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Obama Retreats on Contraception

My first thought was, “Surely the Journal knows better than this.  Why would they headline this story as if Obama had, in fact, backed off on the mandate?  What are they, USA Today?”

The headline doesn’t reflect reality.

As Ed Morrissey pointed out yesterday, Obama has merely shifted the basis for the mandate.  The insurance companies – I use that term loosely – will be required to provide “free” contraception services to the insured who work for Catholic employers.  This means that the premiums paid by Catholic employers will fund contraception services.  And the overall mandate to purchase the insurance will continue.

I expected better of WSJ.  I expect the editors to recognize the significance of distinctions like this, and refrain from using headlines that bolster a counterfactual narrative.  Obama has not retreated.  He has moved laterally and reset the defenses for the same strategic position.

And in fact, he has done more than that.  I referred above to using the term “insurance companies” loosely, because Obama has just made crystal clear that “insurance” is not what we will be paying for under ObamaCare.  With actual “insurance,” the insured cannot expect to line up for “free” goodies mandated – arbitrarily, and at any time – by the government.  An insurance contract is finite and specific.  The insured pays a premium; the insurer makes defined pay-outs in the case of a contingency.  In most cases, for the average person, the contingency is a major personal setback of some kind:  an auto accident, the house burning down, being diagnosed with cancer.

If the federal government can step in and arbitrarily require a company to provide things for “free” that were previously elective, premium-based services, then it is no longer an insurance company.  We are not buying insurance from it; we are simply participating in a mandatory government program whose features can be changed at any time, regardless of what we or the “insurers” want.  There is no contract.  There are only the one-sided decisions of bureaucrats and future presidents.

This Obama move is the opposite of a retreat.  It’s a decision to reveal the future to us, and to insist on remaining on course for it.

Yet on their news pages (as opposed to the opinion pages), the mainstream media are stuck in the old mode of interpreting political events in a single dimension, as if all other things remain equal, and a rhetorical “retreat” from a president means the same thing it usually has in the past.  We see this in numerous aspects of their coverage.  They keep putting out stories in the same old narrative ruts, as if we have a business-as-usual political situation.  The president’s people say he has changed his mind on the contraception mandate; in the shallowest of political terms, that can be seen as a “retreat”; and no care is taken to frame the overriding reality that Catholic employers will be required to pay for “insurance” programs that distribute contraception to their employees.

That is not a change of heart, it’s a significant broadening of the state’s control, undertaken at the drop of a hat – and we have a huge mainstream media apparatus that simply does not frame what’s going on in realistic terms.  The clear implications of the Obama decision were widely discussed across the conservative blogosphere yesterday, and even on some MSM opinion pages.  But in their news reporting, the MSM characterized what had happened – falsely – as a retreat by the president.

Are they idiots?  Are they all “in the tank” for Obama?  It may feel good to excoriate them in these terms, but I see it differently in the case of at least some of the MSM.  There is no doubt that a significant segment of the MSM has the same peculiar worldview as Obama and his advisors, and takes care to frame everything in the terms of that worldview.  But that doesn’t necessarily explain the behavior of the entire MSM.

Please note:  I am speaking here of how “straight news” is framed in the news pages or broadcasts.  Various opinions may be expressed on the editorial pages, but it matters greatly how the MSM attempt to reflect reality, which is what we all tacitly accept they are doing in “straight news” reporting.  This reporting comes, over time, to write the narratives in our heads about what is going on in the world.  And I have never seen reality so reflexively misinterpreted in the retailing of “news.”

What I perceive is a sort of “capture”: the MSM being stuck in a retrograde narrative about American political conditions that no longer obtains.  We are not in the old political conditions today.  We have not had a federal budget for more than 1,000 days.  That’s extremely abnormal.  The 2010 election was a large-scale repudiation of the sitting president and his policies, but the new Congress is gridlocked, unable to exercise its proper role in the separation of powers.  President Obama, besides presiding over a network of executive agencies larger and more powerful than any previous president had at his disposal, is a deliberate political “divider,” constantly – constantly – making divisive appeals to one constituency and rhetorically “flaming” another.  No president has behaved in anything close to this manner since FDR in the mid-1930s.

This president is not Bill Clinton, or even Jimmy Carter; he is not Lyndon Johnson or JFK.  He and his administration have broken with America’s trademark political mindset of gradualism and respect – however grudging at times – for the people.  So why is the narrative by which his administration’s actions are explained the same one the MSM has used for decades?  Why is this administration being interpreted on the same terms as its predecessors, when its actions and perspectives, in both domestic and foreign policy, are so very different?

I’m not sure I have an answer for that.  But the outcome is consistent.  The longer we go in this presidency, the less relation MSM headlines have to reality.  If you asked a random sample of journalists at WSJ what the practical effect of Obama’s “retreat” on the contraception mandate would be, I’m betting more than 50% of them would get it right.  The Catholics are still stuck with paying for contraception services.  But the misleading headlines march on of their own accord, even at WSJ.

J.E. Dyer’s articles have appeared at The Green Room, Commentary’s “contentions,” Patheos, The Weekly Standard online, and her own blog, The Optimistic Conservative.

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1. What if there was a single moment in which one of the Presidential candidates pretty much LOST the race because of a very poor choice of words? What if that person had the infrastructure to win the nomination? But what if we knew that that single phrase was going to kill off any hope for someone to run a thoughtful campaign against Obama? Well I think Mitt Romney pretty much did all of that and more this last week… The great con being that Mitt just had a stupid use of words. But Obama’s policies have actually wrecked this nation beyond recognition, especially the very poor. 800.345.9622.

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What most people don’t consider investigative reporting is the use of selective facts that support an ideology and agenda in an attack on someone to reach a preordained conclusion. An example of that sort of reporting was recently found in a Rolling Stone hit piece on LTG William Caldwell. The author had enjoyed success in being instrumental in the removal of another general (Gen. Stanley McChrystal) based on an article he’d written. His later piece on LTG William Caldwell, however, was a classic example of the genre of “investigative reporting” that is becoming more and more common – selective facts, poor research, an agenda all working toward a particular conclusion.

The article was roundly panned as atrocious work as the blogosphere took it apart piece by piece and trashed it.

Another example of that genre has popped up on the radar screen in a Salon hit piece on Rep. Buck McKeon. Why a hit piece and not, as Salon tries to characterize it, an investigative report? Several reasons. First, the “investigative reporter” is hardly someone who fits the definition of an objective reporter as outlined above.

When you read the Salon article here, you’ll see the author of the article’s bio at the bottom.

Lee Fang is an investigative journalist in the Bay Area.

Is he? Again, the implication of the short bio is he’s an objective reporter who has pursued a story lead and what you read in the article above is an objective assessment of the gathered facts leading in connect the dot fashion to a logical conclusion.

But as it turns out that’s not at all who Lee Fang is.

However, unfortunately, you have to leave Salon and go elsewhere to make that determination. Salon certainly isn’t forthcoming with the details.

