There's a letter in the "Letters to the Editor" section of today's Washington Times from someone named Bill Stosine of Iowa City, Iowa. Here it is in its entirety:
Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Powell says: "I am outraged at what I saw during the halftime show. … Our nation's children, parents and citizens deserve better."
He's talking about the fleeting shot of one of Janet Jackson's breasts, but he could have been talking about the endless procession of ads for pills that induce erections.
However, the chances of Mr. Powell or anyone else in the Bush administration taking umbrage or action against a pharmaceutical company are about the same as the chances of me playing in next year's Super Bowl. And winning.
Mr. Powell wants communications conglomerates bigger and bigger and bigger — so CBS asking corporate brother MTV (they're both owned by giant media conglomerate Viacom) to produce the halftime show is what he gets.
Don't parts of this letter sound a little familiar?