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An Alaska mayor writes to a California newspaper: “Dear Editor,” Palin wrote in 2002. “San Francisco judges forbidding our Pledge of Allegiance? They will take the phrase ‘under God’ away from me when my cold, dead lips can no longer utter those words.”

6:00am Bad for Each Other (1954) 7:30am Buccaneer, The (1958) 9:32am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Wrong Way Butch (1950) 9:51am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Egypt Speaks (1951) 10:00am Khartoum (1966) 12:30pm Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965) 4:00pm Ben-Hur (1959) 7:44pm Short Film: From The Vaults: Ben-Hur: Behind The Scenes With Glenn H. Randall & Yakima Canutt (1959) 8:00pm Big Country, The (1958) 11:00pm Major Dundee (1965) 1:30am Soylent Green (1973) 3:11am Short Film: From The Vaults: Look At The World Of Soylent Green, A (1973) 3:30am Hawaiians, The (1970) http://www.tcm.com/schedule

......That's just what some outraged Christian supporters of the Democratic nominee are claiming John McCain's campaign did in an ad called "The One" that was recently released online. The Republican nominee's advisers brush off the charges, arguing that the spot was meant to be a "creative" and "humorous" way of poking fun at Obama's popularity by painting him as a self-appointed messiah. But even this innocuous interpretation of the ad — which includes images of Charlton Heston as Moses and culled clips that make Obama sound truly egomaniacal — taps into a conversation that has been gaining urgency on Christian...

My grandfather was a college football star who even played for the NFL champs back in 1928, so I was looking forward to seeing George Clooney’s new 1920s football movie, Leatherheads, this weekend. That’s before I found out how Clooney, like many lefties in Hollywood and the news media, had treated the late Charlton Heston. Clooney’s offense took place a few years back. According to Life Site News, “For his conservative stands, however, Heston was attacked and reviled by his Hollywood colleagues. In 2003 actor and leftist political activist George Clooney joked about Heston’s illness [Alzheimer’s disease], and, after Heston...

When Charlton Heston died, not only did Hollywood lose an icon, the world witnessed the passing away of a man worthy of respect outside of his acting credentials. With the exception of a few extreme loon bloggers, the much-deserved tributes poured in. Heston will be remembered by many for his legendary performances. A rule at my uncle’s house every year around Easter is, “Thou shalt watch 'The Ten Commandments.'" The fact this Cecil B. DeMille-directed movie still plays on television on a regular basis more than 50 years after its release is a testament to Heston’s powerful on-screen presence and...

Last December, Bob Dylan literally stopped the music on his "Theme Time Radio Hour" show to honor Charlton Heston. Following the soulful tune “Eve’s Ten Commandments,” Dylan mentioned Heston’s iconic role as Moses in the well-known biblical epic and added, “Charlton gets a bad rap for his strong conservative beliefs and involvement with the NRA, but truth to tell, he was a strong advocate for civil rights, many years before it became fashionable….” Dylan ticked off Heston’s accolades, including the Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Award, and then added, admiringly, “Never mind the fact that he’s in a couple of our...

A change of pace here for Red State Jackie as he sings a tribute song for Charlton Heston as you can see in this VIDEO. Mostly serious although there is some humor in it. My favorite lines from the song are those mentioning his movie roles: He can win a chariot race, He could wear a Mexican face, Don't you know he could kick a Monkey Man's ass...

Actor and political activist Charlton Heston died Saturday at the age of either 83 or 84, depending on which obituary you read. He'd lead a good life. He was politically active , at different times in his life, on both the left and right. He marched with Martin Luther King in the 60's and later became president of the NRA. These are not as disparate as they seem. Both were about fighting for people's rights. The first involved repairing a deficiency in the work of our founding father's, the second involved restoring the work of our founding fathers. Each reflected...

In my first race, I was an unknown candidate running for the United States Senate against a three-term incumbent. Most political figures believed I couldn't win so did nothing to help. There was a major exception: Charlton Heston. When others didn't have time for me, he did. I didn't win that first race, but his encouragement is something I'll never forget. Six years later, I was an incumbent governor running for reelection and Charlton Heston came to two small communities in South Arkansas to do campaign events. The events were stunningly successful, bringing record crowds to these communities who were...

Rest In Peace: The headlines announcing Charlton Heston's death peg him as a actor who was a gun activist. He might not have been a real-life Moses, but he was much more than the media give him credit for.Heston died Saturday at age 84. He will be memorialized primarily for his roles in "The Ten Commandments," "Ben-Hur" and "Planet of the Apes,"" as well his defense of gun owners' rights. Those achievements, though, are but a superficial narrative of this dignified man. Unafraid of how he would be received, Heston ran against what became the leftist Hollywood grain. The dear...

