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nice version of "Deck the Halls".

BANGOR, Maine — A former sheriff said he had concerns years ago about the Rev. Robert Carlson — who committed suicide Sunday by jumping from the Penobscot Narrows Bridge — and his relationship with young boys. Former Penobscot County Sheriff Timothy Richardson, who was hired as a deputy in the early 1970s and was sheriff between 1980 and 1984, said he questioned actions by Carlson in the 1970s. Carlson, a prominent community leader, was administrator of the jail in the 1970s and later became its chaplain. Richardson said Carlson “would come into the control room [at the Penobscot County Jail]...

It is a reckless analyst who risks reopening sixteenth-century disputes between Roman Catholics and the Protestant Reformers. I do so in the interest of a greater good, but my purpose is not to say who was right or who was wrong. I would simply like to explore why the Protestant churches maintained unity with the Catholic Church on the contraception question for four centuries, only to abandon this unity during the first half of the twentieth century. I write as a historian, not an advocate. (I am a “cradle Lutheran.”) Orders & Disorders To understand the change in Protestant thought...

Tucker Carlson on Tuesday said, "Very few people have done more to divide the country than Chris Matthews." Such occurred on Fox's "Hannity" show as the Great American Panel discussed the "Hardball" host's deplorable interview with Congressman Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) earlier in the day (video follows with transcript and commentary): SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Ooh. Thrill up my, that was a good line. TUCKER CARLSON, DAILY CALLER: It’s excruciating for Chris to listen to other people talk for once. You could see the kind of pain in his face. But, you know, he’s spent the last couple years just sucking up...

An apparently sober Tucker Carlson was advocating capital punishment for animal cruelty on TV this week. For those who missed it, where have you been? While filling in for Sean Hannity on Fox, Carlson expressed the opinion that Michael Vick, pro-bowl Quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, should have gotten the death penalty for his participation in a dog fighting ring a few years ago. Tucker, who finally has lost the bow tie and with it his mind, is in the process of trying for a hat trick. I think he wants to host his third show on his third different...

Click here to watch this priceless Gibbs Lying Video

Gretchen Carlson, just back from vacation, refused to give White House spokesman Robert Gibbs any cover in Gibbs' attempt to evade and avoid direct questions regarding 0bama's attempt to take political - not security - credit for the current "highly stable" situation in Iraq.

...and prayed for rlief from the oil spill.

Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- If Massachusetts, that bluest of blue states, goes Republican, say goodbye (or good riddance) to health-care reform and any chance that the Democrats will be able to pass much of anything in the Senate. Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold will struggle to overcome a filibuster just to get National Cheese Week proclaimed.

Veterans In Politics Talk Show Introduces David Carlson and Chris Steely LIVE on www.AllTalkRadio.net Our Listeners for the month of September are 113,910 thousand: Thank You: The Marines have landed: October 10: Chris Steely former US Marine and Corporate Vice President: David Carlson former US Marine and a candidate for State Senator representing Minnesota District 38: "Veterans In Politics" is a weekly radio show produced by the Veterans In Politics International and hosted by Steve Sanson and co-hosted by Ronda Baldwin Kennedy on www.alltalkradio.net. The "Veterans In Politics" show is live every Saturday 2:05 PM Pacific Time you can call...

Here is video of Bernard Whitman and Tucker Carlson talking with Martha MacCallum about health care. Bernard Whitman said "the fact that in this day health care is not considered a basic and fundamental human right in this country is an absolute disgrace," and asked "what would Jesus do?" After Whitman says this you can hear Tucker Carlson chuckling in the background. Tucker Carlson asked "if health care is a right, where does it come from?" It's definitely not in the Constitution. (Watch Video)

Carlson says he has a duty to speak up in moral conflict By: Derrick Neuner Posted: 8/20/09 It's a new year at Saint Louis University, and along with changes occurring on campus, there has also been a change in the St. Louis Archdiocese. On June 10, after serving four years as bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw, Mich., Archbishop Robert J. Carlson was installed as the head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. As archbishop, Carlson will be responsible for over 550,000 Catholics and he will have a unique chance to interact with one of the nation's oldest and largest...

Roman Catholics from near and far will gather in St. Louis to mark the installation of Archbishop Robert Carlson. An elaborate Mass to mark his beginning as archbishop of the St. Louis Archdiocese will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Cathedral Basilica. He'll lead a region with nearly half a million Catholics. Carlson says he will be firm on church teaching, but he believes in dialogue - even with those he may disagree with. He says without that communication, it's impossible to get someone else's point of view. The 64-year-old most recently served as the bishop of the...

