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  1. 1)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 6:44am PT: [Permalink]

    Hi everybody! I hear some peeps from the station already … Yup. Now I’m listening to music.

    Anybody got a question or 2 for Congressman John Conyers or Arianna Huffington? I know some of you do!

  2. 4)
    Nana said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:05am PT: [Permalink]

    Hi Kira

    Will listen as much as possible between hurricane prep. Got a baby one heading in, a little ‘Seminole ‘ wind coming over the Okeechobee. Hope it blows JEB home!

  3. 5)
    czaragorn said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:05am PT: [Permalink]

    Oh boy, oh boy – I’m so glad YOU will be talking with them, Brad – you’re way good at that, in case you didn’t already know – love and peace and rock and roll

  4. 6)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:06am PT: [Permalink]

    Oh man … my heart went pitter patter! Bluebear2 … look at the picture they’ve used with the article. None too flattering, eh?

  5. 9)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:11am PT: [Permalink]

    Nana – "a band of Angels" comin’ after jeb (with the flaming sword of truth?) One day. I lived for many years in S. FL – got so tired of the boarding-up, battening down the hatches, so forth! I haven’t been keeping up with this one .. what’s the name?

  6. 11)
    czaragorn said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:12am PT: [Permalink]

    Thanks for pointing that out, Kira (#6) – I’d read the article but skipped the photo – I feel like I already know the enemy all too well. It’s nice to hear Brad’s ominously soothig voice, so that’s what I’m gonna groove on now. Peace and Love – see ya in Pepperland!

  7. 20)
    czaragorn said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:20am PT: [Permalink]

    Beauty sound in Prague, great anticipation. Kira, luv: Pepperland is wherever and whenever we want to live in it – it’s our world! Until such time, word up. The 24th sounds good to me – now I gotta come up with the airfare…

  8. 24)
    Joan said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:25am PT: [Permalink]

    I’m also in Florida, getting ready for Katrina…doesn’t sound like it will be too bad. But it’s raining & windy, a good day to stay in & listen to Brad spread some truth!

    Kira, re #I, I would just like to THANK the good Congressman when he weighs in, for being a hero & a patriot & for doing a great job holding Bush’s feet to the fire!

  9. 25)
    czaragorn said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:26am PT: [Permalink]

    It’s a pity they were the Blue Meanies – even so, you should watch that movie again, all of you

  10. 26)
    Slicer said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:26am PT: [Permalink]

    Coming in loud and clear. Why the commercial breaks when there does not appear to be any commercials on IBC3?

  11. 28)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:28am PT: [Permalink]

    Ah – THAT Pepperland! My brother, who was an artist, painted all the characters on a pair of white jeans. Still got ’em!

  12. 29)
    Joan said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:30am PT: [Permalink]

    Speaking of Rush Limpballs saying we shouldn’t make Roberts out to be "Satan personified"…I was listening to Ralph Neas from People for the American Way last night. He makes a good case for why Roberts should be opposed by Congress, should any of them manage to find their backbone in time.

  13. 31)
    czaragorn said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:32am PT: [Permalink]

    Slicer #26 – I find the breaks convenient for pondering what’s been said, scanning the blog, listening to the soothing (a property we all sorely need, surely) music. What’s your hurry? Relax and sniff the roses, as they say

  14. 32)
    Peg C said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:35am PT: [Permalink]

    I’d oppose Roberts’ nomination just on the basis of his beatific little-boy, wide-eyed smarmy smile – if anything is "disingenuous," that is. He’s an ambitious operator.

  15. 37)
    Joan said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:43am PT: [Permalink]

    #30 Kira,
    Yes! Thanks for posting that link. I’m gonna print it out & send it to my representatives (HA!) in Congress & in the Senate, & to as many of the others as I can afford. (like maybe Hillary, Kennedy, Obama, Biden, Bill Nelson (my FL wimp), KERRY, etc)
    They need to see it. It is SO GOOD.

  16. 46)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 8:01am PT: [Permalink]

    A friend of mine emailed last night and said, "there were around a thousand protesting bu$h’s speech in Utah. The bottom is FALLING OUT! It’s only a matter of time …"

  17. 50)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 8:10am PT: [Permalink]

    Rallies & caravans coming to Crawford on Saturday. Joan Baez will be participating with Cindy in the Town Forum. !!! Yay, Joan. Tireless, Legendary Freedom Fighter!