Associated Press As Moses, Charlton Heston thunderously rallied his people with the Ten Commandments in hand. The tablet of his political life was carved with something else - the Second Amendment. Heston was not just the public face of the gun-rights movement but a good deal of the fire in its belly during a transformational time in the decades-old debate. He lived to see Democrats running away from a cause they once embraced, scared off by the likelihood that they lost the 2000 presidential election in part because of their gun-control advocacy. For a conservative champion like Heston, that was...

LOS ANGELES, April 7 (UPI) -- Turner Classic Movies said it plans to pay tribute to late Hollywood film star Charlton Heston with a marathon of his movies. Heston, who had suffered from Alzheimer's disease in recent years, died Saturday at the age of 84. The movie marathon honoring him is to take place Friday and will include screenings of his famous films "Ben-Hur," "The Buccaneer," "The Hawaiians," "Khartoum" and "Major Dundee," as well as two showings of an in-depth conversation between Heston and TCM host Robert Osborne in the TCM original special "Private Screenings: Charlton Heston." "Charlton Heston was...

His autobiography was entitled, "In the Arena" and that is most certainly where Charlton Heston lived his life. When fundamental principles of individual rights and human liberty were at stake, Heston wheeled his chariot into the arena to do intellectual battle. He was the rare iconic figure who did not let his status inhibit him from consistently acting in furtherance of what he knew to be just. News accounts about his passing have detailed his record on civil rights and gun rights but it is on free speech rights that I am able to give eyewitness testimony. There is an...

“What does it matter what you say about people?” Marlene Dietrich asks at the end of that 1958 American masterpiece “Touch of Evil.” She’s talking about the dead cop Hank Quinlan, a mound of stilled flesh and lasting corruption given frightening life by the film’s director, Orson Welles. The man who brings him down is Vargas, the upright Dudley Do-Right Mexican detective with a paint-on tan. Lantern jaw set like a vise, this is of course Charlton Heston.

·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683 Statement of Wayne LaPierre Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association of America Sunday, April 06, 2008 Today, my heart is heavy with the loss of Charlton Heston. America has lost a great patriot. The Second Amendment has lost a faithful friend. So have I, and so have four million NRA members and eighty million gun owners. And so has every American who cares about the Bill of Rights, individual liberty, and Freedom. My heart is heavy, but not without a sense of pride. Pride in a man who devoted his...

Charlton Heston died this week at the age of 84. He had two careers, and both were “larger than life.” His family used that phrase in the statement they issued about his death. They spoke the simple truth. With his furrowed brow, his chiseled chin, his stentorian voice, he was cast in heroic roles from early in his career. But he took on similar roles in life, as the head of the National Rifle Association for five years, but also as a campaigner for issues that mattered to him, such as color-blind rather than color-driven civil rights. He was a...

Monday's headlines screamed about the "brawl" between Clinton and the NRA on ABC's Sunday talk show, "This Week." The confrontation made the radio talk shows and the TV news for several days. It started because the NRA is airing ads in which NRA President Charlton Heston chides President Bill Clinton for "lying." When it was the NRA's turn to be interviewed, it took three reporters, Donaldson, Cokie Roberts and George Will, to confront NRA Executive Vice-President Wayne LaPierre. Cokie Roberts began the questioning by asking Mr. LaPierre if he thought the NRA's new advertisement, which quotes NRA President Charlton Heston...

Here is an outstanding video report on the life and work of the great Charlton Heston, who died Saturday at the age of 83 (some reports are saying 83, others 84). Heston was not only a great actor, but a great conservative leader who stood tall and strong for 2nd Amendment Rights as head of the National Rifle Association (NRA) for several years. He will be greatly missed. . . .

Daily Kos Attacking Charlton Heston on His Passing Posted on April 6, 2008 I guess we shouldn’t expect any sense of decorum from Kossacks, but it is pretty lame that they had to unleash their hatred only minutes after the announcement of the passing of famed American actor Charlton Heston. A Daily Kos “diarist” named doriangz started out calling Heston a “gun-nut” and ending with his life and causes being considered “political nutdouchebaggery,” and the incivility just flowed like the opening of a damn from Kos posters’ keyboards after that. Not much respect for a man who’s film career spanned...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Legendary actor, civil-rights leader and political activist Charlton Heston passed away today, at 84. He died at his home with Lydia, his wife of 64 years, at his side. Heston is survived by his two children, Fraser Clarke Heston and Holly Heston Rochell, and his three grandchildren, Jack Alexander Heston, Ridley Rochell and Charlie Rochell. A private memorial service will be held.

