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Obama Adviser: ‘References to Size, Power or Sexual Potency…Could be Banned From Automobile
Cybercast News Service ^ | 3/2/12 | Terence P. Jeffrey

Posted on 03/02/2012 3:11:06 PM PST by Nachum

John P. Holdren, the White House science adviser to President Barack Obama, wrote in a book he co-authored with population control advocates Paul and Anne Ehrlich that “ways must be found to control advertising” and that possible means for doing so would be banning utility companies from promoting the use of energy and prohibiting “references to size, power or sexual potency” in automobile advertising. “Advertising now functions in large part to keep the economy growing by creating demand for a wide variety of often useless, dangerous or environmentally destructive products,” Holdren and the Ehrlichs wrote.

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To: Nachum
Well, naming the next incarnation of the Volt as the Eunich would be in keeping with the new policy AND the truth-in-advertising laws. Fiat would have Chrysler introduce the Castrati [hat tip to Rush]
21 posted on 03/02/2012 4:20:45 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Limbaugh: Tim Tebow miracle: "He had atheists praying to God that he would lose.")
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To: reg45

E=P/I, “power” varies directly with “voltage”, n’est ce pas?


22 posted on 03/02/2012 4:24:59 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Nachum

What about toothpaste then? Or mouthwash? Cologne? Makeup? Shaving cream? Clothes? Deodorant?

The list is large, but my favorite is jewelry.


23 posted on 03/02/2012 4:33:17 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Uncle Ike

These people really need to go to the right-wing equivalent of Mao’s “Re-Education Camps” and do farming or ditch-digging, some type of honest work to make amends. I’m not kidding.


24 posted on 03/02/2012 4:45:19 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: Lmo56

Hand BUMP


25 posted on 03/02/2012 4:58:30 PM PST by newfreep (I am a "terrorist". I am Sarah Palin!)
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To: Nachum

Man oh man. I can see it now. :(


26 posted on 03/02/2012 7:11:34 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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27 posted on 03/02/2012 7:17:51 PM PST by narses
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To: The Antiyuppie

These people really need to go to the right-wing equivalent of Mao’s “Re-Education Camps” and do farming or ditch-digging, some type of honest work to make amends. I’m not kidding.


You used two terms they simply don’t comprehend.

Honest and work.


28 posted on 03/03/2012 12:07:13 AM PST by EnglishCon (Gingrich/Santorum 2012.)
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To: Nachum

>> prohibiting “references to size, power or sexual potency” in automobile advertising.”

Hilarious!

What a fluke that sexual potency is factor.


29 posted on 03/03/2012 12:16:48 AM PST by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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To: Nachum

freedom of speech rebump


30 posted on 09/15/2012 11:15:53 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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