  18. 52)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 8:16am PT: [Permalink]

    Well, I’ll be darned, Bluebear2! They’ve changed the picture! Must have read my earlier comment!

  19. 73)
    COLLEEN said on 8/25/2005 @ 8:48am PT: [Permalink]

    i keep losong my connection. Have refresh every few minutes. That’s never happened before. I can’t get it back at all now.

  20. 79)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 8:58am PT: [Permalink]

    Who knows, Peg? The neoCONS are fully aware of Brad & his impact on this movement of TRUTH in Media.

  21. 82)
    Slicer said on 8/25/2005 @ 9:01am PT: [Permalink]

    Seems to be constant static on all different connections. Must be problems coming out of Crawford. Not local problems. It runs for a about 15 seconds then cuts out and begins again. Now it seems to have cut out completely. Whoops now back on with intermittance.

  22. 91)
    Slicer said on 8/25/2005 @ 9:07am PT: [Permalink]

    Mine wife just called to make a doctors appointment. Seems she read somewhere that mine was glurpy and she wants it fixed.

  23. 102)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 9:22am PT: [Permalink]

    Pat Robertson’s Latest Rant

    [snip] PAT Robertson has evidently abandoned his call to preach the Gospel.

    Nobody ever said dedicated Christians shouldn’t comment on world events. The televangelist has done plenty of that, having made some pretty outrageous remarks over the years on the Christian Broadcast Network. But his call for U.S. agents to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is especially foolish and dangerous.

    Many Americans might agree that U.S. officials could save the country a lot of heartache and money by finding a way to remove Mr. Chavez without a war. But for the founder of the Christian Coalition of America, and a religious broadcaster, to call for the assassination of a political leader is startling and frightening.

    Mr. Robertson said on his 700 Club TV program that America should keep Venezuela from becoming "a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism."

    Americans know all about the extremists who occupy the fringes of an otherwise noble religion. But in his own way this presumed man of God has become an extremist himself. [end snip]
    ***more***

  24. 104)
    Joan said on 8/25/2005 @ 9:23am PT: [Permalink]

    Sounds lika all of you are having trouble with the sound, not just me, huh? I got nothin’ now…silence. But I’m sure Brad & crew will pull off another miracle & fix the glurps….excellent word, Kira!

  25. 107)
    Nana said on 8/25/2005 @ 9:31am PT: [Permalink]

    #102 Startling? Frightening? Hows about criminal??

    Somebody tell this nut to " Render unto Caesar, what is Caesars and unto God, what is Gods" I think thats how it goes, been a while since I read that.

    Please keep these crazy people out of politics and Gov.

  26. 108)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 9:33am PT: [Permalink]

    I agree, Nana. These people are NOT Christian. You have to follow the teachings of Christ to be a Christian.

  27. 119)
    COLLEEN said on 8/25/2005 @ 9:46am PT: [Permalink]

    Glurps: those little pieces of spit and food on your keyboard. Main cause: Uncontrolable spurts of laughter.

  28. 121)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 9:48am PT: [Permalink]

    Just curious — is there a name already filled in on the "Sign This Petition" box when you guys click on link in #117?

  29. 124)
    bluebear 2 said on 8/25/2005 @ 9:53am PT: [Permalink]

    Kira #66

    Love it. Did you notice the title of the picture?

    "American Gay Power"

    Also #113 – is there supposed to be a picture or something. I just have a large empty space.

  30. 136)
    laura said on 8/25/2005 @ 10:19am PT: [Permalink]

    Whatever you guys did down there it worked.Sound is the best I’ve ever heard on any Brad Show. YEA, Couldn’t be for a better guest HONORABLE JOHN CONYERS

  31. 137)
    Nana said on 8/25/2005 @ 10:21am PT: [Permalink]

    Thank you Rep Conyers for your service to our country, for your courage to speak out, and for taking time out for us!

  32. 138)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 10:24am PT: [Permalink]

    Finally found that picture that mysteriously disappeared from the article posted in #6 (bluebear 2) —

  33. 144)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 10:33am PT: [Permalink]

    Halliburton (from current Fortune Magazine):

    Revenues for 2004: $2,466.00, up 25.8% from 2003

    Wonder why.

