Donald, yes, you are right.  As much as I like the spirit of the letter, I think he is wrong.  WVXU did not allow the candidates to “use” the station.  The station had them as guests. 

I wonder why Berns doesn’t get that?

By The Dean of Cincinnati on 09/06/2010
In the article 'Berns' complaint with FCC against WVXU, Maryanne Zeleznik '.

To help deepen everyone’s understanding of the Judeo-Christian faiths I must first ask how can you possibly link these two belief systems together? The central character in one is not even recognized by the other. The Christ for Christians arrived by way of a virgin birth and he is viewed as a bastard child by the Jews. There may be some commonality in the Old Testament but it is lost with the First Council of Nicaea in 325AD when the decision was made regarding what books to include and which were not in agreement with the party line of the day. The Romans hijacked the church and made the story that was told centuries before fit by intrepretation. The masses were illiterate and only the priests could read and write. Fear was used to control the Plebians. The center of power was then in Rome and today it is not far away in Vatican City. Not much has changed in 2000 years

A Christian is a member of a religious cult who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. We claim we live in a Christian Nation but that is false based on our actions around the world. We act more like the empire building Romans than the followers of Jesus Christ.

By Anon on 09/06/2010
In the article 'Highlights from The Holy Bible '.

You know someone is making a lousy legal argument when s/he conveniently ignores most of the statute being used to make the argument.  Berns quotes only the first part of section 315.  The very next sentence of the law is:

No obligation is imposed under this subsection upon any licensee to allow the use of its station by any such candidate. Appearance by a legally qualified candidate on any—
  (1) bona fide newscast,
  (2) bona fide news interview,
  (3) bona fide news documentary (if the appearance of the candidate is incidental to the presentation of the subject or subjects covered by the news documentary), or
  (4) on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news events (including but not limited to political conventions and activities incidental thereto),
shall not be deemed to be use of a broadcasting station within the meaning of this subsection.

In other words, he’s wrong.  A debate is either a bona fide newscast or a bona fide interview (or on-the-spot coverage of a news event).  Either way, a news station conducting/airing a debate doesn’t have an obligation to provide a platform for every Tom, Dick, and unelectable Harry who manages to get his or her name on the ballot.

By Donald on 09/06/2010
In the article 'Berns' complaint with FCC against WVXU, Maryanne Zeleznik '.

it is clear that they expect that the Street car will bring more cars Downtown

As I understand it, the streetcar will attract more people to the urban center and at the same time lower the number of cars per capita. So while we might have a greater number of cars to accommodate, there will be fewer people like Vlasta, commuting into the city from the suburbs, spewing greenhouse gasses all along the way.

By Bill Landeck on 09/06/2010
In the article 'Molak: Electric buses and wind charging parking lots '.

1.  You wrote:  “...none of the animals could be capable of filling Adam’s void.”  Can you describe for me, in specific terms, the nature of this “void,” and also explain, based on a reading of the text, what God and Adam were doing to reach this conclusion?  Thanks.

2.  There are plenty of non-biblical crazy things people have believed in over the ages.  Anyway, you seem to agree that the Bible features no story about a fallen angel and a rebel army.  Most people don’t know that.  They think the story is in the Bible.  It is not.  (The link works now.  I use Google Chrome.)  Anyway, you are saying Jerome is right because he wrote it only 800 years after, say, the appearance of Satan in the Book of Job?  That 800 years is close enough to be “near” the history, but we are too far away?

Really?  800 years?  Really?

3.  You just don’t want to talk about the giant half-human half-angel super human Greek Titans, because scholars don’t agree?  Well, friend, they are in the Bible.  Even after the flood story:  http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+13:32-33&version=NIV  I think it’s noteworthy that many Christians are unaware that their book features giant half-breed super creatures.

4.  Sorry.  But it’s online now, and I’m not going to remove it.  You have not provided a suitable alternate reading of that very specific passage concerning Adam.  Your claims about Jerome make no sense, since he appears 800 years after Satan’s appearance in the Book of Job.  And, the fact that scholars don’t agree on the Titans does not mean the issue should be ignored—shoved down a religious memory hole.

By The Dean of Cincinnati on 09/06/2010
In the article 'Highlights from The Holy Bible '.

Is it possible that some of the individuals in the TEA party now were in the anti-Bush and ant-Iraq war protests?

I know for a fact that one of their leadership, Brian Willis, gave $500 to Bush/Cheney in 2004.

By Coleman Kane on 09/05/2010
In the article 'Tea Party leader gets grilled by NAACP membership '.

1. You made the statement “you fill in the blanks.” As I read your Genesis 2 description, beastiality seemed to be your implication (isn’t that implied that God was looking for a helper among the animals). Your correlation between God’s statement that he needed to make a suitable helper and the naming of the animals is derived from a linear understanding of the text. Verse 18 works almost as a header to the section, deductively summarizing what is to come. Thematically, chapters 1&2 of Genesis are attempting to establish two things: 1) God as creator and 2) The significance of man over the rest of creation. This text reinforces the second aspect (throughout the Torah known as the theology of imago dei), showing that none of the animals could be capable of filling Adam’s void.

