Monthly Archives: January 2011
Daily Benefactor News – 26 States Join Suit Against Obamacare
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26 States Join Suit Against Obamacare – Fox News
Six more states joined a lawsuit in Florida against President Obama’s health care overhaul on Tuesday, meaning more than half of the country is challenging the law.
The announcement was made as House members in Washington, led by Republicans, debated whether to repeal the law.
The six additional states, all with Republican attorneys general, joined Florida and 19 others in the legal action, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
“It sends a strong message that more than half of the states consider the health care law unconstitutional and are willing to fight it in court,” she said in a statement.
The states claim the health care law is unconstitutional and violates people’s rights by forcing them to buy health insurance by 2014 or face penalties.
Government attorneys have said the states do not have standing to challenge the law and want the case dismissed.
Lawsuits have been filed elsewhere. A federal judge in Virginia ruled in December that the insurance-purchase mandate was unconstitutional, though two other federal judges have upheld the requirement. It’s expected the Supreme Court will ultimately have to resolve the issue.
“It is important to note that two of the three courts that have reviewed this law on the merits have found it constitutional, and those decisions – as well as two others the government prevailed on – are pending in courts of appeal. At the same time, trial courts in additional cases have dismissed numerous challenges on jurisdictional and other grounds that have not been appealed,” Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler said.
Meanwhile, the White House dismissed an expected vote on repealing the law, saying the Republicans’ push was not a serious legislative effort. Democrats have a majority in the Senate and they have said they will block repeal in that chamber.
In the Florida case, the states also argue the federal government is violating the Constitution by forcing a mandate on the states without providing money to pay for it. They say the new law gives the state’s the impossible choice of accepting the new costs or forfeiting federal Medicaid funding.
Florida U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson could rule later this month whether he will grant a summary judgment in favor of the states or the Obama administration without a trial.
Florida’s former Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum filed the lawsuit just minutes after President Obama signed the 10-year, $938 billion health care bill into law in March. He chose a court in Pensacola, one of Florida’s most conservative cities. The nation’s most influential small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, also joined the suit.
Joining the coalition in the Florida case were: Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Ohio, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The other states that are suing are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Washington.
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Daily Benefactor News – Hawaii Governor Can’t Find Obama Birth Certificate
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Hawaii Governor Can’t Find Obama Birth Certificate – WorldNetDaily
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie suggested in an interview published today that a long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate for Barack Obama may not exist within the vital records maintained by the Hawaii Department of Health.
Abercrombie told the Honolulu Star Advertiser he was searching within the Hawaii Department of Health to find definitive vital records that would prove Obama was born in Hawaii, because the continuing eligibility controversy could hurt the president’s chances of re-election in 2012.
Donalyn Dela Cruz, Abercrombie’s spokeswoman in Honolulu, ignored again today another in a series of repeated requests made by WND for an interview with the governor.
Toward the end of the interview, the newspaper asked Abercrombie: “You stirred up quite a controversy with your comments regarding birthers and your plan to release more information regarding President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. How is that coming?”
In his response, Abercrombie acknowledged the birth certificate issue will have “political implications” for the next presidential election “that we simply cannot have.”
Suggesting he was still intent on producing more birth records on Obama from the Hawaii Department of Health vital records vault, Abercrombie told the newspaper there was a recording of the Obama birth in the state archives that he wants to make public.
Abercrombie did not report to the newspaper that he or the Hawaii Department of Health had found Obama’s long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate. The governor only suggested his investigations to date had identified an unspecified listing or notation of Obama’s birth that someone had made in the state archives.
“It was actually written, I am told, this is what our investigation is showing, it actually exists in the archives, written down,” Abercrombie said.
For seemingly the first time, Abercrombie frankly acknowledged that presidential politics motivated his search for Obama birth records, implying that failure to resolve the questions that remain unanswered about the president’s birth and early life may damage his chance for re-election.
“If there is a political agenda (regarding Obama’s birth certificate), then there is nothing I can do about that, nor can the president,” he said.
So far, the only birth document available on Obama is a Hawaii Certification of Live Birth that first appeared on the Internet during the 2008 presidential campaign. It was posted by two purportedly independent websites that have displayed a strong partisan bias for Obama – Snopes.com released the COLB in June 2008, and FactCheck.org published photographs of the document in August 2008.
