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Monday 11.2.09 -- 8 PM - Midnight
(Following Browns' Primetime)

Tuesday 11.3.09 --  10 PM - Midnight
(Complete 2009 Election Coverage)

Wednesday 11.4.09 -- 8:00 PM - Midnight
(The Four-Hour Extravaganza!)

Thursday 11.5.09 -- 6:30 - 7:30 PM
(From Courtside at Quicken Loans Arena
Prior to Cavs v. Bulls!)

Friday 11.6.09 --  7 - 7:30 PM
(Pregame for Cavs @ Knicks!)

Sunday 11.8.09 --  10 AM - 1 PM
(Browns: Bye Week)



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Glenn Beck exposes Obama spokesperson,
Communist-Praising Anita Dunn


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The Sportsman of the Day
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Poll: How do you feel about the California school district forcing 'Gay Education' on elementary school kids?
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Poll: Should BArack Obama close Gitmo and transfer the terrorists to American prisons?
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Poll: Do you think *Christian* voters on American Idol cost Adam Lambert the title because he's gay?
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Poll: Who is the most disappointing, under-achieving Indian?
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Poll: Should Nancy Pelosi be forced to resign if she can't prove her accusations that the CIA lied to her about Waterboarding?
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Poll: What do you think of Rush Limbaugh's statement that he wants Obama to *fail*?
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Poll: If a woman gets pregnant, should the father of the unborn baby have any say in whether the baby is born?
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Fox News Channel
"Weekend Live with Bret Baier"
February 17, 2008




Bob talks with Buckeye Institute 1851 Center of Constitutional Law Director Maurice Thompson about the raid on a Lagrange Family's food co-op.
Global Warming Roundtable discussion. 4 of our finest local Meteorologists talk to Bob Global Warming.
 Gerald Celente, the man who has predicted the fall of the Soviet Union, the stock market crash of 1987 and many other disasters, now says that the United States is on the brink of a revolution and by 2012 the United States will not be what it is today.
Bob interviews councilman Zack Reed who wants to change the name of Nathan Hale Elementary to Barak Obama Elementary

Bob interviews former Senator and Republican Presidential candidate, Fred Thompson, and discusses the upcoming election and Obama's policies

Bob interviews Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher and asks him about the recent controversy over state agencies investigating his personal records

Bob interviews former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, about the controversial comments made by VP candidate Joe Biden regarding the possibility of an attack on the United States under an Obama administration

Bob interviews Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts regarding the 3rd Presidential debate of 2008 and about various domestic policies among the candidates

Bob interviews and takes calls with Jim Trakas, who is running for US Congress in Ohio's 10th District against Dennis Kucinich
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Vote 2009!
Tuesday 11-03-2009 9:54pm ET







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Caption Contest
Monday 11-02-2009 12:05pm ET




What is Eric Mangini screaming?
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"I have no freaking idea what I'm doing!"


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Weekly Examiner column
Monday 11-02-2009 10:59am ET

Frantz: NFL needs to increase safety, not shut down operations

By: Bob Frantz
Special to The Examiner
November 2, 2009

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell spoke on Capitol Hill last week about head injuries. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

SAN FRANCISCO — “Football’s bloodiest secret” screamed one headline. “How different are dogfighting and football?” demanded another. The real bombshell question came from the Web site of a weekly news magazine: “Ban the NFL?”

As evidence linking violent football collisions to long-term dementia mounts, the NFL is now being forced to re-evaluate the safety measures it takes when it comes to protecting players’ brains. League commissioner Roger Goodell was called on the carpet at a congressional committee hearing last week, which revealed the serious possibility that the federal government may revoke the league’s antitrust exemption unless it radically changes the way it handles player safety and care. This, in turn, has led to widespread speculation as to whether or not the most popular sport in America can continue to exist in its current form, particularly at the professional level.

While it is clear that action needs to be taken to reduce the number of head injuries that result from high-impact collisions, radical suggestions like banning the sport are ludicrous.

To eliminate an entire industry like the NFL on the basis of dangers inherent to the job would necessitate an end to coal mining because of black lung disease and collapsed mine shafts. There are thousands of occupations in this nation that may be considered too dangerous to undertake, but those who choose them understand they are taking calculated risks with their short and long-term health.

That is not to say that we should allow grown men to run full-speed into one another with no regard to their safety simply because they choose to do so, but some semblance of personal responsibility must remain in play.

The question should not be about eliminating the occupation, nor should it be one of radically changing the rules. Some have suggested replacing the current hard-shell helmets with updated versions of the old leather helmets worn in the early 1900s, believing that players would no longer block and tackle with their heads if they were encased only in leather or foam. This ignorant argument fails to account for a player simply falling down after a perfect shoulder tackle and striking his head on the ground, or taking an incidental knee to the temple in a pileup.

Yet, a redesign of the helmet is likely the best solution to the ongoing problem of concussions, brain injuries and long-term memory impairment. Rather than weakening the protection of the head as a deterrent to using it for contact, however, the focus should be on increasing it.

