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Kansas Book Club

2006-03-16T05:28:00.000-08:00

Parents across the nation are taking action against both school districts and libraries that feature books, some of them required reading, that include ual issues and obscenity many believe are inappropriate for school children.

In Overland Park, Kan., parents have organized to protest the inclusion of books on children's assigned reading lists in the Blue Valley School District. The parents took action after a few of them researched the books kids were being asked to read.

"[My son] is a 14-year-old freshman boy, and [the book] had references to oral and homosexuality. … I thought it was a mistake!" Janet Harmon, one of the Blue Valley parents, told activist group Concerned Women for America.

Concerned Women for America -
News Article -

Sen Wyden opposes AETI

2006-03-07T05:53:00.000-08:00

U.S. Senator Wyden of Oregon is promoting legislation that will guarantee big business free use of the internet to flood our homes with unwanted material. This may be great for business, but will surely be detrimental to quality of life for our families.

More importantly, this legislation could make things a lot more difficult to promote legislation to limit the "Adult Entertainment Industry" from flooding our homes with their bad values.

See the Link Here.

WYDEN MOVES TO ENSURE FAIRNESS OF INTERNET
USAGE WITH NEW NET NEUTRALITY BILL
Network operators would be required to treat all content on the Internet equally
for consumers, small businesses and innovators;
Wyden legislation is first comprehensive legislation in Congress on net neutrality

2006-02-16T06:28:00.000-08:00

Self Censorship is not in their motto. FoxNews.

Congressmen Blast Tech Bigwigs About China Policies - California Rep. Tom Lantos, the full committee's top Democrat, told the company officials that they had amassed great wealth and influence "but apparently very little social responsibility."

"Your abhorrent actions in China are a disgrace," Lantos said at the hearing. "I simply don't understand how your corporate leadership sleeps at night." The companies, in prepared testimony, appealed for guidance on how to work in what they called a challenging marketplace.

Google's Elliot Schrage said "the requirements of doing business in China include self-censorship — something that runs counter to Google's most basic values and commitments as a company."

Anderson Cooper - AEI on the iPod

2006-02-15T06:27:00.000-08:00

Anderson Cooper at CNN takes his blog to this hot subject today.

The Marketing of Evil

2006-02-12T08:08:00.000-08:00

I'm not alone. Take a look at this

book avaiable for purchase:

Already receiving wide and enthusiastic acclaim, the book, published by WND Books, is subtitled "How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised as Freedom."

According to "The Marketing of Evil," Americans have come to tolerate, embrace and even champion many things that would have horrified their parents' generation – from easy divorce and unrestricted abortion-on-demand to extreme body piercing and teaching homosexuality to grade-schoolers. Does that mean today's Americans are inherently more morally confused and depraved than previous generations? Of course not, says veteran journalist David Kupelian. But they have fallen victim to some of the most stunningly brilliant and compelling marketing campaigns in modern history.

US Senate Drops The Ball

2006-02-08T05:59:00.000-08:00

Help us remind the Senate of yet another milestone in the fight for decency on our airwaves! As the Steelers and the Seahawks took to the field for the Super Bowl game, we were reminded that two years have passed since another Super Bowl memorable moment: the Janet Jackson wardrobe disaster. Days from now, we'll recognize another anniversary - the one year mark since the House overwhelmingly passed HR 310, The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act.

Meanwhile the Senate has been sitting on a Broadcast Decency bill and done nothing. It's time for the Senate to move on this bill that the public is calling for and the House has passed.

While the incident with Ms. Jackson has become a pop-culture hallmark, it is also a shameful demonstration of how little has been done to decrease and provide heavy fines for programming on television. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reported record complaints of indecency on television while content has grown steadily worse.

The bottom line is that despite the public's outrage over Janet Jackson's halftime show and growing public complaints, programming on television has gone from bad to worse and the Senate has done nothing but wring its hands.

A key bill to raise indecency fines and ensure that the FCC enforces tough standards has been stuck in the Senate for nearly one year. Please contact your Senators and urge them to move on this bill:

The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 (H.R. 310): Passed in the House in February of 2005 in a 389-38 vote. Please urge your Senator to stop stalling this bill and vote for passage in the Senate.