We find the truth in an interview with a Santa Clarita CA radio station, KHTS, where the host introduces Fang thusly:

Lee Fang (pronounced Fong, pictured at left) is a freelance journalist and the senior investigator for United Republic, a nonpartisan group dedicated to ending the corrupting influence of special interest money in American politics.

Nonpartisan?

United Republic?

While you may sympathize and even agree with the premise of the group, calling something founded by MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan, Huffingto Post’s Paul Blumenthal and former Free Press founder Josh Silver a nonparitsan group is like calling James Carville an independent. There is a definite ideological agenda at work there and in essence, Lee Fang is the opposition research guy.  And this isn’t his first stop on the “advocacy journalism” side of things.

That’s not quite a “freelance journalism” is it?

Another tidbit from the radio interview:

Lee Fang: Right now we’re just looking at Chairmen of important committees in Congress so we’ve looked at Armed Services, we’ve looked at Energy and Commerce and on the Senate side we’ve looked at Banking and Finance.

Really? Just the “Chairmen”? The ranking members on the House committees, who are essentially the opposition co-chairs and still wield enormous power on the committees, don’t merit a look? Of course, in the House, those ranking members are all Democrats. Only on the Senate side have has he claimed to have looked at a Democrat.

As to the facts, here’s the basic claim of the article:

Recent disclosures reveal that a federal lobbyist with ties to Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif., the senior member of the committee overseeing the Pentagon, provided financial support to McKeon’s wife, who is seeking a seat in the California Assembly this year. As defense industry lobbyists scramble to head off looming cuts in the Pentagon budget, they are looking for new ways to ingratiate themselves with McKeon.The contribution, reported here for the first time, appears to be an effort to circumvent federal campaign limits. Federal campaign disclosures show that Valente has already maxed out in donations to Rep. McKeon this cycle, having given $2,500 to his campaign for Congress. And the contribution came within a day of Valente’s donation to Patricia’s campaign for the California Assembly.

Valente’s lobbying firm, Valente and Associates, reported over $1.4 million in fees last year. The firm represented at least one company, 3Leaf Group, a government contractor specializing in human resources, that sought help from Valente on issues relating to the Defense Authorization bill. McKeon, as chairman of the Armed Services Committee, was the principal author of that legislation.

Valente did not respond to a request for comment. But his so-called 527 campaign entity, the Fund for American Opportunity, gave only one contribution to a state politician in all of 2011: Patricia McKeon.

Craig Holman, a lobbying expert with Public Citizen, says that the donation to McKeon is part of a larger pattern of influence peddling in Washington: “The objective is to throw as much money as possible at the feet of the lawmaker; that includes at the feet of his family as well.”

McKeon’s staff, specifically Alissa McCurley, responded to a request for comment from KHTS:

First, contrary to Mr. Fang’s inaccurate assertion, Patricia was not the only state candidate to receive a donation from the Fund for American Opportunity. If you click on the link in the article, you will see several state candidates listed on the group’s 6-month contribution report. Secondly, again contrary to Fang’s false assertion, Mr. Valente has not maxed out to Congressman McKeon. In fact, Mr. Valente has not contributed to Congressman McKeon’s “McKeon for Congress” campaign committee at all.”

“Investigative reporter?” Two of the most basic and supposedly damning “facts” are incorrect? Those two “facts” are the main support for Fang’s implication that McKeon is rotten. McCurley correctly labels the piece as more one of “opinion” than fact. And given the above, it certainly seems to be assertion masquerading as factual reporting. If the author can’t get those two basic facts correct, then why should anyone believe anything else written?

The attempt to smear is clear. In fact, again in the radio interview, Fang has to admit that there’s nothing illegal in any of McKeon’s activity:

KHTS: I’m reading the article and I’m saying to myself is there anything illegal or just inappropriate?

LF: I talked to some McCain-Feingold experts, that’s the campaign finance law on the books, and they said in this case there’s no evidence of illegal conduct.

So why all the innuendo, inaccuracies and implications? Because there’s an agenda at play here and this is how ideological advocacy works. Spin something to appear in the best light which advances your cause, whether the facts supporting it are there or not. But this is certainly not “investigative reporting”.

Again, you may agree with the United Republic goal, but when a major publication hides the fact that someone it bills as an “investigative reporter” works for an ideologically driven activist group and that the article is an extension of that group’s activist focus, then you are doing your readers a disservice. This isn’t “investigative reporting”. This is advocacy “journalism” in its purist form. You’d think the editors of Salon would have known that and put a disclaimer in Fang’s bio.

Instead, they either chose to deceive by omission even while questioning the ethics of others or they didn’t do their job.

~McQ

Twitter: @McQandO

So, is Adelson’s money buying Newt’s support of Israel?

Not hardly. One of my readers did a little research and sent me a few helpful links. (Thanks!)

Look at this article from 1998 in the San Francisco Jewish Weekly, titled Resignation of Newt Gingrich means Israel is losing a friend. For those of you readers who can’t do difficult math, that article was written more than 13 years ago, which means Sheldon Adelson’s money played no part in Newt’s opinion on Israel. So far, the best the Forward can come up with is Adelson’s money contributed to Gingrich’s group in 2006. Whoops. That’s eight whole years after we read this:

A Jewish Democratic politico said of Gingrich’s pro-Israel credentials, “I don’t think Newt is acting. I’d like to say he’s full of it, but he isn’t. Yes, he was trying to out right-wing the right-wing Jews, but he’s a true believer. Livingston may say what AIPAC wants to hear, but it’s not in his kishkes. He’s not a true believer.”

Really? A Democrat called Gingrich a right-wing Israel supporter in 1998?

But wait. There’s more! In 1998, Gingrich also called Jerusalem “the united and eternal capital of Israel”

Oh, pshaw. There must be some way Adelson’s money influenced Gingrich’s opinion. Maybe he’s so rich, he has a secret time machine and he went back in time to convince Newt to support Israel?

Or maybe Newt’s been a supporter of Israel for decades. (Also, Newt is pretty damned close to getting the Yourish.com cherished Master of Juvenile Scorn™ designation.)

Speaker Newt Gingrich said today that the White House was trying to blackmail Israel by pushing it toward the negotiating table, but President Clinton said he was only trying to bring about fruitful talks on Mideast peace.

”It’s become the Clinton Administration and Arafat against Israel,” Mr. Gingrich said at a news conference. ”The Clinton Administration says: ‘Happy birthday. Let us blackmail you on behalf of Arafat.’ ”

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

The Forward itself discussed Gingrich’s ties to Israel in the 1990s (buried, of course, in page two of an article using the Gloom-and-Doom Machine profiling his ties to Adelson). On the first page, they date the Adelson-Gingrich relationship back to 2007. This, kiddies, is how you get away with saying that your article is objective because it mentioned the recent and more distant relationships. It is also what is known as “slanting.” But the most important takeaway here is just what I wrote the other day: The only reason the liberal media is jumping all over the Gingrich-Adelson relationship is because Adelson is a Jew who is supporting a conservative Republican, rather than the liberal media-slash-Jewish establishment’s approved causes–which would be liberal Democrats.

