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Hawaii Hiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 02:32 PM
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$150,000 to watch porn??
So this adminstration can't help victims of Katrina, but they can pay $150,000 to justice dept. officers to review websites & watch porn, seeing if they can build a case....What a fucking joke...

Instead of deciding what people should & should not watch, they could have given the that money to Katrina victims, or many, many other worthwhile causes.....

This kind of waste would likely continue if that dope Mitt Romney got elected...

From AVN:

Morality in Media Program Grant May Be in Danger
Nearly 67,000 obscenity complaints made through program, but no prosecutions
By Bianca Fox

Posted: 12:00 AM PST Aug 11, 2007

WASHINGTON - A Department of Justice grant that pays retired law officers to patrol websites for obscene material may be nearing its end.

A Congressional earmark, which Republican Rep. Frank R. Wolf of Virginia had inserted into a spending bill, created the two Justice Department grants that have paid officers $150,000 each per year to review websites for obscene material and identify purveyors who should be prosecuted.

Justice Department officials reportedly are on the fence about drafting a third grant for Morality in Media, a conservative religious group formed in 1962 to "rid the world of pornography."

The officers paid by the grant review Internet-obscenity complaints made at ObscenityCrimes.org. Nearly 67,000 complaints from state and U.S. attorney districts have been filed since June 2002, according to data presented on the website. No prosecutions have been made.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 02:34 PM
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1. Par for republicans.
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Akoto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 02:36 PM
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2. I'm confused ...
Edited on Mon Aug-13-07 02:36 PM by Akoto
Why are they patrolling websites for obscene material? Since when is "mainstream" pornography illegal?

If they're searching for illegal porn, that I can applaud. If they're trying to prosecute legal porn, that's another story and it's no wonder there've been no prosecutions.
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youngdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 02:41 PM
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3. Called the Mark Foley Act
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 02:42 PM
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4. where do I sign up?
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 02:43 PM
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5. I'd Do It For Half The Price
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