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AC/DC Concert Destroys Charlotte, NC Time Warner Arena December 18, 2008

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The long awaited return of AC/DC, one of the greatest rock and roll bands in history didn’t let anyone down. The concert was at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC on December 18, 2008 at 7:30PM. The opening act was a classic rock band from Northern Ireland called “The Answer”. They had the 70’s rock theme going on. They were good musicians but a little polished for my taste. I like my rock with more of a raw edge. They got a good reception from Charlotte and they did seem to have their hearts in it. So I still have to give them 3 stars. After all, being a band that nobody has heard of yet and opening for AC/DC has to be a bitch.

AC/DC started with huge digital video screens of an animated runaway steam locomotive traveling down the tracks. Angus is stoking the fire in full devil regalia and is distracted by some hot babes . Brian seems to be getting ahead in the passenger compartment. The train crashes into the stage in the video and then a huge 40 foot long prop steam locomotive crashes onto the actual stage. Fire, steam, and explosions happen and are a great way for the band to enter and begin and start with the song “Rock N’ Roll Train” from the new album “Black Ice”. The crowd stood up and never sat down for the rest of the night.

The sound system was incredible. I wouldn’t really call it a concert. I was more like a Rock N’ Roll assault on Charlotte. The sound system was so loud and clean that some of the notes just punched you in the face. Drummer Phil Rudd probably caused structural damage to the building, God Bless him. I hope there were noise complaints in the next state.

Guitarist Angus Young stole the show with his ripping guitar solos and his onstage antics. He and singer Brian Johnson didn’t leave anything. They both gave 120% to people that paid 100 dollars a pop and waited months to go to the show. The whole band seemed like they were in great shape and well prepared for the tour. There was nothing sloppy about any song. They all sounded fantastic.

My personal favorites during the show were “Rock N’ Roll Train” because of the theatrics and the killer tune. “Whole Lotta Rosie” because its one of my personal favorites and Rosie made a surprise appearance I didn’t expect. And you couldn’t beat the encore of “Highway to Hell” and “For Those Bout To Rock ( We Salute You) ” with 6 cannons blazing.

I have to say that Angus Young is probably the greatest living “Rock” guitarist. I’ve seen a lot. He is a no frills, in your face, kick your ass guitar player. He is Rock N’ Roll. I don’t think I’ve seen a better show in 20 years. If you ever get a chance to see AC/DC live, I wouldn’t pass it up.

Set List for Charlotte, NC

1. Rock N’ Roll Train
2. Hell Ain’t a Bad Place To Be
3. Back In Black
4. Big Jack
5. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
6. Thunderstruck
7. Black Ice
8. The Jack
9. Hells Bells
10. Shoot to Thrill
11. War Machine
12. Anything Goes
13. You Shook Me All Night Long
14. T.N.T.
15. Whole Lotta Rosie
16. Let There Be Rock
Encore:
17. Highway To Hell
18. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

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Some Court Documents You May Have Trouble Finding On Anti Barack Obama Attorney, 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist, Bush Rico and Proponent of Disbarring Members of the Supreme Court Philip J Berg’s Website

Document 1
No. 08-570
Title:
Philip J. Berg, Petitioner
v.
Barack Obama, et al.
Docketed: October 31, 2008
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Case Nos.: (08-4340)
Rule 11

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 30 2008 Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due December 1, 2008)
Oct 31 2008 Application (08A391) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter.
Nov 3 2008 Supplemental brief of applicant Philip J. Berg filed.
Nov 3 2008 Application (08A391) denied by Justice Souter.
Nov 18 2008 Waiver of right of respondents Federal Election Commission, et al. to respond filed.
Dec 1 2008 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by respondent Bill Anderson.
Dec 8 2008 Application (08A505) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter.
Dec 9 2008 Application (08A505) DENIED by Justice Souter.

~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Philip J. Berg 555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12 (610) 825-3134
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-2531
Party name: Philip J. Berg
Attorneys for Respondents:
Gregory G. Garre Solicitor General (202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Party name: Federal Election Commission, et al.

Lawrence J. Joyce Lawrence J. Joyce LLC (520) 584-0236
1517 N. Wilmot Rd., #215
Tucson, AZ 85712
barmemberlj@earthlink.net
Party name: Bill Anderson
http://origin.www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/08-570.htm
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Document 2
No. 08A391
Title:
Philip J. Berg, Applicant
v.
Barack Obama, et al.
Docketed:
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Case Nos.: (08-4340)

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 31 2008 Application (08A391) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter.
Nov 3 2008 Supplemental brief of applicant Philip J. Berg filed.
Nov 3 2008 Application (08A391) DENIED by Justice Souter.