WND previously reported the Hawaii Department of Health has refused to authenticate the COLB posted on the Internet by Snopes.com and FactCheck.org.
WND has reported that in 1961, Obama’s grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham, could have made an in-person report of a Hawaii birth even if the infant Barack Obama Jr. had been foreign-born.
Similarly, the newspaper announcements of Obama’s birth do not prove he was born in Hawaii, since they could have been triggered by the grandparents registering the birth as Hawaiian, even if the baby was born elsewhere.
Moreover, WND has documented that the address reported in the newspaper birth announcements was the home of the grandparents.
WND also has reported that Barack Obama Sr. maintained his own separate apartment in Honolulu, even after he was supposedly married to Ann Dunham, Barack Obama’s mother, and that Dunham left Hawaii within three weeks of the baby’s birth to attend the University of Washington in Seattle.
Dunham did not return to Hawaii until after Barack Obama Sr. left Hawaii in June 1962 to attend graduate school at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
Conceivably, the yet undisclosed birth record in the state archives that Abercrombie has discovered may have come from the grandparents registering Obama’s birth, an event that would have triggered both the newspaper birth announcements and availability of a Certification of Live Birth, even if no long-form birth certificate existed.
WND has also reported that Tim Adams, a former senior elections clerk for the city and county of Honolulu in 2008, has maintained that there is no long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate on file with the Hawaii Department of Health and that neither Honolulu hospital – Queens Medical Center or Kapiolani Medical Center – has any record that Obama was born there.
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Michael Moore exceeds stupidity limit!
Stupid on a whole new level!
First they came for Robert E. Lee…………
Could George Washington be far behind? Apparently not!
Yesterday all across America, there were celebrations commemorating and celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. One such commemoration occurred on the state house steps in Columbia South Carolina, where the NAACP used the holiday to not only commemorate the King holiday, but they also utilized the holiday to march to the state house steps to protest the continued presence of the Confederate flag being flown on state property at the Confederate Memorial.
Rally draws 1,200 to State House
Marchers once again took on the Confederate flag during Monday’s King Day at the Dome rally, but they also spoke out against the 150th anniversary of South Carolina’s secession and legislative proposals to cut state spending on education and pass tougher anti-illegal immigration laws.
On a side note, something else occurred on the state house steps of South Carolina yesterday. Something that seems to have completely escaped the notice of the majority of media in America. It too was a part of the protest and it was a backdrop to the speakers present to deliver their speeches as part of the NAACP protest. But no one seems to have taken much notice of it and it seems to have been completely overlooked by most everyone in the media involved in covering the protest in South Carolina. See if you can spot what occurred.
Flanked by (L)Edward Dubose and (R) Dr. Lonnie Randolph, Jr., Rev. William Barber, III instructs the crowd to insist and continue to fight until South Carolina takes down the Confederate flag from the State House grounds. Hundreds of people attended the prayer service, march and rally at the State House, Monday morning at the annual King Day at the Dome event. (photos by Kim Kim Foster-Tobin kkfoster@thestate.com) – Kim Kim Foster-Tobin/kkfoster@th/The State
Perhaps a different angle will help… This view was taken from behind the speakers podium.
In case you are having trouble figuring it out, here is the caption for the last photograph.
The monument of George Washington was concealed from the crowd during the King Day at the Dome rally. Hundreds of people attended the prayer service, march and rally at the State House, Monday morning at the annual King Day at the Dome event. (photos by Kim Kim Foster-Tobin kkfoster@thestate.com) – Kim Kim Foster-Tobin/kkfoster@th/The State
Someone at the rally reported that there was concern that Washington’s statue might “offend” someone. So, if it might, even possibly offend “someone” we must cover it up, erase it, delete it, silence it hide it, abolish it…………..
Yet another blow to our historical heritage.
UPDATE! NAACP Statement released!
And it does not help them much
The South Carolina NAACP has responded to a request for comment and said the only reason the statue of Washington was covered up was for aesthetic purposes. “We had created a backdrop behind the speakers,” the group spokesman told The Blaze late Tuesday afternoon. According to the group, the statue of Washington has been covered each year for the annual rally. The spokesman said he was “at a loss for words” as to why covering President Washington would offend anyone, claiming it was “non-sensical” for people to believe it may have been politically motivated.