Haim Saban influencing Bill Clinton? Not a problem. Sheldon Adelson is contributing to Newt Gingrich’s campaign? OMG, he’s a conservative, somebody stop him!1!!

Your objective media, exposed.

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Ok, generally speaking the amount of money someone’s honey wants to spend for those quiet moments–are none of anyone’s business. But what if the person doing that paid on average $500 per piece for more than 100 pieces of the naughty nighty collection, is married to a person lecturing the American people on how greedy they are? When she and her hubby only gave 1% of their income to actual charity in the same year? Ok, now we gots to talk! kmcradio@gmail.com

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Because what we need more of in this world is how to make the dissolution of a permanent bond “easier” and more “peaceful. PLUS Finally: Ever wanted to spy on your teen-aged driver? Be honest! Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

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1. Despite all the political angst for the Presidential primary to take place in Florida in just two days and counting, this week was a seriously bad week for another group of people: Public Educators. On three occasions — ruthless, and unwarranted suspensions being handed down for either silly reasons, or ones made up all together. Why would public educators, who seem to have their hands full with genuinely underperforming students, seem to focus on such trivial, irrelevant, and inane things? 800.345.9622.

2. President Obama claimed this week that Roe v. Wade would help women like his daughters to someday be able to achieve their dreams. What EXACTLY did that mean? Even just following the President’s train of direct thought, doesn’t it imply greater LACK-OF-RESPONSIBILITY? Thoughts: 800.345.9622.

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1. The media, the entertainment complex, the news journalism spheres, the universe of politics, and just about every other sector of life has wrapped themselves in the phenomenon that is Tim Tebow. But this week, some other prominent Christian athletes i.e. Kurt Warner gave interviews and made statements to the effect that Tebow was wearing his faith on his shoulder and that he should more or less shut-up and let his play speak for itself. However Rick Reilly of ESPN/Sports Illustrated detailed many items about Tebow that the public knew nothing of. So why are some of the faithful dogging him, while many of the secular masses are embracing him? Does God care about Tim Tebow? Should America? 800.345.9622.

2. Yesterday was Friday the 13th. In 2012 there will be three of them, all exactly 13 weeks apart. Do you alter your plans for Friday the 13ths? Do you think there could be ANYTHING to them?

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Now we have Newsright – a “news registry” company which the Washington Post says aims “to convert unauthorized websites, blogs and other newsgathering services into paying customers.”  Let’s hope they learn from Righthaven’s mistakes and actually take Fair Use into account instead of just trying to bully bloggers out of existence.

The fact that about half of Newsright’s staff are lawyers makes that hope seem kind of futile, though.

How will Newsright’s service work?  NewsRight’s president and CEO, David Westin explains,

when an item is read on a browser, it sends a signal to the database in San Francisco that attaches the origin of the item, what website it appeared on, and the geographic area. Every time the item is used, the data is gathered and sent to publishers. The code attached to the piece specifies the publisher, keywords, dates, and the author. It’s up to the publisher as to what they assign the code to. Initially most items were assigned to the complete document, but increasingly publishers are attaching once to the headline, once to the lead, and once to the text. This has the advantage of giving more nuanced reporting.

This, like SOPA, is a fairly bipartisan issue. Lefty David Sirota sums up blogger concerns well in this video.

“What I worry about is that it ends up being used as a financial weapon against those voices out there who are citing that information in order to challenge it, scrutinize it, and question it. That you can imagine a situation where let’s say a blogger is out there, or an independent journalist is out there citing, excerpting pieces of a widely cited, let’s say a New York Times story or other news publication story and debunking it, showing where it’s wrong. And that news organization doesn’t like that. Then that news organization calls up that independent journalist and says ‘You have to pay us for the privilege of excerpting our story.’ Now if that is allowed to stand you’ve potentially created the situation where the democratic, small-d freedom of questioning and challenging what’s in the public square incurs an undue financial penalty.”

All of these efforts are to solve the problem of the legacy media trying to navigate and survive in a new media world. But instead of following the Hollywood model of enforcing digital rights management in ways that make their product less useful to consumers, they might consider trying something completely different. An amusing comment from Marcus Carab at the Techdirt article provides one example:

Dear AP – for a tenth of what you are spending on all these lawyers, you could have set up a premium news service with banks of additional quotes & photos that didn’t run in the articles, early access to some stuff, etc. and offered it to all these same bloggers. Sincerely, An Actual Business Model

Romney, the son of a politician, has been running for office, holding office or thinking about running for office for more than two decades. “Just level with the American people,” Gingrich growled. “You’ve been running … at least since the 1990s.”

For some reason, Romney can’t do that. Or at least it seems like he can’t. His authentic inauthenticity problem isn’t going away. And it’s sapping enthusiasm from the rank and file.

Goldberg is right, but the underlying theme that voters need to be reminded of is that during so many important debates fromhealthcare, jobs, Wall Street Reform, confirmations, recess appointments, to taxes the culprits to invoke cloture or side with the Democrats typically are the same:  Senators Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe,  and Scott Brown–the trifecta of RINOs. All from the northeast, too.  See where I’m going with this?

Frankly, Romney, who the mainstream liberal media would like to see win the nomination, has yet to unite the GOP base.  His used car salesman pitch simply rubs people the wrong way.  We’ve seen this over and over again–even John McCain pointed this out and won in 2007′s primary–and now supports him–that should speak volumes to my point.  Romney has always been dogged by this and this is why we have such a large ‘Not Romney’ camp on the right side of the aisle.

The GOP is also paying the bitter price for not having anyone in line to succeed GW Bush.  The party’s internal tug of war will be an historical teachable moment and prepare the party for future elections.  The one saving grace is that, while the Democrats have Hillary, they have no one to succeed her at this point in time.  I say Hillary because she seems to be the only power broker left untarnished by Obama–even though she is an Alinsky kinda girl.

Additionally, the GOP presidential candidate will have a two-pronged mission as the nominee:  to beat the MSM and Obama.  However, enlightened voters now know for sure the media is mostly state-controlled, Obama was never vetted, and that his radical leftist ideology drives his policies, appointments, and regulations out of the mainstream.

Furthermore, the MSM needs Romney to offset Obama.  The formula is quite simple:  RomneyCare is to ObamaCare as Obama’s rhetoric is to Romney’s rhetoric all of which cancel each other out according to how the media sees it.

I’m not buying the media hype over who can beat Obama.  The primary is the primary and the game changes in the general.  Voters are more inclined to vote with their wallets.  We have gas prices averaging at almost $4 per gallon across the country, skyrocketing food prices, record foreclosures, record number of people on food stamps, high unemployment, ObamaCare, crippling regulations, and much more.  So if the MSM thinks that the historic 2010 midterm GOP wave was a whim, think again.  The Right accomplished its key mission of splitting the Congress so that Obama’s agenda could not be rammed through anymore.  Would we have liked the Senate, sure, but in 2012, the job will be finished.  My point is that who do we really want in the Oval Office?  A northeastern Republican who disavows the GOP or not.  We already have someone who does not have the consent of the governed.  Are we really going to take that risk again?

