THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
ANOTHER EDITION OF DONNYBROOK.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
COOL IS IN SECTION AND OUR
PANELIST HAVE DONE THEIR HOME
AND WE'LL MEET THEM IN JUST A
MOMENT.
HERE SHE IS THE MEDIA VETERAN
HERSELF WENDY WEEKS.
FROM THE ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
AND FTL TODD.COM BILL MAY CELL
LONG.
-RAY HARTMAN AND -- ALVIN REID.
OKAY.
WE'LL START WITH YOU BILL.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
ERIC OLD SAID HE GOING TO
INVESTIGATE ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
LET ME ASK YOU AND ALSO LET ME
ASK YOU IF YOU THINK HOLDER WHO
CAME TO ST. LOUIS AND SAID HE
SHARES A MISS TRUST OF POLICE
BECAUSE HE BELIEVES HE WAS
RACIALLY PROFILED SOME BOTH NEW
JERSEY AND IN THE GEORGE TOWN
SECTION OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
CAN HIS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAVE
A FAIR AND OBJECTIVE CRY TEAK OF
POLICE IN ST. LOUIS.
SURE.
AND AS FAR AS THE -- IT WON'T
BEHOLDER DOING THE
INVESTIGATION.
IT WILL BE UNDER -- BUT IT'S
SETTING UP TO BE SOMETHING TO
PACIFY THE PEOPLE WHEN THERE ARE
NO INDICTMENTS AND NO
CONVICTIONS ON DARREN WILSON.
HERE WHAT IS WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND A --
PRACTICE WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THERE WILL BE A
CONSENT DECREE AND JEFF JACKSON
WILL BE GONE AND THAT WILL BE
GONESSE GONE.
OFFERING THEM UP AS A RITUAL
SACRIFICE.
I THINK SO.
THE COUNTY WILL BE -- --
LET'S SEE HOW MANY APPLIED.
LET'S CONTACT THEM AND WHEN YOU
APPLY -- DID YOU GET A CALL
BACK?
IF YOU'VE GOT 20 PEOPLE APPLIED
AND ALL WERE ELIGIBLE AND TWO OR
THREE WERE HIRED.
SOMEBODY HAS TO EXPLAIN THAT.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY TRY TO
CHARGE THE OFFICER WITH THE
CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION.
THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN I DOUBT
IF HE WERE TO BE CHARGED.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WOULD
HAVE TO SAY THERE IS NOTHING --
THAT WE CAN COMMENT -- CAN DO.
-- IN CINCINNATI THE
DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION WENT
ON FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEY NEVER
SIGNED IT.
THEY REFUSED TO GO ALONG WITH
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DECREE.
I DON'T SHARE THE RITUAL
SACRIFICE THEORY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN AND THERE MAY BE AN
INDICTMENT AND CERTAINLY ERIC
HOLDER DOESN'T TAINT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
AND I AGREE WITH BILL.
BOB McCULLOUGH DOESN'T HAVE
ANY OBLIGATION TO STEP DOWN.
IN AN AREA WHERE RACE IS THE BIG
ISSUE --
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I'M SAYING -- I THINK THE
SITUATION IS MORE DRASTIC.
ALL I'M SAYING IS I THINK THE
ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO
PLACATE PEOPLE WITH REGARD TO
THIS CASE IF THERE IS NO
INDICTMENT IS IF THERE IS THE
U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DID
BRING A CIVIL RIGHTS CASE AND I
DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD PREJUDGE
THAT.
WE HAVE ALL HAD OUR OWN
UNIQUE EXPERIENCES TO WHAT JOB
WE DO.
BUT DON'T FORGET WHAT HOLDER
HAS BEEN SAYING FOR EVER IS HE
COMES TO TOWN AND HE SAYS AGAIN
AND AGAIN HE WANTS JUSTICE FOR
THE BROWN FAMILY AND HE SHARES
IN THE TRUST FOR THE POLICE.
