Monday -- March 28, 2005
 THE
FOX NEWS CHALLENGE ... ONE YEAR, UNANSWERED
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!
YOU
WON'T BELIEVE THIS ONE
An amazing story in The New York Sun this morning. U.S. Ambassador to
Pakistan, Nancy Powell, personally
stood in the way of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. She personally
impounded all materials with pictures of bin Laden. She told a Congressman
that she was busy with other matters. How did Powell interfere? She
refused to permit wanted posters, matchbooks and other items with bin Laden's
picture and information about the reward to be distributed in Pakistan.
Time's running short ... so more about this on the show today.
SORRY
.. BUT THERE'S MORE TO SAY ON THE TERRI SCHIAVO MATTER.
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.
DEPRESSED
KOFI MIGHT QUIT
 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 big one is the oil-for-food program. This disaster misappropriated
billions of dollars, managed by the UN, and as it turns out, used to line the
pockets of politicians and corrupt UN officials. What's worse is that his
son Kojo was in on it. Worse than that, Kojo used Kofi's UN-provided pad
to entertain his oil-for-food pals. Not good.
Preliminary results will be released at noon tomorrow from the investigation by
former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker. It's not expected to be pretty.
Early indications are that Kofi knew more about what was going on than he led
everyone to believe. Also not good.
Not only is it time for Kofi Annan to go, it's time for the entire United
Nations to go. Just move the whole operation to Haiti. Let the UN
show what a fantastic organization it is by transforming Haiti into some sort of
a paradise. Can you imagine what that building in New York would go for on
the open market?
COMPLAINING
ABOUT BUSH
President Bush offered his condolences on Friday to the Minnesota Indian
reservation where a 16-year-old psychopath went on a shooting rampage on Monday,
killing 10 people (including himself.) On the face of it, just another
news story about the president conducting day-to-day business. But believe
it or not, complaints are coming in about what George Bush did here.
You see, Bush took 4 days to express condolences. People are complaining
that he didn't do it sooner. They're also complaining that more federal
assistance wasn't forthcoming. Poor babies. Federal assistance? For
what?
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.
Bill Clinton inserted himself (no pun intended) into every situation he could,
to try and get a political advantage. For the most part, George Bush does
not, and the left can't stand it. There was the time last week when Bush
rushed back to Washington to sign the Terri Schiavo bill, but we'll call that a
momentary lapse of reason.
IRS
COULD TAKE EBAY MONEY
 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.
People are starting to realize that the IRS rules for reporting income include
everything from gambling, bribes and money earned from illegal activity.
Of course, that includes money made from selling on the Internet. With 135
million people registered buying $34 billion worth of merchandise, the IRS is
going to have their hand out....fast.
It's not going to be long before the tentacles of politicians of both parties
will reach the Internet...ready to shake you down and take their cut. Same
thing for buying stuff out of state...you might not have to pay sales tax now,
but give them time. The government always gets their cut...eventually.
MICHAEL
JACKSON ... NO BRAIN SCIENTIST HE
 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.
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.
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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