They are curious as to why anyone would be offended at censoring George Washington? Hmmmm, interesting that the NAACP is absolutely obsessed with not being offended, yet, they are perplexed at offense over THEIR actions? Not to mention the extreme level of intolerance the NAACP was displaying by attacking the flag and the Confederate memorial. And how funny is it that the NAACP is shocked that anyone would accuse them of a politically motivated act. EVERYTHING the NAACP does is a political stunt! Good grief!
Man Caught Masturbating During Police Interrogation Over Burglaries
Man Caught Masturbating During Police Interrogation Over Burglaries – Weekly Vice
Jonathan B. Gambino, a 28-year-old Evesham man accused of burglary earned an additional charge when he allegedly decided to masturbate while police were questioning him about the alleged crime.
According to the Burlington County Police Department, Gambino was jailed Friday after he reportedly stole an estimated $88,000 worth of electronics, jewelry, and other valuables from an Evesham resident.
He is also a suspect in a series of other burglaries on the area and was in possession of Xanax that hadn’t been prescribed to him when police arrested him.
Investigators say that, while in the interrogation room, he began masturbating while shouting profanities at the officers on duty.
Gambino remained in the Burlington County Jail and was charged with burglary, theft, possession of drugs and lewdness. He is being held in lieu of $55,000 bail.
Daily Benefactor News – Detroit May Close Half Of Its Schools To Pay For Union Benefits
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Detroit May Close Half Of Its Schools To Pay For Union Benefits – The Blaze
A report from the Detroit News Monday suggested that without government aid, the city of Detroit will be forced to close down nearly half of the city’s public schools in the next two years. Additionally, the paper warns that average high school class sizes will swell to 62 students by the following year.
These startling statistics were laid out in a deficit-reduction plan filed with the state of Michigan by the city’s Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb. Bobb’s role is working to slash the $327 million deficit the Detroit school district has accrued over the years.
According to the Detroit News, Detroit Public Schools considered filing for bankruptcy in 2009 but declined. In the past year alone, debt in the district has increased by more than $100 million, brought on by a “mix of revenue declines in property taxes, reduced state aid, declining enrollment and an unplanned staffing surge this past fall.”
While Bobb and DPS administrators have a lot to account for, noticeably absent from the discussion is the role of the teachers unions.
As students suffer amidst increasing classroom sizes and declining school choices, the district’s teachers stand to earn higher salaries. The city’s contract with the Detroit Federation of Teachers requires payments for teachers whose class sizes exceed specified maximums. So while Bobb demands increased class sizes to save the district money, the district is simultaneously estimating the move will create $10 million in additional costs to pay teachers’ oversize class pay over the next four years alone.
The Wall Street Journal notes the city s decaying public school system:
“Additional savings of approximately $12.4 million can be achieved from school closures if the District simply abandons the closed buildings,” the proposal explains, purging costs like boarding up buildings, storage and security patrols.
Steven Wasko, a spokesman for Mr. Bobb, said that urban property sales have been difficult, in part because until recently the state board of education banned transactions with “competing educational institutions” like charter schools. Once buildings are deserted, even if the doors and windows are welded shut with protective metal covers, scavengers break in and dismantle them for copper wire, pipes and so on.
Under the emergency plan, consolidated high-school class sizes would increase to 62 by 2014, “consistent with what students would expect in large university settings.” Yet under the terms of the Detroit Federation of Teachers contract, the district must pay bonuses for class enrollment over 35, thus imposing some $11.1 million in new costs through 2014.
Note that this dispensation carries about the same price tag as the school abandonment windfall: In other words, Detroit may end up destroying serviceable capital assets so it can pay its public workers more over the short term.
Mr. Wasko cautions that the school closure plan is a last resort, and Mr. Bobb has floated other ideas, including a financial restructuring similar to the GM bailout/bankruptcy. Detroit Federation of Teachers president Keith Johnson rejected even that because “The children of Detroit are not consumed products of a profit-driven corporation like a car,” as he wrote in an op-ed this week. Maybe his real objection is that the GM model might allow the district to rationalize its labor liabilities.
