Pat's VideoCast Episode 3

TOPICS FEATURED:
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* MY Take On The Immigration Issue

* Announcement of addition of Missing Persons video clip at end of each show

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* Latest video from MissingAlert.com

...And to top it all off, there's THESE two videos from jake3456 & gouko787 on YouTube.com which was posted to YouTube.com back in March. This first one being during a Presidential visit by George W. Bush.

Proposed Legislation To Buffer Children From Porn - But At What REAL Cost???

Is it just me or does Washington need yet another dose of reality when it comes to life on the Internet?

I ask this because according to this article, there is legislation working its way through Washington that would, in effect, tax merchandise bought via porn websites UP THE KAZOO!!!

That is the main focus of Today's Real Deal.

Now normally, in full disclosure, one would think that a Republican came up with this idea. Ironically, the idea came from a Democrat.

Two of them in fact. Senator Mark Pryor & Senator Max Baucus.

The proposed legislation, called The Cyber Safety For Kids Act, would (along with another piece of legislation proposed by Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln) impose a whopping TWENTY FIVE PERCENT (that's 25% for those of you who can't read) on transactions conducted via porn websites. Lincoln's Bill is now in the Senate Finance Committee.

Ohh...By the way, many in the porn industry consider this an attack on what is constitutionally protected free speech and would also have a chilling effect on it as well.

Additionally, many of these companies and/or individuals who run porn websites are either offshore or in foreign countries where US laws don't apply. This is yet another example of Washington being under the mistaken (not to mention the terribly misguided impression that the Internet doesn't even exist outside the U.S.

One more thing....Many people (more on the subject of people later) in the porn industry are parents themselves!!!!

Does Washington not think these people know how to guard THEIR OWN kids from online porn??? HHHHeeeellllooooo

These people know the ins and outs of the industry LIKE THE BACK OF THEIR HAND

Don't believe me, just ask someone who's in the industry such as Nora Louise Kuzma (aka Traci Lords), Jennifer Marie Massoli (aka Jenna Jameson) or even guys like Peter North (Not to say they all have kids of course, but I'm sure you get the point - At least I *hope* you do :) ).

And to top it all off, this is to say nothing of the (what should the obvious) fact that porn websites aren't even targeted towards kids in the first place.

But anyhow...Like I said, more on the subject of parents as it relates to this later.

Meanwhile...Back to the subject at hand....It seems as though these three Senators have forgotten which party they belong to. Perhaps the constituents could remind them of this come state primary time (if not then, then perhaps come this November)? Looks to me as if they are buckling under pressure from the GOP.

If that is the case, I have but one thing to say - We WILL NOT give in!!!!

I say this because (again), this is a move you would expect from a bible-toting Republican who's trying to come up with ways to help good ol' buddy President George "Dubya" Bushpay for a war we had no business starting in Iraq (Don't even get me started on that). NOT A DEMOCRAT.

If Washington insists on levying a 25% tax on America, then I say levy it on those who purchase tobacco products since they A). Continue to support a habit this country has had since (at least!) The Days of Hitler and B). Put MY OWN HEALTH as well as theirs at risk while smoking it (sometimes knowingly to boot).

QUIT PUNISHING THE REST OF US WASHINGTON!!!!!

THAT ALL SAID THOUGH, I am in COMPLETE support of a "buffer zone" for children (I firmly believe there should be one). But I DO NOT believe it should be politically motivated, which I believe it is. These three Senators are feeling the pressure from the GOP, which has their respective states (Arkansas & Montana) BY THE BALLS. As such, the heat is on and they are getting desperate. So, instead of standing for what they believe in, they're caving in to Republican pressure without their having to do a damned thing.

And as if all this wasn't enough, by their own admission, all three Senators say that not completely protect children from porn

Given, this, here is what I propose as a fair alternative....

• Create the *.xxx Domain Name (or allow a registrar company to do it), but DO NOT attempt to "subsidize" (if I even dare use that word to describe what the proposals in Washington call it) it by imposing the 25% tax on Internet porn transactions onto the rest of us (I've outlined what I believe is behind this above so I won't bother repeating it here).

• Either create (or allow a registrar company to do it) a *.kid & a *.fam for kid and family-oriened websites. This way, there will be no controversy (and ISPs won't be stuck hosting web pages of people and their families).

Speaking of ISPs, ISPs could also create server-side software designed to detect on properly installed net nanny software end users' computers. This could be used to filter out porn sites registered under the *.xxx Domain name from appearing on end users' screens or (in the case of search engines like Google) appearing in search results.

But the keywords are properly installed.

I say because many parents are either too naive or just plain STUPID to think that their kid won't visit porn sites. This same group of *ahem* so-called "parents" are also the ones you see on the news crying their eyes out while pleading with some online predator to either return their kid or turn themselves in (if not both) because they didn't have properly installed net nanny software on the kid's computer.

It is because of this, I don't call these people "parents".

As such, I say if they're too stupid, too naive, or have too much fuckin' pride to even consider the idea of protecting their kids online, well then (as Victor Drazen [Dennis Hopper's character during Season One of the TV show 24] once told George Mason [the then-acting Director of CTU on 24], if you're only the acting Director, you're not the the Director of anything at all), they're really not "parents" at all. They're just simply grown up children who just happen to have children of their own..

