Posted on 06/03/2005 6:54:24 PM PDT by CHARLITE
The ACLU, representing an atheist, is threatening five San Diego-area personalities with legal action over the proposed wording of a ballot initiative that will determine the fate of a historic cross on city land.
The five behind the Mt. Soledad initiative are KFMB radio talk-show host Rick Roberts; KOGO radio talk-show host Roger Hedgecock; San Diego Padres radio announcer Jerry Coleman, Rep. Randy Cunningham, R-Calif.; and SoledadNational.com Director Phil Thalmeimer.
The attorney for atheist Philip Paulson, James McElroy, has told the men he will file the challenge next week.
McElroy claims that a number of their statements on the ballot, prepared for the July 26 city-wide vote, are "false and misleading."
Some statements at issue include, "as in the case with Mount Soledad, wherever veterans are honored with the symbols of the fallen, an intolerant few will launch frivolous lawsuits that waste our tax dollars … ."
Another statement under challenge is, "in 2004, the president of the United States signed legislation designating the Mount Soledad site as a 'National War Memorial,' necessitating the land transfer."
McElroy also objects to the sentence, "Vote Yes to transfer the land to the federal government and to permanently preserve Mount Soledad -- as it is where it is."
Last month, the San Diego City Council allowed voters to decide the fate of the historic cross, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean in nearby La Jolla. The legal battles date back to 1989.
Roberts said today he and the others "will defend the wording in court."
While there has been "a legal challenge against all five of us, I think we will prevail in court," he said.
Roberts stressed that the issue is important for those who want to preserve the heritage of San Diego, which includes the La Jolla cross. Donations for that cause are being taken by both radio announcers and SoledadNational.com.
Roberts also is a regular guest host for Michael Savage's nationally syndicated radio show. Hedgecock substitutes for Rush Limbaugh occasionally. Coleman will be inducted this summer in the Baseball Hall of Fame as a radio announcer.
There you, go, proof that the detainees didn't even know the toilets were the new un-flushable kind!!!
Gosh, I heard Howard Fineman almost having an orgasm on MSNBC tonight when he heard the news of this report from the Pentagon---he even called in!!!
BUT, I didn't hear from him ONE thing about there being 15 detainees that have been documented to have desecrated the Koran...hmmmmmmmmm Newsweak is just like Rather, just wants Bush's scalp SO DARN BAD, they can taste it!!!
Or how about the Afghan muslims descrating the Koran by blowing up a Mosque in Kandahar?
Yes, if it's the same Jerry Coleman, he probably would be over 80...maybe it's a completely different unrelated person, or maybe it's Junior?
I guess Muslim blood is okay on the koran, not heathen urine...
The Muslims in these Middle East countries have just got to be so indoctrinated and beaten down. How else to explain them just standing around accepting that their own people are blowing their family members, friends, policemen, children up?
I might accept a reluctance on the part of the Muslims IN Iraq and Afghanistan right now---better to not let the terrorists know how you feel sometimes, BUT...
That doesn't explain the Muslims in America and other countries that don't have to worry about a sucide bomber driving into their homes, or walking into their mosques...
To ME, that is at least as indicative of the evil this "religion" is as the beheadings....when a religion causes men and women to use children to blow themselves and others up, it is sick, sick, sick evil and needs to be extinguised.
To ME, that is at least as indicative of the evil this "religion" is as the beheadings....when a religion causes men and women to use children to blow themselves and others up, it is sick, sick, sick evil and needs to be extinguised.
Some of us are just waiting Sleuth...just waiting for the call...
This morning on his 760KFMB (6am-10am Pacific) Rick raised close to $40,000 for the Mt. Soledad War Memorial Association's cause. Roger will continue that fundraising effort next week on his own show on 600KOGO from 3pm to 6pm (Pacific).