Finally, Romney has always touted RomneyCare as a great model for all the states to implement, but the reality is, the only person who implemented RomneyCare was Obama and now we have ObamaCare.  No thanks.

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The controversy surrounding the show has spread beyond the Florida conservative group which began it. Just this week, as Jim Hoft reports, WordPress took down the blog Bare Naked Islam, which had been calling for the show’s cancellation. (Though the reasons cited by WordPress don’t specifically include a reference to the show.) They were also getting attacked from the Left, as PETA blasted them over one woman’s decision to give up her ten year old dog.

Lining up on the opposite side of the aisle, hip hop artist Russell Simmons took the side of the show, being joined by Mia Farrow. He called for a boycott of Lowe’s, (though I’m not sure what that’s supposed to accomplish) and bought advertising time during the broadcast himself.

So has the show benefited in the form of higher ratings amid all the Sturm und Drang, as I speculated it might earlier this month? The premier episode actually did fairly well, with more than 1.7 million viewers and a .9 overall rating, though it dropped nearly 50% over the next couple of weeks. The impact on the ratings from these stories seems to be… not so much.

TLC’s ‘All-American Muslim’: Controversy Does Not Equal Ratings

It would appear members of the conservative Florida Family Association are among the few actually paying attention to TLC’s All-American Muslim.

The reality series about Muslim families living in suburban Detroit, which lost advertising from Lowe’s and other brands after FAA condemned it as propaganda, is languishing in the ratings.

Only five episodes into its first season, the series ranked 78th among Sunday’s cable broadcasts for Dec. 11. With only 908,000 viewers and a 0.3 rating among adults 18-49, it’s being easily outperformed by series like History’s American Pickers, Discovery’s Moonshiners and its latest lead-in, Little People Big World: Holiday Surprise.

We’re still waiting for the confirmed numbers for the last episode, but the trend lines don’t seem to indicate that all of the shouting over the subject matter is causing viewers to come back in droves.

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1. The issue of “Tebowing” is now causing public high school student athletes to be suspended for a minimum of one game each at one high school on Long Island, NY. Others are also being suspended nationwide. What is it about this act that causes such consternation amongst the public educators in America? 800.345.9622

2. The passing of Christopher Hitchens has caused a couple of interesting questions to roll around KMC’s noggin all week. 1. What do you believe Hitchens believes now? And 2. If he could tell us one thing what do you think it would be? The death of America’s foremost atheist even has some questioning whether he might even be in heaven. What do you say? 800.345.9622

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The final debate from Sioux City Iowa was one for the memories. Best and worst moments for the night and what it all means in our topic A section on the Kevin McCullough Show tonight. Why Ron Paul is DONE! Bachmann may be on her way back. Perry is positioning well, and Romney and Newt both lost ground! kmcradio@gmail.com

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Culturally speaking the death of Christopher Hitchens is the most important news story of the past 24 hours. Why it mattered so much. Why there is so much meaning in it. And what even Hitchens himself would be forced now to admit. A special look back at the man who claimed God was not great. Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

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Nevertheless, by camping out in New Hampshire — where independents can vote in the Jan. 10 GOP primary — Huntsman has managed to work himself up to third or fourth place in polls there, assisted by preposterously generous coverage from the liberal media. Yet it is impossible to imagine what the pundits call a “path to the nomination” for Huntsman, and his only obvious purpose in the 2012 campaign is to suck up debate time that might otherwise go to actual Republican candidates.

You will perhaps not be surprised to learn that Huntsman has been adopted as the pet GOP hopeful on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. If there is a “Huntsman bubble,” Joe Scarborough is the guy blowing on the nozzle to inflate that bubble:

MSNBC has in recent weeks become the daily venue for one of the most bizarre reality shows on cable TV: Morning Bromance, starring Joe Scarborough as a man helplessly smitten with “Republican presidential candidate” Jon Huntsman.
When he isn’t blowing air-kisses at Huntsman, Scarborough is citing every possible media blurb about Huntsman as ratification of the former Utah governor’s make-believe campaign. Joe is to Jon what 11-year-old girls are to Justin Bieber, or what Chris Matthews is to Barack Obama. If Scarborough hasn’t yet announced his leg-tingles for Huntsman, it’s only because the MSNBC host wants to save his final orgasmic gush for the eve of the New Hampshire primary, where some polls show Joe’s teen-idol candidate in third place behind Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. …

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Perhaps the next edition can provide kids with a full accounting of the Occupy-related illnesses, vandalism, rapes, deaths, and other criminal violations — and a related pop quiz on John Nolte’s Occupy arrest rap sheet.

The kids deserve the whole truth. The teachers unions’ Alinsky brigade won’t give it to them.

However, while Scholastic continues its love affair with OWS, it also has a hypocrisy problem (yes, go figure).  Seems Scholastic senior editor, Natalie Smith, who wrote this OWS puff piece dated well after this gem of a photo, conveniently forgot that her company is a $1.9 Billion publicly-traded company on the NASDAQ exchange.  Smith writes:

The Occupy protesters argue that large companies like those on Wall Street are making too much money while millions of Americans are struggling just to put food on the table. The protesters say they want average Americans to have more job opportunities and share in companies’ prosperity. They want their voices to be heard.  (emphasis mine)

What Smith fails to report is that Scholastic is in quite good shape financially:

In fiscal 2011 operating income was $100.7 million on revenue of $1,906.1 million, primarily reflecting lower sales of educational technology relative to a year ago, when the Company benefited significantly from the federal stimulus program, as well as increased strategic spending on digital initiatives in the children’s book business. Free cash flow was $120.5 million, which exceeded net income, compared to $171.6 million a year ago, which reflected that year’s strong educational technology sales. The Company also returned $176.4 million to shareholders in the form of share buybacks and dividends in fiscal 2011.

Last year we celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the founding of Scholastic. From the launch of a single classroom magazine in 1920, Scholastic has grown to become the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology and children’s media.

Ah, yes, the sweetness of a capitalistic economic system, vision, ingenuity, and success.  Scholastic has been able to grow due to the very capitalistic system OWS condemns.  It’s mind-boggling, to say the least, how Scholastic can support a movement that validates and teaches children class warfare, lawlessness, and lewd behavior.  But then again…

Now the youngest members of society are under the gun again. This time the attack on childhood is subtler and coming from an august source. Sesame Street, the decades-old PBS show that once taught children to count and spell, is now raising the specter of hunger among its young and impressionable viewers. It is also explaining how when mommy and daddy run out of food, the nanny state can help restock the family larder. CNSNews reports:

A ‘food insecure’ Muppet is helping to promote a national ‘Food for Thought’ campaign that teaches poor families to seek out nutritious food and to eat on the taxpayers’ tab.

At the National Press Club on Thursday, Lily the Muppet—who worries about her family not having enough money to feed her properly—pitched free food at school:

‘Sometimes we can’t always afford to buy all the food that we need,’ Lily said. ‘I mean, but we’ve been finding lots of ways that we can get help.…Yeah, for example, at school I get a free breakfast and a lunch … part of the meal plan.”

