What’s Going on at The Univ. of Wisconsin?

4TheLittleGuy has been following this situation at The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where Resident Advisor’s (RA) have been banned from holding Bible studies in their own dorm rooms on their own time. School administrators claimed that allowing RA’s to host Bible studies might make students “feel judged or pushed in a direction that does not work for them.” When UWEC was asked to explain this blatant infringement on the 1st Amendment rights of its students, the school defended the policy by expressing their fear that RAs “organizing and leading student activities from their own rooms and residence halls might well result in residents feeling undue pressure to participate.”

If Jesus couldn’t get everyone to follow Him and listen to His teachings while he was on earth, are a couple of RA’s at one university going to all of sudden be able to put so much pressure on residents, that they will be forced to participate? C’mon U of Wisc-Eau Claire. Think like the educated people you claim to be.

John Kerry Wants a Filibuster

John Kerry never fails to surprise us. Thursday, he officially called for a filibuster of Judge Alito. He must have received extra motivation by being around all those humanists at the World Economic Forum he is attending in Switzerland.

Many redstate democrats have already made it clear that they believe Alito is deserving not only of a vote, but a yes vote. And many of these are also up for re-election this fall, and probably unlike Kerry and Kennedy, are not guaranteed a re-election if they support a filibuster. Let the honorable judge have his vote.

Book of Daniel Pulled

Several weeks ago, I posted about my local NBC station airing The Book of Daniel show. They have since had bad ratings nationwide and NBC canceled the show.

Today, I received an email from the president of my local affiliate, explaining why he aired the show and how the “system” worked. In part, he is correct but I had to respectfully disagree. Below is my response.

“Thank you for your email. While I do not pretend to be an expert on the system of ratings and shows, I still feel the need to respectfully disagree with you on your decision to go ahead and air the show. Allow me, if you will, to provide you a neutral-ground example, away from my background of sales and yours in running a local network.

Lets say your son’s middle school is required by law to offer all students a chance to play the popular video game, “Grand Theft Auto” for at least one class period per day. Most everyone knows a little about this game. And most young people have played it at least once. The object is to rob banks, shoot and kill police officers, innocent bystanders, and having sex with women. Any decent parent would immediately call the principle’s office demanding that this game not be offered in their child’s school. And rightfully so. But now the principle says removing it would not be as effective as letting the school proceed to offer the game, but let the students decide if they want to play or not. Let’s inform them on what it is about, but let them decide. And then you discover that the principle is being paid an extra bonus from the game’s production company to offer it. If he does not offer it, he does not get paid.

Sometimes a different perspective other than the one we are immersed in on a daily basis helps more than all our industry expertise. Next time, Mr. Tolar, I hope you might consider joining any other networks that cancel a show and set an example for other stations on where your moral line will be drawn.

Thank you for your consideration.”