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This is an inspirational video! Mike Gundy, the coach of the Oklahoma State football team really rips into a newspaper columnist for writing an ugly article about one of his players. It’s great to see a coach try to protect his players and to see someone give the media some of what they deserve at times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VytIZZzee0

Here’s an interview on some local program with Jenni Carlson, the writer of the story in question, in response to Mike Gundy’s press conference. In typical reporter fashion, she ignores the important part of his comments in his press conference. Mike Gundy spent several minutes talking about how it’s not right to attack this player, because he is just a kid, and a good kid at that. He also makes a couple of comments about how the facts of the story are not true.

Well, Ms. Carlson ignores the part about the ethics of attacking these young kids, and the essence of her response centered on the factual comments. Basically her comments stated that she stood by her sources and Mike Gundy would not tell her what part of the story was not true. Typical drive-by media technique to respond to criticism, Dan Rather would be proud.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4AisVxShCs

Apparently, she has now done a Good Morning America interview. She must be so happy for this controversy, I can’t wait to hear about her next wonderful article.

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God Responds to Lawsuit - Kind Of

Toby Evans — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:39:43 +0000

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The mystery of one response to a lawsuit against God has been solved. Eric Perkins, an attorney in Corpus Christi, Texas, said Friday he filed a response to the lawsuit from Nebraska State Sen. Ernie Chambers. “It’s kind of a turn on ‘What would Jesus do?’” Perkins said. “I thought to myself, “what would God say?”

“Defendant denies that this or any court has jurisdiction … over Him any more than the court has jurisdiction over the wind or rain, sunlight or darkness,” according to Perkins’ response.

As for Chambers’ contention that God made terroristic threats, inspired fear and caused “widespread death, destruction and terrorization,” Perkins wrote that God “contends that any harm or injury suffered is a direct and proximate result of mankind ignoring obvious warnings.”

Perkins, who said he is a Christian, faxed one of at least two responses to Chambers’ lawsuit. He said while he hopes the lawsuit was just a stunt by Chambers, “maybe his timing has something to do with world affairs. I’d hate to be that person who sat back and did nothing.”

The problem of serving God a summons could land the lawsuit in the earthly scrap heap of failed legal actions.

But whether the issue goes before a judge may largely depend on how hard Chambers pushes the issue. The senator isn’t asking that notice be served to God, but says in his lawsuit that if he doesn’t get a summary judgment in the case, he wants a hearing — “if the court deems such a hearing not to be a futile act.”

Chambers, a self-proclaimed agnostic, said he’s trying to makes the point that anybody can sue anybody. He said his filing was triggered by a federal lawsuit he considers frivolous.

It’s still not clear where a second response from “God” came from. There was no contact information on the filing, which turned up on the counter at the Douglas County Court office, although St. Michael the Archangel is listed as a witness.

Attempts to reach Chambers by phone Friday were unsuccessful.

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State Senator Sues God

Toby Evans — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:30:43 +0000

OMAHA, Neb — State Sen. Ernie Chambers is suing God. He said on Monday that it is to prove a point about frivolous lawsuits. Chambers said senators periodically have offered bills prohibiting the filing of certain types of suits. He said his main objection is that the constitution requires that the doors to the courthouse be open to all. “Thus anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody — even God,” Chambers said. Chambers said he decided to file the lawsuit after a suit was filed in early September in federal court against Lancaster County Judge Jeffre Cheuvront. He’s the judge who was hearing a sexual assault case in which the plaintiff wants to use the words rape and victim during her testimony. Chambers lawsuit, which was filed on Friday in Douglas County Court, seeks a permanent injunction ordering God to cease certain harmful activities and the making of terroristic threats. The lawsuit admits God goes by all sorts of alias, names, titles and designations and it also recognizes the fact that the defendant is omnipresent. In the lawsuit, Chambers said he’s tried to contact God numerous times. “Plaintiff, despite reasonable efforts to effectuate personal service upon defendant ‘Come out, come out, wherever you are,’ has been unable to do so,’” Chambers said. The suit also requests that the court, given the peculiar circumstances of this case, waive personal service. It said that being omniscient, the plaintiff assumes God will have actual knowledge of the action. The lawsuit accuses God “of making and continuing to make terroristic threats of grave harm to innumerable persons, including constituents of Plaintiff who Plaintiff has the duty to represent.” It says God has caused “fearsome floods, egregious earthquakes, horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes, pestilential plagues, ferocious famines, devastating droughts, genocidal wars, birth defects and the like.” The suit also says God has caused “calamitous catastrophes resulting in the wide-spread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants including innocent babes, infants, children, the aged and infirm without mercy or distinction.” Chambers also says God “has manifested neither compassion nor remorse, proclaiming that defendant will laugh” when calamity comes.Chambers asks for the court to grant him a summary judgment. He said as an alternative, he wants the judge to set a date for a hearing as expeditiously as possible and enter a permanent injunction enjoining God from engaging in the types of deleterious actions and the making of terroristic threats described in the lawsuit.

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Laughing Baby

Toby Evans — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:00:28 +0000

Amazing laughing baby!! So funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk

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