Actor Charleton Heston has died at age 84 according to KABC radio news.

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Republican Rudy Giuliani once derided Hollywood in his Senate bid against Hillary Rodham Clinton. Today, as he pursues the presidency, he's collecting checks from actors Adam Sandler and Kelsey Grammer, and Paramount studio chief Brad Grey. The entertainment industry has always been a wealth of cash for political candidates—a whopping $27.5 million in the 2004 election cycle—and Democrats traditionally have been the top draw. In the last election, $7 out of every $10 from the industry went to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Yet, the latest campaign finance reports show Republicans making some inroads, not only with...

Reprinted from NewsMax.com Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006 4:28 p.m. EST Latest on Charlton Heston For those of us who have watched Charlton Heston in "Will Penny” a dozen times, the recent occasion of the Hollywood icon’s 83rd birthday on Oct. 4 brought back those sharp memories of the laconic aging cowboy soon headed to his last round-up. Despite intense interest in the star’s condition — he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2002 — his publicist and family are not responding to requests about his health. Indeed, the last reliable update on Charlton Heston’s battle with the illness came in...

Time for a little Friday sillyness. THis preview answers the all important question: What if they tried to advertize "The Ten Commandments" to today's teenagers? Warning: some graphic language Ten Things I hate about Commandments

On March 21st, Paramount will be releasing a 50th anniversary DVD set of Cecil B. DeMille's legendary classic, The Ten Commandments - and frankly, the timing couldn't be any better. Why, you may ask? How could a 50 year-old epic from Hollywood's Golden Age still be 'relevant' today? I'll answer that question below - but let's first take a look back at this glorious and important film. The Ten Commandments happens to be the fifth highest-grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation. When the film was released in 1956, theater tickets cost 50 cents - and the film still...

Movie is commemorated with a DVD edition. Hollywood’s Past and the Bible’s History haunt us this week as Cecil B. DeMille’s classic renditions of The Ten Commandments are re-released in a collector’s DVD edition. This year is the 50th Anniversary of the second version, the one in which Charlton Heston leads the Exodus. Syndicated radio host and movie critic, Michael Medved says its “it’s amazing how well the movie has held up.” And with a chuckle fondly offers his own opinion. “The Ten Commandments is one of the most endearing and important bad movies ever made. But the movie works.”...

George Clooney is being hotly-tipped to play Magnum PI in a new movie. Film bosses believe the handsome star would be perfect as the suave private investigator, played by Tom Selleck in the classic TV show. A source is quoted in Britain's Daily Star newspaper as saying: "He is a big fan of the original series. The part is his if he wants it." Meanwhile, George - who split from on/off girlfriend Lisa Snowdon last year - recently revealed he thinks 2006 will be the year he settles down. The 44-year-old heartthrob - renowned for keeping his romantic life under...

Mike Wallace could be barred by his own network from covering gun-related stories on CBS News. The "60 Minutes" showboat correspondent appeared at a birthday party for columnist Art Buchwald -- a party that was also a fundraiser for the Brady Center, a prominent advocate of gun control laws. At the event Wallace showed a 47-second video of a past "60 Minutes" segment that, by Wallace's own admission, cast former NRA President Charlton Heston in a less-than-favorable light. In introducing the video, Wallace called Heston the "self-righteous enemy of the Sarah and Jim Brady bunch," according to a CBS News...

On Oct. 4, screen legend and former president of the National Rifle Association Charlton Heston turned 82 years old. He still lives at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. - 90210 - with his wife of over 50 years, Lydia Clarke Heston. Tony Makris of Alexandria, Virginia's Mercury Group public relations firm, a longtime friend who handles NRA public relations, tells NewsMax that he had dinner with Heston and family just last Sunday. The famous actor, Makris said, is in the midst of a "quiet retirement." In 2002, Heston was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. His last major public appearance was...

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NRA says Kaine ad misleading, wants it halted Candidate defends spot that uses remark by Charlton Heston The National Rifle Association is shooting at Democratic gubernatorial candidate Timothy M. Kaine. In a news release that invoked the name of actor and former NRA President Charlton Heston, Chris W. Cox, chairman of the NRA's political victory fund, accused Kaine of "a shameful and dishonest" attempt to mislead voters in a recent radio commercial. The ad uses Heston's name. (SNIP) In a conference call with reporters, Kaine stood by the ad. It is "extremely accurate," he said. The Kaine ad says he...