The article goes on to quote Rev. Douglas Greenaway of the National WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Association, who not only praised ‘Food For Thought’ but allowed as how the campaign “is really a deficit reduction strategy, and we hope policymakers will take notice of that.”

The good reverend didn’t elaborate on how spending taxpayer money, never mind how beneficent the goal, reduces the deficit. Maybe he was channeling Obama Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who intriguingly proclaimed that food stamps create jobs.

Lily’s message, meanwhile, is being circulated in schools, hospitals, and food assistance programs via a multimedia campaign. Included among the instructional tools is this video, complete with a smarmy music track and testimonials by parents, many of them on the verge of tears.

That many American families are struggling to make ends meet right now is undeniable. So is the grim fact that poverty levels are at a record high across the nation. But if instilling fear in young children is part of the liberal solution to this problem, count me out.

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1. Gingrich takes the floor of tonight’s debate, leading the most recent rounds of polls, across the board, should the candidates attack. Speaking of attack – did you notice what Navy did to Army for the 10th year in a row today? And speaking of the Navy did you see what has begun to happen? Somehow the Secretary of the Navy has started naming ships after people who described their time in the service as “The two worst years of my life!” What the heck? 800.345.9622

2. So a certain host from this broadcast has a big brother who was forcibly removed from an airliner this week… causing us to ask the question, what is it in human nature that causes us to so badly buck simple instructions from real authority? I mean… all he had to do was turn the stupid phone off… so simple. But something tugged at him so as to not. Where do you think that impulse comes from? 800.345.9622

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The legendary actor Robert Duvall makes his debut on the Kevin McCullough Show. What does this superior craftsman think of the scrappy Tim Tebow? He’ll share his opinion. On football, life, and films Robert Duvall joins us today exclusively… don’t miss it! kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:

It was a great honor to be part of the Liz Claiborne “Time to Talk” conversation day about the issue of Domestic Violence. On today’s show CNN Anchor Christi Paul sits down to discuss. Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

3. THE GOD THOUGHT:
“7 Ways to Apply the 7th Spiritual Law: 1. Certainty of Salvation” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

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1. After and enjoyable Thanksgiving weekend off with our families, and lots of boiler happiness its back to the jawboning on Baldwin/McCullough and Stephen is ticked (or maybe just confused) about the soap-opera-like-ness of Election 2012. Cain is out, who gets his vote? Does it matter that he left without any evidence indicting him of wrong doing? And if he were a democrat it wouldn’t have mattered at all… is THAT fair? 800.345.9622

2. A nine year old gets suspended for saying a teacher is cute… ON GROUNDS of sexual harassment. Doesn’t such a ridiculous action lessen the importance of what sexual harassment in real cases? 800.345.9622

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The Unemployment numbers aren’t nearly as good as what today’s report seemed to indicate. A good deal of spin over “how good” 125,000 “jobs created” are (given that it’s the seasonal holiday hiring time of the year). And of course the new claims filing topping 400k, coupled with those leaving the “unemployment” ranks sans any kind of job, there is much to be straightened out. ALSO Justin Bieber on Mariah Carey: hot or not? kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:
Hey Moms who are already deeeeeeep in debt, how ’bout a way to take your problem to a whole new level? Just start renting toys for your kids–like Netflix. Because $300 is always less than $50… right? And God forbid we actually ever say “no” to the munchkins. Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

3. THE GOD THOUGHT:
“The truth of the seventh law (that God finishes what he starts) depends on several important attributes of God. FIRST: God is faithful!” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

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Mitt Romney, in a host of trouble in current polling took his frustration out on Bret Baier yesterday. Today, we discuss what it means, and why its more important than ever that a proper nominee be named, instead of “he who wrote Obamacare.” kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:
The newest iPhone is possibly a pro-life activist? Well according to the whining from the left in today’s blogosphere you’d think Siri was laying down in front of abortion clinic entrances. Ah well… Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

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“The truth of the seventh law (that God finishes what he starts) depends on several important attributes of God. FIRST: God is faithful!” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

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The poll gauged popular interest in six headline topics, including:

• the Penn State child abuse scandal that cost coaching legend Joe Paterno his job;
• the economy;
• the 2012 elections;
• the anti-Wall Street protests;
• the announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear legal challenges to last year’s health care reform law;
• the inability of the bipartisan deficit committee to reach a consensus on where to make needed cuts.

The poll found that only 3% followed the news of the deficit panel’s implosion as compared with 27% who followed the ongoing Penn State child sex abuse saga. The second most followed news topic was the economy, at 15%, even though it received only a fourth as much coverage by the media as the collegiate sex scandal.

One might argue that the ostensible apathy toward the budget committee’s failure was more a function of Americans’ weariness over ongoing bad economic news, but as noted earlier the economy as a topic continues to have legs. A more plausible explanation is that many news junkies understood that the committee by design was set up to fail and found the news unsurprising.

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And definitely not now that one of the movement’s own has taken a page out of the alleged Tea Party handbook and threatened the life of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. For 26-year-old Nathan Shafer, however, “crosshairs” (aka print registration marks) on a map simply didn’t cut it. Instead, he made his threat in words. In a Facebook post addressed to the governor, Shafer wrote, “I hope someone murders you before I do.”

Columbia, South Carolina, station KLTV reports that Shafer’s post was a reaction to a post by Haley herself, which was made after the arrest of 19 Occupy Columbia members outside the State House last Wednesday. On her Facebook page, the governor wrote:

I appreciate freedom of speech. I do not appreciate mattresses on the grounds, urinating in the bushes and damage of state property. Occupiers were given until 6:00 to move off the property. They are welcome to picket during daylight hours. We respect the Rule of Law in South Carolina.

Shafer claims the purpose of his post was to make a point about freedom of speech. But the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division evidently takes a different—and dimmer—view of the limits of free speech. Says KLTV:

The [day after Shafer’s Facebook post] two … agents visited him in Charlotte to discuss the comment. Shafer says he retracted and deleted his statement, promised he wasn’t serious and apologized to the Haley family.

None of which was sufficient to get the state to back off. Notes KLTV: “Threats against public officials are naturally taken very seriously, even when a comment was supposedly made in jest.” Accordingly, SLED agents informed Shafer that he faces prosecution for his alleged threat, prompting him to respond, “I just think the whole situation is completely ridiculous and blown out of proportion.”

At issue now is whether a “reasonable person” would view the statement in question as a genuine threat.

The article notes that a federal court ruled in July that a man who posted online statements calling for President Barack Obama’s assassination was exercising his free speech rights. Specifics of the case in question are not given, but suffice it to say that threatening the life of a U.S. president is a class D felony punishable by between 5 and 10 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine.

In the most famous case to date involving an assassination threat against President Obama, Brian Dean Miller, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced to 27 months’ jail time after posting on Craigslist:

People, the time has come for revolution. It is time for Obama to die. I am dedicating my life to the death of Obama and every employee of the federal government. As I promised in a previous post, if the health care reform bill passed I would become a terrorist. Today I become a terrorist.

