“I think at first glance, when you just hear about it, it could sound like a stunt, especially with the way reality [TV] has gone,” “Survivor” host Jeff Probst told Smith. “But that’s not what we’re doing here. The idea for this actually came from the criticism that ‘Survivor’ is not ethnically diverse enough. … We said, ‘Let’s turn that criticism into creative for the show, and I think it fits in perfectly with what ‘Survivor’ does. It’s a social experiment, and this adds another layer to the experiment.”

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This is a concerted effort to escalate Hollywood’s war on America by creating a generation of criminals and sending them off to jail. That’s right: the “Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006″ (IPPA) would double the authorized prison terms for existing copyright infringement, create a host of new offenses, and establish a division within the FBI to hunt down infringers. The Members of Congress in the pockets of the Hollywood cartels want to divert $20 million a year and FBI agents from fighting real criminals so they can go after people without computers.

In case you haven’t seen the early reports about this bill it’s basically DMCA 2.0. Rather than realize that the DMCA was flawed and far over-reaching, Congress is looking to make it even worse. The kicker for me is that they want the taxpayers (who fund the FBI) to enforce private copyright. The US government has gotten way too large if they have time to fight three wars (Afghanistan, Iraq, and Terrorism), and still act as Big Brother for Hollywood and the Recording Industry.

Yet it also seems clear that this administration – galvanized by 9/11 – sees Iran’s words, too, as more than rhetoric, and sees itself as the only nation willing and able to take action.

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Here’s a story that NBC is hiring Muslim men, who actually “look Muslim”, to create a news story about discrimination. With a completely open mind I’m sure, NBC is targeting NASCAR races along with other sporting events. According to reports they plan send these actors to various events and record the inevitable racism that ensues. Again, I’m sure that NBC has made no judgements about the NASCAR fans, because the irony of that would just be too incredible.

From the AP story

The NBC crew was “apparently on site in Martinsville, Va., walked around and no one bothered them,” NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said Wednesday.

According to a follow-up e-mail NBC will try again this weekend at the race in Texas. Some have theorized that NBC is hoping that the large, sometimes rowdy, infield area will be easier to instigate.
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Could this be more evidence that John C. Dvorak was right about Apple eventually adopting Windows?

via Engadget