Pope Benedict XVI has named a Midwesterner — though one with no local roots — as the next Roman Catholic archbishop of St. Louis. The 64-year-old archbishop-elect, Bishop Robert J. Carlson, has led the Saginaw, Mich. diocese since 2005. He will be the 10th ordinary, or leader, of St. Louis Catholics since 1827. Carlson, a veteran administrator with 25 years’ experience leading dioceses, succeeds Archbishop Raymond Burke, whose four-and-a-half year tenure as St. Louis Catholic leader ended in June when the pope named him to lead the Vatican’ s supreme court. Like Burke, Carlson is trained as a canon, or...

In February 2004, my son, Spc. Michael Carlson, arrived in the Diyala province of Iraq. During the next 11 months he and his team searched houses, hunted insurgents, and made a difference in the lives of the Iraqi people. I think about him today because I miss him very much. ... In America, we often think that this transformation happened solely by the work of our American heroes. But the Iraqi people have worked very hard to transform their country and to take back control. I remember meeting Brig. Gen. Ismael Alsodani, the Iraqi defense attaché, when he visited Arlington...

Liberals snickered at Tucker Carlson after his 2004 questioning of Jon Stewart on Crossfire. Now conservatives are booing the MSNBC talking head for praising the New York Times. Maybe he wants a column? The left-leaning newspaper is, after all, still looking for someone to replace former conservative columnist William Kristol. TV personality Carlson would be an unexpected choice, but having lost his MSNBC and CNN shows — MSNBC still lists the gay-beating right-winger as a "Senior Campaign Corespondent" — he's got a lot of time on his hands. Maybe Carlson is trying to show the Times he can tame his...

Some harsh words.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Joyce Carlson, a Disney artist who helped create the idyllic universe of singing children at "It's a Small World" rides across the globe, died at home at the age of 84. Carlson died on Wednesday after long suffering from cancer, The Walt Disney Co. said on Friday. In a 56-year career with Disney, Carlson went from delivering paints and brushes to animators to inking films herself, but it was her work on "It's a Small World" that is witnessed by millions of visitors each year. Carlson was among the creators of a miniature prototype of "It's a...

One of the many benefits of being a conservative as opposed to a liberal is that we never have any shame about self-criticizing our own party. Being naturally opinionated, conservatives won’t hesitate to call out one of our own for a little verbal slapping when needed. Where liberals will openly turn on each other out of ambition, the motive from the political right is borne out of keeping the team strong in the fight against the other side.....

..."It's a great day for freedom of speech in Washington and great day for freedom of speech in America," said Carlson, one of two hosts at the center of the legal dispute...The court's 9-0 ruling was a sharp rebuke of several local governments — including Seattle — that brought the original case. In a concurrence opinion, Justices Jim Johnson and Richard Sanders called it an "abusive" attempt by the municipalities to silence political opponents. Two years ago, Carlson and fellow KVI-AM host Kirby Wilbur waged an extensive on-air campaign to promote a citizen initiative to overturn a 9.5-cent-a-gallon gas-tax increase...

Vets For The Truth on MSNBC's Tonight with Tucker CarlsonTODAY at 4:00 & 6:00pm ET Today at 4:00 & 6:00pm (ET) Tucker Carlson of MSNBC's "Tonight with Tucker Carlson" will be seeking to decimate, discredit and destroy Vets For The Truth. VFTT's Craig Minnick, an Iraq War Veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve and a resident of Murtha's hometown of Johnstown, PA, will seek to show that Murtha's actions are extremely harmful – not only to those serving on the ground in Iraq, but to our nation in general. Iraq War veteran Minnick has made numerous attempts...

LETTER FROM BISHOP CARLSON Dear Fathers, Deacons, Pastoral Administrators, and Faithful of the Diocese: Since my installation as your bishop more than one year ago, I’ve had the privilege to celebrate liturgy with many of you and have come to know you as a people of deep faith for the Gospel and a strong commitment to excellence in liturgy.As I have said before, I am grateful to know that our diocese has benefited from the liturgical leadership of my predecessors, I affirm the rich liturgical involvement of the many lay ministers of our diocese, and I appreciate the educational opportunities...

