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| Full Moon Horror Convention |
| Friday, July 27, 2007 |
It is so cool that this convention is being held in Little Rock. I expect a convention like this in LA, NY or Chicago but not here in our area. The folks from Full Moon have put together a home run in the bottom of the ninth, seventh game of the World Series and the scored tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth, two out and the count 3-2.
Check out who's coming at http://fullmoonconvention.com
Take a look and get excited. Linda Blair, P.J. Soles, Marilyn Chambers and many many more. I'm totally stoked.
Monday...I'm in southern Arkansas trying to catch an alligator with the AGFC. Talk to you Tuesday.
Dave |
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| Sexual Predator web help sites |
| Thursday, July 26, 2007 |
My thanks to Little Rock Police Lt. Terry Hastings for joining me and talking about on line sexual predators. It's important to educate yourself about how to protect your child from these perverts. Here are some helpful web sites courtesy of the Arkansas State Police.
missingkids.com
2smrt4u.com
netsmartz.org
cybertipline.com or call 1-800-843-5675
kidswatch.com
These sites offer you useful information, tips and lingo. Lingo like what does it mean when a child types pos? Parent Over Shoulder. Learn this lingo so you will know what your child is saying on line. Please, please don't use the line, 'it will never happen to my child.' To do that is to open yourself and your child to some very evil people.
Tomorrow....Loony Bin, Immigration reform, guns for protection and the horror convention coming in October. Talk to you then!
Best
Dave |
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| Arkansas Ranked 45th In Nation In Well-Being of Children |
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 |
This morning on "First News," Bob Steel is going to interview Rich Huddleston from the Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families, as he breaks down the numbers from the Kids Counts 2007 Data Book, which outlines how the 50 states rank in child well-being. A full write up can be seen by John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau, but the gist is for the second year in a row, a national child advocacy group has ranked Arkansas 45th in the nation in the well-being of its children. The 2007 Kids Count Data Book by the Annie E. Casey Foundation of Baltimore, Md., ranks states based on their performance in 10 categories. The report states that since 2000 Arkansas has improved in five of the categories, worsened in three and shown no change in two. States ranked below Arkansas in the 2007 study, in descending order, are South Carolina, New Mexico, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
This is even our poll question of the day: Do you see a chance for the improvement of child well-being in Arkansas in the near future? Vote Yes or No at karnewsradio.com, and feel free to leave and comments here.Labels: children, First News, well-being |
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| Last Night's CNN/YouTube Debate |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2007 |
John Payne again,
Most of yesterday's 'Dave Elswick Show' that I hosted was actually dominated with talk about last night's CNN/YouTube debate, where I talked with Dr Lynette Bryant about her planned debate watch party (you can listen to my post-party interview from this morning right here), played some of the submitted video clips, and let a few people address the debate format and asked a few of the questions they would have like to hear the answers to.
My opinion? Pleasant surprise, quick fired question, most of the silly ones weeded out. My biggest gripe seems to be every one's biggest gripe: only one or two candidates got to answer the good questions, which is why the question count was so high.
Feel free to respond to this post, and please take a look ant my earlier post from this morning to read the comment from Dr. Andy from Maumelle who made the point that I brought up but tried not to hammer that the 2,400 or so video would have to be hand picked, and the slant of the debate/discussion would hindge on who exactly was doing the hand picking, and what their agenda might be. Overall, I've think it was a fair showing. Far from perfect, but a very hopeful beginning to a new way to touch the candidates for big elections.
Also, listen to this morning's interview from KARN's "First News with Bob Steel" with Blake Rutherford as he gives a break down of last nights debate, and just for fun, take this quiz here to see just what candidate you should vote for if you chose strictly on who's ideals you say you believe in.Labels: CNN, Dave Elswick Show, First News, YouTube |
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| Getting The Uganda Perspective |
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John Payne here...
Yesterday, I got to fill in for Dave Elswick, and got the privilege to interview five journalist from the nation of Uganda: Mwanguhya Charles Mpagi & Tabu F. Butagira from Monitor Publishing LTD, Peter Kibazo from Radio Simba, James Tumusiime from The Weekly Observer, and Rachel Mugarura Mutana from the Uganda Radio Network.