The budget gap is party due to the property tax revenue collapse as the Motor City crumbles, as well as financial mismanagement and a surge in pay and benefits for public employees. The Mackinac Center, a state think tank, reports that average Michigan teacher salaries outpaced those of all other states from 2003 to 2009, when adjusted for state per capita income as a proxy for the local ability to pay.
It’s hard to think of a sadder commentary on a government so fiscally desperate and so captured by its workers that it may be forced to abandon property to thieves. But are they the scavengers or the union?
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The more the people learn about Sarah Palin……………..
The more they like her.
Media outlet after media outlet panned Sarah Palin’s video response to last Saturday’s Tucson shootings with some going so far as claiming it ended any chance she might have of becoming president assuming that’s even her goal.
Destroying this myth was a new poll published by Media Curves that actually found Americans seeing the former Alaska governor as more likeable, sincere, and believable after watching her speech:
Respondents were asked to rate Sarah Palin on a scale from 1-7 regarding likeability, believability and sincerity, with 1 representing “not at all strong in this attribute” and 7 representing “extremely strong in this attribute.”
With the exception of likeability among Democrats, Palin’s attribute ratings increased among all parties after viewing her speech. The most notable increase was her sincerity ratings, which increased from 2.62 to 2.69 among Democrats, from 5.25 to 5.45 among Republicans and from 3.68 to 3.85 among Independents.
The poll also found:
- An increase in the number of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents that see her as a positive figure in the United States after viewing the speech
- 40 percent of Democrats, 81 percent of Republicans, and 56 percent of Independents feeling the speech helped her image
- 37 percent of Democrats, 78 percent of Republicans, and 54 percent of Independents feeling the speech helped her potential run for president
Look, I am not saying she will run, I am not saying she will be nominated IF she runs, but, I am saying that she will gain in popularity the more people see her, and not the carefully manufactured media caricature of her!
Yep, that pretty much sums it up for me
Don Surber lets the Leftist hypocrites who are whining about “civility” have it, with, both barrels!
For a decade, from the election of Bush 43 forward, the Left has lied and cheated as it tried to return to power. Al Gore made a mockery out of the American electoral system by being a spoilsport over Florida, which Bush indeed won by 537 votes. Dan Rather forged a document to try to derail Bush’s re-election. Twice Democrats stole U.S. senators from the Republicans. After voting to support the war to get by the 2002 election, many Democrats quickly soured on the war. The profane protests were cheered by liberals who misattributed “dissent is the highest form of patriotism” to Thomas Jefferson; the words belong to the late historian Howard Zinn.
Once in power, liberals were the opposite of gracious.
For two years now, I have been called ignorant, racist, angry and violent by the left. The very foul-mouthed protesters of Bush dare to now label my words as “hate speech.”
Last week, the left quickly blamed the right for the national tragedy of a shooting spree by a madman who never watched Fox News, never listened to Rush Limbaugh and likely did not know who Sarah Palin is.
Fortunately, the American public rejected out of hand that idiotic notion that the right was responsible.
Rather than apologize, the left wants to change the tone of the political debate.
The left suddenly wants civil discourse.
Bite me.
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MLK’s real legacy?
Kevin Jackson, over at The Black sphere, offers up a great take on the hijacking of the Civil Rights era by today’s race pimps.H/T American and Proud
America has made good on that bounced check due to “insufficient funds,” and black people were made whole and then some. The black man is no longer an exile in his own land, as King suggested in the ‘60s. When King spoke of the shameful condition of the black man, it was real and at the hands of white Democrats. Today however, if there is a shameful condition of the black man, it is a condition of the black man’s own creation.
There can be no argument that black people have advanced to the highest possible levels in America, and black Liberals know in their hearts that the sky is the limit as far as the potential for black achievement. No longer do black Liberals need to feel disingenuous when encouraging their children that they could one day be president of the United States. Despite all the overwhelming examples of achievement by blacks however, Liberal black people still complain more than any other culture about America; calling America racist, and saying that the black man is being kept down. They are right. But it is Liberal blacks keeping Liberal blacks down.
Black Liberals are conditioned to complain, the same way a child tries to get his way. Meanwhile millions of illegal immigrants stream across our borders happy to trade places with any American and millions more line up legally to do so. All over the world, the longest line of any embassy line is the line at the American embassy. MLK would smile that America remains the country that people all over the world still fight to get to.