~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Philip J. Berg 555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12 (610) 825-3134
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-2531
Party name: Philip J. Berg
Attorneys for Respondents:
Gregory G. Garre Solicitor General (202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Party name: Federal Election Commission, et al.
http://origin.www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/08a391.htm
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Document 3
No. 08A505
Title:
Philip J. Berg, Applicant
v.
Barack Obama, et al.
Docketed:
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Case Nos.: (08-4340)

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 8 2008 Application (08A505) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter.
Dec 9 2008 Application (08A505) DENIED by Justice Souter.

~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Philip J. Berg 555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12 (610) 825-3134
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-2531
Party name: Philip J. Berg
Attorneys for Respondents:
Gregory G. Garre Solicitor General (202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Party name: Federal Election Commission, et al.

Lawrence J. Joyce Lawrence J. Joyce LLC (520) 584-0236
1517 N. Wilmot Rd., #215
Tucson, AZ 85712
Party name: Bill Anderson
http://origin.www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/08a505.htm
Link to US Supreme Court

Document 4
Obama Campaigns answer when he tried to shut down the November 4th election

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Who is Anti Barack Obama Attorney Philip J. Berg ? Parts 1 and 2 , His 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, Bush Rico Lawsuits, Disbarring the Supreme Court aka Spurious Legal Cases

Here is an interesting history of some of Philip J. Berg’s politically driven spurious lawsuits.

Here’s more about Berg:

(Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania – 01/04/07) – Philip J. Berg, Esquire,
[Berg is a former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania; former
candidate for Governor and U.S. Senate; an attorney with offices in
Montgomery County, PA and an active practice in Philadelphia, PA, who
prior hereto has filed a RICO lawsuit against Bush and others for the
events of 9/11 and plans to re-file shortly] announced today that he
was issuing a call for world leaders to arrest and try Bush and Cheney
for the global crimes of 9/11/01.

Philip J. Berg, Esquire stated in a letter to the nations throughout
the world:

“It is time for the nations of the world to come forth and take the
leadership because of the failure of the United States Government and
the States where crimes were committed on 09/11/01, where no thorough
investigation and indictments occurred, to investigate, arrest and
prosecute the people responsible for the murders on 9/11/01,
specifically including George W. Bush and Richard Cheney.”

Berg sounds quite confident there, but when it comes to specifics, he
vacillates a bit:

Berg continued there is overwhelming evidence that:

“Bush and his cronies made 9/11 happen or let it happen. And, if they
let it happen, then they made it happen. Either way, they are
responsible; and more important, they have completely and
unequivocally covered-it-up!”

Berg continues:

” Now, it is time for world leaders to take the lesson learned from
Iraq and issue a warrant for the arrest of George W. Bush and Richard
Cheney; arrest them; take them to a neutral country; try them for the
murder of over 2,800 people from more than 80 countries on 9/11/01
and, when found guilty, sentence them appropriately. Jurisdiction
would be proper in any of the more than 80 countries whose citizens
were murdered on 9/11. ”

Yeah, just arrest them!

Berg’s a nutbar Bush-hater from way back; in 2001 he asked Supreme
Court Justices Thomas, Scalia and O’Connor to voluntarily disbar
themselves for their decision in Bush v. Gore. He also sued President
Bush in 2004 under a RICO lawsuit on behalf of Willie Rodriguez.

Berg is the nutball attorney who sued President-elect Obama, claiming
that Obama was sired by the great racehorse Secretariat and a
Norwegian mare. Here’s more about Berg:

http://www.rinf.com/columnists/news/philip-berg-seeking-the-truth-of-911

Philip J. Berg, Esq. Seeking the “Truth of 9/11″
Calls on World Community To Arrest and Try Bush & Cheney for Global
Crimes of 9/11
Philip J. Berg, Esquire

Philip J. Berg, Esquire, [Berg is a former Deputy Attorney General of
Pennsylvania; former candidate for Governor and U.S. Senate; an
attorney with offices in Montgomery County, PA and an active practice
in Philadelphia, PA, who prior hereto has filed a RICO lawsuit against
Bush and others for the events of 9/11 and plans to re-file shortly]
announced today that he was issuing a call for world leaders to arrest
and try Bush and Cheney for the global crimes of 9/11/01.

