Im sure you all have heard whats going on with O&A. If you would like to help here is a few things you can do to help

First JOIN http://peopleagainstcensorship.org/



Here is a list of things you can do to help O&A in their time of need. Please do all of these things, then do them again, then find away to get 100 other people to do them!!!!!!!!!!

1. CANCEL YOUR XM SUBSCRIPTION!!!! IF YOU CANCEL, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU NOT TAKE THE 30 FREE DAYS OR THE 3 FREE MONTHS. YOU ARE NOT MAKING ANY STATEMENT AT ALL IF TAKE THE 30 DAYS.
Do not smash your radios yet. Wait. We'll come up with a plan to make a statement.

2. CONSTANTLY CALL XM. THEY HAVE RECEIVED A RECORD AMOUNT OF CALLS ALREADY, AND TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ITS IMPORTANT THAT WE REGISTER AS MANY CALLS WITH THEM AS WE CAN. KEEP CALLING EVEN IF YOU'VE ALREADY CANCELLED OR YOU'RE NOT CANCELLING. ALSO CONSTANTLY EMAIL XM.

3. CALL CBS AND THE CBS SPONSORS AND THANK THEM FOR SPONSORING O&A AND ASK THEM TO CONTINUE SPONSORING O&A.

4. CONTACT ANY PRESS WHO WILL LISTEN TO YOU

5. JOIN PAC AND GET ANYONE YOU CAN TO JOIN AS WELL

6. CONTACT ANY COMICS/MUSICIANS/PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPEARED ON O&A. WRITE THEIR EMAILS AND MYSPACES AND ASK THEM TO STAND UP FOR O&A IN THE MEDIA. TELL THEM O&A PROMOTED YOU--- PLEASE HELP THEM NOW.
Here are some examples of people to myspace/email: Jay Mohr, Tracy Morgan, Carlos Mencia, Joe Rogan, Otto and George, Bob Sagat, Ralphie May, Dr. Ian Smith, Louis Black, Audioslave, Louis CK, Mila Jovavich, WWE personalities, Quentin Tarentino, Jim Breuer, Brian Regan, Steven Lynch, Sherrod Small, Judah Friedlander, Carolines Comedy Club, etc.

7. JOIN US TO DEMONSTRATE IN FRONT OF THE TODAY SHOW THIS THURSDAY AND THIS FRIDAY! 6AM TO 9AM AT 30 ROCKERFELLER PLAZA! TAKE OFF OF WORK! BE THERE! FOR O&A ITS WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRING SIGNS WEAR SHIRTS.

8. MOST IMPORTANTLY- GET OTHERS TO DO THESE THINGS TO: TELL YOUR FRIENDS, REACH OUT TO OTHER MESSAGE BOARDS. POST ON THE BOARDS OF SEAN HANNITY, RUSH LIMBAUGH, GLEN BECK, THE DOGHOUSE, THE RADIO CHICK AND ANYONE YOU CAN THINK OF. AS THE NIGHT GOES ON, I WILL SUPPLEMENT THIS LIST WITH MORE IDEAS, AND TRY TO FILL IN THE EMAIL ADDRESSES YOU NEED. ENCOURAGE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE TO COMPLETE EVERY STEP ON THIS LIST!!!!

9. GO TO ATLANTIC CITY THIS WEEKEND AND SUPPORT THE O&A POKER TOURNAMENT EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT PLAYING.
10. SEND OUT MYSPACE BULLITENS AND POST COMMENTS IN THE PAGES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE TO GET THE WORD OUT TO SUPPORT O&A! SEND THEM TO WWW.PEOPLEAGAINSTCENSORSHIP.COM. TELL THEM TO REGISTER.
REACH OUT TO OTHER FREE SPEECH ORGANIZATIONS, THE ADULT INDUSTRY, ANYONE WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN THIS ISSUE! REACH OUT TO THE PRESS.

11. GO BACK TO STEP 1 AND DO IT ALL AGAIN!

You shut your mouth right now.

I don't care about radio personalities one bit, so fire Imus and these other douchebags or the guys in New York who made a prank call with an Asian accent. Whatever. They're all being fired by privately owned radio stations that have the right to set the standards however they want.

What I am rabidly against is hypersensitive, unbalanced political correctness.

To wit:



Guess which word got the "star treatment".

We live in this society where some people receive more protection than others. In order to prevent hypocrisy, the result is either extending the same "protection" to everyone until society gets to the point that we are all walking on eggshells, or just let people say what they please and offend whom they may and accept the fact that unfettered free speech is more important than protecting feelings.

The media has rights to set their standards, but they also have massive responsibilities being the primary conduit of information. Unfortunately, they use their rights to drive a political correctness motivated agenda instead of using them to allow people to speak freely.

1) I don't know what's going on with O&A. I've heard them, they're not funny, who cares.

2) The Cap Lock key is on the left hand side of your keyboard.

Ummm... I agree? Seriously.

I can think of few things i'd be less likelly to do than demonstrate on behalf of those no talent azzclowns

seriously

Anyone named Opie needs shot and put out of his misery.

I'm not in favor of censorship, obviously, but god know what you do to your regular tv and regular radio in which censorship is an everyday occurence.

Why aren't you fighting the government as hard as you are fighting XM satellite?

