End Of Conservative Talk From Beckman, Rush, Savage And Levin? WJR 760AM Considers Going To Sports

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Could the end be near for conservative radio talkers Frank Beckman, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage and Mark Levine on Detroit Radio?  WJR 760 AM is in serious contention to become a sports station and is looking to reclaim the broadcast rights for the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings.

WJR's re-entry into Tigers radio discussions indicates the station is

serious about returning to a sports landscape it once dominated. The Tigers were a WJR staple from 1964-2000, when a 50,000-watt station, with its clear channel (no other stations enjoy a frequency of 760) could be heard in 35 states and half of Canada.

At issue for the Tigers and any potential radio partner are raw rights fees, which are affected by ratings that have soared dramatically during the past decade.

With a string of four consecutive division championships, and two World Series appearances in the past nine years, Tigers broadcast ratings — television and radio — have rocketed. The Tigers own the second-highest ratings, per capita, of any market in the major leagues.

Will Senator Virgil Smith Get Special Treatment In His Shooting Case? Past Criminal Charges Disappeared

Virgil Smith Jr.

Will Democrat State Senator Virgil Smith Jr.  get a trial that is tilted his way or will he face equal justice for domestic violence when he shot his  ex-wife's car Sunday morning?

Virgil Smith's father is a prominent Judge is a judge of the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County, Michigan. He was appointed to fill a vacancy in this court by Governor Jennifer Granholm. Smith  Sr. has served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and as a Michigan State Senator.

Judge Virgil Smith Sr. 

Somehow in the past criminal charges were dropped on Virgil Smith Jr. when he was in college and in 2010 he somehow he was able to skate by on his 3rd DUI conviction.

The police report states Virgil Smith was naked when his ex-wife was at the front door, the senator’s ex-wife claims in a second police report, beat her with his fists, chased her outside and shot at her four or five times.

Police arrested Smith, D-Detroit, in connection with the shooting early Sunday morning outside his house in the 18000 block of Wexford on the city’s west side. Police Chief James Craig said police expect to seek charges of aggravated assault with a gun and malicious destruction of property. Craig said police are investigating the incident and will turn over their findings to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

The Prosecutor’s Office released a statement Monday saying prosecutors are “returning the matter back to the Detroit Police Department (for) further investigation.”

Chicago Seen Floating In Sky Upside Down On Lake Michigan Horizon

Chicago Seen Floating Above Lake Michigan 

Joshua Super and Shalee Blackmer were camping at Michigan’s Warren Dunes State Park when they noticed strange rectangular figures over the horizon of Lake Michigan.

Turns out tt was the city of Chicago, some 50 miles away.

The bizarre effect was the product of a special atmospheric condition called a “superior mirage.”

A superior mirage occurs when an image of an object appears above the actual object, due

to the refraction or bending of light waves from the object down toward the eyes of the observer. Downward refraction occurs because air closer to the ground is colder, and therefore more dense, than air higher up.

Superior mirages can take the form of looming, towering, and inversion, depending on the particular density structure of the air column.

In looming, distant objects appear to float above the horizon, and objects that are below the horizon may come in to view. In towering, rays from the upper portion of an object are bent more than those from the lower portion. This results in the object appearing to be stretched as well as elevated.

In a superior mirage with an inverted image, the gradient in atmospheric density is so sharp that rays from the lower portion of an object are bent considerably more than rays from the upper portion of an object, causing a mirage of the object to appear inverted above the object. The object appears as it normally would at the same time, because some light continues to travel to the eye directly from the object

Sometimes an object below the horizon may even become visible. In this case, the optical ray curvature was stronger than the curvature of Lake Michigan’s surface, which made it possible for Super and Blackmer to see the city’s buildings—even from across the Great Lake.

Girl Scouts: Being A Girl Optional, God Is Optional, Our Flag Is Optional

Being a girl is about to become optional for future Girl Scouts. The organization will now accept boys if who consider themselves a girl, bringing the transgender debate into the forefront.

Speaking with my brother-in-law yesterday at church, he is trying desperately to keep this nonsense away from his younger girls. 

They are starting to ask questions from things they see on TV.  Such as why and how a man, Bruce Jenner, is becoming a woman.

Curriculum that the Girl Scouts teach is also concerning. 

The Girl Scouts USA curriculum now reads, "Girl Scouts of the USA makes no attempt to define or interpret the word "God" in the Girl Scout Promise.  It looks to individual members to establish for themselves the nature of their spiritual beliefs.  When making the Girl Scout promise, individuals may substitute wording appropriate to their own beliefs for the word "God."

While many will argue that Girl Scouts is simply respecting the beliefs or non-beliefs of its members, who come from varied backgrounds, this "tolerant" oath denies the One True God, allowing a girl to swear her oath to a tree or an animal or anything else she chooses to substitute for the word "God." 

What is also disturbing is  the treatment of our nation's flag at the 2008 Girl Scout National Council Session and Convention.  The traditional flag ceremony was trashed, as was the playing of our National Anthem.  Flags of all nations were brought in bunched together to Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire tunes.  That just doesn't' sit well with this Army wife.

