The new wave of the right wing conservative movement started in the 1980’s with the yuppies. The young urban professionals were all about business and money and of course most of them were part of the GOP (Republican Party).
They strayed away from the left wing liberals like hippies most hippies could have had a yuppie as a baby. The presidents we had were a part of this movement to Ronald Reagan (1981-1989 Republican) started this movement; George Bush (1989-1993 Republican) kept the movement going, Bill Clinton (1993-2001 Democrat) the movement calmed down at this point. Now it comes full circle with George W.
Bush (2001-present).
There is one classic book that was too obscene for the conservatives so they banned it. The book was The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It was placed on the banned list twice and has been twice removed. The first time it was banned in 1965 by the NAACP because it used the word nigger too many times, then in 1984 because a black alderman found the books language offensive. Not only do I think it is wrong to ban any type of literature but how can they say what is obscene and offensive? Another American classic that was banned was The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck once again it was for the vulgarity of the book.
The stifling effect of censorship is worse now since the Janet Jackson fiasco at Superbowl XXXVIII. The FCC was and still is doing a crack down on any and everything they find obscene. Howard Stern takes the spot light, with his “crude” humor and brash way of doing things. The FCC doesn’t like him very much. They fined him a record $495, 000 for a “bumpkin” reference. The FCC can fine you for things they deem are obscene and vulgar.
The Essay on Banning Books 2
Banning Books Our freedom is under attack! Censorship is clearly an attack on our freedom. There are a number of books that are banned or challenged that are great books, such as The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. These books are classics. Banning these books robs students of great literature. Censorship of books in secondary schools should ...
The only problem is he said this obscene reference over two years before they fined him which has never been done. All that will change on January 2006 when Howard moves to satellite radio. satellite radio is new and has only been on the market for about 5 years. It’s like cable T. V. for the radio and that is a good thing for Howard Stern or any Shock Jocks.
It is good because the FCC can’t fine or censor any pay service because you (the buyer) want it. There are two different types of satellite radio though one is XM and the other is Sirius. Howard chose the latter in a tremendous $50 million deal for five years. The FCC can’t censor something you subscribe to so that’s why Howard is making the move which he hopes will crush terrestrial radio. Terrestrial radio is the free radio you hear every day in your car or on your stereo.
You don’t pay for it you just listen and enjoy but you don’t hear everything you would like to like a verse that may be too violent or sexual for radio (the FCC) or a funny joke you missed. Terrestrial radio is owned by two very big companies Clear Channel and Infinity Radio these two markets basically own everything you listen to. 95. 5 fm is owned by Infinity and 99.
5 wit (hot) fm is owned by Clear Channel. These aren’t just business’ they are conglomerates. The radio is free because of all the commercials so you don’t get to hear music or talk or the news for a very long time in between. Hopefully this conservative movement will end after G.
W. Bush so we can all enjoy whatever we want without feeling guilty that it is vulgar and obscene.
