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RALEIGH -- Thanks to some text message-savvy grandchildren, North Carolina drivers whose license plates have the potentially offensive "WTF" letter combination can replace the tags for free. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Tuesday the state Division of Motor Vehicles has notified nearly 10,000 holders of license plates with the letter combination.

RALEIGH -- Thanks to some text message-savvy grandchildren, North Carolina drivers whose license plates have the potentially offensive "WTF" letter combination can replace the tags for free. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Tuesday the state Division of Motor Vehicles has notified nearly 10,000 holders of license plates with the letter combination. Officials learned last year the common acronym stands for a vulgar phrase in e-mail and cell phone text messages. The DMV recently realized the same letters appeared on the sample license plate on its own Web site. Officials are trying to remove the plate from the site....

New York, NY (AHN) - A survey of 2,520 executive made by a New York-based online job search website said office cursing topped the reasons why bosses fire employees. According to TheLadders.com, 38 percent of the respondents to the online survey pointed to violation of office etiquette, primarily using cuss words, as their number one reason for terminating workers. The was followed by drinking on the job, which came second with 35 percent, and excessive personal calls during office hours as third, with 28 percent. But from the worker's perspective, there is a worst sin than cursing. TheLadder said 81...

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Obama Gets Coveted “Ludacris” Endorsement Apr 3rd, 2008 | By NationalSquib | Category: Lead Story The hits just keep on coming for Hillary Clinton’s flagging bid for the Democratic Nomination. Already lagging behind in both the delegate and super-delegate counts with only a few primaries to go, her rival for the nomination has just picked up one of the most coveted endorsements of the Democratic Party. Having met with Barack Obama in the past regarding, as Mr. Obama stated, “The empowerment of our youth,” Ludacris has since been mum on who would get his endorsement. But during a recent concert...

Warning: Strong Language. "What a whore Geraldine Ferraro is! She's such a **** whore! ... Hillary is a big **** whore, too," said Air America host Randi Rhodes during a live appearance.

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Thirty years after the US government commission that monitors communications began enforcing a ban on expletives on the airwaves, it is seeking to extend its policing to also cover swear words that slip out "fleetingly." The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a key step toward that goal Monday when the US Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on the policy of imposing fines on broadcasting groups that air isolated swear words uttered during live shows. The FCC had taken its case to the highest court in the land after it was slapped down by a court in New York in...

The media and entertainment industry is spearheading the anti-Christian persecution in America. Christians have been belittled and have been looked upon as second-rate citizens. As a result, Christians have been misunderstood by many nonbelievers of the Christian faith. Therefore, Christians, according to the Media Research Center in Washington, D.C., are considered to be “cold, intolerant and oppressive.” (1) As a result, media bias has become a serious problem in the Christian community. Thomas Friedman in his article entitled “The Real War” practically declared war on Christianity. According to Joseph Farah in his counter article entitled “The Unreal War,” “Whether he...

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You could have seen this coming... The Washington Times reported on Karl Rove's speech yesterday on the political discourse on the Left: Karl Rove teed off this afternoon on the liberal netroots, the coalition of far-left blogs and advocacy groups who are a new power bloc in the Democratic party. "The Web has given angry and vitriolic people more of a voice in public discourse," said Mr. Rove, who served as one of President Bush's top strategists until he resigned this past summer, and is a noted technology nut. "People in the past who have been on the nutty fringe...

A West Scranton woman could face up to 90 days in jail and a fine of up to $300 for allegedly shouting profanities at an overflowing toilet while inside her Luzerne Street home. Dawn Herb, whose potty mouth caught the attention of an off-duty police officer, was charged with disorderly conduct recently, prompting her to fire off a letter to the editor and vow to fight the charge. “It doesn’t make any sense. I was in my house. It’s not like I was outside or drunk,” said Ms. Herb, who resides at 924 Luzerne St. along with her four young...

On Sept. 21, 2007, the editorial board of the Colorado State University student newspaper decided to publish a four-word editorial. Apparently finding the traditional mode of expressing ideas -- arguing a case in a few hundred words -- too demanding, they instead wrote four words: "Taser this … F--- Bush." Needless to say, they spelled out the F word. The "Taser" referred to the police using a stun gun on a student at the University of Florida who refused to relinquish the microphone to other students at a speech at the university given by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. (How George...

