{"id":148,"date":"2004-06-22T14:21:04","date_gmt":"2004-06-22T19:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=148"},"modified":"2004-06-22T14:50:27","modified_gmt":"2004-06-22T19:50:27","slug":"irony-often-looks-a-lot-like-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"I call it truth."},"content":{"rendered":"

Part I: Out of curiosity, I went to Clear Channel’s website<\/a> to look at their policies on radio decency. Clicking on the first link I saw on the subject, the clearly marked “Radio: Broadcast Decency” PDF link on the home page, I immediately downloaded their PDF on rules and regulations for their radio stations.<\/p>\n

Part II: Mac OS X sometimes applies strange icons to downloads that it doesn’t immediately recognize. I had just recently installed Return to Castle Wolfenstein for some faux – WWII action at work.<\/p>\n

Results of this (perhaps-preordained) chain of events? A PDF about Clear Channel’s decency requirements with a wonderfully fascist icon alighted on my desktop. Oh RAPTURE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part I: Out of curiosity, I went to Clear Channel’s website to look at their policies on radio decency. Clicking on the first link I saw on the subject, the clearly marked “Radio: Broadcast Decency” PDF link on the home page, I immediately downloaded their PDF on rules and regulations for their radio stations. 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