Philip J. Berg, Esquire stated in a letter to the nations throughout
the world:

“It is time for the nations of the world to come forth and take the
leadership because of the failure of the United States Government and
the States where crimes were committed on 09/11/01, where no thorough
investigation and indictments occurred, to investigate, arrest and
prosecute the people responsible for the murders on 9/11/01,
specifically including George W. Bush and Richard Cheney. ”

Berg continued there is overwhelming evidence that:

“Bush and his cronies made 9/11 happen or let it happen. And, if they
let it happen, then they made it happen. Either way, they are
responsible; and more important, they have completely and
unequivocally covered-it-up!”

Berg’s letter went on to say:

“The trial and execution of Saddam Hussein marks the “end of a
difficult year for the Iraqi people and for our troops” according to
President Bush.

Now, it is time for world leaders to take the lesson learned from Iraq
and issue a warrant for the arrest of George W. Bush and Richard
Cheney; arrest them; take them to a neutral country; try them for the
murder of over 2,800 people from more than 80 countries on 9/11/01
and, when found guilty, sentence them appropriately. Jurisdiction
would be proper in any of the more than 80 countries whose citizens
were murdered on 9/11.

Despite a near-complete corporate media embargo on the wealth of
evidence indicating that the 9/11 attacks were caused or knowingly
permitted to happen by top figures in the Administration and the
military, 84 % of the U.S. public, according to an October 2006 CBS/NY
Times poll, is unconvinced by the “Official Story,” and agrees that
the President and others caused or allowed the attacks to happen.

That an event such as 9/11 was desired by powerful Administration
figures, including Cheney and Jeb Bush, the President’s brother, is a
matter of record, as the Project for the New American Century’s [PNAC]
blueprint for worldwide U.S. dominance entitled “Rebuilding America’s
Defenses,” stated that the program they advocated could win popular
support only with the help of a “catastrophic and catalyzing event,
like a new Pearl Harbor” which (we are supposed to believe to be
coincidence) came to pass just 8 months after many of the co-signers
of the PNAC document assumed high positions in the new Bush
Administration in January 2001.

As President John F. Kennedy stated, “Things do not just happen; they
are made to happen.” There has never been an investigation of 9/11
that had not concluded, before it even began, that the Official Story
convicting Osama bin Laden and absolving the Administration and the
military of complicity of anything worse than “intelligence failures,”
which thereby made the outcome a foregone conclusion.

It is time that the men who had the motive, means and the opportunity
to commit the terrible crimes of 9/11, and who have profited by it
politically as well as financially, be exposed for their role and held
to account.

The world has suffered since the horrific acts of Bush and his cronies
on 9/11, that being the events of 9/11 and the aftermath, the illegal
act of war against Afghanistan and Iraq that has caused the death and
injury of hundreds of thousands, including thousands of U.S. troops;
the destruction of property and the enormous costs involved.

Saddam was tried, found guilty and sentenced to death after being
convicted of murder in the killings of 148 Shiite Muslims from an
Iraqi town where assassins tried to kill him in 1982. This number of
killings that Saddam Hussein was found guilty of is far less than Bush
and his cronies caused to die on 9/11.

The 148 Iraqi deaths for which Saddam was tried pales in number to the
750,000 dead at the hands of George W. Bush as a result of this
illegal invasion of that country which includes babies, sons,
daughters, mothers, fathers, elderly grandmothers and grandfathers,
killed without remorse by George W. Bush and his war profiteering
supporters.

Bush continues the war in Iraq to keep the world’s attention there and
not on the atrocities caused by him on 9/11, including the possibility
of Bush sending up to 40,000 more troops to Iraq, even though a
majority of the American people are against this increase.

The world must act now because our own government has failed us. We
cannot relent until real justice is reached. Only by exposing the
truth of 9/11 and revealing how it was used as the “trigger event” to
justify the neocon’s imperial policy can we put these events in proper
prospective.”

http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.politics/2008-11/msg01915.html
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.politics/2008-11/msg01914.html

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Anti Barack Obama attorney Philip J. Berg faces disciplinary complaint

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

INTERNET POWERHOUSE ANDY MARTIN ASKS PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT DISCIPLINARY BOARD TO EXAMINE ATTORNEY PHILIP BERG’S PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

(NEW YORK)(November 12, 2008) Andy Martin has asked the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board to investigate
the conduct of anti-Obama attorney Philip J. Berg of Lafayette Hill, PA. “There have been a lot of questions, and criticism, swirling around Mr. Berg’s behavior,” Martin stated. “I thought his behavior merited a look by the Disciplinary Board. That way there can be a fair and impartial examination of his claims and actions.”

