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[msindependent]

From Fox News:
Colin Powell Defends Son Against Stern

Thursday, October 28, 2004



WASHINGTON — Foul-mouthed radio personality Howard Stern (search) has another Powell to reckon with: Secretary of State Colin Powell (search). The nation's top diplomat came to the defense of his son, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell, after Stern said the younger Powell only got the job because of his family name.

Colin Powell labeled the accusation "just so much nonsense." "My son is an enormously qualified individual, and I think he has served — if I may so as a father and as a not so distant observer — with great distinction," Powell said Wednesday in an interview with CNBC.

Stern's raunchy radio show has brought repeated fines by the FCC and the shock jock routinely rails against what he says is the Bush administration's desire to use the FCC to stifle free speech on radio and TV.

Stern made a surprise call to KGO-AM radio in San Francisco while Michael Powell was a studio guest Tuesday.

"How did you get your job?" Stern asked. "It is apparent to most of us in broadcasting that your father got you your job, and you kind of sit there and you're the judge, you're the arbiter, you're the one who tells us what we can and can't say on the air."

Stern added, "I really don't even think you're qualified to be the head of the commission."

Powell responded, "I think it's a cheap shot to say just because my father is famous, I don't belong in my position."

Powell, a Republican, was appointed to the commission by President Clinton (search) in 1997 and became chairman when President Bush took office in 2001. Powell denied Stern's charge and listed his qualifications, saying he is an attorney and was chief of staff of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division.

Colin Powell noted his son became a commissioner of the FCC "long before I became Secretary of State. For all I know, he might have had some influence in getting me to become secretary of state."

Stern, who battled for years with the FCC and conservative critics over his salacious show's content, is moving his show to Sirius satellite radio when his contract with Infinity Broadcasting Corp. expires in 2006. The FCC does not enforce indecency rules for satellite radio because it's a subscription service.

Though Stern's show has produced more FCC fines than any other, Powell told Stern, "I don't think that, you know, we have made any particular crusade of the Howard Stern show or you."

[MSeeger]

I don't know how many if any of you remember a young Tejana singer named Selena, who was brutally murdered by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar in her home town of Corpus Christi, Texas shortly before Easter in 1995, I believe.

She was very big in Tejano music, one of the first female artists to hit it big in a male dominated business. What made her so remarkable is that she was actually an American, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, and Spanish was her *second* language; in fact, she had to learn to speak it, even though she could sing beautifully in Spanish. But like most second and third generation Tejanos, she was brought up speaking English. She had a large and devoted fan base, and there was such an outpouring of grief that even the MSM got wind of the story. She was referred to as the Latin Madonna. (Although they kept erroneously insisting that she was from Mexico, shows how well they do their research.)

Anyway, in the days following her death, Howard Stern trashed Selena on his radio show, making fun of her death and wondering how people could stand her music. The outrage in the Hispanic community was so great that they threatened a massive boycott of the show's sponsors, and Stern was forced to make a half-hearted apology. So, nothing he says or does surprises me. I never listen to his show. I cannot stand the man.

Maria
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[CandiM]

I'm pretty sure they'd kick me off this board if I said what I really think of HS so I'll just agree with anything negative that anyone else says--C
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[msindependent]

I saw a movie made about Selena, it was very interesting (sorry, can't remember the title). I don't listen to Stern either, I think he has insulted just about everybody.

[RogerRabbit]

Another nut case that does not deserve to have his name grace the good pages of this forum
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[Knighthawk]

[scotty61]

Actually, Stern is proof that the gene pool could stand a little chlorine.
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[Kimmymac]

LOL Candi--I am starting to think you can really hang with the big girls. Agreement in advance...I like it. Congratulations.

I read the title of this thread and just said, "Yeah, no duh."

As Howard Stern himself would say: Howard rides the short bus in his special helmet and licks the windows all the way to school.

Yeah, I know, it's rough. But live by the sword, die by the sword, Mike Foxtroter Stern-o drinker. Buddy.

And in honor of my Marine Corp daddy, I gotta say it: STERN: Get a hair cut, @$$hole.

You look like a real freakin ugly girl.
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[1991932]

Several well-meaning acquaintances have urged me repeatedly to listen to Stern. I try, and I usually last less than 10 minutes. I just don't get it.

But if you look at Stern's ratings, you have to admit that he has an audience. That's as mysterious as John Kerry having followers.

There should be a basic intelligence test for Stern listeners and Kerry followers.

I used to listen to Don Imus all the time. Lately, I've been tuning him out as well. We're both getting too old.
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[MrJapan]

[MrJapan]

[MrJapan]

How can I upload a soundfile to here? I have a recording of someone with a 'soundboard' installed on their computer (a soundboard is recordings of what people have said on the radio.. tv.. movies... word-by-word, or small phrases.. so you can practically have a conversation with whomever you are calling!!) who called Stern while he was taking callers... and the soundboard was of Stern.. so he was talking to himself!!!! and it was live

I thought it was pretty funny...

Any idea how I can get it on here for you to listen to?

[MrJapan]

Must be something I say... almost everytime I post.... I end up the last poster... must be bad timing

[ccr]

An opposing view, if I may....

I certainly don't agree with Stern's politics and much of his humor isn't my cup of tea. But I do agree with him on one issue:

Michael Powell is a threat to the freedom of speech. Leave it up to Powell, and the MSM will have even more power to indoctrinate the country. Michael Powell, left to his own devices, would turn the media into a bunch of Baghdad Bobs.

Freedom of speech isn't there to protect popular ideas, words and thoughts. It is there to protect, well, some of the ideas you might read in a book called Unfit for Command. It is there to protect documentaries like Farenhype 911. There is also that radical document known as the Bible.

If Powell and Russell Capps have there way, Howard Stern will be no more. But in doing so, they will have blasted enough holes in our freedoms that people like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity will be gone as well (think about the PC FCC commissar we would have under Hillary).

In case you didn't notice, there were some pretty significant efforts to silence SVPT. It is only because of the alternative media that the views of SVPT got notice. Don't think the FCC isn't trying to find a way to regulate the media that is not part of the MSM.

I may not listen to Howard Stern's show, but I thank god that he is out there fighting those who would take away a very precious freedom.
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[ProudArmyWife]

It has always puzzled me that somehow the “freedom” of speech and the “right” to expression have become intertwined with the freedom for an individual to use profanity in public and display pornography in public; thereby violating the “freedom” of the majority who do not wish to be assaulted with images against their beliefs or desires.

I've always felt that the freedoms so beautifully defined in the Bill of Rights were particularly designed to insure a government could not exercise force to withhold “ideas” (political/religous) from the people. I’m sure that profanity and pornography existed in the era of the Founding Fathers…and that they never imagined the protections written would be expanded to include the intrusion of such personal choices into the public arena. What goes on behind closed doors, brown magazine covers, and on private lines of communication should be protected to that extent…. Howard Stern on a satellite channel, that is specifically purchased by an knowing listener seems an appropriate alternative to accidentally sliding across him on a public broadcast channel with a 5 year old in the car.

I’m not sure why we can no longer find the balance between public and private behavior…. I respect and am even willing to support Kerry’s right to speak (although I mute him on my personal TV) but unexpected profanity or a french-kiss (whether between male or females) or S&M dancing at the Super Bowl…violates my child’s “right” to be a “child”. Innocent for a few more years (I hope).

Interesting, that Selena and Howard Stern share the same topic thread. We moved down to Corpus Christi and had no idea who she was or why so many people were moved by her death. I had the pleasure of finally seeing some videotape of her performances and the Selena movie. She captivated me through her music….what a tragedy.