Ex Lion Tamer

According to an article in today's Wall Street Journal, Michael Powell, the head commissioner of the FCC is stepping down today. The WSJ almost makes it sound like it's a bad thing. Powell is Mr. Colin Powell's son, by the way. Surprisingly, most people didn't give him much shit over that. Michael Powell's legacy lies with two things mostly: Janet Jackson's feelthy, feelthy nipple, and de-regulation. He is the reason ClearChannel can own interests in 248 of the top 250 radio markets in this country. He is the reason that we have retreated back to '50s values on indecency in television. According to the WSJ, Powell was an underdog ignored by the Bush administration. Whatever. The reality is that they were afraid of the effects of anything Powell wanted to do. Everything he did or wanted to do was aimed at all the telecom and media companies making lots more money, and in theory, driving the economy up out of where we're at, which is almost repression. Right. I don't think there's any way Bush could possibly appoint a bigger asshole to head up the FCC. Which is a good thing. I should add that when questioned about his values based in a time before he was born, Powell is very cocky. Fuck him.