MATTHEWS: Do you find her physically attractive, Tucker? CARLSON: I‘m not going to answer that, because the answer, I don‘t want to hurt anybody‘s feelings. That‘s not the point. MATTHEWS: Positively. COSBY: Don‘t ask me that question. MATTHEWS: Mike, do you want to weigh in here as an older fellow. Do you find her to be a physically attractive woman? BARNICLE: I‘m too old to be doing that. I had enough fights in my life. MATTHEWS: OK, Rita, do you find her to be a physically attractive woman? COSBY: I‘ll throw it back to you, Chris, do you find her...

For anyone that had the misfortune of witnessing the Tucker Carlson “interview” with CAIR mouthpiece Ibrahim Hooper on MSNBC Tuesday night, several things were readily apparent. To the uninformed, naïve middle-American, it should now be obvious not to expect any mercy from the proponents of the “most merciful Allah”. But to those of us burdened with greater insight into the Islamic hate machine, this exposition served as yet another reminder that CAIR’s vision of “American-Islamic Relations” amounts to nothing more than unconditional dhimmitude here in the USA. The CAIR-free days of years past are indeed a distant memory. Carlson’s brief...

Just Reported! I-912 has turned in a total of approx. 420,000 signatures to the Sec. of State. That's more then 12,000 signatures a day since it got started with NO paied signature gatherers!

Margaret Carlson: Do You know Where Your Flag Is? Margaret Carlson Fri Jul 1,11:45 AM ET Do you know where your flag is? It's being waved in the House of Representatives in lieu of doing any work on, say, gas prices, stem cell research, global warming (fossil fuel emissions still voluntary). Health care reform? Why bother with a doctor when you can have Bill First diagnose your illness from the floor of the Senate. Members so fearful of being called unpatriotic get closer and closer to passing the amendment to protect the flag from desecration. It takes guts to protect...

Drudges latest post got me thinking, "why all the fuss about Tucker Carlson lately?" FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2,722,000 FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 2,016,000 FOXNEWS GRETA 1,864,000 FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 1,563,000 CNN LARRY KING 1,277,000 CNN AARON BROWN 751,000 CNN ZAHN 718,000 CNN COOPER 618,000 CNNHN NANCY GRACE 583,000 MSNBC OLBERMANN 459,000 MSNBC HARDBALL 330,000 MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 325,000 MSNBC TUCKER CARLSON** 231,000 Why does anyone care? Simple, because one time funny guy turned left wing nut job Jon Stewart made an ass out of himself by being mean to him on crossfire. Now it is like a bag of blood in a shark pool,...

Early on the morning of March 16th, 1984, William Buckley left for work at the American embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. Officially, Mr. Buckley, a decorated veteran of the Special Forces, served as the political officer at the embassy. In reality, however, Mr. Buckley was the embassy’s CIA station chief. On his way to the compound, Buckley’s car was stopped by a group of masked men, who forced him from his car at gunpoint. His assailants would later be identified as terrorists from the group Islamic Jihad, which served as an alias for the real perpetrators, Hezbollah. The circumstances surrounding the...

Hundreds of friends, family members, schoolmates and fellow soldiers packed into Arlington Hills Lutheran Church on the East Side on Saturday morning to pay their final respects to Army Sgt. Michael Carlson, the first soldier from St. Paul to be killed in the war in Iraq. Carlson, 22, who died with four other soldiers Jan. 24 when their Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled over into a canal in the town of Mohammed Sacran, Iraq, was remembered as a strong, passionate, fun-loving young man whose life ended as he was fulfilling a childhood dream. In a eulogy for his younger brother, Daniel...

Tucker Carlson is leaving Crossfire tomorrow 1/6/05. This will be his last day with the long running political debate show. 202-994-8CNN for tickets to be there. Rumor is that he is upset with CNN. What will happen to Crossfire now? Who will replace him?

NEW YORK (AP) - How's this for a feud that straddles the line between politics and entertainment: CNN's bow-tied conservative Tucker Carlson vs. "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart. Carlson on Monday fanned embers still hot from their "Crossfire" confrontation, saying Stewart looked ridiculous during his CNN appearance and was a sellout for publicly backing Democrat John Kerry for president. Stewart, appearing on the debate show Friday, angered Carlson by saying "Crossfire" is "partisan hackery" that does little to advance the cause of democracy. And that was the mild stuff. "You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you...

