400-408 – Ron Prentice, chairman of protectmarriage.com, on how people can fight to protect marriage in November. 1) Register for email updates at protectmarriage.com. 2) Ask your pastor to get involved or appoint someone in your church to keep the church up to date. 3) Schedule a Sunday or two in your church to register members to vote. 4) Write letters to the editors and ask local civic groups if you can speak to them about protecting marriage. 5) Donate money.
Mr. Brown, a candidate for governor in 2010, has apparently decided to make a play for liberal Democratic primary voters by changing his own office's description of the measure. It now reads that the ballot initiative seeks "to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry," a much more negative way of describing the measure. His office says the meaning is the same.
But both supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage "know that to some voters -- perhaps a decisive bloc in a close election -- the new ballot title language could make the measure sound punitive by eliminating a 'right,'" notes Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters.
Lawyers question the validity of Mr. Brown's move. If the meaning is the same, why is the change needed? If the meaning is different, the change contradicts the petition that placed the proposition on the ballot. Either way, the change is groundless.
413-423 – Jerry Bowyer, chief economist with the Benchwork Financial Network (benchmarkfinancialnetwork.com), and columnist at both NRO and Townhall, on whether a windfall profits tax on "excessive profits" is a good idea or bad idea. Should we subsidize "excessive losses?" Don't we already tax "excessive" profits at an "excessive" 50%? Oil's profit margin is just 8-9%, while nearly every other industry is much higher, e.g., entertainment is about 25%.
428-437 – Jerry Bowyer
443-452 – John Eastman, Dean of the Chapman University School of Law (chapman.edu/law), on today's sentencing of Osama's driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, to 5½ years in prison – far less than the 30 years the prosecution sought. On Wednesday, he was acquitted of the conspiracy charge but was found guilty of the material support charge. With 6 years already served, he may be ought in less than 6 months. However, the military still reserves the right to hold anyone as an enemy combatant, and though Hamdan has been acquitted, it is still possible he remain at Guantanamo.
• Fox News, Bin Laden's Driver Gets 5 1/2 Years.
458-508 – Rick Scarborough, founder of Vision America (visionamerica.us), on the significance of this election.
512-523 – Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Church in San Diego (skylinechurch.org) and leader of the Protect Marriage Amendment (protectmarriage.com).
523 – [2:37] Don Rohde (818) 262-2092, sales manager at Galpin Ford for the past 36 years. Galpin has been family-owned and operated for the past 59 years, with 90% of their business either repeat or referral. Galpin has been #1 volume Ford dealer in the world for the past 18 consecutive years. Galpin offers Ford, Lincoln-Mercury, Honda, Mazda, Saturn, Volvo, Jaguar, and Aston Martin. Located in the heart of the San Fernando Valley at Roscoe and the 405.
528-539 – • OCR (8/7/08), Attempted murder among Christian bikers' charges. More than 150 officers serve warrants in Orange County operation. What do you know about Set Free Ministries? Are they, as Anaheim police Sgt. Tim Schmidt says in the Orange County Register, "a biker gang masquerading as a church?"
539 – [1:30] "Your Independent, Unbiased, Advisors: Robert Micone/Bill O'Connor, The Money Guys at Applied Financial," call them at 866-SEEK-COUNSEL, or visit them online at AppliedFinancialPlanning.com.
544-554 – Calls
558-608 – Calls. Phil Aguilar Jr. calls in.
612-623 – Calls
628-639 – Calls
644-655 – • AP (8/7/08), Joel Osteen's Wife on Trial in Flight Attendant Assault.
• AP, Flight Attendant: Joel Osteen's Wife Acted 'Like a Diva'. Flight attendants, what do you think?
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• Dallas News, Police free 26 cheerleaders from elevator at University of Texas' Jester Hall. What is your best prank-gone-wrong story?
• Times (8/7/08), Cloned-Dog Owner Denies She Is Alleged Rapist, Kidnapper of Mormon Missionary. If true, this is one determined gal.
• Byron York (8/7/08), John Edwards: The Picture of a Scandal: New developments in the story that cannot be reported.
• Sam Farmer (8/7/08), New York Jets' interception of Brett Favre makes it a must-watch team. And what a relief for the Packers! The only way they'll play against former teammate Favre this season is in a Super Bowl showdown.
• LAT (8/7/08), Human rights issues take center stage as Olympics near. China is pressured by athletes, spectators and the U.S. to improve its record on Darfur and Tibet.
• OCR (8/7/08), O.C. minorities in the majority. Political power growing for Vietnamese-Americans and Hispanics.
• USA Today (8/7/08), Demographic landscape shifts across United States.