SO JUST CONCERN ABOUT BOB
McCULLOUGH IN THE MINDS OF
PEOPLE IF THERE IS A DAMING
REPORT POLICE HE L SAY THAT THIS
WAS ANTIPOLICE FROM THE GET-GO.
I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
WHAT PEOPLE'S REACTION IS.
WHAT CAN I JUDGE?
I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS AND WHEN
I SAY I HAVE A MISTRUST OF
POLICE THIS DOESN'T MEAN LIKE I
WANT TO FIGHT THE POLICE.
I'M ANTIPOLICE?
ALL I'M SAYING IS IF I GET
STOPPED WHATEVER HAPPENS HERE IS
GOING TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT
THAN IF I WAS A DIFFERENT COLOR
PERSON.
BOB -- IS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL
JUST LIKE BARACK OBAMA THAT IS
WHAT MAKES ME SO UNCOMFORTABLE.
McCULLOUGH SHOULD RECUSE
HIMSELF.
PEOPLE ARE ELECTED.
I DID NOT SAY BOB SHOULD
RECUSE HIMSELF AND I THINK HE IS
AN HONEST PROSECUTOR.
I DID AGREE WITH PEOPLE WHO
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR
THE COMMUNITY SIMPLY BECAUSE OF
THE TRIFECTA OF HAVING SOMEONE
WHO'S RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY
UNPOPULAR IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
COMBINED WITH THE INHERENT
SECRECY OF THE GRAND JURY
PROCEEDING AND THE THIRD ASPECT
IS WHO PROSECUTION.
' IT'S A BAD COMBINATION.
BUT KEEP IN MIND --
DO YOU THINK THE
INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO BE
TRANSPARENT.
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE
FEELING THAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT ABOUT ERIC HOLDER HAVE IT
ABOUT BARACK OBAMA IRRESPECTIVE
OF ANYTHING THAT IS SAID.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE
NEGATIVE FEELINGS ABOUT BOB
McCULLOUGH ARE FAIR.
THEY MAY NOT BE FAIR BUT THEY
REAL.
BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS
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LET'S MOVE ON TO RAY HARTMAN.
HANG ON.
WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON.
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JANE NIXON.
THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE.
HE HAS HAD A WEEK THAT WELL-- HE
STOPPED THE EMERGENCY ORDER SOME
FERGUSON THIS WEEK WHICH MEANS
THAT HE NO LONGER HAS THE POWER
TO PULL BOB McCULLOUGH AWAY
FROM THE PROSECUTION AND THEN
TIM FISH SAID SPEAKING FOR THE
MISSOURI PEACE OFFICER'S
ASSOCIATION WROTE A LET ARE TO
THE GOVERNOR SAYING WE DON'T
LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A VIGOROUS
PROSECUTION OF THE POLICE
OFFICER HOW ABOUT A VIGOROUS
INVESTIGATION?
AND THEY ARE WONDERING IF THE
GOVERNOR IS A FAIR GUY.
DO YOU THINK HE WILL BE A VICE
PRESIDENT?
I WISH TIM WAS STILL POLICE
CHIEF AND HE WOULD HAVE HANDED
THIS DIFFERENTLY.
BUT I DISAGREE WITH HIM ON THIS.
I THINK YEA NIXON PROBABLY
DIDN'T CHOOSE HIS WORDS WELL AND
BY THE TIME WE GET TO NEXT WEEK
HE IS IN ANOTHER SHOOTING
GALLERY NEXT WEEK.
HIS FOOT, I -- FUTURE I WOULD
SAY NORMALLY THE NAME WOULD BE
GREAT BUT BECAUSE IT WAS A
ANONYMOUS.
HE HAD SUCH A BAD INTRODUCTION
ON THE INTEREST FAT STAGE.
ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.
HE HAD SUCH A -- YOU NEVER GET A
SECOND CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST
IMPRESSION AND FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE HIS FIRST IMPRESSION
DIDN'T GO WELL.
I THOUGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO
CONGRESSMAN CLAY WHO HAD ALREADY
SAID THAT MICHAEL BROWN WAS
MURDERED.
TO ME WATCHING THE PRESS
CONFERENCE IT WAS NOT SO MUCH
WHAT THE GOVERNOR WAS SAYING --
AS THE WAY HE SAID IT.
WE MUST HAVE JUSTICE FOR THE
FAMILY.
THE VIGOROUS PROSECUTION.
I THOUGHT HE IS PRIVY TO SOME
INFORMATION THAT THE OTHERS
DON'T HAVE YET AND TO BORROW'S
POPULAR PHRASE IT WAS A RUSH TO
JUDGMENT THAT HE CANNOT AFFORD
TO MAKE.
HAVE WE'LL DISCUSSED IT
BEFORE AND I'M MORE CONVINCED --
BECAUSE WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GOING
TO RUN FOR IN MISSOURI?
NOT MUCH.
HIS CHANCES OF BEING PRESIDENT
AND VICE PRESIDENT ARE GREATER
NOW THAN THEY WERE BEFORE ANY OF
THIS STARTED.
LET ME EXPLAIN -- WE BASICALLY
ALL RIGHT LOOK AT WAS GOING ON
RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI.
AND WE'RE SAYING THIS OR THAT.
IF NIXON HAD TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI
TOMORROW I AM CONVINCE E HE
WOULD WIN BECAUSE NIXON HAS
CARRIED THIS STATE BEFORE WHEN
IT WAS HEAVILY REPUBLICAN AND I
GUARANTEE YOU WITH WHAT HE HAS
DONE -- LET ME FINISH.
OKAY.
WHAT HE HAS DONE HERE ALL RIGHT.
THERE WERE PEOPLE IN MISSOURI
THAT WOULD VOTE FOR HIM THAT
WOULD NOT VOTE FOR HIM THE OTHER
TIME.
WHO'S MAD AT NIXON RIGHT NOW.
THE POLICE OFFICER AND THE
MAJORITY OF THE BLACK
POPULATION.
WHICH MEANS HE MUST BE DOING A
PRETTY GOOD JOB.
LET ME FINISH.
LET ME FINISH.
OKAY.
AND LASTLY LET ME SAY THIS IF
JAY NIXON COULD WIN THE
GUBERNATORIAL RACE TOMORROW
WHICH STATE IS HE GOING TO
LOSING.
WE HAVE ONLY HALF AN HOUR.
I'M THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN
PUSHING JAY NIXON.
YOU WERE HIS PRESS SECRETARY.
BUT I THOUGHT HE HAD A BAD
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
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BECAUSE MARIA IS -- SCREAMING
AND YELLING ABOUT JAY NIXON AND
IN SOME HOW THAT TRANSLATES INTO
THIS HUGE CHUNK --
THERE IS A POPULATION WITHIN
THIS COUNTRY LARGE ENOUGH TO NOT
PROPEL HIM TO THE NO, MA'AM
MAKINGS BUT SUPPORT HIM -- TO
THE NOMINATION BUT SUPPORT HIM
WE'RE ALL BEING A LITTLE BIT
ELITIST.
NO.
HE IS NOT DONE IN AMERICA.
DON'T YOU THINK HE HAS GREAT
DIFFICULTY EXPRESSING HIMSELF.
USING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE?
NO.
THE GUY CAN'T SPEAK.
I HEARD HIM AT THE PAGEANT
WHEN HE WON RE-ELECTION.
IT WAS LIKE HE WAS TALKING TO
VOTERS OF IOWA ABOUT MISSOURI.
WHEN HE IS UNDER FIRE AND
ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM
REPORTERS.
WHY HE IS A GOOD POLITICIAN.
AND I LIVE IN WAY TOO MUCH OF A
GLASS HOUSE.