Jon Stewart gives it to Crossfire Hosts, and how http://www.mirum.org/Crossfire-Jon_Stewart.wmv

NYC police on watch for Port courthouse bomber By Andy Smith and Stephanie Akin Staff writers New York City police are targeting a man who bombed Newburyport Superior Court 28 years ago, saying he poses a threat to next week's Republican National Convention. But an anti-war activist group has accused police of trying to "smear" their reputation by linking the group with the convicted radical who terrorized New England with a series of bombings in the 1970s. New York City police say Richard J. Picariello, 55, is among 50 activists whose criminal histories will earn them extra attention next week....

More than a decade ago, Washington became the first state in the nation to adopt a three-strikes-and-you're-out law, and at the time, it spurred a firestorm of argument, both for and against. Today, the controversial law known as I-593, which covers more than 40 felonies labeled the "most dangerous offenses," seems to have dropped from public consciousness. Yet quietly, outside the public eye, I-593 prosecutions continue to chug along, fulfilling some of the measure's promises but offering a few surprises along the way. Among them: - There have been far fewer life sentences -- 229 through December -- than analysts...

TUCKER CARLSON PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM GREEN-LIGHTED FOR DEVELOPMENT AT PBS Weekly Half-Hour Series Targeted for June Launch on PBS stations Washington, DC; Friday, November 7 -- PBS and producing station WETA Washington, DC, announced today that a new public affairs program for PBS, featuring acclaimed political journalist, commentator and analyst Tucker Carlson, has been green-lighted for development. The half-hour weekly primetime series, targeted for a June launch, is set to offer a lively discussion of the week’s news stories from a wide range of perspectives. The exact format and title are still in development. Carlson, currently a co-host of CNN’s...

That Rush Limbaugh made inflammatory, racially based comments comes as no surprise. The shocking thing is, no one on NFL Countdown called him out. The ESPN show's four-man panel of experts consists of long-time pundit Chris Berman and former pros Tom Jackson, Michael Irvin and Steve Young. They are a respected bunch, but when Limbaugh spouted off about Donovan McNabb and interjected race into the equation, they danced around the issue like ballerinas with bunions. "I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL," Limbaugh said during the show Sunday. "The media has been very...

<p>WASHINGTON — In what could only have been a journalistic blunder, Tucker Carlson, co-host of CNN's "Crossfire," gave out the wrong phone number Thursday when prodded on the show to reveal his home number.</p> <p>Carlson, apparently confused, mistakenly gave out the number of the Washington bureau of Fox News Channel, which received numerous phone calls.</p>

SEATTLE - So, it's not just me. Read Joel Connelly's column in Friday's Seattle P-I. Read Ellen Goodman's column in the Seattle Times Friday. Or, just give my friend Mikey a call. Mikey stopped me yesterday to comment on how viciously strident conservative broadcasters have become. How Limbaugh, Hanity [SIC]and O'Reilly, for example, figure that if we don't support President Bush in EVERY instance, on EVERY issue, at ALL times, then we are un-American. That's it's not enough to merely mistrust liberals or moderates, we must disdain them, or we are un-American. That if we don't let right-wing anally-conservative broadcasters...

1.1 million copies total, after Simon and Schuster said they were printing 100,000 more copies after last nights supposed 'record' night at Barnes and Noble.He probably wont have to actually eat his shoe on Inside Politics, Begala will probably buy him a cake in the shape of one..

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I'm not sure how long its been since they came up with the "new and improved" Crossfire, but I think the show is really terrible. Carville is too much for me and even Tucker Carlson has rubbed me the wrong way of late. So, what is CNN doing? I would think that this was supposed to be one of their prizes of their reshuffling, but so far its a poor show and with the failure of Connie Povich, the folks over at CNN must be itching for some changes. What can they do? Carville, Novak, Begala and Carlson don't seem...

<p>MARGARET Carlson, the first female columnist in the history of Time magazine and a fixture on CNN's "Capitol Gang," is about to sever her ties to the magazine, Media Ink has learned.</p> <p>Carlson, a well-connected Beltway insider, had been a regularly appearing weekly columnist until the Sept. 11 attacks, but she's been all but invisible in the magazine's lineup since then.</p>

UPI's Capital Comment-Crossed Off?With great fanfare, CNN re-launched Crossfire as its signature political program.In an effort to beef up the left side of the desk Fmr. California Democratic Party Chairman Bill Press was dumped in favor of the Clinton-partisan tag team of Paul Begala and James Carville while pundit Tucker Carlson joined Bob Novak on the right.The show was also expanded to an hour, the format was altered to allow more topics to be discussed on each show and it was moved to a theatre at George Washington University so that an audience could be added.In all, a very expensive...