2. There are plenty of established Christian beliefs that are not explicity in the Bible (ex: doctrine of the Trinity). This is why it’s important to examine the role of tradition in hermenuetic. Even though Protestants like to believe they believe only in the Bible, they also live by church tradition. This is why Jerome and the interpretations of the early church fathers are significant to the conversation; their proximity to the world of the text gives them an advantage in understanding it. As these early theologians held to a Satan/rebellion against God position, it can be considered a part of orthodox Christianity. By the way, I just clicked on the hyperlink and it worked. I use Firefox as a browser.

3. I will fully admit that few scholars agree on the Nephilim, which is why I didn’t even bother to address it; we just don’t know. Why some claim that they are fallen angels that intermarried with humans (the word means, “fallen ones”). As this is the precursor to the flood, I would suggest that these sons of God (the line of Seth) intermarried with the daughters of men (the line of Cain) and there were no longer any righteous left in the world. Even though humans considered them heroes, we see that God identifies them as wicked. Regardless, we’ll never know exactly what was going on with them.

4. I don’t think that my confronting these biblical views was insulting. I read the Beacon religiously and appreciate the thorough commentary on local/political issues. But when it comes to these Scriptural diatribes that randomly appear on the site, I feel like they aren’t given the same intentional treatment; it’s content that would seem to be more appropriate for a personal blog rather than an internet newspaper. Since the site vacillates from journalism to opinion with ease, it can be difficult to know how to respond to it.

By Steve on 09/05/2010
In the article 'Highlights from The Holy Bible '.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5pdwTQ4xA8

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/20/code-red-gun/

http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/montana_tea_party_leader_endorses_violence_toward_gay_people

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20001259-504083.html?tag=mncol;lst;1

http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/tea-party-terrorist/2616/

sorry you had limited me to one month in the past in comment #7.

your first post is from march and is about a sign-  no actual violence

Your second post deals with someones words on a facebook page from July- no actual violence

Your third article is from March-  it details attacks that took place around the healthcare vote-  no injuries or lives were threatened

Your fourth one is from april- it details the same things that were in your third article and compares it to the environmental wackos.

The one guy with the gun is worse than anything else you have cited.  Since we arent limited by a month lets talk about ELF (environmental wackos)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Earth_Liberation_Front_actions

Here is a GOP chairman getting punched at a protest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy9wy70Xj9Q

Here is another attack on tea party protestors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AteV2L9pc-U

Here is a guy from the SEIU attackign a tea party member

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFeUhSlHiUQ

So you keep on worrying about those signs while the left performs real violence.

By foreign54 on 09/05/2010
In the article 'Cincinnati Tea Party on Hannity and McVeigh '.

Of her arrogant attitude. Please keep us updated with how this goes. It just isn’t during the election time that she has this attutude, it is her general news coverage. How she gets some national NPR coverage is way beyond me. Desperate I guess.

By Sick n Tired on 09/05/2010
In the article 'Berns' complaint with FCC against WVXU, Maryanne Zeleznik '.

Let me get this straight—the Tea Party is being crazy all over the country, featuring tons of people, and your counter-argument is ONE freak job who is already dead?

There is one freak job who stormed a building and committed actual violence.  You counter with what true violence or possible loss of life caused by the tea party in the last month?

By nuclear69 on 09/05/2010
In the article 'Cincinnati Tea Party on Hannity and McVeigh '.

Let me get this straight—the Tea Party is being crazy all over the country, featuring tons of people, and your counter-argument is ONE freak job who is already dead?

By The Dean of Cincinnati on 09/05/2010
In the article 'Cincinnati Tea Party on Hannity and McVeigh '.

The French, generally, have been total assholes on this issue, but then they are typically self-centered assholes on similar issues but, as in most cases, this classification doesn’t include all French. But France is a democracy and it is assumed that the most of them voted for Sarkose (sp?), who is an aristocratic short asshole through and through. They rolled over and took it in the ass faster than a Greek when Hitler came to town.

Frankly, the Roma life sound like fun and they should be left alone and be allowed to take jobs without fears of intimidation by the French government and people.

By dieterschmied on 09/05/2010
In the article 'Pork chops, racist asshole, Gypsies '.

What I find interesting, is how well the Enquirer has managed to “pick and chose” what teen suicides that they cover. Only the sensational ones. There was a teen suicide this week at a GCL school that happens to be on the West side of Cincinnati and is one of the more “elite” schools- but because it wasn’t sensational- it never got any press. But as parents, we all got emails telling us of the signs to watch for in our teens. But not bloody enough for news coverage!

To me, I find the coverage of ANY death disgusting- with the sheets, covering the body, the ambulance not making a hurry to help move the body, and police just standing around. That is someone’s husband, wife, son, daughter,mother, father, and they may or may noth have children. You can’t always shield children from this type of coverage- keeping TV’s off 24/7. Post Tramatic Stress is a terrible disease to recover from as a child after seeing a parent die in an accident.

I think it is time for common sense to take over.

And I think that Mrs. Burton’s family has every right to be upset! Come on!! If that was any other citizen, doing anything remotely illegal- driving off a service road- we would have been put in jail and the key lost. Double standards apply.

By GCL Mom on 09/05/2010
In the article 'Good coverage, bad coverage: 3CDC and teen suicide in The Enquirer '.