A copy of Martin’s Statement, which is part of Martin’s form complaint, (faxed to the DB today, November 12th) follows:

November 12, 2008

Philip J. Berg contacted me in mid-August about a complaint he proposed to file in federal court. He sent me the complaint to review, and I advised him the complaint was nonsense. He was suing the wrong parties in the wrong court for the wrong relief. Berg said he wanted to “enjoin the Democratic National Convention,” which caused me to question his sanity. He pleaded that Barack Obama was “born in Kenya” when there is not a shred of credible evidence to support this claim.

He filed his complaint and then began issuing a series of asinine news releases about the progress of his lawsuit.

Berg is playing on the vulnerability of people who intensely dislike President-elect Barack Obama, and using his inflated accusations to solicit money from the public. He constantly exaggerates or misrepresents the facts. In early September persons acting on his behalf claimed there was a “court order” for Obama to produce a birth certificate. No such order existed.

Then he claimed Obama was in “default” and had “admitted” he was born in Kenya. This was compete nonsense. As someone who is a genuine critic of Mr. Obama, I know firsthand what confusion Berg creates with his false and misleading claims. Most recently he or persons acting in concert with him have suggested that the U.S. Supreme Court “ordered” a response to his nonsense. The Court has done nothing of the sort. The court’s rules simply provide a thirty-day period for responses.

I don’t know whether Berg suffers from an emotional disturbance, or is merely a money-grubbing huckster, or what, but Berg’s behavior is undermining public faith in the integrity of the Pennsylvania legal profession.

Berg has been disciplined in the past for misconduct:

systocracy.com/Bergmalpracticetwo

www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/05D0679P.pdf
www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/05d0521p.pdf

Lawyers are entitled to engage in vigorous advocacy. They are encouraged to extend and revise legal precedents. But they are not entitled to file delusional claims without a scintilla of support, particularly when they then use these delusional claims as a basis to solicit money from the public.

Mr. Berg has previously claimed that the U.S. Government blew up the World Trade Center, again without shred of evidence to support his nonsense.

He is a threat to vulnerable citizens who tend to believe his false claims and give him money on the false assumption that Berg is acting in good faith. By stealing small amounts of money from people across the nation he has flown under the radar of professional discipline. No competent attorney could have acted as Berg did during the past three months. His behavior in federal court, all of which is a public record, is outrageous.

A copy of Martin’s complaint is available by fax (not e-mail)

Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting experience in radio and television. He is currently based in New York selling his new book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of http://www.ContrarianCommentary.com. © Copyright by Andy Martin 2008. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with over forty years of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree
from the University of Illinois College of Law.

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. Andy is the author of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, published in July 2008, see http://www.OrangeStatePress.com.

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329
E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

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US Supreme Court Dismisses Barack Obama Birth Certificate Case

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In a move that will upset conspiracy theorists, UFO proponents, and racists throughout the country, the US Supreme Court has dismissed the Barack Obama Birth Certificate Case. This case was brought as an emergency by a crackpot from New Jersey who was trying to make the case that because Barack Obama’s Father was a British Citizen, Barack wasn’t a “Natural Born Citizen”. There was no definition given for a natural born citizen in the US Constitution. So in 1795, that’s right 1795 our forefathers decided they would clear this up and passed the Naturalization Act of 1975. Many of the forefathers that were at the Constitution Convention were involved in the crafting and the passing of this legislation of Title 8 of the U.S. Code filling in the gaps of US Citizenship. Its sad that a politically motivated case like this can actually be brought to our court system but it proves the court is accessible to everybody, even wackos. So for future reference, this is who qualities as a citizen:

Who is a natural-born citizen? Who, in other words, is a citizen at birth, such that that person can be a President someday?

The 14th Amendment defines citizenship this way: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” But even this does not get specific enough. As usual, the Constitution provides the framework for the law, but it is the law that fills in the gaps.