Call your Senators today! Urge them to co-sponsor or vote in favor of H.R. 310 legislation today! The House acted. It's time for the Senate to play ball.

Call or write an email to your Senator by clicking here. Below is a sample email, but it will receive most attention if you add a line at the top to personalize your response.

Capitol Switchboard: (202)224-3121

Dear Senator,

I write as a member of Family Leader Network who is troubled by flagrant indecency on television. Complaints at the Federal Communication Commission are at an all-time high, and content on television grows worse each day. This year's Super Bowl is a reminder that two years ago, Janet Jackson ly exposed herself to an unsuspecting audience, and despite public outrage the Senate has failed to act.

I am happy that the House passed the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 (H.R. 310) in February of 2005 in a 389-38 vote. But the Senate's failure to respond to this need is shocking. H.R. 310 simply stiffens the fines for indecency and gives the FCC greater enforcement capabilities.

As a concerned citizen and voter, I highly support this bill and urge you to support it as well. It is time for Congress to act boldly to help stem the tide of increasingly offensive television programming. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Sincerely,

Italy Proposes 20% Tax

2006-02-05T07:50:00.000-08:00

Italy is closer to become the first government to successfully tax the "Adult Entertainment Industry" with a proposal to levy a 20% tax on the revenue of certain businesses. Artcile Here.

Sound Tax Policy

2006-02-05T07:06:00.000-08:00

The people at Tax Foundation disagree with our position on the need for an "Adult Entertainment Tax". But I still want to express my respect for their opinion as they provide a rich education on how the tax system works.

We haven't done any specific research on this topic, because they're not taken seriously by most scholars in the mainstream of tax policy. The only thing we've done are a few related blog posts on excises taxes targeted at [Nography]:

http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/1200.html

http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/994.html

http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/1257.html

These taxes are clearly bad policy. Why? Because the tax system's central goal should be to efficiently raise revenue for government programs, not serve as system of penalties and benefits to guide markets toward the outcomes preferred by lawmakers. Social policy belongs on the spending side of government budgets, not the tax side.

Well I respectfully disagree. Taxes are an important part of social engineering and besides, where are you suppose to get money to pay for your social policies? Isn't it appropriate to tax the worse offenders. Why should decent citizens foot the bill to cover our social welfare problems when it is somebody else's fault?

Look at the great success of gasoline taxes used to get improve the overall transportation infrastructure. Look where state have used tobacco taxes to lower their health care costs related to smoking.

Age of Consent?

2006-02-04T19:12:00.000-08:00

The folks at CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 have something to be proud of (and rightly so).

There have been a lot of really interesting and thoughtful responses on the blog tonight about the border issue. I just heard some great news. One of the stories we aired earlier this week highlighting the problems of child prostitution in Mexico actually had an impact. U.S. government officials say that after our piece ran Mexican officials received a tip from a viewer who had seen the story. That tip led to the arrest of at least one American man who was caught making Nography with three little s in Tijuana, the U.S. officials say. That man is now in jail and those three little s are safe tonight, and for that, we are truly grateful.

My question is how old were the young s? Seventeen and a half? Why is the law and society treat the situation of a 18-year-old so differently from that of
a seventeen-year-old? (But officer, she told me she was 18.)

Kansas 2005 Tax Proposal

2006-02-04T08:06:00.000-08:00

Last year the Kansas legislature looked into a AEI initiative. WIBW Story.

Whatever became of it?

Trouble at MySpace.com

2006-02-04T07:07:00.000-08:00

Do your teen children hangout at this webplace? Story Link

Police are investigating whether as many as seven teenage girls have been sexually assaulted by men they met through the popular Web site MySpace.com.

The girls, ages 12 to 16, are from Middletown and say they were fondled or had consensual sex with men who turned out to be older than they claimed. None of the incidents appeared to be violent, said Middletown Police Sgt. Bill McKenna.

He said it was difficult to determine the exact number of victims because some girls have been reluctant to disclose that they met their assailants online.

The social networking Web site allows users to create profiles that can include photos, personal information and even cell phone numbers.

