Friday, February 06, 2004

Dressed to Shill

Michael Powell....the poor dear.
Oh the F.C.C. Chairman must be simply livid, fairly writhing from the exquisite irony.
He spends three years cheerleading and approval an endless tidal wave of telecom mergers only to watch helpless as Viacom, owners of NBC and MTV blows the whole shithouse sky high with a tasteless half time show at the Superbowl.
That has to hurt, Powell has made trillions for these bastards and how do they reward him?
By rousing the wowsers and values charlatans in the red states to an apocalyptic fury.
Not fer nuthin' though but it is in the end but one small withered wooden teat....paltry stuff in a world of dirty bombs and fatwahs.
Yeah yeah I know...kids were watching it took us all by surprise...all those Department of Homeland Security precautions
yet a naked guy runs amok and Janet Jackson's wholly manufactured tittie flaps ungraciously in the Texas breeze.
But fear not, here comes F.C.C. Chair "Toy" Michael Powell the steadfast tin soldier of the Bush Revolution, putting on his big scary monster voice promising fines and frowns for all the miscreants concerned.
Viacom must be laughing that the impotent self righteous spectacle Powell is making of himself.
This has to be killing Michael though, a rolodex gone fat with lucrative post government service contacts, an easy future as a telecom lobbyist on the horizon, and that no-talent Timberlake has to blow it all sky high with one flick of his dainty wrist.
No wonder Powell is apoplectic...Viacom is one sixth of his future clientele...hell within two years it'll one fourth of his net income by commission.
You think he wants to levy these fines and make all these protesting squawks?
Hell No!
Alas Toy Michael is caught between the professional outrage mountebanks and his future masters in the private sector...a delicious lose-lose situation.
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy quite frankly.
If this keeps up our poor preposterous fraud might have to extend his sojourn in public service...
Something that could be precious and lovely to see even if the public interest is trampled underfoot every day with Powell at the F.C.C.
Sick
Demented
Typical...

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