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Movie Review: Whistlefritz ? Spanish For Beginners ? Inside And Out
2009-09-16 01:10:00 I don?t speak a lick of Spanish. I can ask where the bathroom is but not understand the response and be able to order at a Mexican restaurant without greatly mispronouncing any of my items. Now, I would like to learn another foreign language (despite the passable amount of German I know), but it takes ... More About: Movie , Entertainment , Reviews , Breaking News , Celebrity News
Movie Review: Thomas & Friends ? Hero Of The Rails ? The Movie
2009-09-15 23:24:00 Making new friends is one of the coolest things out there. There?s the excitement of meeting them and then getting to know them and then you see some of your interests starting to line up. Then you hang out a couple of other times and things really start to gel and then you become trusted ... More About: Movie , Entertainment , Reviews , Friends , Breaking News
Movie Review: Disney Princess ? Enchanted Tales ? Follow Your Dreams
2009-09-15 22:37:00 I?m not a girl. Correspondingly, I don?t understand the fascination that girls have with their princess fantasies. They want to dress in pink and wear a sash and a tiara and who knows what else. Even some of my female friends in college were all caught up in those impossible dreams. I don?t understand it, ... More About: Movie , Dreams , Entertainment , Reviews , Breaking News
Haleigh Cummings ? The Dirty Half Dozen
2009-09-15 22:07:00 It was TJ that came up with rather interesting phrase ‘The Dirty Half Dozen’, of course it is a reference to the top six suspects in this case, as seen through the eyes of the press. Our methods are not scientific, it is a list compiled through our observations, and by talking to people. In fact ...
The Young and The Restless : Soap Update for Sept. 15, 2009
2009-09-15 19:20:00 Amber and Daniel wake up happy as larks. They have both worked up an appetite so Daniel finds a jar of peanut butter so they both dip their fingers in it to eat. Daniel tells Amber that he has to catch a flight to Detroit and if that painting turns up in Tom?s safety deposit ... More About: Reviews , Young , Update , Soaps , Restless
Bullying in a Different Era
2009-09-15 19:14:00 This week I wanted to do something a little different. Even though this event occurred many years ago, the name and event remains the same. Also, I doubt this aspect has been discussed at any great length. This event occurred before I was born and before many today were born. It even occurred before Charles ... More About: Bullying
Rudd Opens Bernie Banton Foundation
2009-09-15 19:14:00 The Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has recently opened the Bernie Banton Foundation to support mesothelioma victims and their families. The foundation is named after the leading asbestos disease campaigner Bernie Banton, who has now sadly passed away. Rudd opened the foundation at the Concord Hospital in Sydney, and the foundation has a number of aims ...
Schools as Important as Health Reform?
2009-09-15 16:05:00 I know that medical reform is necessary to save lives, but as a retired educator I am as worried about the gutting of American education by our current economic crisis. Education ultimately saves lives as well — those who most need it if deprived are likely to end up criminals and jailbirds whose lives are ... More About: Health , Schools , Reform
Kanye West Ruins VMA?s
2009-09-15 16:02:00 The MTV music video awards were presented last night and it was actually a turn of events for me. Being that I am a film graduate and I also own my Music Company and studio, I tend to always watch this event. Besides Rob Dyrdek and Nitrous Circus, I watch no MTV. Funny enough VH1 ... More About: Entertainment , Kanye West , West , Ruins , Kanye
Genius!!! Still Going with the Isolated Incident Defense ACORN??