Ed’s NFL Playoffs Round 3 Picks
AFC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
New York Jets @ Pittsburgh Steelers – Steelers
NFC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears – Packers
— Divisional Picks —
AFC DIVISIONALS
Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers – Steelers
New York Jets @ New England Patriots – Patriots
NFC DIVISIONALS
Green Bay Packers @ Atlanta Falcons – Packers
Seattle Seahawks @ Chicago Bears – Bears
— Wildcard Picks —
AFC WILDCARDS
New York Jets @ Indianapolis Colts – Colts
Baltimore Ravens @ Kansas City Chiefs – Ravens
NFC WILDCARDS
New Orleans Saints @ Seattle Seahawks – Saints
Green Bay Packers @ Philadelphia Eagles – Packers
PREDICTION ACCURACY DURING REGULAR SEASON – 171 WINS AND 85 LOSSES
— Week 17 Picks —
Carolina Panthers @ Atlanta Falcons – Falcons
Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens – Ravens
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cleveland Browns – Steelers
Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions – Lions
Oakland Raiders @ Kansas City Chiefs – Chiefs
Miami Dolphins @ New England Patriots – Patriots
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints – Saints
Buffalo Bills @ New York Jets – Jets
San Diego Chargers @ Denver Broncos – Chargers
Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers – Packers
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Houston Texans – Texans
Tennessee Titans @ Indianapolis Colts – Colts
Dallas Cowboys @ Philadelphia Eagles – Eagles
Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers – 49ers
New York Giants @ Washington Redskins – Giants
St. Louis Rams @ Seattle Seahawks – Seahawks
— Week 16 Picks —
Carolina Panthers @ Pittsburgh Steelers – Steelers
Dallas Cowboys @ Arizona Cardinals – Cowboys
New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills – Patriots
New York Jets @ Chicago Bears – Jets
Baltimore Ravens @ Cleveland Browns – Ravens
Washington Redskins @ Jacksonville Jaguars – Redskins
Tennessee Titans @ Kansas City Chiefs – Chiefs
Detroit Lions @ Miami Dolphins – Dolphins
San Francisco 49ers @ St. Louis Rams – Rams
San Diego Chargers @ Cincinnati Bengals – Chargers
Houston Texans @ Denver Broncos – Texans
Indianapolis Colts @ Oakland Raiders – Colts
New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers – Packers
Seattle Seahawks @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Buccaneers
New Orleans Saints @ Atlanta Falcons – Falcons
Minnesota Vikings @ Philadelphia Eagles – Eagles
— Week 15 Picks —
San Francisco 49ers @ San Diego Chargers – Chargers
New Orleans Saints @ Baltimore Ravens – Saints
Arizona Cardinals @ Carolina Panthers – Cardinals
Cleveland Browns @ Cincinnati Bengals – Browns
Washington Redskins @ Dallas Cowboys – Cowboys
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Indianapolis Colts – Colts
Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins – Dolphins
Philadelphia Eagles @ New York Giants – Eagles
Kansas City Chiefs @ St. Louis Rams – Chiefs
Detroit Lions @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Buccaneers
Houston Texans @ Tennessee Titans – Titans
Atlanta Falcons @ Seattle Seahawks – Falcons
Denver Broncos @ Oakland Raiders – Raiders
New York Jets @ Pittsburgh Steelers – Steelers
Green Bay Packers @ New England Patriots – Patriots
Chicago Bears @ Minnesota Vikings – Bears
— Week 14 Picks —
Indianapolis Colts @ Tennessee Titans – Colts
Cleveland Browns @ Buffalo Bills – Browns
Atlanta Falcons @ Carolina Panthers – Falcons
Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions – Packers
Oakland Raiders @ Jacksonville Jaguars – Jaguars
Cincinnati Bengals @ Pittsburgh Steelers – Steelers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Washington Redskins – Buccaneers
St. Louis Rams @ New Orleans Saints – Saints
Seattle Seahawks @ San Francisco 49ers – 49ers
Denver Broncos @ Arizona Cardinals – Broncos
New England Patriots @ Chicago Bears – Patriots
Miami Dolphins @ New York Jets – Jets
Kansas City Chiefs @ San Diego Chargers – Chargers
Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys – Eagles
New York Giants @ Minnesota Vikings – Giants
Baltimore Ravens @ Houston Texans – Ravens
— Week 13 Picks —
Houston Texans @ Philadelphia Eagles – Eagles
New Orleans Saints @ Cincinnati Bengals – Saints
Chicago Bears @ Detroit Lions – Bears