Canadian Catholic Priest/Politician Says He Supports Abortion on TV Show Also publicly supports homosexuality; local bishop still refuses to discipline priest By Marie-Christine Houle and John-Henry Westen MONTREAL, October 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Father Raymond Gravel, the Quebec priest turned federal politician, has once again brought scandal to the Catholic Church by publicly voicing his stand in favour of abortion. On a French-language television show, Gravel was presented as a Catholic priest and Bloc Québécois MP (Member of Parliament) for Repentigny debating an Imam. In an article published in Le Soleil, reporter Richard Therrien reports that the conversation between Gravel...

Colorado State University is still experiencing the fallout from a profane editorial that ran in the college's student newspaper two weeks ago. CSU police investigated a threat that was called into The Rocky Mountain Collegian last week. Advertising in the newspaper and other student- run media organizations remains down. And at least one parent of a CSU student might withdraw her daughter from the school. "It's true. We are reconsidering schools," said Casper resident Cathy Ide, whose daughter, Holly Loucks, is a sophomore construction management major. The school's alumni relations and admissions offices have also received calls and e-mails concerning...

FORT COLLINS — The student newspaper that stirred up a hornet's nest when it dropped the F-bomb last week drew more fire Monday. (snip) College Republicans at Colorado State University collected more than 300 signatures calling on CSU's Board of Student Communications to fire Editor in Chief David McSwane. (snip) Asked by CNN if the editorial could be characterized as vulgar or sophomoric, McSwane said he "wouldn't entirely disagree." "We wanted people to understand that free speech is something we should talk about," he told CNN. "We felt that this campus, for one reason or another, has been really apathetic....

Note: read about Shuster's grotesque game of "gotcha" at foot.When Tucker's away, David will play . . . Not that David Shuster exactly hides his liberal light under a barrel when making his "news" reports on "Hardball" and "Tucker," but with Carlson off today and Shuster sitting in as host, the MSNBC reporter really let it all hang out. Chatting with Newsweek's Richard Wolffe and MSNBC analyst Craig Crawford, talk turned to the controversy surrounding the editorial in the Colorado State student newspaper headlined "Taser This: F--- Bush" [f-word spelled out in headline].Wolffe went first, and was patently delighted by...

On Sept. 8, Kathy Griffin, a bawdy, foulmouthed comedian, accepted an Emmy Award for her reality show, "My Life on the D-List," and in her acceptance speech she explained that while other actors might thank Jesus for such an honor, she wouldn't consider it. "Suck it, Jesus," she exuberantly added, waving her statuette in the air. "This award is my God, now."

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado State University's student newspaper is dealing with fallout for using a four-letter word in an editorial yesterday on President Bush. The Coloradoan reports that the Rocky Mountain Collegian has lost $30,000 in advertising and had to cut student employee pay and other budgets by ten percent. Editor-in-Chief J. David McSwane says the newspaper's advisers had no idea it planned to run the editorial. CSU President Larry Penley says he expects readers to make their viewpoints known and that the newspaper will answer to its readers. The university, through its ten-member faculty-student Board of Student...

A four word editorial with a four letter word in it is sparking a spirited discussion on free speech at Colorado State University. The Rocky Mountain Collegian published an editorial on page 4 of the paper Friday which read "Taser this ... F*** Bush." The expletive was spelled out. The last two words were in bold type, larger than most headlines. A caption below said, "this column represents the views of the Collegian's Editorial Board." "I think they went over the line a little bit, but it's free speech and they're allowed to write what they want," one student told...

The Colorado State University student newspaper is under fire after publishing a two-word editorial statement about President Bush. The Rocky Mountain Collegian published the editorial on its Sept. 21 opinion page, saying "Taser this .. (expletive) BUSH." University officials released a statement explaining their concern for response to the editorial, and that it has no control over its student media. “While we understand (the editorial) is upsetting and offensive to many people, CSU is prohibited by law from censoring or regulating the content of its student media publications,” CSU said in a written statement. The newspaper’s editor-in-chief wrote a letter...