2009-09-15 16:01:00 Just like good chess players, James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles had to have known their opponents moves well ahead of their own. After releasing an incredibly damaging video last week which revealed extreme corruption in ACORN (not exactly shocking to anyone who has been following their maneuvering), ACORN representatives immediately went into smoke-screen mode, claiming ... More About: Defense , Incident , Genius
How Self-Censorship Works - Putin, GQ, and US Taxpayer-Supported Radio Libe
2009-09-15 08:46:00 Censorship and self-censorship have become a permanent feature of the media scene in Russia under Mr. Putin ’s rule. Many Americans, however, were surprised last week that this kind of censorship with origins in Moscow has now reached corporate boardrooms in their own country and even put limits on news generated by US taxpayer supported Radio ... More About: Censorship , Works
Planned Parenthood to Shut Down Five Clinics in Indiana
2009-09-15 05:47:00 According to the Associated Press, Planned Parenthood plans to close five of its clinics in the state of Indiana in anticipation of a shortage in federal funding for the nonprofit organization. The clinics are located in Anderson, Franklin, Kokomo, northwest Indianapolis and Shelbyville. The Indiana Family Health Council will begin distributing the funds for Title XX. ... More About: Abortion , Shut
Haleigh Cummings ? The Dirty Laundry Mounts?
2009-09-14 23:25:00 For the past couple of weeks I have noticed that my good buddy TJ Hart has had an obsession with the dirty laundry found in the trailer following Haleigh’s disappearance. At first I did not give much thought to it. But the more I did think about it, the more convinced I become that it ... More About: Laundry , Dirty
The Young and The Restless : Soap Update for Sept. 14, 2009
2009-09-14 21:18:00 Daniel stands in front of Deacon waving the key asking which one does he wants, Amber or the key, because he can?t have both. Deacon apologizes to everyone for the interruption and then orders champagne for them all as he and Daniel leave the room to talk about this. Cane brings in some stuff from Lily?s ... More About: Reviews , Young , Update , Soaps , Restless
Confidential Settlement in Asbestos Death Case
2009-09-14 21:17:00 According to a recent report, a confidential settlement has been reached between the parents of a young woman that died from the asbestos cancer called mesothelioma and the company they sued over exposure to asbestos. The young woman died after contracting the disease due to asbestos exposure from her father who worked with the deadly ... More About: Death , Case , Settlement
Will Israel?s Conflicting Factions Make Peace Impossible?
2009-09-14 17:40:00 Today’s NY Times suggests that probably settlers committed to the restoration of the original Israel will not use violence to achieve their aims: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/world/m iddleeast/14settlers.html?th&emc=th However, let us not forget that Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated for his serious peace-making efforts in 1995. The head of one of Israel’s major parties with constituents mainly from the former Soviet Union ... More About: Peace , Make , Impossible
Health Care: Where?s the Reform?
2009-09-14 16:32:00 Had he stopped after five minutes, we all would have signed up. His eloquence was in top form for at least that long in his health care speech to Congress, even if he precipitated credit to his own policy for pulling our economy from the brink. Who needs the Fed anyway? Ignoring that minor self-adulation, ... More About: Health , Health Care , Reform , Care
9/11 Cop Speaks of Asbestos Illnesses from Ground Zero
2009-09-14 15:46:00 Since the tragedy that hit New York eight years ago in 2001, where the twin towers were brought crashing down as part of a massive scale terrorist attack, many of those that helped out on the scenes at what is known now as Ground Zero have complained of health problems. Many think that these problems are ... More About: Ground Zero , Illnesses
Norman Borlaug: Lifesaver
2009-09-14 15:18:00 The father of the “green revolution”, Norman Borlaug, has died. Some of use are old enough to remember when famines in Asia were common, and when the “Population bomb” types were predicting mass starvation of millions of poor people. The famines didn’t happen, because Borlaug, and other agricultural scientists, developed high yield wheat and grains, along with ...
