content in broadcast media has had a negative affect on public morals.
In the name of free trade, our government promotes our TV shows overseas. This works against us.
Because of the irresponsibility of our media, many in the Muslim world have developed the idea that America is a wicked, immoral place — based on the content of the media that we export. Action films, horror movies, and hollywood dramas paint a pretty sad picture. We have turned much of the world against us by exporting our trash.
It is my contention that our media is the single greatest cause of Muslim animosity against America. We are perceived as a moral risk. After all, a Muslim might reason, “if we are as wicked as our media present us, why shouldn’t we be fought against?” Add a few misbehaving soldiers stationed overseas to the mix and that only reinforces the idea that we are not a moral people.
It has been said that the average Muslim father cares more about the chastity of his daughters than having a democratic form of government. That’s worth thinking about.
I say its well past time that we stop exporting our trash and start cleaning up our act.

And my response:

I understand and tend to agree. I just always worry when we start censoring any type of free speech, because it gives them more ammunition to censor me and my free speech.
But because of limited public air space, I think for the sake of children, guidelines should be given and followed, but who gets to decide the guidelines. At what point do we stop “watching out for children” and pushing our morality on everyone else.

So do you agree or disagree? Let’s see some debate here ;-).

The West Wing is casting rolls for Huck and Molly, Toby Ziegler’s twin childen.
Not sure on the specs of the roll, but I believe its for episode 15 of this year. As far as the storyline goes, the children should be around 3 or 4 by the time the episode is shown, but they may be giving a glimpse into the future or a look back at the past. I’m not sure.
But if you have children interested in television, you might want to give it a look.

It’s icy and slick across North Texas this morning. But what amuses me most is the attitudes of most people. “Why aren’t these streets sanded!? People are skidding everywhere!”
I got out and drove the 10 mile treck to work (it took about 30 minutes) and had no problems.
But I saw people having problems then and when I got out to take pictures.
People were slamming their breaks and yes, skidding into intersections.
People came to a full stop and then smashed their gas to get traction.
It just doesn’t make sense. There’s not that much ice out.
Sure, I’d recommend most people stay home — it’s not wise to be out when its icy like this, but I’ve seen a lot worse.
If you don’t know how to drive on ice, don’t. Stay home.
And if you are out, don’t slam your breaks. Keep a good distance between you and other drivers and don’t come to complete stops unless you must. And if you do, don’t smash your gas pedal. Ease off the brake so your tires can get traction first.
Well, back to reporting the news.

TNA President Dixie Carter talked about WWE’s new drug policy on a radio program this week.
According to wrestling-news.com, “Dixie was asked about the recent drug policy made by WWE. Dixie commends WWE for their effort. She was asked if TNA will adopt a similar policy and responds by saying that TNA wrestlers are not all about the muscular look and that they feel they do a strong job keeping the TNA locker room clean. She says in the past there was a drug problem with Raven that has been resolved.”

Radio Recap: Dixie Carter on Between The Ropes

The audio of the interview can be found on the Audiowrestling.com website.

Dixie Carter is welcomed to the show and says you can expect several exciting announcements to come from TNA soon.

Dixie tells Monday Night Mayhem they are getting a scoop as there might be a major add-on to this weekends TNA PPV Turning Point that will “change the face of the wrestling business.” Dixie goes on to say that if things go as planned, this will be the best TNA PPV in the companies history!

Dixie says she talked with Christian Cage recently. She says Christian received a great offer from WWE but chose to join TNA despite the risk of perhaps giving up a better salary with WWE. She said Christian wanted to join TNA because he felt it was what is exciting now.

Dixie mentions TNA’s strong Buffalo audience (where the Mayhem show is based out of). She says despite Buffalo not having had the FSN Impact show when it was on, Buffalo has always been a strong PPV buy area for TNA and that they hope to make Buffalo one of their first stops when they start touring in 2006.

Dixie was asked about Christy Hemme, Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit possibly being brought into TNA sometime soon should they not be with WWE. Dixie says that the most important thing is promoting the talent already with TNA. Dixie says bringing in the outside talent mentioned could help get TNA guys over faster.

Dixie points out she is the president of TNA, not the owner.

Dixie is asked about the recent drug policy made by WWE. Dixie commends WWE for their effort. She is asked if TNA will adopt a similar policy and responds by saying that TNA wrestlers are not all about the muscular look and that they feel they do a strong job keeping the TNA locker room clean. She says in the past there was a drug problem with Raven that has been resolved.

So, I’ll be on the radio today and tomorrow (depending on the weather) around 9:05 a.m.
Listen on 1390 KBEC if you feel so inclined.

A good friend will come and bail you out of jail.
A better friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying, “Boy that was fun.”