The VIA CON

Being in radio, I have watched with interest the Viacom story develop. Now to be fair I must disclose I have worked for Viacom and there is no love loss. I have seen from the inside out what the company is about and I will tell you they will be whatever you want them to be, so long as they make money doing it. To give you an idea of who Viacom is, you need to look at who they own: CBS, UPN, Spike

Banning History

California's biggest export these days seems to be insanity. Here is the latest offering....There is now a law suit to determine whether it's unconstitutional to read the Declaration of Independence in a public school. No, I'm not making this up. The Cupertino Union School District prohibited a teacher from providing handouts to students about American history because the historical documents

Walking on the TurnStrike

Pennsylvania Turnpike toll collectors have their hand out for more then just toll fares these days. They went on strike Wednesday, just as Americans were hitting the road for Thanksgiving. Union members began picketing at turnpike interchanges before dawn. Anticipating a walkout, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission decided to waive tolls on Wednesday and planned to have nonunion employees staff

Foul Ball

By now most of you have seen the fight that broke out at a NBA game and the actions that followed. It has been suggested that the way to prevent this problem is to ban all alcohol sales. I disagree. I think it comes down to matter of personal responsibility. The fans who threw things at the players were wrong. The players the went into the stands were wrong. I want to know what you think. Should

When it Comes to Higher Taxes.. Eddie is Ready!

Gov. Ed Rendell talking about Pittsburgh City Council:
"They're cowards. I wish I could tell you how difficult it is getting them to do anything. It's horrible. Everyone is afraid. If tomorrow we could cure cancer if they raised taxes, they wouldn't raise them." In a conference call, Rendell told Mayor Murphy and city officials he intends to unveil a commuter tax plan even though it's been

The Evolution Revolution

A new CBS poll has found that Americans do not believe that humans evolved. Furthermore, even if they evolved, the majority opine that God guided the process. Only 13 percent of those polled say that God was not involved. The majority would not substitute the teaching of creationism for the teaching of evolution in public schools. According to the CBS study, the support for evolution is greater

Sign Of The Cross

Many question the gesture Catholics make thousands of times in their lives. It has a deeper meaning most don't realize. The significance of the sign of the cross has been investigated and explained by Bert Ghezzi, author of "Sign of the Cross: Recovering the Power of the Ancient Prayer" (Loyola Press). Here is a a bit of a interview with the author:
Q: When did the sign of the cross originate?

Spreading the Pain

The Pittsburgh bailout package was approved by the state Legislature and once again falls on the back of the working person to pay for failed leadership. The legalizing of slot machines was supposed to be the answer to all our problems, but our problems continue to grow. Pittsburgh will now have new taxing authority and, coupled with city budget cuts, will squeeze tax payers to pay for help next

Helping Hand

Thank You Pittsburgh!!!!!

Because of you over 20,000 people will be helped through the New Castle City Rescue Mission, the Washington City Rescue Mission and Light of Life Rescue Mission. Thanks to all who gave.

St. Clinton Takes On Peter Jennings

Update: Democrats spent much of the presidential campaign accusing President Bush of close ties to Saudi Arabia. Michael Moore even made a film about it. Well, President Clinton's new $165 million library was funded in part by gifts of $1 million or more each from the Saudi royal family and three Saudi businessmen.The governments of Dubai, Kuwait, and Qatar and the deputy prime minister of

When Worlds Collide

Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher signed a death warrant for a convicted killer. By doing so, some say Fletcher, a doctor, may have put his medical license at risk. American Medical Association guidelines bar doctors from taking part, directly or indirectly, in executions. "I think it's a clear violation," said Dr. Arthur Zitrin, an 86-year-old retired psychiatrist in New York and an outspoken

The Catholic-Protestant Love Fest

The nation's Roman Catholic bishops voted to join a new alliance that would be the broadest Christian group ever formed in the United States, linking American evangelicals and Catholics in an ecumenical organization for the first time. The alliance, called Christian Churches Together in the U.S.A., is set to kick off next year. It would also include mainline Protestants, Orthodox Christians, and

ACTION ALERT !!!!

UPDATE:
Sen. Arlen Specter on won the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Republicans to be their chairman next year, surviving complaints from opponents of abortion who lobbied to skip over him in favor of a conservative."I have assured the president that I would give his nominees quick committee hearings and early committee votes," Specter said. "I have no reason to believe that I'll be

Sorry, We Can't Afford the Bible

Despite pleas from Bible Belt bishops, the Catholic bishops of the United States voted to shelve plans to develop a statement urging greater use of the Bible, a move aimed at restraining spending and cutting down on a crush of publications they fear have little impact.
The cost of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops to local dioceses has become an increasing concern for bishops, many of whom,

Tulsa Time

On November 18-20, the Nightingale Theater in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will again feature the notoriously anti-Catholic play, “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You”; it opened last weekend. Here’s what Catholic League president William Donohue had to say about it:

"There is not an anti-Catholic anywhere in the nation who has seen ‘Sister Mary Ignatius’ who didn’t love it. For example, on

Can Anyone Define War?