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I can’t say what specifically prompted this bit of body language, but it may have something to do with Russian puppeteer Vladimir Putin’s distrust of the U.S. under Obama and his view of the American president as a “useful idiot.” However you slice it, it’s refreshingly candid. It would serve American newscasters well to be more forthcoming with their opinions.

A precedent for this subtext can be found in the supreme insult directed at then-President George W. Bush during his farewell visit to Iraq in 2008, when an Iraqi journalist removed his shoes and threw them at Bush, one after the other. The event, which was covered extensively by the mainstream media, spawned a game, Sock and Awe!, which had more than 5.5 million … er—hits.

At least Bush had the option of ducking.

Some will view this video and cry foul, pointing out that the gesture is an affront to the office of the presidency—and they will be right. It is as much an insult to the people of America as it is when their own president calls them lazy or tours the world apologizing for their past arrogance and inflated self-image. I for one will start respecting the office of the presidency again when Barack Obama begins to do the same.

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1. A renowned Manhattan Chef, Eric Smith, is planning on feeding a 1000 of the OCCUPY Wall Street protestors a luscious, rich Thanksgiving meal, complete with Turkey, Potatoes, Stuffing, Cranberry Sauce, and desert. There’s even talk of letting them “get away” to enjoy the meal before bringing them back following the celebration. Isn’t that a nice gesture? But a few questions do come to mind, what do you do to show that protestors 1001+ feel “cared for?” And lastly, could someone forward me the name of who is buying the groceries, because I’m pretty sure that a couple of extra items wouldn’t be noticed, and I really need them to complete my dinner this year. 800.345.9622!

2. And we get a direct-from-Hollywood insiders perspective on the re-opening of the 30 year old murder case of Natalie Wood. Baldwin knows stuff, and he’s talkin’. And who’s to say who it will incriminate. This will be a discussion the D.A., the Author, the Yacht captain, and Robert Wagner himself won’t want to miss. 800.345.9622.

BONUS STUFF: The curious tale of Tim Tebow…

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Occupy seeks the destruction of society. Tea Party seeks to rebuild society. So says Newt Gingrich in what is the most articulate differentiation to date of the two grass roots movements. The protests turn bloody in several places, mostly due to the disobedience of the protestors, so what now? kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:
Tim Tebow has the arm of a girl, according to some NFL pundits. But bad arm and all he is now 4 & 1 in games he has started-including a 95 yard drive last night to beat a good New York Jets defense. The Broncos have been guffawed at a bit because of Tebow’s lack of passing dimension. But he continues to win. So a very important principal is being played out, and I don’t want you to miss what it is. Thoughts? Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

3. THE GOD THOUGHT:
“This law (that God always finishes what He starts) gives us hope in hard times and keeps us going when we would rather quit. This law reminds us that in the end, everything we give up for the Lord will seem like no sacrifice at all.” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

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1. THE HEADLINE ITEMS:
Conservative columnist and best-selling author Ann Coulter unleashed a boatload of bad advice on the GOP primary voter base in her most recent column. But with only 28% of voters being able to even identify the respective GOP candidates, isn’t she jumping the shark–just a tad?. kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:
Sweet success in taking GLEE down a notch or two. We warned, you took action and GLEE lost nearly 40% audience share. So what does it mean going forward? The GLEE producers are considering *SHOCK* a return to family friendly storylines, and a greater emphasis on the music. Thoughts?  Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

3. THE GOD THOUGHT:
“There remains for us only the very narrow way, often extremely difficult to find, of living every day as though it were our last, and yet living in faith and responsibility as though there were to be a great future.” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

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The Brooklyn Museum is no stranger to controversy. It generated a firestorm in 1999, when its “Sensation” exhibit showcased English artist Chris Ofili’s The Holy Virgin Mary. The painting, which had a little something for everyone, depicted a black Madonna surrounded by images from “blaxploitation” movies and close-ups of female genitalia cut from porn magazines. For good measure, one of the media used in the work was elephant dung. The artist’s and museum’s First Amendment rights were challenged in a lawsuit brought by then-mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the City of New York.

But why reminisce about art past when art future beckons? Another of the pieces in the new exhibit titled Felix, June 5, 1994 is a painting of a man made a few hours after his death from AIDS.

Not all of the works featured (there are 105 in all) are so “challenging”—to borrow the characterization of Tricia Laughlin Bloom, the project’s curator. Some are by prominent twentieth-century artists including George Bellows, Marsden Hartley, Alice Neel, and Berenice Abbott.

A helpful advisory on the Brooklyn Museum’s website page for the exhibit notes:

Some pieces in this exhibition are directed toward adult audiences. Parents and teachers are advised to preview the exhibition.

But that warning raises a trenchant question. As the ghost writer of some half dozen books on fine art, I would maintain that any true work of art, no matter how disquieting the subject, is fair game for virtually any viewer, provided the work is placed in an appropriate historical or aesthetic context. I would ask the curator behind the upcoming exhibit what precisely it is about selected pieces in the show that makes them inappropriate for “non-adult” audiences. It would be interesting to determine whether those distinctions are the same ones that segregate real art from crass visual exploitation.

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ON THE KEVIN McCULLOUGH SHOW:

1. THE HEADLINE ITEMS:
So the White House gets shot at and the DC police run their inspections through the Occupy DC encampment, even eventually catch the accused shooter in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile two court rulings for Occupy NYC have the occupiers out on their tushies, and now local residents (people who have actual homes in the given area) are planning to sue the city and the park landlord if they allow tent city to be rebuilt. kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:
So in last night’s episode of NBC’s Parenthood (a show I do not endorse, nor do I usually watch, but for reasons I was more or less stuck in front of last night) ended with a young woman, kissing her older, married, boss. He immediately rebuffs her. The next morning at the office he asserts, “You need to know that I love my wife.” QUESTION: Tell or not tell the wife? Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

3. THE GOD THOUGHT:
“The Final Law of the Spiritual Life: What GOD starts, He FINISHES!” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

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ON THE KEVIN McCULLOUGH SHOW:

1. THE HEADLINE ITEMS:
So if Obamacare hits SCOTUS, which we now know it will in the spring, shouldn’t any justice who has previously advocated for or against the legislation be forced to recuse themselves? Well I do too. But the question is WILL Elana Kagan do what has been expected of Supreme Court Justices? kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:
So an American judge, in an American court, has banned American students from wearing pro-American garb, while insisting that a school district be allowed to honor a foreign fake holiday, and allowing students to wear pro-Another-Country-Other-Than-America garb. Confused? You’re not the only one. Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

3. THE GOD THOUGHT:
“God does not intend to destroy us by the trials he allows to come our way. Those things that seem so painful now will one day be clearly seen as benefits to our spiritual growth. They are not meant to defeat us but to be the means to a greater spiritual victory.” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

Also able to be heard via a snappy smart phone listening app for the AFR Radio Network at that same time each night 8pm EST. Download Apple’s iTunes AFR’s app here. Android and other smart phones may download here.