NRA Urges Tim Kaine to Stop Misleading Virginia Voters Fairfax, VA - In a brazen attempt to mislead Virginia voters, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Tim Kaine deliberately misused comments made by former NRA President Charlton Heston. Kaine's campaign advertisement implies that Mr. Heston lauded Kaine for reduced crime in Richmond. In reality, Heston was praising Project Exile, a program implemented prior to Kaine becoming Mayor of Richmond. Chris W. Cox, chairman of the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) stated, "It is shameful and dishonest to manipulate comments in an attempt to mislead voters during this gubernatorial campaign. We would...

Charlton Heston (1924 - ) Biography from Baseline's Encyclopedia of Film Born Charles Carter in Evanston, IL; educated at Northwestern University. Commanding male lead, a one-person Hollywood trek through the pages of world history and a forceful, Republican vision of a world in which America always wins. An acting student at Northwestern, Charlton Heston first acted on film in a student production of PEER GYNT (1941). After WW II service, he and wife Lydia Clarke worked as models in New York and ran a theatre in Asheville, NC, before Heston found success on Broadway in Katherine Cornell's production of Antony...

UPDATE POST ELECTION Cowboys still depend on their neighbors for help. They expect their neighbors to call on them in times of need. This is called "neighboring" a practice that has endured since the days of the pioneers. In Washington, DC this is called reaching across the aisle. It is time for all Americans to come together and work on the problems we all face. A COWBOY'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE. MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COWBOYS. It used to tick me off when the Muslim detractors in the Middle East, or the socialist detractors in Europe, Hollywood and others...

Sandy Froman believes America's civil rights are not being protected It's the most powerful pro-gun lobbying organization in the nation and a Tucson woman is poised to become its leader. In April 2005, the National Rifle Association will swear in Sandy Froman as its president. Froman will succeed Charlton Heston, the actor-turned-activist whose "from my cold dead hands" anti-gun-control slogan defined his tenure as NRA president. Heston suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Froman was 30 years old when she picked up her first gun, as a means of self-protection after an attempted home invasion. As president of the N.R.A., Froman...

Clean Up Airwaves Years ago, a guy who ran a pornography shop came to see me. He had been busted by the cops. He wanted me to write a story defending his free-speech rights. "If they can arrest me, they can arrest somebody for selling Shakespeare," he said, dragging out the old slippery-slope argument. "Well, if you start selling Shakespeare and somebody arrests you for selling Shakespeare, come see me," I said. "In the meantime, get out of my office." The First Amendment was not written, designed or intended to protect obscenity, vulgarity, pornography and indecency — or dancing nude...

<p>When movie icon Charlton Heston began fishing for words and forgetting day-old conversations, his family initially hoped the cause was normal aging.</p> <p>That was last year, and the outward changes in the actor, then 78 years old, were so subtle, says his son, Fraser, 48, that "at first we didn't say, 'Uh-oh, he's got Alzheimer's.' " But a powerful new brain scan revealed early-stage Alzheimer's disease, and Mr. Heston began drug therapy at once. Since then, his memory has shown little -- if any -- decline. "We bought a lot of time in terms of quality of life and enjoying family," Fraser Heston says.</p>

Well. We know who wins whenever states butt heads with the federal government. We know, for one thing, who controls the B-52s and paratroop divisions. Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is a goner for sure. The might, majesty, dominion and power of the government in Washington will cause his granite monument to the Ten Commandments -- all 5,280 pounds of it -- to be confiscated and whisked away before you can say Charlton Heston. Ostensibly, this is to keep the wall of church-state separation in good repair. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says no way can the chief...

Charlton Heston: Winning the Cultural WarOn February 16, 1999, Charlton Heston spoke to the Harvard Law School Forum, a student organization at Harvard Law School. For almost 50 years, the Forum has been bringing to HLS noteworthy individuals from all fields to engage in exciting and wide-ranging exchanges of ideas. Forum programs are open to the public and generally consist of a speech or panel discussion followed by a question-and-answer session.  Mr. Heston spoke on the topic, "Winning the Cultural War."NOTE:  Family Policy Network does not necessarily support, endorse or oppose Mr. Heston, his views or the content of...