The Colorado State University student newspaper is under fire after publishing a two-word editorial statement about President Bush. The Rocky Mountain Collegian published the editorial on its Sept. 21 opinion page, saying "Taser this .. (expletive) BUSH." University officials released a statement explaining their concern for response to the editorial, and that it has no control over its student media. “While we understand (the editorial) is upsetting and offensive to many people, CSU is prohibited by law from censoring or regulating the content of its student media publications,” CSU said in a written statement. The newspaper’s editor-in-chief wrote a letter...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A four word editorial with a four letter word in it is sparking a spirited discussion on free speech at Colorado State University. The Rocky Mountain Collegian published an editorial on page 4 of the paper Friday which read "Taser this ... F*** Bush." The expletive was spelled out. The last two words were in bold type, larger than most headlines. A caption below said, "this column represents the views of the Collegian's Editorial Board." "I think they went over the line a little bit, but it's free speech and they're allowed to write what they...

MIAMI (AP) — A standup routine by black comedian Eddie Griffin was stopped after he repeatedly used the N-word, a magazine's spokesman said Wednesday. Griffin, who has appeared in movies such as "Undercover Brother" and "Date Movie" and the TV show "Malcolm & Eddie," was performing at a Black Enterprise magazine event in the Miami suburb of Doral on Friday when he was cut off after using profanities and the N-word, said Andrew Wadium, a spokesman for the publication. "We believe that ending the performance was the appropriate action," Wadium said. About 1,000 people registered for the performance. Griffin's publicist,...

Times-Union Editor Regrets Offensive Word In Cartoon Readers, NAACP Complain To Newspaper UPDATED: 12:35 pm EDT August 20, 2007 This cartoon on the editorial page of Friday's Florida Times-Union generated strong reaction from readers and the leader of the NAACP. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An editorial cartoon taking shot at those who fail to turn in violent criminals generated controversy, then a response from the Florida Times-Union. The cartoon appeared on the editorial page of Friday's newspaper with a caption saying, "The new rule of law." It shows what appears to be a man shot, and a gunman standing over the...

TAKE ACTION NOW!Court OKs F-Word In Front of Kids PTC Action Alert                                                                                 June 5, 2007 Ruling Permits Unedited Profanities to Air During Any Time of Day Yesterday, in a 2-1 decision, a U.S. appeals court in New York City has cleared the way for television networks to use the "F-word" and "S-word" in front of children at any time of the day. The courts have essentially taken your property -- the broadcast airwaves -- and handed ownership of them over to the networks to do with as they please. We urgently need you to take action today. Please take...

Every day I see at least one car, usually more than one, sporting a bumper sticker that reads, "Buck Fush." Apparently, some of our fellow Americans on the left find this message to be profound and witty. But it is not these individuals' presence or absence of wit or profundity that interests me here -- both are so obviously absent, no comments are necessary. It's their contempt for society and their narcissism that demand commentary. Those blessed with common sense know there is a huge difference between public and private use of expletives. While the holiest among us might never...

Profanity by Reginald Firehammer One reason people of today, who never experienced the fifties, cannot imagine what they were like is because they are immersed in a totally corrupt and uncivilized culture and society. Profanity is one example. It was heard rarely in the fifties, and almost never in polite society or in the presence of women or children. Such profanity as one was likely to hear was the mildest kind, unlike the crudities that fill the mouths of so many people today, including women and children and is heard everywhere, in the 50s were almost never heard. Even those...

"Stop laughing. It's not funny." Those were the solemn words of Jerry Seinfeld during his visit with David Letterman in his effort to rehabilitate the image of his co-star, Michael Richards, aka "Kramer." Richards, as you know, flipped out at an L.A. comedy club and began screaming racial epithets at some black patrons. It was an ugly scene captured on video, and the actor has been apologizing ever since – doing his public penance for a truly shameful exhibition. Watch 'Kramer' grovel on Letterman show The "act" has ignited a national debate on the use of the "N-word." But, having...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 6, 2006 FCC ISSUES ORDER ON REMAND ADDRESSING EARLIER BROADCAST TELEVISION INDECENCY DECISIONS Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released an Order addressing several television indecency decisions that were remanded to the Commission by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. As part of its March 15, 2006 Omnibus Indecency Order, the FCC originally found that the broadcasts of “The 2003 Billboard Music Awards,” “The Early Show,” “The 2002 Billboard Music Awards,” and several episodes of “NYPD Blue” were apparently indecent and profane. Penalties were not proposed, however, because...