  34. 150)
    Nana said on 8/25/2005 @ 10:44am PT: [Permalink]

    147 Nah, I’ll get the blender out and fix a frozen one. Be 5 ‘o clock soon

    148 YUCK! LOL

  35. 157)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 10:58am PT: [Permalink]

    Ok, Arianna tomorrow. Show tonight up in the air. They need some rest? I’m sure they do.

    Yay Kat’s on the way!

    Love YOU Guys – Brad & Crew, Cindy & all you important supporters of this movement!

  36. 160)
    laura said on 8/25/2005 @ 11:01am PT: [Permalink]

    Thanks Brad,Great show! A great big thank you to all the people that are helping you out down there.Can’t wait for tomorrows show.

  37. 162)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 11:09am PT: [Permalink]

    Even though there have been some technical problems broadcasting from Camp Casey (by the seat of their pants, I might add), this is History in the making. I’m thrilled to be a part of it. Our support of the show – especially during the tough times – is extremely important.

    What’s that from? …. Seems I remember …

    Winter Patriot
    WINTER PATRIOT

    These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
    Thomas Paine, "The Crisis", December 23, 1776

  38. 163)
    czaragorn said on 8/25/2005 @ 11:20am PT: [Permalink]

    Winter Patriot, wherever you are, please be well and full of it, as we’ve all come to expect of you. And Kira, you trooper, and all of us other troopers – Keep On Truckin’! It really matters

  39. 165)
    bluebear 2 said on 8/25/2005 @ 11:34am PT: [Permalink]

    kira #138

    I must have a security feature turned on. The picture is blank on the blog, but if I right click over the area I can choose view picture and it opens in a new window.

    When I worked at the chicken hatchery oh so many years ago, we used to cut the tips off of those little beaks before we shipped them. Kept them from pecking each other to death while being shipped.

    I have the perfect picture to go with the Pothead Bush post from yesterday. Sometime when I have time you can show me how to post it. .jpg format

  40. 166)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 11:42am PT: [Permalink]

    Bluebear 2

    To post pix

    Find the pic posted somewhere online. Right-click & copy "properties" then copy "location" (it’s an html addy)

    Open Torqued’s CA and open the editor box (under COOL TOOLS pull down menu)

    Click on the little picture of a tree – top left under the box [default]

    This opens a box — paste in address & click on one of the lower fill-in boxes and the program will automatically fill in the height/width info.

    (brad says no wider than 500. Preview & see if it stretches width of page, if so go back and change the width smaller. You’ll have to do calculations for width size to keep perspective.)

    NEXT – click on INSERT and it will pop the pic into the Editor Box.

    NOW – click on tool bar HTML button and a new window pops up with the html code for the picture. Copy that and paste it into your comment box.

    PREVIEW to make sure it’s ok.

    Hope that helps!

  41. 167)
    Blue Star said on 8/25/2005 @ 12:01pm PT: [Permalink]

    Just heard you broadcasting from Crawford…you stated we needed to listen to the vets….but you don’t seem to be listening to the vets that support our mission there.

    You seem to be looking for another John Kerry for a ‘Winter Soldier’.

    So sad.

  42. 172)
    Bluebear 2 said on 8/25/2005 @ 1:52pm PT: [Permalink]

    Thanks Kira for your help in posting that!

    Just need to figure out why the pictures don’t show up on my XP box, the work fine on my old Win98 box.

    Must be some security setting I need to adjust.

    Thanks again.

  43. 177)
    maximus said on 8/25/2005 @ 4:06pm PT: [Permalink]

    I sent this letter to Pat Boone today who criticized those who criticize the invasion and war in iraq. I also called the America Legion and gave them some of my criticism because they want to stifle our criticism. Now that appears unamerican what the Legion wants to do.

    Pat

    I used to watch you during the 50’s and 60’s. You have a right to say what you will but I strongly disagree with you.

    1. George W Bush to me appears an illegitmate fraud who stole 2 elections.

    2. George W Bush provoked the 9-11 attacks with his secret oil diplomacy with the taliban from jan 2001 until july 2001. he angered the taliban with an invasion threat and the criminal terrorists taliban struck us first!

    3. I believe in Capitalism but not the unregulated cheap labor capitalism of George W Bush. We will put conservative Republican economics on the ash heap of history that we put communism!

    4. Cindy Sheehan speaks for me. She lost her son. Her son got shanghaied into Iraq by an Idiot white house stealer who invaded Iraq, killed 100,000 innocent Iraqis, had 1900 of our men and women soldiers killed.

