Battleangel

It will soon cost $325,000 to violate “decency standards” on TV or radio. Some freedom that is. Just wait until you get the same rules to apply for satellite, cable or … the Internet.

The U.S. Congress on Wednesday sent President George W. Bush a bill to boost fines tenfold to $325,000 on broadcast television and radio stations that violate decency standards, a victory for conservative groups.

The legislation is the culmination of two years of lobbying for higher fines sparked by pop singer Janet Jackson, whose bare breast was briefly exposed on national television during the 2004 Super Bowl football halftime entertainment show.

U.S. regulations bar obscene material from being aired and limit broadcast television and radio stations from showing indecent material, like sexually explicit scenes or profanity. Indecent content is only allowed between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. when children are less likely to be watching or listening.

The brownshirts sure are marching this summer with their failed gay marriage ban and their attempts at language sanitation.