Oct. 16 - KGO - It's no secret -- many middle school students now swear like drunken sailors. The question is how do you stop it? One Alameda school tackled the problem in a way that has parents hopping mad. In Shane Vance's 7th grade class, his teacher put up a big piece of paper and had the kids call out every cuss word and racial epithet they could dream up. The idea? Demystify bad language. Shane's mother Caren was not pleased. Caren Vance, mother of middle schooler: "He said we got to write down all kinds of swear words...

Life and Liberty Ministries asks that you let your voice be heard! WARNING! THIS CALL TO ACTION CONTAINS OBSCENE AND OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE! Gay Pride Virginia presented its Pride Fest at the 17th Street Farmers Market in the City of Richmond on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. Life and Liberty Ministries was there to share the Gospel with the attendees. The event sponsors stated the following on the Gay Pride Virginia website, "The event will be family friendly so feel free to bring the kids for face painting, balloons and magic! Vendors and food and beverage stands and will be set up...

Ask the FCC to enforce broadcast decency laws should CBS air profane language during prime-time viewing hours this Sunday evening Earlier I wrote you about the plans by CBS to air "9/11" containing hardcore profanity during primetime viewing (Supreme Court's 'safe-harbour') hours when children are most likely to be watching television. The program is schedule to air this Sunday evening. Because of your actions, CBS announced they would not seek sponsors for the program. But they also said, sponsors or no sponsors, that they will not mute the profanity. A growing number of CBS affiliates have publicly stated that they...

CBS To Air Profanity-Laden Program It is time to tell CBS and the other networks that enough is enough!. Not content with all the profanity already on TV, CBS has decided to air the profanity-laden unedited version of "9/11" on Sept. 10. The decision by CBS is a slap in the face to the FCC and Congress, which recently raised indecency fines to $325,000 per incident. "9/11," which will be shown in prime-time, contains a tremendous amount of hardcore profanity. CBS has stated they have not, and will not, make any cuts in the amount and degree of profanity. CBS...

Not content with all the profanity already on TV, CBS has decided to air the profanity-laden unedited version of "9/11" on Sept. 10. The decision by CBS is a slap in the face to the FCC and Congress, which recently raised indecency fines to $325,000 per incident. "9/11," which will be shown in prime-time, contains a tremendous amount of hardcore profanity. CBS has stated they have not, and will not, make any cuts in the amount and degree of profanity. CBS will ignore the law. The network is suing the FCC over the indecency law, saying they should be able...

George W. Bush and the Curse Heard ‘Round the World By Jim Dyke The National Ledger August 2, 2006 Is license to curse on live television a presidential perk? If George Bush were a NASCAR driver or an NFL quarterback, his use of the s-word might have triggered a six digit fine from the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC commissioners aren’t making a fuss over their boss’s on-air swear at the G-8 summit, but the incident brings some clarity to the indecency debate. It demonstrates that live broadcasts cannot always be appropriate for most children if they are also appropriate...

Here's the idea. Almost everyone has seen the clip of President Bush at the G8 conference talking with Tony Blair over the (unknown) open mike, where he lets fly with an S-b omb... It brought to mind the famous finishing line of Gary's speech at the World Peace Conference in Team America . You know, the one that ends with the phrase "...all covered in s***!" Sometimes truth is just as strange as fiction.

Damn, I wish the president would swear more. When his private conversation with Tony Blair was picked up yesterday on an open microphone, I was heartened, not shocked. "See the irony is what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over," Bush said. Lebanon is in flames. Iraq is in chaos. Iran is enriching. Isn't this a time for swearing?Shouldn't we hope that when he's in private, Bush is throwing around the barnyard epithets? I don't think anyone would have been comforted if his aside to Tony Blair had been...

Bush caught out by open microphone US President George W. Bush has been caught out making candid comments on the Middle East crisis by an open microphone at a summit in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. Mr Bush was caught saying that a key to defusing the Middle East crisis was for "Hezbollah to stop doing this s**t". "What they need to do is get Syria to get Hizbollah to stop doing this s**t, and it's over," Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair at a leaders' lunch at the Group of Eight industrial countries gathering here. The president...

President Bush was in no mood for diplomatic niceties at the G8 summit, judging by remarks made to Tony Blair as the leaders of the world's most powerful industrial democracies sat down to lunch today. Unaware that a microphone at the summit was switched on, Mr Bush, chomping a piece of bread, used the opportunity to suggest a way out of the latest criss in the Middle East. "See, the irony is what they really need to do is to get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s***," he said. Mr Bush also hinted that Condoleezza Rice, the...