DES MOINES - The new head of the National Rifle Association says he's ready push guns rights to the top of the nation's political agenda. Kayne Robinson of Des Moines took over the presidency of the NRA a week ago after actor Charlton Heston stepped down. Robinson is a former police officer and conservative Republican activist. He says while he won't have the same kind of star power as Heston, he will continue to push his message that gun rights are a civil right that's in danger of being taken away. He also wants to bring more hunters into the...

<p>He is 78 and fragile and suffering from symptoms of Alzheimer's and hasn't made a decent movie in decades, unless you count how he sadly made himself look quite the undereducated, largely unsympathetic, defensive fool in the Oscar-winning "Bowling for Columbine."</p>

Heston too feeble to give speech at end of NRA presidencyOrlando Sentinel (AP)April 26, 2003 Charlton Heston made his last appearance as president of the National Rifle Association on Saturday as he shuffled across the stage, too feeble to give a live farewell speech. He was strong enough to raise an 1866 Winchester rifle over his head and deliver his trademark line, "From my cold, dead hands." More than 4,000 members attending the NRA's annual meeting gave him a standing ovation. Heston, who was the public voice of the NRA for five years, only spoke three more sentences in front...

NRA bids a loving farewell to Heston By Frank Cerabino, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Sunday, April 27, 2003 ORLANDO -- The National Rifle Association bid a loving farewell to actor Charlton Heston, who took the stage Saturday for the final time at the group's annual convention, and managed to briefly hold a rifle in the air, and muster up one more, "From my cold, dead hands!" The homage to Heston put a surreal layer on this annual event, which brings together 50,000 gun owners -- nearly all of them white, and most of them ardent Republicans -- for a...

Orlando, Fla. (CNSNews.com) - Charlton Heston ended his term as president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) Saturday as he began it, declaring his devotion to the Second Amendment and his love for the other freedoms he believes are protected by the right to keep and bear arms. "Our founders pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor in the name of liberty," he said in a pre-taped address to more than 4,000 NRA members gathered for the group's 132nd annual meeting. "We pledge to preserve it." NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre then presented Heston with a...

<p>ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Charlton Heston was hailed as "a fearless patriot" and "a defender of personal freedoms" during a tribute last night marking the end of his tenure as president of the National Rifle Association.</p> <p>NRA officials unveiled a 10-foot-tall statue of Mr. Heston modeled after the character he played in the 1968 movie "Will Penny." The statue, to be permanently displayed in the NRA's headquarters in suburban Washington, shows Mr. Heston with a pistol in his right hand.</p>

Heston stepping down as NRA presidentMovie star Charlton Heston has been the NRA's public face for five years.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS4/25/2003 ORLANDO -- Charlton Heston brought more than passion for a cause as president of the National Rifle Association: His prominence as a movie star helped amplify the group's gun-rights message and put supporters in the White House and Congress. As the NRA's public face for five years, he successfully steered the organization through several public relations disasters involving shootings, including the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, and even won the grudging respect of his philosophical opponents. The NRA's annual...

Ben-Hur is packin' up his pistols. An ailing Charlton Heston is stepping down as president of the National Rifle Association after five years at the helm of the nation's largest gun owners' group. "Every year he had to run for reelection," said Kelly Whitby, an NRA spokeswoman. "This year he's choosing not to run." Heston, 78, courted controversy as head of the 4 million-member group and regularly attacked former President Bill Clinton as being soft on crime. The actor, who starred as Moses in "The Ten Commandments" and won a 1959 Oscar for his performance in "Ben-Hur," announced last year...

(Los Angeles) – Academy Award winning actor and civil rights activist Charlton Heston, and his wife Lydia, sent the following message of support to U.S. military troops: "There is no duty more noble than that which has called you across the world in defense of freedom. Yours is a mission of hope and humanity for the oppressed. Rest assured that while pretend-patriots talk of supporting you, even as they condemn your noble cause, an unwavering vast majority of Americans share and take pride in your mission. You represent all that is good and right about America and are the true...

Liberate OscarV I G l LTo Honor Charlton Heston and demonstrate support for: the United States of America, President Bush and his Middle East/Iraqi policies, our troops abroad and at home, our veterans, and every oppressed and Homeless person around the world. The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts, and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills CA. Friday, April 18, 2003 @ 3:00 PM until 9:00 PM Hosted by: Global Homeless activist Ted Hayes, Justiceville/Homeless USA, the Homeless Defense Fund, and the FIT-AIM-ACT Hollywood March Against Terrorism Our vigil honors the legendary actor Charlton Heston for his extraordinary contribution to the...