Porn - The New Axis of Evil!

Tuesday night, on The Adam Corolla Project, Adam, while buying shoes for his buddy, mentioned that Americans have their priorities all screwed up. We'll hapilly sit there and watch Fear Factor, where people eat the most disgusting things and then throw up, but show us a tittie and we have Congressional hearings. I LMAO at that observation, and thought no more about it.

Then I ran across this news story. "Tucked deep inside a massive bill designed to track sex offenders and prevent children from being victimized by sex crimes is language that could put many Hollywood movies in the same category as hard-core, X-rated films. The provision added to the Children's Safety Act of 2005 would require any film, TV show or digital image that contains a sex scene to come under the same government filing requirements that adult films must meet," the story begins. However, the language is so vague, we learn, that many TV shows and movies produced before 1995, when the law retroactively takes effect, will be considered pornography and fall under the provisions of the record-keeping requirement is known as Section 2257.

According to Ernie Stewert over at EHOWA, the provision would, essential, classify any pornographic material as child pornography unless proof of age is on file. Ernie's analysis of the new rules is interesting reading, and, if accurate, is Napoleonic. All porn is Child Porn unles the 2257 has been filed.

Now, however, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) has snuck an amendment into the child protection act that is so vaguely worded that pretend sex acts, even when the actors are clothed, could fall under this law, requiring so much paperwork, that it would be easier to cut the scene.

On September 21, the FBI announced a new, all-out attack against porn. (I keep hoping the repition of porn will get my hits up!) After all, it's worked so hard against bin Laden. As a result of our victory in the War Against Terror™, we are pulling agents from their terrorism duties to "divert eight agents, a supervisor and assorted support staff to gather evidence against 'manufacturers and purveyors' of pornography — not the kind exploiting children, but the kind that depicts, and is marketed to, consenting adults."

That's right! They are gathering evidence against legal porn.

Back in the 90s, Republicans objected to some photos by Robert Maplethorpe. Rush Limbaugh, in particular, objected to a photo of bullwhip handle inserted in Maplethorpe's anus. Thank goodness it wasn't a penis, huh? Seriously, though: a bullwhip in an anus is art and a penis in an anus in porn?

Before you gloat that this is what happens when we elect Republicans, imagine what would happen if Hillary were to run for President on the platform on repealing the Porn laws.

We can add Freedom of Speech to the list of proscribed activities, which includes Freedom of Religion (we must inform the unwashed in schools that some people beleive God Dun It!™). They have already used the Patriot Act to close adult book stores in some states.