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Neither the right or left has the nut market cornered: comments on the Discovery Channel hostage crisis
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John W. Kennedy
I received some comments on yesterday’s blog regarding the hostage crisis at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. The gist of it was that, while the hostage taker appeared motivated by the arguments of environmentalists, specifically Al Gore, it would be wrong to hold them or their legitimate viewpoints hostage to the actions…
What if the Discovery Channel hostage taker had been “awakened” to the words of Bill O’Reilly or Glenn Beck and not Al Gore?
By
John W. Kennedy
Wednesday’s bizarre hostage-taking incident at the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland ended, thankfully, with the hostages unharmed. Unfortunately, the hostage taker, James J. Lee, had to be killed by police. We’re told he was environmental zealot who wanted the network to air programs that met his demands. Among those demands (coming…
Russell Simmons’ “COEXIST” banner carries a great message at Ground Zero but Americans of different faiths already peacefully coexist every day
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John W. Kennedy
Russell Simmons, whose downtown Manhattan apartment overlooks Ground Zero is using his window space to send a heartfelt message regarding faith and pluralism that I would hope we can all agree on. Spelling out the word “COEXIST” by using various religious symbols in place of the letters (i.e. a Islamic Crescent in place of the…
A “Hurt Locker” reality show joins list of really bad TV show ideas
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John W. Kennedy
Hollywood Reporter says G4, the Comcast-owned cable network known for video game and tech-themed themed programming (i.e. Attack of the Show), has ordered ten episodes of a Cops-style reality show that will follow a bomb-disposal unit in Afghanistan. The show, called Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan, is the latest of a series of horrendous reality show concepts…
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