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ON THE KEVIN McCULLOUGH SHOW:

1. THE HEADLINE ITEMS:
Well, based on Saturday night’s debate–won by either Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, or Ron Paul depending on who you like, the polling has improved for the former speaker putting him ahead in at least one poll of both Mitt Romney and Herman Cain. Also many are crediting Rick Perry with the best idea from the debate, and showing that he’s the best sport of all the candidates. Ron Paul won in not getting that much time to filet himself. kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:
So are we missing something when thinking and talking about the Penn State scandal. Several pro-family groups are making a big deal about the homosexual element to the sodomy performed on the victims in the matter. But wouldn’t it be just as insidious if it were done to girls as well? PLUS there are much bigger reasons being missed all together by those highlighting the link to homosexuality. Our culture isn’t merely on homosexual-overload, it’s on rampant-unimpeded-sex-in-your-face-all-the-time overload, as the Sasha-visits-the-kiddies issue highlights. Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

3. THE GOD THOUGHT:
“As we seek first the kingdom of God, we will discover that through the good times and the bad, in days of pleasure and days of pain, through our laughter and through our tears, God is at work in us!” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

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**UPDATED MONDAY MORNING**
THE BALDWIN/McCULLOUGH PODCAST:
Baldwin/McCullough *LIVE* – Hr 1 – 11.12.11
Baldwin/McCullough *LIVE* – Hr 2 – 11.12.11

Where can you find the radio station nearest you to hear Baldwin/McCullough? Simple enough… Click here! Where can you go to see it on television? Check your local listings, or on-screen guide:

And tonight, watch right here:

ON THE BALDWIN/McCULLOUGH MegaCast:
1. There is a major backlash STILL occurring due to the child-rape–DON’T CALL IT A SEX SCANDAL–at Penn State University. Many are pronouncing Joe Paterno innocent because he “reported it to authorities” with in the university system. Some are saying Pennsylvania state law allows a loophole for organizations of higher education to not report it immediately to the authorities. That CAN’T be true… can it? 800.345.9622!

2. Yet ONE MORE Presidential debate and we may have some response… ALSO The Oscars have fired Brett Ratner for saying the OTHER “F” word. Though it was in the context of a movie quote. Is this fair?. 800.345.9622.

BONUS STUFF: Glee features gay-sex this coming Tuesday, and Herman Cain’s campaign begins to walk away from the unfounded accusations they made against the Perry campaign…

Baldwin/McCullough Resources:

KMC’s BRAND NEW BOOK is now available:

The Kind of Man Every Man Should Be .
MuscleHead Revolution: Overturning Liberalism with Commonsense Thinking .
The Death and Life of Gabriel Phillips
The Unusual Suspect: My Calling to the new Hardcore Movement of Faith .

20111108KMC – Radio Podcast
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*Find The Kevin McCullough Show on our newest affiliate of the month: WGCF-FM – Paducah, KY
(including the ciities of: Paducah, KY., Cape Girardeau, MO., Paris, TN., Carbondale, IL.)

ON THE KEVIN McCULLOUGH SHOW:

1. THE HEADLINE ITEMS:
One Herman Cain accuser has come forward and given specifics, on a set of dates, time, place, agenda, and actions. Are there lessons to be learned from such “revelations?” Whether or NOT they are true? I believe there is, and we’ll chat about them in the NEWS section on today’s show! kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:
The administration has ushered in a whole new reality: 7 in 10 small businesses can not afford to hire even ONE more worker before the end of the year. Not only that the DNC is punishing North Carolina by exporting jobs that should be going to Charlotte area businesses, to union based operations in Washington DC. The DNC is doing so to maintain the peace with its union allies. Why I think it will cost them the state in the election on the next edition. Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

3. THE GOD THOUGHT:
“Until your faith is put to the test, it remains theoretical. You never KNOW what you believe until hard times come. Then you find out, for better or for worse.” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

Also able to be heard via a snappy smart phone listening app for the AFR Radio Network at that same time each night 8pm EST. Download Apple’s iTunes AFR’s app here. Android and other smart phones may download here.

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ON THE KEVIN McCULLOUGH SHOW:

1. THE HEADLINE ITEMS:
The Secretary of Defense is slated to begin slashing the resources available to the defense of our nation. Personnel, missions, equipment are all on the chopping block, but in addition, he is looking to cut retirement, health care, and other vital services provided to the families and the lives of those who serve us gratefully. Sad… but worse yet… dangerous! kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:
The airing of GLEE’s episode tomorrow night is still on, and it’s all about sex. All about how much teenagers should not be told “no.” And all about how indulgent “the first time” should be. It is a glaringly unhealthy approach to healthy teenage behavior and the data proves it. Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

3. THE GOD THOUGHT:
“God uses hard times to prepare us for a new understanding of His character. In the furnace we discover God’s goodness in a way we never experienced it before.” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

Also able to be heard via a snappy smart phone listening app for the AFR Radio Network at that same time each night 8pm EST. Download Apple’s iTunes AFR’s app here. Android and other smart phones may download here.

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**UPDATED MONDAY MORNING**
THE BALDWIN/McCULLOUGH PODCAST:
Baldwin/McCullough *LIVE* – Hr 1 – 11.05.11
Baldwin/McCullough *LIVE* – Hr 2 – 11.05.11

Where can you find the radio station nearest you to hear Baldwin/McCullough? Simple enough… Click here! Where can you go to see it on television? Check your local listings, or on-screen guide:

And tonight, watch right here:

ON THE BALDWIN/McCULLOUGH MegaCast:
1. A horrible idea for a prank, goes even more horribly wrong as two 12 year old kids throw a grocery cart over the side of walkway railing 4 stories above ground level. Underneath a generous woman, who spends much of her time and wealth each year to help these types of hooligans has the cart crush her head and throw her into a coma. Tonight on Baldwin/McCullough: Do you throw the book at these two, or show them mercy–in the JUSTICE system? Baldwin want’s to know. 800.345.9622!

2. What would you do if you were Justin Bieber, submit to the DNA test and settle the issue? Or continue to make remarks disclaiming the woman’s account and hope the whole thing will go away. Hope or not he has to appear in court on December 15th. 800.345.9622.

BONUS STUFF: Glee features gay-sex this coming Tuesday, and Herman Cain’s campaign begins to walk away from the unfounded accusations they made against the Perry campaign…

Baldwin/McCullough Resources:

KMC’s BRAND NEW BOOK is now available:

The Kind of Man Every Man Should Be .
MuscleHead Revolution: Overturning Liberalism with Commonsense Thinking .
The Death and Life of Gabriel Phillips
The Unusual Suspect: My Calling to the new Hardcore Movement of Faith .

*Catch the next episode at 8pm EST on radio stations across America or by way of podcast:
LISTEN LIVE at http://AFR.net

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*Find The Kevin McCullough Show on our newest affiliate of the month: WGCF-FM – Paducah, KY
(including the ciities of: Paducah, KY., Cape Girardeau, MO., Paris, TN., Carbondale, IL.)