UPDATE: I discovered Kevin Sites, the man who filmed the video of the Marine shooting an Iraqi, has his own blog. There are some amazing photos you will find there. Another amazing thing is his own words. I find them to be strangly sympathetic to those fighting against US troops. If you would like to form you own opinion you can find his site here: http://www.kevinsites.net/If you liked Abu

ABC Fumbles

ABC apologized for a steamy intro to "Monday Night Football" after receiving complaints from viewers and the NFL.
The spot featured a naked Nicollette Sheridan jumping into the arms of Terrell Owens.
Before the Philadelphia-Dallas game, ABC showed Owens and Sheridan in an empty locker room in an attempt to spoof the network hit "Desperate Housewives." Sheridan, who stars in the show, was wearing

Fear of God: "The Village Voice"

The following are excerpts from the "Village Voice":

The day after the election, James Ridgeway confessed, “The dream has become a nightmare.” By that he meant “the dream of a secular, liberal democracy.” Why? Because, he said, “the Christians are stronger than ever.”

On 11-16, Ridgeway blasted “the self-absorbed, selfish Christians who take sanctimonious pride in wrapping themselves in the

You're Saved, Now Shut Up!

Speaking in the aftermath of the presidential election, Democrat radio host Garrison Keillor says he is on a quest to take away the right of born-again Christians to vote, saying their citizenship is actually in heaven, not the United States.
Keillor, host of the popular National Public Radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," made the comments during a speech at Chicago's Rockefeller Memorial

So Much for the "Wuerlwind" of Speculation

Bishop Donald Wuerl of Pittsburgh today narrowly lost an election to become vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, who won, 51 to 49 percent, in a runoff. The vice president is virtually assured election as president after a three-year term learning the ropes.
Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., was elected president with 52 percent

I Do and I Did

Ok... Some of you noticed there were few days without any updates. I don't refresh the site too much on the weekends because believe it or not I do have a life beyond the radio and this site! But this weekend was different from most. I did something that I know most guys will cringe when they read this. I went to the Family Life Marriage Conference here in Pittsburgh, PA. It was 3 full days

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Ode to a Terrorist

Ok... I bit my tounge long enough. I'm sick of Arafat already! For two weeks we had constant breaking news updates on his health. "He's got cancer, no AIDS, he's fine, he died, no wait he is alive again!" Now finally everyone agrees he is dead. I know we are to have respect for the dead. In fact, that's about the only thing I can respect when it comes the this man.
I was really sickened to see

Birth Control and The Christian

If any of you caught Wednesday's radio show you heard a heated debate on the use of birth control. The story came from some pharmacists refusing to fill contraceptive prescriptions based on religious beliefs. You can read the original story here.

We had two doctors live on the air that both had different ideas as to when life begins. Is it when the egg is fertilized or when it attaches to the

Will He or Won't He?

Two prominent pro-lifers are urging George W. Bush to make the most of the unique opportunity his re-election has given him to push forward the culture of life.
Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, says Bible-believing Christians were the key to George W. Bush's victory in the 2004 election, and he had better not forget it. Now Operation Rescue is calling on the president to take prompt

What About Kerry and the Atheist Vote?

What About Kerry and the Atheist Vote?While liberals complain about the religious vote that went for George W. Bush, they refuse to discuss—and perhaps happily accept—the non-religious vote that went for John F. Kerry. Which ought to be considered a greater liability for an American president: to receive the overwhelming support of devout Protestants and Catholics or to be backed by atheists?

Planned Pouting

Some federal workers in Illinois can now enroll in a Catholic-run health insurance plan that doesn't cover abortion, contraceptives, or fertility treatments. The plan is the first of its kind for federal workers. OSF HealthPlans is offering the plan to 4,000 eligible residents of 27 counties in central and northern Illinois. It is administered by a company owned and operated by nuns. The

Redistricting?

Man Steals $5,000 From Little Sisters Of The Poor

Little Sisters of the Poor

The search is on for a man who stole money from the poor. He took thousands of dollars from the Little Sisters of the Poor as members were counting contributions. Sister Mary Vincent explained that there were two volunteers counting out money. Sister Vincent said, "So they were in the midst of counting money and a gentleman came in and started to put money into a bag.

What Are They Thinking?

U.S. bishops’ National Review Board needs to clean house – immediately!
“I dare say it is no accident that the U.S. bishops’ National Review Board has a new appointee who happens to be pro-abortion,” said Judie Brown, president of American Life League. “Past experience with this board leads me to believe that nobody is checking backgrounds and references for this committee.”
Newly appointed

Fear of God

*In today’s New York Times, Gary Hart proclaims, “There is a disturbing tendency to insert theocratic principles into the vision of America’s role in the world.”

*DeWayne Wicham of USA Today frets, “Putting God in the public square runs the risk of turning our democracy into a theocracy.”

*Miami Herald writer Leonard Pitts Jr. warns that social conservatives are “the soldiers of the new

PA Senator Rick Santourm Stopped by to talk about the election with Marty and Powerball

W2

Riding to Victory! Well some are cheering, as some sink their head into their hands wondering what happened. I'd like to answer that question: "What happened?" What happened was Mr. & Mrs. America finally grew tired of sitting down to watch TV with their kids and seeing the "Hey it's great to be gay you should try it" sitcom. They grew tired of turning on the radio and hearing someone talk

Strangling Ourselves

Strangling Ourselves
Shaun Pierce

Is anyone steering the Catholic ship? Or are we all dancing in the ballroom while the ice burg floats dead ahead?

After learning about the ad that ran in the Pittsburgh Catholic newspaper, words cannot begin to describe how disappointed, disgusted and abandoned I feel by some of my Catholic brothers and sisters right now. The ad teamed up local priests, the