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Posted: 1:00 a.m. Monday, March 28, 2005
Today's Nuze: March 28, 2005
By Neal Boortz
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| Monday -- March 28, 2005
I read over the weekend that some character out there has invented something called the "Fox Blocker." It's a device you put on your television that will block reception of The Fox News Channel. The inventor says he's upset with the constant right wing bias of Fox News. This story reminded me of my challenge. It's been about eight months now, and not one response. My challenge was simple. Watch Fox News and come up with one example of right wing bias in the actual reporting of the news; not in the opinion portions of the various news shows .. but in the actual reporting of the news. So far .. no takers. But who knows? Maybe today will be the day!
I can't tell you how much I wish this story would just go away ... and that it had never come along in the first place. Believe me, this is territory I would just as soon leave alone on my talk show. Why? Because it involves religion, that's why. Many people who profess strong Christian beliefs seem to feel that any negative statement about any action undertaken by anyone in the name of Christianity constitutes "Christian bashing." It doesn't matter what the Christian activist does or what they say, you simply are not permitted to criticize their actions in any way. To do so is to provide conclusive proof that you are anti-Christian at best, and a Godless atheist at worse. Let's just take a look at the actions of some of the people protesting outside of Terri Schiavo's hospice. At the end of the street is Triple O Auto. It's an auto repair shop operated by a single father trying to raise two sons. The triple O stands for "On Our Own." Protestors have been parking in the Triple O driveway. When Scotty Jackson, the owner, asked one of the protestors to move his car the man waved his Bible at Scotty, shouted some obscenities and walked off. Criticize this protestor and you're Christian bashing. Protestors have been demanding that Florida Governor Jeb Bush ignore the rulings of the various courts in this matter and seize Terri Schiavo from the hospice. If you point out that we are a government of law and that it is wrong for someone to ask a government official to ignore the law, you're Christian bashing. Over the weekend Governor Bush did dispatch a team of State agents in vans to travel to Pinellas Park and take Terri Schiavo into custody. The Pinellas Park police told them that they had better bring a Judge with them or they were going to go away empty handed. If you criticize Governor Bush for his actions, you're Christian Bashing. If you question the wisdom of a father sending his 10-year-old son to be arrested trying to take water into Terri, you're Christian bashing and you hate God. There are 70 other patients in that hospice. They're all dying. Because of the protestors they can't come outside the hospice to sit in their gardens and enjoy their last Spring. If you say that the protestors are hurting the other dying patients at the hospice, you're Christian bashing. If you mention that Randall Terry, the Schindler's chief spokesman, has repeatedly called for Christians to conquer America for God and to turn it into a Christian theocracy, you're Christian bashing. If you tell a woman standing outside of the hospice with a sign that says "rehabilitate Terri," that Terri can't be rehabilitated, you're Christian bashing. If you suggest that the Republican Party is being held hostage by religious extremists ... you guessed it. You're Christian bashing. This story will not die after Terri Schiavo passes away. Republicans will be feeling the repercussions for some time to come. Randall Terry will be sad to discover that the majority of Americans don't want a Christian Theocracy. They want to live in a society where people are free to practice their religion as they see fit, but where they are not free to use the police power of government to impose their religious beliefs on other people. Most Americans now realize that Terri Schiavo has already been kidnapped. Jeb Bush would have been too late. She's been kidnapped by religious extremists and the anti-abortion movement. To point this out is, of course, to engage in Christian bashing. Most Americans don't want complete strangers to be able to use the police power of government to interfere with their wishes as to how their final days should play out. They are overwhelmingly disgusted with the eagerness of the Republican Party to pass one specific law relating to one specific issue with one specific individual ... all to pander to the anti-abortion movement. This is not something they will soon forget. Have you stopped for a moment to consider the long-term consequences of the Republican Party's fawning over these religious extremists? Watch President Bush's judicial nominees. Watch the Democrats use the Schiavo matter to illustrate what might happen to other Americans if Bush's nominees are confirmed. And watch the congressional elections next year. If it's close, and if the Republicans lose their majority, look back to the crowd gathered since last week in Pinellas Park for an explanation. That, too, is Christian bashing.
The fact of the matter is that it is not a presidential responsibility to sit
around and feel everyone's pain about every last thing that happens in this
country. Shootings happen all the time. 10 people died in this
shooting....42,000 people died last year in car accidents. Perhaps George
Bush should start dialing each and every family and express his condolences.
See. I told you. That skin bleach will go straight to your brain. READING ASSIGNMENTS Here comes the IRS again. This time they're considering taxing sales on eBay as taxable income. <p>Townhall.com is splitting off from the Heritage Foundation and is soliciting donations. If you like the site and read the columns, perhaps you can kick in a couple bucks to help keep it going.A medical doctor with experience in end of life situations weighs in on the Terri Schiavo case. Much to the disappointment of the abortocentrist crowd, every case is different. Dr. Steve Collins has more. The U.S. soccer team was assaulted after having objects thrown at them in Mexico, and some Mexican fans taunted them by chanting "Osama." Is there any reason they shouldn't have just gotten up and marched right out of the stadium? Oh yeah...the game. They lost, by the way. Michael Jackson has explained his actions that led to his sexual molestation trial. He says it's all a conspiracy. Glad he cleared that one up for us. In a report released by the Homeland Security Inspector General, it has been reported that the TSA misled the public about its role in obtaining personal information about 12 million airline passengers to test a new computerized system. No word yet if the report will say the TSA misled the public about it's ability to actually provide airport security. A new stem-cell research breakthrough could allow women to grow their own breast implants. Add your own joke here. Your tax dollars at work: the U.S. House has approved a bill that would provide $37 million to widen and extend the road to Wal-Mart's Bentonville, Arkansas headquarters. The provision was added to the massive $284 billion bill, now before the Senate, by two House Republicans. In other news, Wal-Mart reported profit last year of $10.3 billion. The big story about a supposed memo that was circulating in Washington while the Schaivo bill was being debated has exposed another huge case of media bias. Fred Barnes breaks it down. The Hildabeast is preparing to run for president in 2008 by moderating her image and hanging out with Republicans. Peter Brown reminds us that Hillary is still Hillary, but does say the nomination is hers for the asking. The Bush administration is determined to get out of Iraq this year. Robert Novak says the biggest indication that this is going to happen is the presence of Condoleezza Rice, whom he calls the most dominant secretary of state since Henry Kissinger. | ||
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An amazing story in The New York Sun this morning. U.S. Ambassador to
Pakistan, Nancy Powell, 
Sad
news from the United Nations this morning.....it seems UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan is depressed. According to a report in the Sunday Times in Britain,
Annan is said to be struggling with depression and considering quitting.
He should quit....but what has Kofi so down? Since there's not enough
space here to list every disaster that happened on his watch, we'll hit the high
spots.
The
Imperial Federal Government of the United States, always on the hunt for new
sources of revenue, has set its sights on one of the new, untapped sources of
income in this country: people selling stuff on eBay, the online auction
site. Whether it be junk in your attic, basement or garage, millions of
people are buying and selling online. And now the federal government wants
their cut.
You're
Michael Jackson. You are on trial for molesting a little boy. You
know that on Monday the judge is going to rule on whether or not evidence that
you molested other little boys. So, what do you do? You give an
interview to Jesse "The Sloganmaster" Jackson. During that
interview you say that you wore your pajamas to court as a deliberate act of
defiance of the judge.
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