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Is anyone actually surprised by this? After all, the Americans were hardly known for their accuracy in targetting the “bad guys” in the last two Gulf conflicts, were they?

Seems like Linda Ronstadt was kicked out of a casino for praising Fahrenheit 9/11 recently. So much for free speech. Of course, she’ll have been saying how good it was in front of rich people, and anyone who’s seen the film will know that rich people tend to side with the Bush administration because it’s making them more rich.

Funny how so many Americans think that saying their President is an ass is” very American. Preventing someone from having the freedom to say what they think, or – for example – buying and defrauding your way into office is un-American. Or at least it was. It seems to be run of the mill to be corrupt in the USA these days.

BBC News story

I’m not sure how many of you will have watched the documentary last Thursday (I was out) but it seems to have had a very good effect. As well as five arrests, the four racist scumbags elected in the recent local polls are being asked to resign and stand under “their true colours”.

Will this involve them campaigning while wearing white sheets and pointy hoods?

After reading Andy’s post about his hospital visit, I came across this news story on Ananova.

In a word: EEK!

Americans in “we are stupid” shock horror announcement: Ananova – Mrs Slocombe shocks US.

For those who don’t know, the program in question was made around 30 years ago. It features a slew of double entendres and an obviously gay man, but no bad language.

I’m trying to figure out why this is a problem. As the executive in the news article says, this is a problem for America. Why? Rather than trying to bury it, be ashamed of it or just panic and go WAAAH, why not develop a ******* sense of humour?

Face it, for every decent US sitcom there are a ton that are so bland they make water taste fruity.

I also can’t get over the fact that this is all because some aging pop “star” showed her nipple on TV to try and raise album sales. The only reason that caused issues was because of the US’ no-inherent litigious attitude to everything. If there’s a chance to make some money, pretend to be offended and sue.

Look, I think Barney the big purple dinosaur was rather offensive, but I’ve not sued. I reckon the BC are pissing my money away with some of the crap I’m paying for with my license fee. Yet I’ve not actually sued them. Sky had a program called “Tribes” a few years back where they took a very stereotypical view of cultures and locales within the UK, including my own which I did find marginally offensive… but I didn’t sue. Why? I’m not American, I have a sense of humour and I appreciate the value of free speech.

Someone ought to remind the US about their civil liberties and a very basic premise – if you don’t like it… don’t ******* watch it. Mary Whitehouse could have done with taking that on board as well, the interfering old bitch.