ON THE KEVIN McCULLOUGH SHOW:

1. THE HEADLINE ITEMS:
Herman Cain finishes the week by striking back at Cornel West, Al Sharpton, Harry Belafonte, and other plantation types, who are still furious with him telling the contemporary plantation owners where they could go. And considering all he’s been up against–not bad! kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:
An Auburn War-Eagle-ette who shed it all for PLAYBOY in this year’s “Girls of the SEC” issue. But that wasn’t the disturbing part. She allowed the campus to write a big huge story in their newspaper highlighting her naked escapade. But that wasn’t the disturbing part. She said all her friends totally supported her (Mhmm especially the male ones). But that wasn’t the disturbing part. Nope… it was when her dad expressed strong support for her to do it… THAT’S when I threw up in my mouth just a touch. Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

3. THE GOD THOUGHT:
“God definitely uses hard times to prepare us to minister to others. He comforts us so that we may comfort others. I know many Christians whose creates ministry has come from sharing with others how God helped them through a time of crisis.” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

Also able to be heard via a snappy smart phone listening app for the AFR Radio Network at that same time each night 8pm EST. Download Apple’s iTunes AFR’s app here. Android and other smart phones may download here.

In one incident from September, Paterson (New Jersey) Police got some help from an unlikely source in capturing a man who had violently waved a machete at a branch of U.S. Chicken, a small local chain. The event, which occurred on September 10, was captured by a surveillance camera and plainly shows the machete wielder and two compatriots attacking other customers at the takeout restaurant.

Initially, the video was providing little help to the police. No one who watched the reel was able to identify any of the suspects.

Then department’s Cease Fire Unit got the idea of posting the video on its Facebook page. Within days the case was solved. On Wednesday, five days after the video went live, the guilty party, Tyree Seegers, 22, turned himself in. Paterson Police Captain Heriberto Rodriguez told the New York Daily News that the suspect reported feeling “pressure from everywhere” once the video went viral.

Police have also arrested Seegers’ accomplices, Omar Villota, 22, and Johel Gomez, 20, one of whom can be seen in the video pistol-whipping a man in the head as he tries to exit the restaurant.

At one point on the security reel, Seegers can be seen wildly swinging the machete at everything in sight. Ironically, the one clean blow he lands with the blade strikes—and nearly severs the hand of—one of his buddies.

Seegers has been charged with aggravated assault. No word yet on the charges that Villota and Gomez will face.

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2.  That Rick Perry had anything to do with the “leak” of “information” about sexual harassment complaints against Cain to Politico.

3.  That Mitt Romney was behind the “leaks” either.

4.  That the mythical ability to silence baseless innuendo, or spin it and come out smelling like a rose, or avoid it altogether, is a qualification for being president of the United States.

5.  That the left-wing mainstream media act in good faith when they retail these allegations.

6.  That media coverage of such allegations and innuendo is some form of vetted professional activity, rather than just a glorified form of slam book smears and middle-school cafeteria gossip.

7.  That it is incumbent on any of us to take the endless effluvia of the media smear machine seriously.

8.  That it is a sign of intelligence to thoughtfully consider these charges-without-evidence, rather than simply dismissing them.

9.  That the whole circus matters to our choice of president, in terms of illuminating for us the character or abilities of any of the candidates.

10.  That any of these cheap-allegation dramas is even about the candidates, rather than about us, and whether we have any judgment or discrimination when it comes to what we let the media fill our heads with.

If a competent prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich, today’s media can smear one – and then make it look like some innocent ham sandwich over there behind the counter did it.  But the media can only do this because we cooperate with them, by simply accepting every negative, damning, evil thought they suggest to us.

Keeping the barrage up is virtually cost-free for them.  They are not going to stop, no matter how conclusively it is proven that they are full of shinola.  Accepting their cues, and spending day after day discussing things on their terms, is the actual problem.  And that problem starts with us.

There is no corrective for this problem in the mechanics of politics or the media’s M.O.  Politics and the media aren’t going to change.  Period.  We have to decide what our characters and priorities will consist of.  Do we have the strength of mind to say this? – “Don’t bother me with your innuendo about Herman Cain.  I want to talk issues.  We need to cut spending, reduce regulation, and undo all of Obama’s dangerous executive orders.  We need to restore a constitutional balance of power in the federal government.  And that’s just for starters. Iran is closing in on a nuclear weapon.  China is menacing all of Asia.  European security is in jeopardy, and so is ours.  That’s what I want to talk about.  The future of the republic is at stake.”

Who cares if “they” think we’re stupid?  Are we seriously going to let this election degenerate into a suicidal snark free-for-all because someone might think we’re stupid, if we don’t bite on every worm the media dangle on the hook?

Any one of us could be in Cain’s or Perry’s position – or Bachmann’s, or Palin’s, or that of any conservative front-runner past or present.  Ronald Reagan himself wouldn’t have triumphed over this kind of media attack.  He would have looked every bit as caught off guard and flat-footed.  One thing the blogosphere does is amplify cheap, off-the-cuff opinions and send them echoing back to us in chorus, as if “everybody” now thinks Candidate X is toast and his character is in shreds.  Is that really true?  What obliges us to think so, other than the kind of fearful, triangulating approach to our personal opinions that we should have overcome by the time we got our high school diplomas?

Herman Cain hasn’t been convicted of sexual harassment, nor have charges been filed against him.  It would be public record if these things had happened.  It is not a sign of intelligence or moral discrimination for conservative voters to feast on vague allegations against our candidates, which we are told by third parties were made by persons whose names we don’t know, and which never resulted in prosecution or sanction.  As a rule for life, that’s no way to think about morality, law, society, or other people’s characters.

And Cain’s not even my preferred candidate.  But this applies to all of them.  If we wait for cheap “bad news” about other people to cease flowing, we’ll be stuck obsessing over it for all eternity.  It doesn’t have to be true or significant; it will just keep coming.  How much we are preoccupied with evil allegations is up to us.  We only think it’s the media doing this to us.  In reality, we’re doing it to ourselves.  We have the power to say no: we’re not playing any more.  Until we do that, the MSM will have us by the short hairs.

Oh, and one more thing I don’t believe:

11.  That Americans are too foolish and weak-minded to figure this out.

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ON THE KEVIN McCULLOUGH SHOW:

1. THE HEADLINE ITEMS:
He was out touting his jobs plan, blaming GOP in Congress for not passing it again. (Though it was his Democrats that couldn’t get a vote on it in the Senate, was it not?) Anyhoot the President is ticked that Congress won’t agree with his “solution for job growth” (mostly because its like a “final solution to the employment problem”) and is now going on offense against TRUST IN GOD! kmcradio@gmail.com

2. THE PRACTICAL DILEMMA:
How practical is it for we as a nation to have traded in our fossil fuel energy based policy, with one that has flushed nearly 35 Billion in tax-payer money down the green energy sink hole? We HAVE to talk about it. Because the Crookery abounds. Your replies: kmcradio@gmail.com.

3. THE GOD THOUGHT:
“What specifically is God trying to do when he allows his children to go through hard trials and deep suffering? There are several answers to that question… The third of which is: God uses times of difficulty to humble us. When things are going well, we tend to get puffed up about our accomplishments; but let the darkness fall and we are on our knees crying out to God!” CONTINUE: “God Thought” on facebook!

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