    5. The chimp’s approval now stands at 38 percent. That does not appear a mandate.

    6. GW Bush, the chimp lied about wmd’s in order to get us into a war in order to get reelected and also keep hold of congress in 2002. They want to destroy the new deal.

    7. I supported the war in Afghanistan, even though Bush provoked the 9-11 attacks. 2750 people died on 9-11 for oil.

    8. no link exists between 9-11 and Iraq. The 9-11 attackers got their orders from Osama Bin Laden a taliban ally. Bush threatened to invade afghanistan in july 2001 because the taliban refused to allow us companies to build an oil pipeline through afghanistan and the taliban struck first. no conspiracy here just bad Republican oil based foreign polciy.

    10. Unlike the American legion and yourself I will NOT tell you to shut up. Keep talking but I strongly disagree with you.

    I love America.

    BUCK FUSH!

    You can contact Pat Boone at

    http://www.patsgold.com/index.c...tion=contactus

  44. 178)
    Kira said on 8/25/2005 @ 5:01pm PT: [Permalink]

    Pat Boone Campaign Contributions

    Council for National Policy

    Pat Boone – CNP Board of Governors 1982, member 1988.; president of KDOC-TV; Has co-chaired the National Day of Prayer on the first Thursday in May for years. In 1994, he co-chaired a (200 churches, 25 denominations, 54,000 attendance) week-long evangelistic crusade in the San Fernando Valley, where he spoke and sang; 1979 the Israeli government honored Pat with the Israel Cultural Award, that country’s highest award for non-natives, "in recognition of his artistry and humanitarianism." More recently the Israeli Tourism Department in the U.S. named him Christian Ambassador to Israel. In this capacity, he has led tours to Israel for the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) See: Dr. "M.G." Pat Robertson –; sponsor for "On Wings of Eagles," a project of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. SEE: EJECT2, Apostles, Prophets & The International Fellowship of Christians & Jews ; Mainstreaming the Fringe Former member of the Board of Directors of Religious Heritage of America (RHA). See: Dr. Theodore Baehr, Listed in Who’s Who In America.

    Pat Boone is a member in the 10,000 member of the Foursquare Gospel, Church on the Way pastored by Dr. Jack Hayford in Van Nuys, California; both Pat and Shirley Boone are current members of what is called the Deacon/Elder Committee of 100 and which is also known as the Servants Council. Trinity Broadcasting Network founders, Paul and Jan Crouch, are also members. The Foursquare Gospel Church founded by Aimee Semple McPherson is the American extension of British-Israelite Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance of Great Britain which has influenced the American Assemblies of God. Jack Hayford was instrumental in helping the Worldwide Church of God become a member of the National Association of Evangelicals. 33

    National Association of Evangelicals See: Fuller> The Original Five
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    What is the Council for National Policy?

    Many Evangelical, Pentecostal, Charismatic, Catholic, Mormon and other ecumenically-minded leaders are members of the Council for National Policy, the 500+ member organization which plans the strategy of the Religious Right in the United States.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Read this if you can stand it; from 2004:
    Far Right Not Thrilled About Being Left Out

    [snip] There’s even an evangelical alternative to Michael Moore’s anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. It’s called George W. Bush: Faith in the White House, a straight-to-DVD million-copy release scheduled to coincide with the Oct. 5 launch of Moore’s movie in stores.

    … The documentary views Bush’s presidency as one guided from above, portraying him as a man who has apparently been divinely inspired to lead his nation.

    … It’s being marketed by Oregon-based Grizzly Adams Productions along with another one of its titles, The Evidence for Heaven.

    "See evidence that Heaven is more real than Earth!" the advertisement for that movie says on the same page as the Bush movie, which proclaims: "This powerful program offers a never-before-seen insider’s look at how one man’s dedication to prayer and the daily application of God’s Word has transformed his life."

    And the world.

    As the movie concludes, it summarizes how Bush’s divine guidance has led to great things in Iraq.

    "Things are changing in the Middle East and changing for the better," the narrator says. "For the next 100 years, in the Islamic world, he’ll be remembered as a great liberator."

    They don’t call themselves faith-based for nothing.

  45. 180)
    bluebear2 said on 8/25/2005 @ 7:13pm PT: [Permalink]

    Peg #175

    I noticed in third paragraph that it mentions the bullsh*t protector wearers in the plural.

    I guess there must have been a bunch of them.

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