Sen. Brownback is a talibornagain jihadist

He had another one sided dog and pony show on the "evils" of pornography yesterday.

One note - the Morality in Media website where the 50,000 complaints were "filed" is now funded by the US government through the faith based initatives program - nice.

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Senate Subcommittee Launches Offensive on Obscenity
By: Mark Kernes
Posted: 3:48 pm PST 3-16-2005

WASHINGTON - According to a handout from Morality in Media, more than 50,000 complaints of obscenity were filed with various United States attorneys around the country from June 2002 to February 2005 – and that’s something a good conservative senator would want to do something about.

That seems as likely a reason as any that Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) convened a hearing today before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights. The hearing, titled “Obscenity Prosecution and the Constitution,” was held in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Sen. Brownback was initially the only senator in attendance, although Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) appeared in the closing minutes of the hearing, having been delayed because one of his bills was being subjected to a vote on the Senate floor. The witnesses who appeared were professor Robert A. Destro, attorney Patrick A. Trueman, a former Justice Department prosecutor, and Prof. Frederick Schauer, none of whom were particularly friendly to the adult industry.

Destro is a professor of law at the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law and Schauer is a Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard University. Both have strong conservative credentials, and Destro has ties to right-wing religious groups as well.

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If you would like to e-mail Sen Brownback and tell his what a doucebag he is, here's an e-mail form http://brownback.senate.gov/CMEmailMe.htm

Never heard of Opus Dei until a post the other day on DU about Scalia.

It gets scarier every day.

Those of us who know him and have him for our Senator have been telling him that he is a douchebag for years. All it has gotten us is no representation. He is out for himself and himself only. Write him, he deserves it.

It's a wonder that the Secret Service hasn't shown up at my door. I didn't pull any punches telling him exactly what I think of him.

As the next election cycle comes up, I am going to put some pressure on the trade assocs., film producers, etc. to go ALL OUT against the guy.

Yep,the shit hit the fan over that several years ago when he really started his "clean up TV and movies" tirade. The Wichita Eagle did some digging and why....Sam owned stock in several Hollywood Studios.Being the normal ass-covering Repuke that he is,he claimed those stocks were part of a mutual fund and he had no idea they were part of the portfolio.

Well...if your claiming that Hollywood is warping the minds of us good Murkians wouldn't you make DAMN sure that the mutual fund you invested in didn't have any of those evvvvil stocks?? All he would have had to do is ask his investment broker. Hates those studios but LOVES the money they created for him. Next time you see the fool ask him why he owned stock in that industry and if he still has the stock.

FUCKING HYPOCRITE!!

Apparently Sen. Brownshirt only dislikes "hardcore" if it doesn't give him a little "hard cash."

Check out this press released from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington:

CREW Releases Report "Addicted to Porn"
Members of Congress Accept Political Contributions from Porn Purveyors

Washington, DC, -- Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a report Addicted to Porn: Members of Congress Accept Political Contributions from Porn Purveyors. The report details how 15 Members of Congress, including 11 Representatives and four Senators, all of whom revile pornography, have accepted campaign contributions from corporations and executives who derive substantial profits from selling pornography.

The report contains four sections: 1) how companies make money from pornography; 2) which companies have PACs that make campaign contributions; 3) which Members of Congress receive these contributions; and 4) the quotes of Members of Congress named in the report who have publicly condemned pornography. In addition, an appendix to the report details the contributions made from corporations and executives to Members of Congress.

CREW’s executive director Melanie Sloan stated “it is one thing to be silent on the issue and accept porn purveyor’s contributions. However, these Members of Congress attempt to slap pornographers with fines and legislative restrictions with one hand and turn around and accept porn profits with the other. Our report details the hypocrisy of this ‘skin caucus.’”

Some of the findings of the report: Kansas Senator Sam Brownback – who equates pornography with crack cocaine – accepted $17,000 from porn peddlers.

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http://www.citizensforethics.org/press/newsrelease.php?view=34

is that it's total spin and propaganda. Its premise is that Repubs take contributions from the "porn industry" - but the contibutions are from Comcast, ATT, General Motors and Mariott. These can hardly be described as the "porn industry"

I had quite a fight here at DU last weekend trying to point this out. Posters were painting the "porn industry" as wolves in sheep's clothing - publilcally supporting dems but giving money to repubs.

The actual porn industry - The people whose primary business is the production, distribution and retail of sexually oriented entertainment as a whole are very supportive of the democratic party. The industry worked hard through the trade assocs. and magazines for Kerry's campaign.

What's the Matter with Kansas?

What's the matter with Kansas?

great minds think alike.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3287711

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