San Francisco 49ers @ Green Bay Packers – Packers
Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs – Chiefs
Cleveland Browns @ Miami Dolphins – Dolphins
Buffalo Bills @ Minnesota Vikings – Bills
Washington Redskins @ New York Giants – Giants
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tennessee Titans – Jaguars
Oakland Raiders @ San Diego Chargers – Chargers
St. Louis Rams @ Arizona Cardinals – Rams
Dallas Cowboys @ Indianapolis Colts – Colts
Carolina Panthers @ Seattle Seahawks – Panthers
Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Falcons
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Baltimore Ravens – Steelers
New York Jets @ New England Patriots – Patriots
— Week 12 Picks —
New England Patriots @ Detroit Lions – Patriots
New Orleans Saints @ Dallas Cowboys – Saints
Cincinnati Bengals @ New York Jets – Jets
Green Bay Packers @ Atlanta Falcons – Falcons
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Buffalo Bills – Steelers
Carolina Panthers @ Cleveland Browns – Browns
Tennessee Titans @ Houston Texans – Texans
Jacksonville Jaguars @ New York Giants – Giants
Minnesota Vikings @ Washington Redskins – Vikings
Miami Dolphins @ Oakland Raiders – Raiders
Kansas City Chiefs @ Seattle Seahawks – Chiefs
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Baltimore Ravens – Ravens
Philadelphia Eagles @ Chicago Bears – Eagles
St. Louis Rams @ Denver Broncos – Broncos
San Diego Chargers @ Indianapolis Colts – Colts
San Francisco 49ers @ Arizona Cardinals – 49ers
— Week 11 Picks —
Chicago Bears @ Miami Dolphins – Bears
Baltimore Ravens @ Carolina Panthers – Ravens
Buffalo Bills @ Cincinnati Bengals – Bengals
Detroit Lions @ Dallas Cowboys – Cowboys
Cleveland Browns @ Jacksonville Jaguars – Browns
Arizona Cardinals @ Kansas City Chiefs – Chiefs
Green Bay Packers @ Minnesota Vikings – Packers
Houston Texans @ New York Jets – Jets
Oakland Raiders @ Pittsburgh Steelers – Steelers
Washington Redskins @ Tennessee Titans – Titans
Seattle Seahawks @ New Orleans Saints – Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ San Francisco 49ers – Buccaneers
Atlanta Falcons @ St. Louis Rams – Falcons
Indianapolis Colts @ New England Patriots – Patriots
New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles – Eagles
Denver Broncos @ San Diego Chargers -Chargers
— Week 10 Picks —
Baltimore Ravens @ Atlanta Falcons – Falcons
Detroit Lions @ Buffalo Bills – Lions
Minnesota Vikings @ Chicago Bears – Vikings
New York Jets @ Cleveland Browns – Jets
Cincinnati Bengals @ Indianapolis Colts – Colts
Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars – Texans
Tennessee Titans @ Miami Dolphins – Titans
Carolina Panthers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Buccaneers
Kansas City Chiefs @ Denver Broncos – Broncos
Seattle Seahawks @ Arizona Cardinals – Cardinals
Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants – Giants
St. Louis Rams @ San Francisco 49ers – 49ers
New England Patriots @ Pittsburgh Steelers – Steelers
Philadelphia Eagles @ Washington Redskins – Eagles
— Week 9 Picks —
New York Jets @ Detroit Lions – Jets
Miami Dolphins @ Baltimore Ravens – Ravens
New England Patriots @ Cleveland Browns – Patriots
San Diego Chargers @ Houston Texans – Chargers
Chicago Bears @ Buffalo Bills – Bears
Arizona Cardinals @ Minnesota Vikings – Vikings
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Atlanta Falcons – Falcons
New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers – Saints
New York Giants @ Seattle Seahawks – Giants
Indianapolis Colts @ Philadelphia Eagles – Colts
Kansas City Chiefs @ Oakland Raiders – Chiefs
Dallas Cowboys @ Green Bay Packers – Packers
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cincinnati Bengals – Steelers
— Week 8 Picks —
Denver Broncos @ San Francisco 49ers – 49ers
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Dallas Cowboys – Cowboys
Miami Dolphins @ Cincinnati Bengals – Dolphins
Buffalo Bills @ Kansas City Chiefs – Chiefs
Washington Redskins @ Detroit Lions – Lions
Carolina Panthers @ St. Louis Rams – Rams
Green Bay Packers @ New York Jets – Jets
Tennessee Titans @ San Diego Chargers – Titans
Minnesota Vikings @ New England Patriots – Patriots
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Arizona Cardinals – Buccaneers
Seattle Seahawks @ Oakland Raiders – Raiders