Currently, Title 8 of the U.S. Code fills in those gaps. Section 1401 defines the following as people who are “citizens of the United States at birth:”

* Anyone born inside the United States
* Any Indian or Eskimo born in the United States, provided being a citizen of the U.S. does not impair the person’s status as a citizen of the tribe
* Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S.
* Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year and the other parent is a U.S. national
* Any one born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year
* Any one found in the U.S. under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age 21
* Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time)
* A final, historical condition: a person born before 5/24/1934 of an alien father and a U.S. citizen mother who has lived in the U.S.

Anyone falling into these categories is considered natural-born, and is eligible to run for President or Vice President. These provisions allow the children of military families to be considered natural-born, for example.

Information on Citizenship
Chicago Tribune story on the Obama Birth Certificate Case

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WBT 1110 Hate Radio Charlotte NC , Racist Radio At Its Finest

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It seems that not much has changed over at WBT since they fired Hate Radio Host Jeff Katz. While listening to the 3-6 pm show on Friday the main topics were some type of strange racist conspiracy theory that Barack Obama wasn’t a US Citizen because his step father adopted him and took away his US Citizenship and that he was really a Muslin ( really scary lol ) and therefore he could not be the President. This was based on a case that has been thrown out of every court in the country and now WBT is treating it like something with traction because the final appeal is to the US Supreme Court. WBT is pandering to racist rednecks as usual. Its already known the Supreme Court is not going to do anything that would upset a presidential election especially since Obama has already been vetted in all 50 states. This is simply another dangerous way that WBT causes racial hated in our community.
Another racial topic of the day was the OJ Simpson conviction. WBT used this as an opportunity to bring up all the racial hatred from the original OJ Simpson acquittal. The host spoke for over an hour and talked with glee about how OJ finally got what was coming to him and how he was really guilty all along. And how members of the black community let him off and made a joke out of the justice system. Several callers even called and said that this trail had nothing to do with the other trial but were treated rudely and not given their say. This was clearly another way of being racially divisive and causing racial turmoil in our community. The host was clearly trying to connect with racists and trying to stir up feelings of hate against African Americans and should be ashamed.
Its sad that WBT has to make money trying to sell lies and hate to its community. Kharma is a bitch.

Info on the Barack Obama Birth Certificate

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Any Questions About The Barack Obama Birth Certificate ? Please Get A Life.

Haiwaii State officials say there’s no doubt Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.

“Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said Friday she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama’s original birth certificate.”

“Fukino says that no state official, including Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, ever instructed that Obama’s certificate be handled differently.”

“She says state law bars release of a certified birth certificate to anyone who does not have a tangible interest.”

Some Obama critics supported by Members of the Ayran Nations and The Ku Klux Klan still claim these documents are not good enough to prove his citizenship.

“Earlier Friday, a southwest Ohio magistrate rejected a challenge to Obama’s citizenship. Judges in Seattle and Philadelphia recently dismissed similar suits.”

Link to an Original FOX NEWS Story about the Obama Birth Certificate

A Link To Barack Obama’s Birth Certificate

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Jeff Katz Fired From WBT ” But It Was Based On Business Reasons ”


Ultra-Right Wing Radio Host Jeff Katz was fired from Charlotte, NC radio station WBT-1110 AM this week. WBT Vice President and General Manager Rick Jackson and Program Director Bill White spent 3 hours on the air during the 3 -6 PM old Jeff Katz time slot Tuesday, December 2, 2008 taking calls from listeners. I would have to say it was admirable to see a couple of managers willing to stand up for a decision by taking on criticism in such a public format. It was pretty funny because Bill White was playing producer and running the board and fumbled around and made some mistakes, which made it fun to listen too. Some callers were not happy with the decision that Jeff was fired and said they would no longer listen to the station. But I would have to say they were in the minority. Most people that called were happy that Jeff was being replaced.
Bottom line is not about pressure from about any group. Its not about the hate that Jeff spewed about Muslims, African Americans, Immigrants, or the Poor. WBT is a big business. The Jeff Katz Show is number 5 in the stations target demographic. Jeff wasn’t what WBT was looking for, and wasn’t bringing in the right numbers because if he did, he would still be on the air. Personally, I don’t care why he is gone, I am just glad he is. Hate has no place in Charlotte.

Link to the WBT Press Release About the Firing

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Jeff Katz is Fired From WBT and the People Rejoice


Jeff Katz is no longer the 3pm-6pm host of the WBT afternoon show. Mr. Katz was a polarizing figure ever since his arrival in Charlotte, NC a couple of years ago. His brand of hate politics will not be missed by me or a large segment of the Charlotte region. Hats off to the management of WBT.