I DO THINK THAT IF I WERE
ADVISING NIXON AND HE WANTED TO
BE ON THE PRESIDENT, STAGE TO
YOUR POINT HE IS POPULAR WITHIN
MISSOURI.
THAT AND --
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BUT HE COULD TARGET LLOYD AT
SOME POINT AND TRY TO GET ON THE
NATIONAL STAGE.
WE'LL FIND OUT.
THIS WEEK -- DECIDED TO SUE
FOR MICHAEL BROWN'S JUVENILE
RECORDS.
IF YOU'VE GOT A RECORD AS AN
ADULT THAT IS OUT THERE ON CASE
NET.
BUT NOT AS A JUVENILE AND THEY
THINK THAT A IS WORTHY FOR THE
READERS.
THE FAMILY COURT OF ST. LOUIS
COUNTY SAID THEY ARE NOT GOING
TO RELEASE THEM BUT THEY DID SAY
HE HAD NO SERIOUS FELONIES AND
WAS NOT CONVICTED.
DO WE NEED MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT A YOUNGER MICHAEL BROWN AT
THIS POINT.
YOU WERE ABLE TO GLEAN MORE
THAN I WAS IN TERMS OF THE
DEFINITION OF SERIOUS.
IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS SERIOUS.
IT WAS POT THE MOST SERIOUS.
IT WAS NOT THE MOST SERIOUS BUT
I WAS CONFUSED BY THE DEFINITION
OF THE WORD AND HOW THEY WERE
USING IT TO RELATE TO MICHAEL
BROWN.
I THINK IT HAS A BEARING ON THE
CASE AND I KNOW THAT IS NOT
POPULAR AND I DON'T WANT THE
FAMILY TO FEEL HIS CHARACTER IS
BEING ASSASSINATED ON TOP OF THE
OTHER PAIN THEY GOING THROUGH
BUT I WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY IF
THIS WERE ANY OTHER CHILD.
HE IS NOT A CHILD.
ANY OTHER YOUNG PERSON UNDER THE
SAME SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
HIS CHARACTER IS BEING A --
ASSASSINATED.
THE PAPER HAS TO DO IT
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY RUMORS
AND PEOPLE WHO KNOW NOTHING --
HE DID THIS AND HE WAS A SUSPECT
IN THAT.
AND AS LONG AS THE POLICE AND
THE OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN US WHO
INFORMATION AND JUST LET RUMORS
CARRY THE DAY I THINK IT'S
INCUMBENT UPON THE NEWSPAPER TO
TRY TO SAY HERE IS THE FACTS AS
WE KNOW THEM.
THE LAW SAYS THE JUVENILE
RECORDS ARE SEALED.
AND I THINK THAT BECAUSE HE
WAS AN ADULT IT WAS SEALED.
IF THEY RULED THAT NO WE'RE NOT
TURNING IT OVER I HAVE NO
PROBLEM WITH THAT.
BUT I'M A NEWSPAPER PERSON.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE NEED ON DO THIS AND THIS IS
OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT WHAT DOES IT ADD --
THEORETICALLY ALL YOU DO IS
FURTHER TAINT A JURY POOL THAT
IS GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO SIT
AND HEAR ANY WAY.
I WILL NOT CRITICIZE THE POST
DISPATCHER FOR JOURNALISTIC
INQUIRY.
BUT I SURE -- YOU MENTIONED
JUSTICE FOR THE FAMILY OF
MICHAEL BROWN WHICH I THINK IS
IMPORTANT AND IT'S ONE THING TO
SIT HERE WITH ALL OF OUR RULES
AND ALL OF OUR RULES ON THAT BUT
AT SOME POINT FROM THEIR
PERSPECTIVE I'VE GOT TO BE
WONDERING WHERE JUST JUST IS.