Pittsburgh Steelers @ New Orleans Saints – Steelers
Houston Texans @ Indianapolis Colts – Colts
— Week 7 Picks —
Cincinnati Bengals @ Atlanta Falcons – Falcons
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Miami Dolphins – Steelers
Buffalo Bills @ Baltimore Ravens – Ravens
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Kansas City Chiefs – Chiefs
Cleveland Browns @ New Orleans Saints – Saints
Washington Redskins @ Chicago Bears – Redskins
San Francisco 49ers @ Carolina Panthers – 49ers
St. Louis Rams @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Rams
Philadelphia Eagles @ Tennessee Titans – Titans
Arizona Cardinals @ Seattle Seahawks – Seahawks
New England Patriots @ San Diego Chargers – Patriots
Oakland Raiders @ Denver Broncos – Raiders
Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers – Packers
New York Giants @ Dallas Cowboys – Giants
— Week 6 Picks —
Miami Dolphins @ Green Bay Packers – Packers
San Diego Chargers @ St. Louis Rams – Chargers
Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots – Ravens
Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers – Steelers
Kansas City Chiefs @ Houston Texans – Chiefs
Detroit Lions @ New York Giants – Giants
Atlanta Falcons @ Philadelphia Eagles – Falcons
Seattle Seahawks @ Chicago Bears – Bears
New Orleans Saints @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Saints
New York Jets @ Denver Broncos – Jets
Oakland Raiders @ San Francisco 49ers – Raiders
Dallas Cowboys @ Minnesota Vikings – Vikings
Indianapolis Colts @ Washington Redskins – Colts
Tennessee Titans @ Jacksonville Jaguars – Titans
— Week 5 Picks —
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Buffalo Bills – Jaguars
Denver Broncos @ Baltimore Ravens – Ravens
Kansas City Chiefs @ Indianapolis Colts – Colts
Green Bay Packers @ Washington Redskins – Packers
St. Louis Rams @ Detroit Lions – Rams
Chicago Bears @ Carolina Panthers - Bears
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Cincinnati Bengals – Bengals
Atlanta Falcons @ Cleveland Browns – Falcons
New York Giants @ Houston Texans – Texans
New Orleans Saints @ Arizona Cardinals – Saints
Tennessee Titans @ Dallas Cowboys – Titans
San Diego Chargers @ Oakland Raiders – Chargers
Philadelphia Eagles @ San Francisco 49ers – Eagles
Minnesota Vikings @ New York Jets – Jets
— Week 4 Picks —
New York Jets @ Buffalo Bills – Jets
Cincinnati Bengals @ Cleveland Browns – Bengals
Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers – Steelers
Denver Broncos @ Tennessee Titans – Titans
Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers – Packers
San Francisco 49ers @ Atlanta Falcons – Falcons
Carolina Panthers @ New Orleans Saints – Saints
Seattle Seahawks @ St. Louis Rams – Seahawks
Indianapolis Colts @ Jacksonville Jaguars – Colts
Houston Texans @ Oakland Raiders – Texans
Washington Redskins @ Philadelphia Eagles – -Eagles
Arizona Cardinals @ San Diego Chargers – Chargers
Chicago Bears @ New York Giants – Bears
New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins – Dolphins
— Week 3 Picks —
San Francisco 49ers @ Kansas City Chiefs – Chiefs
Tennessee Titans @ New York Giants – Titans
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Steelers
Detroit Lions @ Minnesota Vikings – Vikings
Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints – Saints
Cleveland Browns @ Baltimore Ravens – Ravens
Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots – Patriots
Cincinnati Bengals @ Carolina Panthers – Bengals
Dallas Cowboys @ Houston Texans – Texans
Washington Redskins @ St. Louis Rams – Redskins
Philadelphia Eagles @ Jacksonville Jaguars – Eagles
San Diego Chargers @ Seattle Seahawks – Chargers
Oakland Raiders @ Arizona Cardinals – Raiders
Indianapolis Colts @ Denver Broncos – Colts
New York Jets @ Miami Dolphins – Dolphins
Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears – Packers
— Week 2 Picks —
Buffalo Bills @ Green Bay Packers – Packers
Miami Dolphins @ Minnesota Vikings – Vikings
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Royal Marshall, Key Part Of Neal Boortz’s Radio Team, Has Passed
Royal Marshall, Key Part Of Neal Boortz’s Radio Team, Has Passed – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Raymond Royal Marshall, a crucial cog on syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz’s radio team as a sidekick and engineer, has died.