Speculation is the lawsuit is designed to drain funding from the effort so the ACLU and the scrum Atheist Paulson who has fought this for fifteen years can once again find a judge to reject the will of the people of San Diego who twice before voted to transfer the area to a non-profit as ordered by courts only to have those void by the courts in a cycle that hopefully will end with the vote in July--that's YES on Prop A to save the Mt. Soledad War Memorial and transferring the land to the Feds as already authorized by Congress and Bush earlier this year.
The interesting this is they've NEVER gone after the Shinto bell in the city's Balboa Park. That shrine was blessed at the dedication ceremony by Shinto priests who came over from Japan!! There are other examples of this hypocrisy by the Atheist fascists / ACLU and their zeroing in on Christian symbols.
It is just to scary for me to contemplate what the future will be like for my two granddaughters if the Republicans don't stay in the White House...
BUT, I also want to see the Republicans STOP trying to be so politically correct, that they don't stop what is being done right here on American soil---
When a local government will stand by and let a group like the atheists remove a cross from land that the public uses, a public that is a huge percentage Christian, then it is indicative the our country is being "taken over" from within.
ACLU:
Anti Christian Leftist Union
Question: Is the ACLU a tax exempt non profit organization? If so, can't we seek to have its tax exempt status revoked given that this is a blatantly political organization and therefore not entitled to tax exempt status?
Just a thought.
No, it's the same one - he used to be a player before he became a announcer. I'll bet he could still go out there and hit .175, just like the old days...
JERRY COLEMAN: 41 years (Yankees, 1963-69; Angels, 1970-71;
Padres, 1972-79, '81-), including 32 with the Padres…Played nine years with the New York Yankees from 1949-58…Was American League Rookie of the Year in '49 and World Series MVP in 1950…After a stint in the Yankees' front office, stepped into the broadcast booth for the Bronx' Bombers in 1963…Over the next seven seasons, teamed with Mel Allen, Red Barber, Joe Garagiola and Phil Rizzuto…Moved to southern California in 1970 and hosted the Angels' post-game show, in addition to anchoring evening sportscasts with KTLA-TV…Took over as the voice of the Padres in 1972… Left the broadcast booth in 1980 for one season as the Padres field manager…His trademark calls, "Oh Doctor" and "Hang a Star" have become synonymous with his 27 years in San Diego…He also broadcast the "Game of the Week," League Championships and World Series for CBS Radio for 22 years.
I look at my kids and worry what kind of country they will inherit.
If there is one thing that will bring this country to it's knees...it's PC. I'm fed up with it. Our borders are wide open; the Mexicans say will reclaim the Southwestern US; the terrorist say they will destroy the entire country; the leftist politicians want a socialist United States; the schools want to indoctrinate our children to the way of fags; free speech is just about to kick the bucket; the UN wants control of our tax dollars; God is being driven from every corner of this great nation by the atheist; everyday, someone is trying to take our second amendment from us; and to rub salt in the wound...the Hildabeast wants to be president of a socialist, Godless, spanish speaking, dhimmitude American citizens with uneducated children, supported by the UN.
But, all in all...it could be worse.
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Yep, we could be sitting in Afghanistan or Baghdad right now...
and there are even worse places, but I don't want to risk getting flamed my the more PC freepers...doncha know.
BTW, I have on c-span right now and they are showing a replay of a speech that Mitt Romney gave in New Hampshire tonight...
I am sure he is going to run for POTUS---
Anyway, just like all speeches, he opened with jokes---the only one I sorta laughed at was this one:
"In Massachusetts when we go "Code Orange" it is because John Kerry went to the tanning salon that day!"
The ACLU has earned themselves a reckoning. I'm just happy to be an instrument of their karma.
Oh, boy, c-span just advertised that it will show repeats of speeches by Jesse Jackson and Kim Gandy and Bernie Sanders later tonight---
Just your regular blue state democrats....
You too? Just look out for me. I might be there at the same time. I'll be the one with the big smile!(and a few other things.)
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