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The great Rev'erand Jesse Jackson has proclaimed that Phil Robinson only said that because of his "White Privilege".

Man that feller has a head on his shoulders....kinda makes me wish I was black.

Stan:
I'm not a lawyer but when you tell one of the stars of a program to take an indefinite hike you can be pretty sure there's a breach of contract. Just go back and look at what happened with the Charlie Sheen scenario. Also keep in mind that Phil's comments were made outside the context of the show.
Anyone else think the contract wasn't breached here?
Jim

jOe, jOe, jOe....

No matter how bizarre you got, I always thought more of you than this.

(but not that much more...)

Yea...

I've always thought you're a damn idiot that thinks he's funny.

A&E caved !

Huge defeat for the radical gay groups that started this fight and preach tolerance but have none ! !

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/a-e-welcomes-phil-robertson-667647

"Less than two weeks after his anti-gay remarks prompted an "indefinite hiatus" for the reality patriarch � and a strong fan backlash � the network says he will remain on the series."

"So after discussions with the Robertson family, as well as consulting with numerous advocacy groups, A&E has decided to resume filming Duck Dynasty later this spring with the entire Robertson family.'

Glad he's back, but that does not make the show any less dumb.

Lessons From the 'Duck Dynasty' Controversy

CNS News, by Ben Shapiro

A&E's indefinite suspension of "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson over his comments regarding homosexuality, and the subsequent backlash, is an important cultural moment in American life.

For the first time in decades, traditionally religious Americans have come out of the closet en masse to speak out against anti-religious bigotry from proponents of gay rights. This, in turn, has made many on both the right and left uncomfortable: uncomfortable with a loud and proud segment of religious believers standing up for the expression of Biblical views, and uncomfortable with the notion of such religious believers being allotted a seat at the political and cultural table.

Hollywood hates conservatives and kowtows to GLAAD. It's been an open secret in Hollywood for years that the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation routinely prescreens many television shows and movies, vetting them for anti-homosexual biases.

This began in the 1980s, when NBC actually invited the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force to provide input on programming. CBS has changed the writing of its shows to add gay characters after receiving a flunking grade from GLAAD. Anti-religious bigotry runs rampant on television, which is why A&E tried to cut "Jesus" from the Robertson family prayers. It is no surprise to find that GLAAD called A&E before A&E dropped Robertson.

Too many conservatives are uncomfortable with religious conservatives. A shocking number of conservatives simply want the "Duck Dynasty" controversy to go away. Many of them think talk of the Bible is uncouth, and that conservatives should ignore cultural battles, instead focusing on economics. The truth, however, is that the conservative movement is animated in large part by Bible believers � and by ignoring that constituency and great good it represents, coastal conservatives do the entire movement a disservice.

The attempt by the media to portray Robertson as homophobic is a deliberate misreading of religious Americans. The media set up a dichotomy in which you are either pro-homosexuality or someone who wants to brutalize homosexuals. This is not the view of the Bible, which makes clear that sin is common and ought to be condemned, but that human beings have the capacity for repentance. The left masks its distaste for the Bible's condemnation of homosexuality in a straw man argument that Bible believers are violent bigots. They are not. Citing the Bible doesn't make you a bigot against human beings � it makes you a bigot against sin, which is a good thing. Emphasis added by Jim M.

It has been decades since conservatives used their market power in the way leftists routinely do. With both Chick-fil-A and "Duck Dynasty," they are learning that the market is the best way to act out their beliefs.

In the end, the "Duck Dynasty" controversy is a lesson in leftist intolerance. In leftist America, babbling for 11 hours about the moral imperative of killing unborn 21-week-old children is a virtue, while citing Corinthians is sin. Traditionally religious Americans must take note of this clash of values and recognize that the culture war is indeed a war for the spiritual soul of the country. An anti-Biblical America is a worse America.
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He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants

Sadly the Aids virus did not wipe this pestilence from our country....

This past week (from 6 AM Sunday 12/22 to 6AM 12/29) out of the maximum 168 hours available A & E put on 38 hours of Duck Dynasty reruns. DD made up just under 23% of their entire schedule. Ratings probably were better than expected, given the media circus. No doubt many people who wouldn't be caught dead watching a "reality" show tuned in to see what the big whoopdeedo was about.

If anyone thinks A & E's announcement to back off was anything but a purely financial decision, you don't understand how the TV business works.

Glad to see you enunciating good Christian values this time of year. Clearly a lot of joy in your heart.