Rideintodarkness's Blog

I dont see what is so hard about a company doing what is right to get this stuff off of their server.

Maybe they are worried about stepping on the (rights) of those who wish to view it

 

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has notified Comcast Corp. that the state will take legal action against the media company if it doesn't take steps to reduce the availability of child pornography on the Internet.

 

Cuomo wants Internet providers to remove certain newsgroups that contain child pornography and purge their servers of child pornography Web sites. Newsgroups are essentially online message boards in which users can post text and files in any of thousands of categories.

 

New York has already reached agreements with several providers but Cuomo accuses Comcast of being unwilling to sign the code of conduct his office created.

 

Comcast officials did not have any immediate comment but said they were reviewing the attorney general's letter.

Published: 7/17/08, 5:06 AM EDT
By SOPHIA TAREENCHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox News confirmed Wednesday.

 

The longtime civil rights leader already came under fire this month for crude off-air comments he made against Obama in what he thought was a private conversation during a taping of a "Fox & Friends" news show.

 

In additional comments from that same conversation, first reported by TVNewser, Jackson is reported to have said Obama was "talking down to black people," and referred to blacks with the N-word when he said Obama was telling them "how to behave."

 

Though a Fox spokesman confirmed the TVNewer's account to The Associated Press, the network declined to release the full transcript of the July 6 show and did not air the comments.

Jackson - who is traveling in Spain - apologized in a statement Wednesday for "hurtful words" but didn't offer specifics.

 

"I am deeply saddened and distressed by the pain and sorrow that I have caused as a result of my hurtful words. I apologize again to Senator Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, their children as well as to the American public," Jackson said in a written statement. "There really is no justification for my comments and I hope that the Obama family and the American public will forgive me. I also pray that we, as a nation, can move on to address the real issues that affect the American people."

 

A spokeswoman for Jackson's civil rights organization, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, said she could not confirm that Jackson used the slur.

 

Jackson has called on the entertainment industry, including rappers, actors and studios, to stop using the N-Word. He also urged the public to boycott purchasing DVD copies of the TV sitcom "Seinfeld" after co-star Michael Richards was taped using the word during a rant at a Los Angeles comedy club in 2006.

 

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has joined Jackson in opposition of the word, said Wednesday he wanted to hear the comments for himself and declined to discuss Jackson specifically.

 

"I am against the use of the N-word by anyone and I think we must be consistent," he told The Associated Press. "We must not use the word."

It has come down to this:

I have really enjoyed reading and participating in the Fox Blog site for the lat 15 months but I am sad to say "it is an end to an era".

I have posted some blogs, Ihave commented on some blogs, and I have debated on some blogs. I have learned a lot over the past 15 months, especially how to open my eyes and see that there really is two sides of every situation whether right or wrong. That being said I will make this statement, "Everyone has the right to stick to their beliefs and ideas and blog them however they want in whatever category they want".

You don't however have the right to post any harrassing or bullying blogs about anyone else. Fox blog TOS spells out their rules in language that everyone can understand yet only seems to enforce it when and how they see fit. You see even when you copy and paste you are still posting a blog as if you wrote it using someone elses quote. Which is why some content has been edited. Why it is one sided? I dont know or care aymore.

Since the participants of the ongoing blog war and the hijacking of other peoples blogs wont stop on their own and Fox only wants to randomly edit peoples blogs I have come to the decision to find a new blog home.

I am hoping to find a blog where cooler heads prevail and the bloggers can comment, debate, and learn without having to put up with hijacked blogs, cursing, vulgarities, racism, screaming/yelling, bullying, harrassing, and name calling. Everyone have a nice life, get over yourselves and each other.

This is too true to be very funny. The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.

A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a l ook at New Orleans. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division . . Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number, what does it mean?

A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.

B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.

C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.

This was an Email sent to me that I copied and pasted here and dont know the original author but thought others might find it interesting

What ever happened to "the truth hurts"

Far too many times I read/hear of people being offended because someome else spoke

their mind and told the truth, or what they believe to be the truth, or their opinion.

I hear that todays youth is the "me" generation, yet others in all generations find it 

necessary to point out  that someone said or did something to offend them.

I am not saying that people should not defend themselves if they have been wronged or

wish to debate a certain subject but that they should not expect others to change

themselves for their own personal feelings or beliefs.

(yes I include myself in this category)

What are everyone's thoughts about where our Nation is headed. IE; crime, immigration, presidential campaigns, unemployment, social security, health care, the war, national security.
What would you do to right the wrongs that are being done