Um, I don't get it? Apparently the OP got lost and though he was on opie and anthony's forum, cuz obviously nobody here cares.

I actually hate those guys, they're the opposite of funny.

Nigger! Is it nigger? I bet its nigger. Is it nigger?

no, its nagger...sorry

Stop yelling.

I love it how some people can view a privately owned company refusal to publish/air someones opinion as a violation of Free Speech.

O & A are complete idiots. They are funny at times, but they act like they are crusaders or are qualified to make statements on serious political issues which they do no research on.

The cause that I remember them fighting for was to be able to use the word nigger. I mean seriously, come on now............you stand for nothing and then decide to campaign for the use of the word nigger. Freedom of speech should be protected, but these guys are blatant racists on a nationally broadcast show with tons of mindless fans (not all) that eat this stuff up and regurgitate it into our society. Sure they dont come out and say we hate niggers, but if you listen to them it is oozing with bigotry towards anybody who is non white american.

So freedom of speech that is "racist" shouldn't be protected?

Whether or not a radio station allows it is not a First Amendment issue.

No fucking shit Sherlock. I said that already.

I was responding to his caveated comment about freedom of speech "but" - when the "but" in question involves unpopular speech- in this case, racist speech.

FYP

I dont really have an opinion on that, it is a tough subject and honestly their are strong points for both sides. They tend to get around being outright racist from what I have heard, so I dont really think their show should be censored but it is clear that they have racist views, but they hide it with saying they are pioneers for freedom of speech, which is the most annoying trait they have.

I would hope that these things sort themselves out as seems to be happening here. If they are being racist then hopefully someone has the conviction to get them fired. It would be nice if Society could call this what it is and police itself.

So, then basically, only speech that is popular should be protected?

(Welcome to why freedom of speech is such a fragile concept. People only like it when it's used to say things they agree with)

I dont know how you got that, I edited my post about a second after I posted it. I agree it is a fragile concept and after thinking it through I retracted that statement.

We have the first amendment exactly to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech doesn't need protection.

The main reason to protect free speech is because stupid ideas whither in the light of day. They only survive if the proponents can validly claim their ideas are being supressed.

But as has been pointed out, this issue has nothing to do with free speech or first amendment rights. If a company doesn't want idiots saying stupid things, that's their right.

I've read the comments so far. It doesn't matter to me whether you are a listener to the OandA show, or any other radio show. Im just letting the word out about how our freedom of speech is under attack. You may be a fan of the OandA show or not. That doesnt matter to me. What matters to me is the government sticking their noses in every little thing that matters LEAST. Instead of focusing on the shape of our nation, they want to focus on things like this. They want to take any kind of entertainment like this and force it out. You may say the government has nothing to do with it. Actually they have EVERYTHING to do with it. The FCC has been trying for years to get their hands on satellite. With the upcoming merger between the two satellite companies, I believe they will finally get their wish. And what XM is doing is protecting who? If you think they are protecting the listeners you are mistaken. I have heard alot worse things on their show before, and nothing was said. Ive heard things on cable television, and other shows that was worse, and nothing happened. Everyone knows what to expect when they turn that channel on in the morning. Entertainment thats suppose to be free from regulations. But thats not the case now. It is a paid subscription that has an extreme language blocker that you can activate if you want. Paid subscription, which means they really have no concern if they lose advertisers. But with people like me trying to get the word out, may get them back on the air sooner than later. You can be a listener to a certain show or not, the point is its going to affect everyone on the air. Its the same ongoing thing with online poker, the big man isn't getting his fair take of the deal and wants to shut it out.

How did the govenment step in?

Now that's just mean....







The problem with the above two statements is this: XM and Sirius hire radio personalities like this PRECISELY for speech like what O&A uttered. It's satellite radio, where speech is unregulated, free and unfettered.

This suspension is simply a gut reaction first strike against special interest groups who care more about advancing their political agendas dictating what people should think/act/feel rather than protecting the actual audience the speech is directed at.



The first amendment was crafted exactly with the idea of protecting unpopular speech back in the day. King George wasn't a fan of those colonials making fun of him and he cracked down on the papers. No matter the thought, however unpopular is allowed to be published here in the US.



They can't have. Satellite radio is unregulated. They can go on there and sing the nation anthem from the country of Cuntstick screaming various obscenities like ***** **** BULLSHIT ************ PIECE OF **** all day and no one can say boo.

....you can swear in the woods too


rip mitch

I have news for you: the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.

Sir, if you don't calm down I'm going to have to ask you to leave.

Lady, I got buddies who died FACE DOWN in the muck so you and I could enjoy this FAMILY RESTAURANT.

Booger!

I don't care that much about Imus or O&A so this doesn't bother me. But I think incidents like this are the main reason Howard Stern is probably going to not renew his contract when it is up. It's hard to have fun on the radio when you are under constant surveillance.

This is what we HOPE from an educated and responsible society. I have lost a bit of my faith in people.

BUT, that will never change the fact that my Libertarian view and hopes on society will always stand strong.

EDIT: Isn't the key ingredient in this story that the government didn't do anything, but the private sector did? Isn't this what we want? People making the choices and not the government? I, kind of, see capitalism working here.

People don't like something, companies see that, things change to favor the people's desires to keep their business.

UNLIKE the education and healthcare monopoly......

Nice!


Use this next time...



Nice!