I continue to be appalled how often the name "Jesus Christ" is substituted for curse words, particularly in books and movies. I think, too, that most Christians do not take the matter seriously enough. How to get them and others to demand more respect for the name of God is very challenging. It's bad enough when ordinary folks spit out "Jesus Christ!" to express anger or frustration. But when the Lord's name is disrespected in published materials, many of which like Douglas Preston's and Lincoln Child's "Relic" have gone on to become major motion pictures, such blatant disrespect is...

The recently released collection of saying by Hillary Clinton titled I’ve Always Been a Yankees Fan: Hillary Clinton in Her Own Words, quotes the New York Senator as addressing her Arkansas staff thus: Where is the goddamn f**ing flag?... I want the goddamn f*ing flag up every f*ing morning at f**ing sunrise. This is not the first time we hear of Mrs. Clinton’s penchant for foul language. Several of her close associates have indicated that such niceties figure prominently in her private speech. Completely indecorous and unladylike, it is sharply repulsive to hear any woman speak in this fashion. It...

Fox, NASCAR blasted for S-bomb during race Family advocates rev into attack mode as car called 'piece of s---' in broadcast Family advocates are revving up against Fox Television and NASCAR after a driver's crew chief uttered the S-word during a nationally broadcast race Sunday. The obscene word was aired during a car-to-crew conversation between driver Martin Truex, Jr. and his crew chief, Kevin Manion, at the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. A frustrated Manion told his driver, "We missed the set-up today. It (the car) was a piece of s---." Fox announcer Mike Joy...

Almost 75% of Americans say they hear it in public frequently, poll finds This is a story about words we can't print in this story.You probably hear these words often, and more than ever before. But even though we can't print them — we do have our standards — we can certainly ask: Are we living in an Age of Profanity?Nearly three-quarters of Americans questioned last week — 74 percent — said they encounter profanity in public frequently or occasionally, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll. Two-thirds said they think people swear more than they did 20 years ago. And...

Performance of ‘It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp’ has the word ‘bitches’ LOS ANGELES - There will be no F-word or N-word but the word “bitches” will be heard during the first-ever rap performance at the Academy Awards Sunday. At the request of the Academy and ABC, which is broadcasting the Oscars show, the authors of best song nominee “It’s Hard Out There for a Pimp” from the film “Hustle & Flow” have substituted less offensive words for the song’s profanity-laced lyrics. “As long as the Academy approves it, it’s cool,” said rapper Jordan “Juicy J” Houston, a member...

Question Is cussing necessarily a sin? Answer The short answer is "no, not necessarily." Here's the long answer: I think the language issue is largely one of wisdom. Passages like Proverbs 10:31; Matthew 15:11; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 3:8; and James 3 certainly show us the importance of our speech and its content, but I don't think they are clear enough to suggest that some words may never be used to convey that content. I think these verses are best explained as exhortations to use our speech in profitable manners which glorify God. But the actual words we use to accomplish...

The BBC has been rapped by media watchdog Ofcom over swearing on the televised Live 8 concerts. Viewers complained about language used by Madonna, Razorlight, Green Day and US rapper Snoop Dogg during July 2005's concert in London's Hyde Park. The show was broadcast live without a time delay, and the language which sparked the complaints was heard before the watershed. The BBC said it regretted the offence caused to viewers. React The corporation said it approached some performers before the concert over the issue of language, but had not been given access to all the stars. The BBC added...

National Organization for Women president Kim Gandy was so angry on Tuesday after the Senate confirmed Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito that she began cursing during a radio interview. "That is such B - llsh - t!" Gandy exclaimed, after radio host Steve Malzberg argued that Alito was nowhere near as politically extreme as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who once favored lowing the age of consent for women to 12. The staff at WOR Radio bleeped Gandy's swearword and Malzberg promptly warned her, "Hey, hey, hey - you can't say that on the air . . . I...

Richard Pryor's world was filled with prostitutes, pimps, winos and those others of undesirable ilk. This past Saturday Richard Pryor left this life and bequeathed to our culture as much darkness as he did the light his extraordinary talent made possible. When we look at the remarkable descent this culture has made into smut, contempt, vulgarity and the pornagraphic, those of us who are not willing to drink the Kool-Aid marked "all's well," will have to address the fact that it was the combination of confusion and comic genius that made Pryor a much more negative influence than a positive...