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A Different Dialogue for 'Values Voters' (by Jim Wallis) I'm preparing for a dialogue with Richard Land at the FRC Action's Values Voter Summit tomorrow. This has caused me to reflect on how the definition of "moral values" has changed. Evangelical activism to protect God's creation is now publicly visible in a new way, including Christian concern over global warming. A host of other issues are now part of a broadened and deepened evangelical agenda—most connected to poverty, human rights, and social justice. Even American military and foreign policy has begun to come under critique by Christian scholars (including evangelicals),...

ABC News suspended the executive producer of the weekend edition of "Good Morning America" yesterday over a pair of leaked e-mails in which he used inflammatory language to slam President Bush and Madeleine Albright. John Green, whose unpaid suspension will last one month, apologized to the White House in a call to communications director Nicolle Wallace, while two ABC executives called the former secretary of state to apologize.[snip] In one of the e-mails,... Green wrote to a colleague: "Are you watching this? Bush makes me sick. If he uses the 'mixed messages' line one more time, I'm going to puke."...

Friday, Mar 31 ABC Suspends John Green For One Month Good Morning America Weekend executive producer John Green has been suspended for one month after his personal e-mails were leaked to the Drudge Report and Page Six, TVNewser has learned. Phyllis McGrady made the announcement at GMA's morning meeting today. A number of ABC News staffers are outraged that Green's personal messages have become a public embarrassment. Some have speculated that the messages were leaked by a disgruntled former employee...

A top producer at ABC NEWS declared "Bush makes me sick" in an email obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT. John Green, currently executive producer of the weekend edition of GOOD MORNING AMERICA, unloaded on the president in an ABC company email obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT. "If he uses the 'mixed messages' line one more time, I'm going to puke," Green complained.

As soon as I read the e-mail of ABC News Exec, John Green, I KNEW he would be hailed in DUmmieland as a fellow loon. It didn't take long for the DUmmies to send their kisses to Green which you can see in this THREAD titled, "ABC NEWS EXEC: 'BUSH MAKES ME SICK'; E-MAIL REVEALED." It wouldn't surprise me a bit if John Green is already a registered DUmmie posting to crazed threads about LIHOP, MIHOP, and how Karl Rove manipulates EVERYTHING that happens in politics. Matt Drudge says this story is still developing and if it turns out...

Some time ago, in my eternal quest to set the record straight, I suggested that the true hero of the motion picture industry wasn’t Thomas Edison or D.W. Griffith, not Chaplin or Keaton, not Jack Warner or Louis B. Mayer, but the anonymous fellow who first came up with the notion of putting salt on popcorn, thus turning packing material into a concession stand bonanza that costs more per-pound than lox and caviar put together. But there are others who, more often than not, get overlooked while far too much praise is lavished on actors and directors. I refer to...

Fan at center of Pistons-Pacers brawl calls Artest a `thug' 11/23/2004, 2:43 p.m. ET The Associated Press WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit fan who authorities say threw a cup that hit Indiana forward Ron Artest and started a brawl during a Pistons-Pacers game described the player Tuesday as a "thug." John Green, a 39-year-old contractor from the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield Township, made the comments during an appearance with his lawyer, Shawn Smith, on ABC's "Good Morning America." "Ron Artest went through the stadium punching people the whole night," Green said. "He was being a thug."...

Gay man asks court for spousal rights to claim partner's estate Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A gay man is asking a Harris County court to let him claim a portion of his partner's estate, just as a heterosexual spouse could. But attorneys for the partner's son say Texas law does not recognize a probate claim brought by a gay partner. All the proceeds, they say, belong to the man's children. William Ross says he and John Green, who died in January 2003, were partners for 71/2 years. Green, 55, left no will saying who should get his town house,...