America's Youth vs. Big Government

Not exactly breaking news, but WorldNetDaily (wnd.com) reported this past spring that a 15 year old Xbox Live gamer logged online only to find a message from Microsoft demanding that he change his controversial gamertag, “mpeach obama21.”

When contacted, a Microsoft rep pointed to this clause in their terms of service, which was supposedly violated:

Don’t create a gamertag, profile content, or in-game content that references controversial religious topics, notorious people, organizations, or sensitive current or historical events that may also be considered inappropriate.

“This name is actually, it’s not likeable,” a Microsoft Xbox LIVE spokesman identifying himself as Jordan said. “If you were Obama, what would you feel if you saw this?”

Boo-freaking-hoo.  One can’t help but see this newest example of censorship as political bias.  Take this portion of their terms of service, for example:

Don’t create a gamertag, profile content, or in-game content that other users may be offended by, this includes comments that look, sound like, stand for, hint at, abbreviate, or insinuate any of the following: profane words/phrases, topics or content of a sexual nature, hate speech (including but not limited to racial, ethnic, or religious slurs), illegal drugs / controlled substances, or illegal activities.

There are countless gamertags, which violate this vulgarity policy, that are allowed to be used with seemingly no peep from Microsoft; ghetto_diarhea, azzwort, Floppydonkeydic, FuhQMsft, urmotherslover, sweaty pubes, URGranniesPantys, ilovedix, and probably the most offensive, JesusIsMyCumRag. (all are actual gamertags)

How Microsoft can offer a statement sticking up for the anti-Obama gamertag ban while the tags listed above are allowed to be used certainly raises some eyebrows.  Surely, we are all for freedom of speech, but we do understand that a privately run company can censor their customers as they see fit. When this censorship, however, seems unfairly balanced, it is only right that companies like Microsoft receive criticism.

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Within the past couple of weeks an article was released that does a great job describing the political divide in the United States.  Written by Angelo Codevilla and published in the American Spectator, America’s Ruling Class — and the Perils of Revolution brilliantly explains how we have a “ruling class” in this country that believes they are superior to the rest of the country.  These people feel they deserve the right to decide how others lead their lives.  On the flip side, Codevilla labels the remainder of the country the “country class”.  The “country class” encompasses the majority of Americans who disagree with the big government regime and are not part of the political and intellectual elite.  The battle between these two classes will surely determine the direction of the country.  Our book actually captures much of what Codevilla draws on in his essay, albeit in a much less eloquent manner.  The youth of America truly belong to the “country class” and the “ruling class” of big government Democrats and Republicans, intellectual elites, and mainstream media have determined that they know better than us and have pledged to direct our lives and our behavior through their progressive vision.
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Today is a landmark day for Steve and I, our book is finally available on Amazon.com! It has certainly been a long time coming, but we believe that our hard work and effort (363 sources!) has paid off, as we’ve created something that can help the young people of America as we continue through this economic and political crisis.

We have sent out media packets to various talk radio outlets throughout the country and are hoping to do a media blitz in the months leading up to the November mid-term elections.

Now here’s the part where we ask you to buy our book and to tell your family and friends about how great the concept is   Seriously though, we do truly appreciate your support, and hope that our months of work and hundreds of dollars spent to bring you this book can change a few lives.

You can purchases (and review) America’s Youth vs. Big Government for only $14.95 here