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VINDICATION

Jay Breyer has been vindicated.  

I KNEW It!

I knew it had to be true!

Trouble Right Here in River City

That is Jerry Bader.  He's a radio talk show host in Green Bay, WTAQ radio.  His station has been in the limelight lately because they broadcast Rush Limbaugh's commentary of President Obama's inaugural speech and a local middle school inadvertently played it.  Apparently a lot of the kids got uspet over it.  Bader, while disagreeing with Limbaugh's decision to make comments during the speech, is nonetheless defending the decision of WTAQ to air it.  He seems to be pretty defensive over the decision.

Last week there was the story of a Texas Christian high school hanging 100 points on a far inferior team.  Reaction has been largely negative towards the coach/coaches of the superior team.  Bader has taken a decidedly different opinion on this.  His first question on this topic on his Friday January 23rd show (segment 8 on iTunes) was should the Christian team "have to apologize for being vastly superior?"  His answer, speaking for himself and his producer Jason, is that this is "insane."  An additional question asked by Bader is should the superior team have shown "mercy" to the inferior team?

A caller, Steve, suggested the Dallas coach (the losing team) should have conceded the game at the half when the score was 59-0.  Steve would rather blame the losing coach for losing in this!  And Bader gave him the round of applause sound effect calling his comments, "good stuff."  When Kevin from Green Bay called in he made the point that for the superior team it's a character issue.  And that they failed the test.  Bader, no surprise here, disagreed.  Later Bader made the observation that in the NFL running up the score is not, sometimes, the "wisest" thing.

Lots of stuff to comment on, but I'll keep it short this time.  The lack of depth of "Christian compassion" on display from the coach of the Christian school and Jerry Bader is stunning.  Both need to ask themselves the question, "WWJD?"  I doubt he'd hang a century mark on another team.  Where are the Christ-like Christians nowadays?

The Reason We Need an Investigation

Next week Barack Obama will become the 44th President of the United States.  After the cheers have died, the bands have gone quiet, and the dance floors emptied there will be a few things the new President needs to focus on.  The first is our economy, which is in the crapper.  I'm not an economist and I don't try to pretend I am.  So, good luck with that.

Another focus for the new President will be the former President.  George W. Bush and his administration endorsed and directed the use of torture against "illegal combatants" at Guantanimo Bay.  I believe that's true.  And that's why I shouldn't be the special investigator.  But one needs to be appointed.  

And if evidence of torture and White House complicity and exuberance are uncovered then President Obama needs to hold President Bush to account.  If that means a war crimes trial in the Hague then so be it.  If it means a criminal trial here in the United States then so be it.

We're better people than those who attacked us on 9-11.  We need to prove that.  To ourselves, and to the rest of the world.  We're better.  We need to live up to the idea that no one is above the law.  NO ONE.  Not even a President.