Pete Spriggs, program director for AM750 and now 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB, said he collapsed at his Atlanta home and was pronounced dead at Grady Hospital at about 1 a.m. early Saturday morning.
Assistant Program Director Condace Pressley said it was too soon to pinpoint cause of death. He was 43.
“He was a good man,” she said. “I can’t believe he’s gone.”
Marshall worked with WSB Radio for 17 years, according to the WSB Radio biography for Marshall.
Here’s the print edition story about Marshall that ran in Sunday’s paper.
UPDATE (Monday, January 17, 2010 at 10 a.m.): WSB Radio said Marshall had a fatal heart attack Saturday. His funeral service will be held at Ray of Hope Christian Church in Decatur Saturday at 11 a.m. It’s open to the public. WSB aired a tribute to Marshall Monday morning. Boortz announced the death of Marshall to his national syndicated network listeners at 10 a.m. Erick Erickson subbed in for Boortz today. Boortz said he will be back on air Tuesday morning live.
A St. Louis native and graduate of the University of Georgia in 1992, he got his start at WSB Radio as a board operator working overnights. Soon after, he joined Boortz as engineer and board operator.
In 1996, he started his own radio talk show called “The Royal Treatment,” which ran for several years, mostly at night.
After his show ended, he continued to work with Boortz, who is heard on hundreds of stations nationwide.
“There are no words available to express my personal sense of loss at the passing of Royal Marshall,” Boortz said in a statement released this morning. “It’s no stretch to say that I loved that man like he was my own brother. Royal had an unmatched sense of humor and a quick mind that made him a natural for radio, and his dedication to his colleagues and friends was only exceeded by his intense dedication to his family. Our program, WSB Radio and the entire Cox family has lost part of its very soul this day.”
“He was always upbeat, always in a good mood,” said Mark Arum, a traffic reporter for WSB Radio for 13 years. “He was always there with a quick line. We were always each other’s sounding board. He was always ready to lend a friendly and understanding ear.”
Rahul Bali, Marshall’s producer from 1998 to 2005, said he watched Marshall mature from happy-go-lucky bachelor to devoted father and community member. “He just grew up,” he said.
Marshall was a deacon at the Ray of Hope Christian Church in Decatur and chair of the national advisory board at Forever Family, a non-profit organization which helps children who have parents who are incarcerated.
Marshall also dabbled in stand-up comedy at the Punchline for a few years. “He had an easy way with people and was very comfortable with the mike,” said Jamie Bendall, who owns the Punchline. “I thought he was a natural.”
WSB Radio announced the sad news at noon today. The station then held a moment of silence on air for Marshall before airing a special hour of Boortz’s show in honor of Marshall afterwards. If you’d like to sign the ajc.com guestbook, here is the link. You can read WSB Radio’s story here.
In that WSB Radio story, executive producer Belinda Skelton said: “For 15 years it’s been Royal and Belinda. My other half is gone. I don’t know if I can sit and look at someone else on the other side of that glass.”
The station did tributes all afternoon. Arum and Clark Howard joined Adam Goldfein to take calls and reminisce.
Marshall is survived by his wife Annette and two daughters, two-year-old Ava and four-year-old Amira.
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