There are companies currently designing and testing helmets with soft exteriors, providing players with padding on the inside and the outside of the hard plastic shell. One such company has produced a helmet called the “Gladiator” and it features the same sort of hard rubber polyurethane substance of which car bumpers are made.

Regardless of the advances that may be made in protective equipment, players are still going to be injured playing football, just as assuredly as NASCAR drivers are going to crash. But the key is to minimize the damage to the driver by making the vehicles as safe as possible — not to shut down the track.

Sports personality Bob Frantz is a regular contributor to The Examiner. E-mail him at bfrantz@sfexaminer.com.

Meet the new boss
Tuesday 10-27-2009 4:20pm ET


Bob talks with Indians GM Mark Shapiro about the hiring of Manny Acta


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Bob talks with the Indians new manager, Manny Acta


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Humiliation.
Tuesday 10-27-2009 4:20pm ET





Can it get any worse?
This is called "Progress"???
Wednesday 10-21-2009 12:38am ET


1959 vs. 2009

Scenario
Johnny goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school with his shotgun in his gun rack.
1959 -
 Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2009 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to 
jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for 
traumatized students and teachers.  

Scenario
 Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1959 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2009 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it. 
 

Scenario
 
Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1959 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2009 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
 
 
Scenario
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1959 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2009 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse.  Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang.  State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison.  Billy's mom has affair with psychologist. 
 
Scenario
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1959 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2009 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.  

Scenario
Pedro fails high school English.
1959 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2009 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher.   English banned from core curriculum.  Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.  

Scenario
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
1959- Ants die.
2009- ATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with  domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
 

Scenario
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary.  Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1959 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2009 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.  Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy
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Rush to Judgment...by those who should not be judging
Monday 10-19-2009 9:30pm ET

Frantz: Limbaugh never stood a chance to land NFL team

By: Bob Frantz
Special to The Examiner
October 19, 2009

Rush Limbaugh was dropped from the group trying to buy the Rams. (AP)

SAN FRANCISCO — Boy, that was a close one! Thank goodness for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, whose strong leadership and high moral standards were instrumental at keeping an unsavory character like Rush Limbaugh from weaseling his way into the league and tarnishing the NFL’s much-celebrated, well-branded and perfectly wholesome image!


Likewise, hearty thank yous are in order to fine, upstanding, morally superior men such as Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and DeMaurice Smith, who did yeomen’s work in blocking Limbaugh’s membership in a potential ownership group vying for the moribund St. Louis Rams’ franchise. It’s very comforting to know that we’ve got such honest, ethical men defending the league’s integrity.


After all, Limbaugh once had an addiction to prescription painkillers, so how could he honestly expect a league that parades drunk drivers, drug addicts, steroid addicts, womanizers, woman beaters, animal abusers, alcoholics and college dropouts in front of millions of fans every Sunday to possibly tolerate a limited partner of his ilk?


And let’s not forget, Limbaugh in 2003 accused the national sports media of overstating the ability of Eagles’ QB Donovan McNabb because they wanted a black quarterback to succeed, for the sake of political correctness. That clearly makes him a racist! And thank goodness we had Sharpton there to point it out.


After all, who knows more about racism than the good reverend, who once led a racially driven media assault on a group of white cops accused of raping a black girl named Tawana Brawley in New York, and who publicly condemned and convicted a bunch of white Duke lacrosse players of raping a black stripper — and refused to apologize or recant when both cases proved to be complete fabrications?


Perhaps Jackson does, since he is the man who coined the term “Hymie” and “Hymie Town” as he slurred New York City Jews in the 1980s. It was very helpful to have him passing judgment on Limbaugh.  


And of course DeMaurice Smith, the NFLPA’s executive director, did an outstanding job of encouraging players to speak out against Rush, which had everything to do with protecting his union members, and certainly nothing at all to do with politics. Who cares if he made maximum campaign contributions to President Barack Obama and was appointed to the Obama transition team last December? A left-wing lawyer deeply engaged with a left-wing president, fighting to keep a right-wing commentator out of the NFL?


Sheer coincidence.


But no one carried the NFL banner more proudly than commissioner Goodell, who defended his opposition to Limbaugh in declaring, “We’re all held to a higher standard here.”


Somewhere in St. Louis, convicted killer and drunken driver Leonard Little must have offered quiet applause as he walked with his higher standards to cash last week’s NFL paycheck.


In Philadelphia, convicted felon and dog-torturer Michael Vick likely thumped his chest between practice snaps. In weight rooms around the league, steroid abusers slapped one another’s acne-riddled backs, and in night clubs, prime-time NFL partiers shifted the glocks in their waistbands as they pushed the strippers aside and stood as one to cheer the joyous news: We did it. We kept that scumbag Rush Limbaugh out.


Sports personality Bob Frantz is a regular contributor to The Examiner. E-mail him at
bfrantz@sfexaminer.com.

Tribe Managers' Job
Monday 10-19-2009 9:21pm ET









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Poll: Which of the Indians' 3 *Finalists* would you pick for the managers' job?
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Hey ref, measure THIS.
Sunday 10-18-2009 11:39pm ET




WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?



On what PLANET is that a first down???


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