This is an interview that I took a lot from. For starters, I got a different perspective on US (both us and the U.S.), and how some people really do look toward the United States of America as a example of freedom...something that some here do take for granted, but most just kind of assume we are the norm, and think little of all the true freedoms we have. Plus, while we had radio, TV, and newspapers represented in the room, things that our kids just assume we should have---cell phones with unlimited talk & text, internet news & podcasting, 500 tv channels--are new and growing. When answering a question on how we use internet as part of our broadcast, I know I said a lot of words, but I'm not sure how well I answered the question, because I am mixed into all the minutiae and assume I know all I understand, when some of it was learned long ago and the why's of why stopped being important, so its just done because I know it have to do it.
If you missed it--for starters, you should be ashamed of yourselves--what you really missed was a chance to get a fresh perspective on our world and get a quick look into the strange world of others where you can't demand a $4 latte or complain about upgrading your cell phone every six months.Labels: broadcasting, Dave Elswick, John Payne, Uganda |
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| THE WAR IN IRAQ |
| Monday, July 9, 2007 |
I am opposed to the war in Iraq. I voiced that opposition to anyone who would listen to me before the US entered the war. I did not have the forum that I do now. I was a public relations account executive for a local advertising firm when the President took us to war there.
I'm a Vietnam Era veteran and I worked four years at Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center and saw thousands of wounded from every branch of service during my four years of service. When you see what I saw on a daily basis from 1967 to 1971, you don't consider war lightly.
I favored the US bombing of Afghanistan -- it was Iraq where I thought we went wrong. I was interested to read today that I was not alone in that thinking. There was at least one person in the Bush administration who thought like I did.
The former Secretary of State Colin Powell revealed over the weekend that he spent 2 and a half hours vainly trying to persuade President Bush not to invade Iraq and he went on to reveal that he believes today's conflict cannot be resolved by US Forces. I share that belief as well.
"I tried to avoid this war," Powell told the Times of London. "I took him through the consequences of going into an Arab country and becoming the occupiers." "The civil war will ultimately be resolved by a test of arms," he said. "It's not going to be pretty to watch, but I don't know any way to avoid it. It is happening now."
He added, "It's not a civil war that can be put down or solved by the armed forces of the United States." All the military could do, Powell suggested, was put a "heavier lid on this pot of boiling sectarian stew."
The signs are that the views of the former Secretary of State and other critics of the war are finally being heard in the Pentagon. Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, is drawing up plans to reduce troop levels in Iraq in anticipation that General David Petraeus, the commander in Iraq, will not be able to deliver an upbeat progress report in September on the "surge strategy."
The surge's lack of demonstrable sucess is creating fissures in the Republican party as well as adding credence to the Democratic presidential candidates who favor a rapid pull-out.
Another prominent Republican has weighed in on the war. Pete Domenici became the third Republican senator in recent weeks to break ranks with President Bush on this war. "We cannot continue asking our troops to sacrifice indefinitely while the Iraqi government is not making measurable progress," he said. "I am calling for a new strategy that will move our troops out of combat operations and on the path home."
There is growing speculation that Defense Secretary Gates will demonstrate his commitment to withdrawing US forces by moving a combat brigade of up to 3,000 troops out of Iraq as early as October and continuing to reduce their numbers month by month from their current strength of 160,000 to presurge levels of around 130,000 by the summer of 2008.
Today on First News I read from a document I came across on the Internet that was prophetic. It was written before the US invaded Iraq. I would urge you to check it out. Go to http://www.ips-dc.org/iraq/primer1.htm
This document is called Understanding The US -Iraq Crisis. It's was written by Phyllis Bennis in 2003 before we attacked Iraq. I learned many things from it. Read the document for yourself. You may understand after you read it why the President would not listen to Colin Powell. |
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| Bush Spares Libby From Prison |
| Tuesday, July 3, 2007 |
Today's pool question at KARNNewsradio.com: President George W. Bush on Monday commuted the 30-month prison sentence handed to Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to vice president Dick Cheney, for lying and obstructing justice. The decision represented a political thunderbolt from Mr Bush and sparked immediate uproar among Democrats, who accused the president of overturning the rule of law.
Do you believe President Bush's decision to commute Scooter Libby's prison sentence is an abuse of Presidential Powers? Go to http://karnnewsradio.com and vote Yes or No, and feel free to post comments here. Labels: KARNNewsradio.com, President Bush, Scooter Libby |
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