Mr. Rogers, Google Earth, and Censorship

I would love to see "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" come back to television. There was something about Mr. Rogers that was so wonderful. As a kid, if I had a bad day at school, I would come home and turn on the television, and there he was talking about all the wonderful things about the neighborhood and the world in general.

I wonder what Mr. Rogers would have thought of such new internet technologies like "Google Earth." I bet Mr. Rogers would do a special on how every single one of us, rich or poor, with access to the internet, could take a "virtual" ride around this wonderful vast world of ours, and actually "see" all the neighborhoods, cities, countries, and beautiful wide open vistas of this wonderful planet. One can even chart the stars in the galaxy and create unique three dimensional models amongst other incredible tools offered for "FREE" to everyone, compliments of Google Earth.

Now, what if Mr. Rogers were CENSORED from showing us Google Earth because "someone at the controls" was concerned about certain business relationships, negative media attention, or just some other arbitrary reason. Hundreds and thousands of young people out there in the world would never learn about the wonderful world of Google Earth. What a shame, what a pity.

On that note, if anyone would like to cast me for a new "super hero" role of Mr. Rogers, please drop me a line. I will fight the "powers that be" and "stand tall" against such things as censorship and excessive corporate control. How about a "Mr.Rogers Neighborhood - UNCENSORED" show? Now there's an idea!!!