My greatest concern lies with the Girl Scouts curriculum called "Journeys."  This new program steadily leads the girls down a path of moral relativism toward the New Age.  (An excellent review of "Journeys" can be read here.)  Having read through the highlights on the Girl Scouts website, I'm left with the distinct impression I've just joined a Zen-yoga, environmental, defeat global warming, free choice, girl-power, modern feminist think-tank.  There's lots of talk about "women's issues", environmental issues, empowerment, and the new "globalism", but no mention of God and very little of country.

By the time the girls reach grades nine and ten, they are introduced to "Girltopia."  This book emphasizes the disparity between the sexes, particularly when it comes to jobs and wages, and asks, "How could everyone create a Girltopia?"  The text then praises three different books on the subject of utopias, including, "The Gate to Women's Country," by feminist author Sheri S. Tepper, who also happens to be the Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood.

In grades 11 and 12, the curriculum is called "Your Voice, Your World: The Power of Advocacy."  The most disturbing part is that at the bottom of each page is a "Voice for Good"  featuring women meant to be role models for the girls to follow.  More than 50 women are named, and only 3 are women of faith, including Mother Teresa.

Mainly, these "role models" are feminists, lesbians, existentialists, communists, and Marxists.  Here are just a few examples:

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn:  labor leader, activist, feminist, founding member of the ACLU and chairwoman of the American Communist Party.

Simone de Beauvoir: existentialist, French author of feminist books including The Second Sex, key player in France's women's liberation movement.

Billie Jean King: retired tennis champion, sued for palimony by lesbian girlfriend while she was still married, first prominent professional athlete to come out as homosexual.

Most disturbing of all is Girl Scouts associations with Planned Parenthood.  In 2004, CEO Kathy Cloninger admitted that they partner with PP to bring sex-education programs to troops all over the country.  Planned Parenthood has no interest in abstinence.  It doesn't benefit their bottom line for teenagers to wait for marriage to have sex.  They are financially invested in promiscuity and all the destructive consequences it brings, especially abortion.  And now it seems Girl Scouts' vision of sexual health and freedom mirrors Planned Parenthood's.  Is that your vision for your daughter?

If you want your daughter to learn the skills of a Girl Scout while keeping her love of herself, God and Country, I would suggest American Heritage Girls. 

Democrat Senator Virgil Smith In Custody In Shooting Involving Ex-Wife

Senator Virgil Smith 

At about 1pm today Detroit police took into  custody Sen. Virgil Smith (D-Detroit) in connection with a shooting that happened at his house early Sunday morning.

Smith, a Democrat, represents parts of Detroit, Dearborn and all of Allen Park. He is chairman of the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus, and is currently serving a second term as a state senator for the state's 4th Senate District.

The senator is the primary suspect in a shooting and is believed to have fired a shotgun at his ex-wife's vehicle during an argument.

No one was injured.

He was given the Man of Excellence Award by the Michigan Chronicle last year, the site states, and was named Legislator of the Year by the Michigan Bankers Association in 2014. 

Did Facebook Delete An Account Belonging To A Christian Conservative For Traditional Marriage?

David Wells

David Wells who calls himself a Christian Conservative is from the Grand Rapids, Michigan area.  He is also an active Republican activist. This evening he lost access to his Facebook account.  He believes because of his pro-traditional marriage stance between a man and a woman.  

Mr. Wells was promoting a campaign in Michigan called RestrainTheJudges.com created by the Oak Initiative Group in Michigan.  The campaign by Oak Initiative is seeking  addition funds to place more of the billboards shown below across Michigan Highways and perhaps nationwide. 

According to Mr. Wells he stated he shared the Oak Initiative Billboard Posts and someone reported him. They suspended him indefinitely and now he must produce a Driver's License and file an Appeal. All because he shared a post supporting Traditional Marriage he believes.

Now since Facebook is a publically traded company, Mr. Wells may have a case himself of violation of his rights to freedom of speech as well as being discriminated against.

It will be interesting to see how fast Mr. Wells gets his Facebook account back once he perhaps seeks legal council. 

Dismal April Payroll Report, Job Participation Rate Lowest Since 1977

Contrary to what is coming from the Obama administration regarding the unemployment numbers

dropping the proof is in the pudding as they say with   what was an " unpleasant April jobs payrolls report as payrolls grew way less than expected and with a March revision dragging that month's job gain to the lowest level since June of 2012, the fact that the number of Americans not in the labor force rose once again, this time to 93,194K from 93,175K, with the result being a participation rate of 69.45 or just above the lowest percentage since 1977.

ADP's latest report showed payrolls grew by 169,000 in April. March's report was also revised lower to show payrolls grew by 175,000.

Expectations were for the report to show private payrolls grew by 200,000 in April, up from an increase of 189,000 in March.

ADP's report showed that the strongest job creation in April was seen from small businesses, with payrolls for companies with 49 or fewer employees growing by 94,000

The Obama administration touts 223,000 new jobs were created in April but only 169.000 were private sector, again showing that Government is continuing to grow and spend.