In a statement Thursday, MySpace.com said it was committed to providing a safe environment for its users. The site, which includes safety tips, also prohibits use by anyone younger than 14, though a disclaimer says the people who run the site can't always tell if users are lying about their ages.

___If they required a credit card for age and user verification things might be different.

We Need Endorsements

2006-02-03T05:48:00.000-08:00

Please acknowledge the importance of this issue with an endorsement posted either in the comments here or own your own blog. Thank You.

Sample AEI Tax Ideas

2006-02-03T05:45:00.000-08:00

Sample Methods of AEI Taxes that can benefit your benefit your community.

1) $1 Tax on every "adult magazine" or "adult book" sold by a retailer in your community (Seven-11)
2) $5 tax on every DVD or Video with a MPAA rating of R or worse sold by a retailer in your community (Blockbuster)
3) $0.50 tax on every DVD or Video with a MPAA rating of R or worse rented to a resident in your community (NetFlix)
4) $0.25 tax on every cinema ticket sold to see a movie rated "R" by the MPAA because it includes material inappropriate for minors
5) $1.00 tax on every cinema ticket sold to see a movie rated "X" or "NC-17" by the MPAA because it features material inappropriate for minors
6) A Quarterly tax of $0.10 per image on community resident hosting a website with "adult images". Increase the tax to $0.25 per image if such image is not protected by a credit card based age verification system.
7) A Quarterly tax of $1.00 per image on community resident hosting a website with "adult video". Increase the tax to $6.00 per video if such video is not protected by a credit card based age verification system.
8) A Quarterly tax of $0.10 per article on community resident hosting a website with "adult story". Increase the tax to $0.25 per article if such article is not protected by a credit card based age verification system.
9) A Quarterly tax of $20.00 per forum on community resident hosting a website with "adult forums". Increase the tax to $80.00 per forum if such forum is not protected by a credit card based age verification system.
10) A Quarterly tax of $0.10 per weblink on community resident hosting a website search engine with direct weblink to any website with "adult material". Increase the tax to $0.25 per weblink if such weblink is not protected by a credit card based age verification system.
11) A Quarterly tax of $0.20 per cache image on community resident hosting a website with cache snapshots from other websites featuring "adult material". Increase the tax to $0.85 per image if such cache image is not protected by a credit card based age verification system.

If your state or province hosts a giant search engine providor with over millions of such taxable incidents as described above, you should be able to lobby to get a significant portion of your personal income tax burden shifted to these rich profiteers. Afterall the AEI is one of the most profitable business groups around. All of these taxes should be able defensible in court as a taxation and regulation on commerce.

AEI Tax Petition

2006-02-02T06:16:00.000-08:00

Please post a copy of the following petition to your local newspaper, elected officials and other appropriate public figure or celebrity.

Tax the Entertainment Industry

2006-01-29T08:59:00.000-08:00

Tax on material published that is unfit for viewing by minors such as "adult images", "adult weblinks", "adult stories", "adult forums", "adult videos", "adult magazines", etc.

Where Are Our Family Protection Priorities?

It seems to me that the conservative groups are a bit misguided by focusing a lot of attention on gay marriage when it is entertainment sites on the internet that are having a lot more direct destructive impact on the family. Addiction to material (that i'll call Nography here) is the biggest factor to marriage breakup, spousal abuse, child abuse and related violent crime. These broken families than go to create a huge burden on state and charity welfare systems.

Why isn't their an organized effort to place a vice tax on the entertainment industry? They are making huge profits at the cost of degrading family values. Not only is this a category of the rich can easily be taxed, but they should be reimbursing society for the destruction and havoc that they create.

They may be protected from getting shut down by Free Speach Rights. But since they operate as a business they should be subject to taxation and regulation accordingly, just like the alcohol, tobacco and gasoline industries.

The State of California could make a fortune by tagging its biggest business, Google with a simple tax of $1 for every "adult image" that it has available for display on their website.

A wide range of entertainment businesses are based in the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego. They could dramatically turn around their budget crisis by taxing the websites that originate in their jurisdictions.

That's my opinion what's yours?