Haleigh Cummings ? Caylee Anthony BNN Radio Wrap-Up Sept 13
2009-09-14 14:54:00 It was another lively Sunday afternoon. This week our panel consisted of the Barrett’s, Denny Griffin, TJ Hart, and William ?Cobra? Staubs. We began the program with a quick update on a Miami case. Miami Beach police officer Adam Tavvs is accused of killing two unarmed men in the space of four days, Hussein Shehada and ... More About: Radio , Anthony , Sept , Wrap
Movie Review: Audience of One
2009-09-14 05:33:00 At the age of 40, Pastor Richard Gazowsky - the magnetic and vociferous leader of the Voice of Pentecost Church on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco, saw his first movie. Soon after, he announced to his congregation that God had called upon him to direct a major motion picture. But not just any major motion ... More About: Humor , Movie , Movie Reviews , Movie Review , Review
Movie Review: Ghost Cat, starring Ellen Page
2009-09-14 04:13:00 Released in 2003 as a made-for-TV special, this film was originally titled Mrs. Ashboro’s Cat. After airing sporadically on different channels over the years, the film is now being repackaged and given a new life as Ghost Cat - thanks in no small part to Ellen Page’s recent stardom. And though it’s very likely that ... More About: Movie , Reviews , Movie Reviews , Movie Review
Music Review: World?s Greatest Dad Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2009-09-14 00:45:00 In 1991, comedian Bobcat Goldthwait made his directorial debut with the underrated (and underseen) Shakes the Clown, a vulgar and hilarious comedy that happened to include a cameo from Robin Williams. Almost two decades later (and after much more work as a director - though mostly in television) Goldthwait is back with World ’s Greatest Dad, ... More About: Music , Reviews , Review , Original
Our Vanishing Rights
2009-09-13 23:55:00 Our inalienable rights, guaranteed by the United States Constitution, have steadily become alienable. The actions of Congress and the States are restricting our freedom. Years ago, with the advent of the automobile, when codifying this new means of transportation, states decreed that having a driver?s license was a right. Today, having a driver?s license is a ... More About: Rights , Vanishing
Stop Cyber Bullies: Vague Cyberbullying Laws Aren?t Good Enough
2009-09-13 22:54:00 According to an editorial in the New York Times, ?Vague Cyber bullying Law,? ?Lori Drew acted grotesquely if, as prosecutors charged, she went online and bullied her daughter?s classmate, a 13-year-old girl who ended up committing suicide. A federal court was right, however, to throw out her misdemeanor convictions recently. The crimes she was found guilty ... More About: Laws , Stop , Good
The Fuhrer Virus ? Paul Schultz: Book Review
2009-09-13 21:28:00 This espionage-suspense caper is set during World War II, but during that odd and brooding breath-of-a moment-time period during 1941 when Russia, and England were in a desperate, full-out balls-to-the wall war effort against Nazi Germany, and America was officially a neutral nation but teetering on a knife-edge, with powerful and influential people and organizations ... More About: Virus , Reviews , Book Review , Book Reviews , Review
Book Review: You Unstuck by Libby Gill
2009-09-13 17:07:00 Mastering The New Rules Of Risk-Taking In Work And Life Let me pose a question, what brings about success and happiness? It was with this question on my mind that I read Libby Gill’s new book You Unstuck. I think I know the answer that Libby would propose, change and risk taking are the two key ... More About: Reviews , Book Review , Book Reviews , Review , Book
How Not to Cope With a Robber!!!
2009-09-13 15:19:00 Some years ago two residents in our neighborhood were needlessly killed when they made wrong moves in dealing with their robbers. One was a father in our baby-sitting pool. A robber came to the door of his apartment, but fled when his young daughter opened the door, saw a gun and screamed. The father chased the ... More About: Robber , Cope
?Who Will Rid Me of this Meddlesome Priest?
2009-09-13 03:34:00 Reportedly, when Thomas Beckett, a “born again” Christian, turned against his former friend Henry II to defend the rights of the church from a state takeover, Henry was heard to say the above phrase, and promptly several of his henchmen went out and killed the meddlesome bishop. Nothing new there. One of the dangerous things about priests ... More About: Priest
Haleigh Cummings ? Caylee Anthony ? BNN Radio Sunday Sept 13 at 3pm Central
More articles from this author:2009-09-13 00:32:00 We will be broadcasting our regular call in Talk Radio show on Sunday Sept /13 at 3pm Central . Once again we will be focusing our attention on the sad and frustrating case of Haleigh Cummings. It has now been over seven months that she has been missing. However, things do at last seem to be happening. ... More About: Anthony 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |



