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By Bob Parks

Every year, people come out with their "New Year’s Resolutions"; their wish lists of things they hope to either accomplish or see accomplished during the coming year.

As we all know, many of these wishes, or "pledges", are broken within days, so I don’t hold much optimism that these will hold, but there’s nothing wrong with hoping….

The End Of Campaign 2008

Because of the "early" start, many of us are already sick of this campaign season. There are political ads flooding our markets with presidential candidates making promises they know they can’t keep, as they don’t know what the political make up of the Congress will be.

Yet, they’re all over our television sets making promises (and threats), and in the coming months, we’ll "meet" their wives, husbands, and homely kids. They’ll tell us how great we are as Americans, and how much better everything will be if we just trust them with our vote.

Let’s not forget, as we go down this road every four years.

Presidents, outside of during a time of war, have very little to do with our day-to-day lives. The president doesn’t hire all of us. The president doesn’t feed us or pay our rents or mortgages. The president doesn’t heat our homes.

Usually, it’s the Congress that forces us to do things we don’t want to do, and thanks us by taking money directly from our paychecks before we even see them.

But here’s something to watch for.

In the coming months, your local congressional candidates will attempt to show us all their softer sides. However, have you noticed how down right arrogant and mean they can get when while on committees to testifying citizens? These candidates are acting for us now. Too bad they think so little of us they have to "act" in order to get elected.

Hire More Male News Directors

While there’s nothing wrong with having what could be a glut of females at the helm of many news broadcasts, there are many "takes" on news items that are getting real old, especially when "the children" are constantly interjected into the stories.

When a bridge collapses, how will it affect the children? When an assassination occurs overseas, how will it affect the children? When a new bill is introduced on Capitol Hill, how will it affect the children? When Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the House, she surrounded herself with children, and it became apparent that all legislation would have them in mind.

Now while there’s nothing wrong with children (that is, until you have some of your own), some of us are getting tired of hearing about the effect some news item will have on "the children". Some of us just want to get the news. Whether or not it will affect the children or not will be up to people who have them.

Maybe if we place less public emphasis on them, they won’t act as if it’s all about them. If a news director or anchor is pregnant, that doesn’t mean we’ll all see a story through the prism of "How will it affect my child."

Just a suggestion.

Less Public Advertisements of ED

Ever notice how you can find more commercials, during primetime, about male member enhancement? Besides the fact that Elvis is probably rolling over in his grave due to the misuse of the song "Viva Las Vegas, I’m growing tired of all the ads during sporting events and early evening viewing for things that make you get bigger.

Seeing imagery of horny old people is kind of gross.

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An eye-opening revelation reported by MovieGuide.org, is that movies with good moral Christians themes out sell movies with sex and nudity content. Of courses, most advertisers would want you think otherwise.

World Net Daily reports:

"For example, in 2005, movies with a very strong Christian worldview, such as 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe,' averaged nearly $65 million at the box office, but movies with extreme, explicit sex and nudity, such as 'Sin City,' and 'Inside Deep Throat,' only averaged $11.2 million or $11.7 million," the report said.

Movies with less nudity but still strong sexual content, such as "Wedding Crashers," and "The Ice Harvest," fared better, but still averaged less than $22 million in 2005, said MovieGuide, which describes itself as a Christian "ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media according to biblical principles, by influencing entertainment industry executives and helping families make wise media choices."

As the number of obscenities and profanities rose, the income dropped, it said.

In another news report in International Herald Tribune, theater owner, Greg Boardman has closed his doors rather than show the latest releases that he and many other view as "drivel".

But even if accidental, Greg Boardman's blank-screened protest is getting a thumbs up from movie-goers who long for family fare and jeers from others who say his theaters are one of the few diversions — especially for children — in this farming town of about 6,000 people.

Offerings such as "Beerfest" and the "Jackass" sequel briefly landed a "Closed" sign on the marquee outside Boardman's Lorraine Theatre.

"The movies are so bad and I don't need the money … I just didn't think I should use my high-quality facilities to show people vomiting on screen," said Boardman, whose theaters boast a high-tech, eight-channel digital sound system.

Let's hope these trends will send a strong message to Hollywood.

TV censorship has gone too far. The children show, "VeggieTales", had references to God and the Bible removed before NBC would allow the broadcast of the 1/2 hour show. NBC has ruled that mentioning God or the Bible is not politically correct.

"VeggieTales" is a collection of animated home videos for children that encourage moral behavior based on Christian and biblical principles. More than 50 million copies have been sold since 1993, according to Big Idea Inc., which produces the series.

Two weeks ago, NBC began airing 30-minute episodes of "VeggieTales" on Saturday mornings (9 a.m. on KUSA-Channel 9). The show was edited to comply with the network's broadcast standards, said NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks.

"VeggieTales" creator Phil Vischer, who was responsible for readying episodes for network broadcast, said he didn't know until just weeks before the shows were to begin airing that nonhistorical references to God and the Bible would have to be removed.

Had he known how much he'd have to change the show – including Bob and Larry's tagline, "Remember kids, God made you special, and he loves you very much," that concludes each episode – Vischer said he wouldn't have signed on for the network deal. (DenverPost.com)

Interesting though, NBC is still debating whether or not to run Modonna mounting a Crucifix duirng her concert on her upcoming special on NBC.

The Berlin's Deutsche Oper, not wanting to offend the 3.2 million German Muslims, has pulled the performances of the Mozart opera, which shows the severed heads of the Prophet Mohammad, Buddha and Jesus. The police warned that it could pose an "incalculable" security risk because of the violent reactions to Muslims to previous issues, such as the Pope's remarks last week and the Danish cartoons last year. There was no mention of offending Christians or Buddhists.

However, Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans on Wednesday not to bow to fears of Islamic violence after a Berlin opera house canceled the Mozart opera work just because some scenes could enrage Muslims.

"I think the cancellation was a mistake. I think self-censorship does not help us against people who want to practice violence in the name of Islam," she told reporters. "It makes no sense to retreat."

Merkel's comments, which echoed those of other senior German politicians, fueled a row over the cancellation of Mozart's "Idomeneo" which overshadowed a government-sponsored conference to promote dialogue with the country's 3.2 million Muslims. (Reuters)

Merkel offered to make her point on the issue by recommending all attendees at the conference, which half are Muslim, to attend the opera if the cancellation is reversed. All agreed.

Pop star Beyonce Knowles recently stated in an interview that she only makes records for blacks. Her only fallout is about 70% drop in her her new album, B'and, and booed at the MOBO awards in London on Wednesday night when she failed to turn up to collect her three prizes.

Beyonce, 25, said in an interview with Blender magazine: "I make black records. I write records like I speak, and I don't try to change my songs so everyone else likes them."

For her to make such a statement and not get and any real flack from the press is astonishing. If a white singer stated that they only make records for whites, do you think the reaction to the media would have been so light? I am sure there would be racist accusations across the board.

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3805965a1860,00.html