I guess Stern's falling ratings don't mean anything, huh?

Not to me. Should it?

ESCAPE HATCH

Howard Stern's move to satalite may be the right form of thinking.  How do individuals, and society take the metaphorically equilivant of Stern's escape hatch?  He is using his resources to get around the FCC restrictions by going off grid, out of their sphere of control.   How do us "common citizens" take the escape hatch away from the increasingly oppressive and economically restrictive society the Republicans are attempting to impose on us.  The obvious solution is to leave the country, but their sphere of control does not stop at national borders and going to another country potentially puts one in another opressive government's sphere of control.

    Perhaps the less obvious "escape hatch" is to move ones life toward local sustainability.  If one can provide for your self, family, and local communities,  needs for energy and food.  Grass roots food co-ops and simpler life styles can insulate the local communities from price gouging from corporations and outsourcing of jobs. 

    With a restructuring of life style on a local level we can begin to ignore the Republicans just as Howard Stern can soon begin to ignore the FCC.

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Fire, you can't ignore anyone in this country. Seriously.

Stern's escape hatch may have opened to the fire.

You know, Darkstar, Stern's problem may be that people don't want to pay for shock jock noise regardless of the content. Plus, talk radio is Republican turf, as are the crude sorts that listen to Stern.