A link to The Tara Servatius Show Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: December 1, 2008

Tara Servatius Named
New Afternoon Host at WBT AM & FM

Charlotte, NC (December 1, 2008): Greater Media announces Tara Servatius has been named the new Monday through Friday, 3pm – 6pm afternoon drive on-air host at WBT AM & FM in Charlotte, North Carolina. She will begin her new on-air duties on Monday, December 8th, 2008.

Servatius has been the host of The Tara Servatius Show on weekdays from 9pm to midnight on NewsTalk1110 WBT. The program is a mixture of local and national commentary, interviews and forensic journalism from the perspective of a life-long Charlottean.

She has won more than two dozen state and national journalism awards for column writing and investigative reporting while she was a reporter in the Charlotte market for The Leader and Creative Loafing newspapers. Among her most recent was a first place news enterprise reporting award from the North Carolina Press Association about the weaknesses in Charlotte’s overburdened court system. Servatius also recently won a national first place award for column writing from The Society of Professional Journalists. The Charlotte native is a graduate of Charlotte Catholic High School and UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism.

“Tara has increasingly proven to be a superstar in waiting,” said Greater Media Charlotte Vice President and Market Manager Rick Jackson. “Her show is less about politics and more about a journalistic view of how local government operates. She’s a brilliant investigative reporter and effectively constructs her views based on real case studies and supporting data.”

Rick Jackson and WBT Program Director Bill White will be on air Tuesday, December 2nd at 3pm to discuss the programming change and answer listener questions.

WBT AM & FM is owned by Greater Media Charlotte, Inc., and is a subsidiary of Greater Media, Inc., the parent company of 23 AM and FM radio stations in the Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, New Jersey and Philadelphia markets. It also owns a group of weekly newspapers in central New Jersey as well as several telecommunications towers located throughout the United States.

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Email Your Question or Comments to:

Rick Jackson/VP & Market Manager
rjackson@greatermediacharlotte.com

Bill White / WBT Program Director
bwhite@wbt.com

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Jeff Katz Fired From WBT Tara Servatius Named Replacement

Jeff Katz is no longer the 3pm-6pm host of the WBT afternoon show. Mr. Katz was a polarizing figure ever since his arrival in Charlotte, NC a couple of years ago. His brand of hate politics will not be missed by me or a large segment of the Charlotte region. Hats off to the management of WBT.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: December 1, 2008

Tara Servatius Named
New Afternoon Host at WBT AM & FM

Charlotte, NC (December 1, 2008): Greater Media announces Tara Servatius has been named the new Monday through Friday, 3pm – 6pm afternoon drive on-air host at WBT AM & FM in Charlotte, North Carolina. She will begin her new on-air duties on Monday, December 8th, 2008.

Servatius has been the host of The Tara Servatius Show on weekdays from 9pm to midnight on NewsTalk1110 WBT. The program is a mixture of local and national commentary, interviews and forensic journalism from the perspective of a life-long Charlottean.

She has won more than two dozen state and national journalism awards for column writing and investigative reporting while she was a reporter in the Charlotte market for The Leader and Creative Loafing newspapers. Among her most recent was a first place news enterprise reporting award from the North Carolina Press Association about the weaknesses in Charlotte’s overburdened court system. Servatius also recently won a national first place award for column writing from The Society of Professional Journalists. The Charlotte native is a graduate of Charlotte Catholic High School and UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism.

“Tara has increasingly proven to be a superstar in waiting,” said Greater Media Charlotte Vice President and Market Manager Rick Jackson. “Her show is less about politics and more about a journalistic view of how local government operates. She’s a brilliant investigative reporter and effectively constructs her views based on real case studies and supporting data.”

Rick Jackson and WBT Program Director Bill White will be on air Tuesday, December 2nd at 3pm to discuss the programming change and answer listener questions.

WBT AM & FM is owned by Greater Media Charlotte, Inc., and is a subsidiary of Greater Media, Inc., the parent company of 23 AM and FM radio stations in the Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, New Jersey and Philadelphia markets. It also owns a group of weekly newspapers in central New Jersey as well as several telecommunications towers located throughout the United States.

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Email Your Question or Comments to:

Rick Jackson/VP & Market Manager
rjackson@greatermediacharlotte.com

Bill White / WBT Program Director
bwhite@wbt.com

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