Not even The Government can fix that.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is Today's (albeit two-pronged) Real Deal.

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A History Lesson For Me....

I'm almost ashamed to publish this (especially here). But here goes (what I hope turns out to be) nothing....

You Failed the US Citizenship Test

Oops, you only got 5 out of 10 right!

Could You Pass the US Citizenship Test?

9/11 - A Government Conspiracy?

Just when Bush & the Republicans thought they were somehow "in the clear" comes this video, courtesy of Korey Rowe, Dylan Avery & Jason Bermas @ Loose Change Productionsvia Google Video

More Negative Right-Wing Babble About The ACLU

The babble is all here. Only now seem to have problems telling the difference between an Animal Rights Organization and an Environmental Preservation Organzation and a Terrorists group.



These nuthead Neo-Cons seem to think people who care about animals and the environment are all terrorists. Hmm....I'm almost afraid to even ask who they don't define as a "terrorist"



But then again, I suppose it's to be expected from the Right Wing & their Double-Talk Machine. If they're not using their Spin Machine, their using the Double-Talk Machine. Somehow these people actually that if they use these machines long enough, undecided voters will vote Right-Wing. But you see, what they have yet to figure out is that it's backfiring. People aren't stupid (Ohh yeah, that reminds me...Don't forget to notice the so-called "Patriotic" gear offered on their website too).



Till next time. :)

The Death Penalty - WHY Do We Have It? Do We REALLY Need It?

Umm...Someone tell me if I'm wrong here, but I didn't know we were supposed to give a damn about those who are issued Death sentences for crimes they've been found guilty and were convicted of.

Yet it seems like like executions are now getting more and more media attention. Add in the world of cyberspace, and you've got a worldwide online prescence as well. I'm referring to this article on the Tookie Williams story

Where does it end America??

That is the subject of tonight's Real Deal.

I was always led to believe that if you kill someone and are charged with the crime, fairly tried, convicted and sentenced to death, that NO ONE is supposed to give a fuckin' holy crappin' (or is that holy crippin' in Tookie's case?) shit about you. But gee....I guess I was wrong.

Seems as though those on the Far Far left (Who even I disagree with) who seem to think such hardened criminals either are or can be "reformed" simply because they've "taken in the Bible" or (here's my favorite one of all) have been "saved", they can somehow be reformed.

Well....Sorry Charlie. It don't work like that.

Hardened criminals, especially ones like Tookie Williams, BELONG IN PRISON with NO chance for parole, NO time off for "good behavior", and ABSULTELY POSITIVELY NO sentence commuting. Them's just the facts folks. They can read the bible through and through and I COULD GIVE A FUCKIN' HOLY SHIT.

I know it sounds like I'm being cold and heartless on criminals, but look at it this way. Their victims didn't get a chance to "plea bargain" or to "strike a deal" to avoid becoming a victim, so WHY the criminal be awarded the opportunity to do the same to avoid a stiff sentence or being prosecuted altogether?

On top of all this, wouldn't YOU want the media to be at YOUR funeral as YOUR loved ones step up to the podium or microphone or whatever and EULOGIZE & REMEMBER YOU? That would almost be a dream come true for me.

It's not fair to see that a CONVICTED CRIMINAL getting what amounts to A STATE FUNERAL(albeit AND ESPECIALLY at TAXPAYER expense) while YOU have to PAY UP THE BUTT for yours. It doesn't make sense. Nor is it fair. NOT AT ALL.

If the convicts want to be seen on TV, may they be seen during MSNBC's DocBlock or something (At least there's a zillion other channels I can watch when that's on).

And that's today's Real Deal.

That is tonight's Real Deal.

RACIST & BIGOTED North Carolina Billboard Comes Under Fire

Boy...Just when you thought the Right Wing couldn't possibly stoop any lower, along comes this article.

Here's an excerpt...

A group that is trying to tighten the standards for obtaining driver's licenses has come under fire for plans to post a billboard with a picture of an Arab clutching a grenade and a North Carolina license.

Now I have to ask...Have we become so obsessed with the War on Terror and Homeland Security that we don't trust anyone who wasn't born in American anymore?

That's the subject of Tonight's Real Deal.

The billboard, scheduled to go up this month near the State Capitol in , shows a man in traditional Arab scarf. The billboard reads Don't license terrorists, North Carolina.

And here's the scary part - North Carolina won't be alone. Similar boards are slated for New Mexico and Wisconsin, according to

This group claims that their goal is a "safer" America. I have no problem with that BUT....

If this this their biggest concern, I've got a newsflash for them - America is in FAR GREATER danger from DRUNK DRIVERS and other people who persist on running from the law in high speed pursuits that it is from (supposedly licensed) "terrorists".

If you ask me, I think its high time the Right Wing STOP picking on Arab Americans and painting ALL Arabs with the same goddamn fuckin' brush. We have bigger & far worse domestic problems than this. Don't fall for it.

Amanda Bowman, President of The Coalition for a Secure Driver's License, care to share any of your data that supports your claims that terrorists are still being licensed? If so, I'd love to see/hear it.

Or are you just spewing forth a bunch of Right Wing Spin Machine Mumbo Jumbo nonsense that's only supposed to make sense?

That, ladies & gentlemen, is Tonight's Real Deal.