BECAUSE THE GRAND JURY PROBABLY
WON'T INDICT BUT WE'LL CHANGE
THE RULES ON THE JUVENILE -- WE
ALL FEEL BAD FOR THEM BUT I
THINK JUSTICE FOR THE MICHAEL
BROWN FAMILY NEEDS TO BE --
EMOTIONS ARE SO HIGH AND
THERE IS SO MANY RESUME
ORGANIZATION -- RUMORS.
THE NEWSPAPER HAS TO TRY TO
GETTING SOME.
WHEN THE LAW PROTECTS
JUVENILE.
WILL OTHER JUVENILE RECORDS BE
GIVEN UP.
IF YOU WERE DECEASED --
THAT IS NOT THE LAW.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
CENTENE CORPORATION.
ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT IT'S
GOING TO MOVE A CLAIMS FACILITY
TO FERGUSON.
CENTENE ADMINISTERS MEDICAID
PLANS.
SO PEOPLE WILL CALL IN.
200 WORKERS IN FERGUSON ALTHOUGH
CENTENE DOES NOT HAVE PROPERTY
YET.
IT WILL MOVE TO BALLPARK
VILLAGE.
IT NEVER DID.
IS THIS A PR PLOY.
IF THEY BACK OUT OF THIS DEAL
THEY ARE REALLY KIND OF PLAYING
THE SITUATION TO THEIR BENEFIT.
IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY BUILD
IT AND FOR THOSE OF US I'M
FAMILIAR WITH FERGUSON BEFORE
THIS HAPPENED.
THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT -- THEY ARE NOT BUILDING
THE FACILITY THERE.
IT WILL BE IN FERGUSON.
I WILL APPLAUD THEM ONLY ONCE I
SEE WHO HAS BEEN HIRED.
BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM THE AREA
SHOULD BE HIRED AND THEY SHOULD
FIND PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY FOR JOBS
THAT HAVE BENEFITS AND HIGH
PAYING OR WELL PAYING.
I WON'T SAY HIGH PAYING.
BEFORE I LEAD A PARADE I WANT TO
SEE EXACTLY.
LET ME ASK YOU GUYS.
A COMPANY OF A $11 BILLION
CORPORATION SHOULD IT BE GETTING
TAX CREDITS TO START THESE JOBS?
THAT MEANS YOU'RE TAKING MONEY
OUT OF EDUCATION AND MEDICAID.
AND IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SAY
YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE MONEY BEING
GIVE IN TO YOU BUT IF YOU'RE
TRULY DOING SOMETHING HERE IN
THE NAME OF BEING JUST -- BUT
NO.
SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD IT
AND THE MONEY WILL STAY IN
FERGUSON.
I THINK IT'S A NICE GESTURE.
AND AGAIN -- WE'LL SEE WHAT THE
OUTCOME IS BUT I'M NOT GOING TO
BE CYNICAL EVEN THOUGH I SHARE
YOUR -- VERSIONS OF THESE TAX
CREDIT PROGRAMS AND I HAVE IN
THE PAST SAID THIS IS AS BIGOT
RECEIVING PARTY AS THE GIVING.
I THINK IT A A REALLY NICE
GESTURE.
BUT THEY DID SOMETHING AND THEY
MADE A POSITIVE STATEMENT AND I
DON'T KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD
CRITICIZE.
I WILL TELL YOU WHY I DO
CRITICIZE THEM BECAUSE THEY WILL
COME TO CLAYTON AND BUILD THOSE
SHOPS AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT
EMPTY STOREFRONTS.
SO, I HAVE A HEALTHY SKEPTICISM.
I THINK THEY HAVE A PR
PROBLEM IN THE COMMUNITY WAY
LOFT FOLKS AND I THINK THIS WAS
A LITTLE BIT OF A BLATANT PLAY
FOR SOME POSITIVE PR AND I WISH
THEY HAD MAYBE KEPT IT QUIET.
WHAT IF THEY DO?
--
IF THEY DO I'LL EAT MY WORDS.
AND I'LL HELP.
HOW MANY PROJECT ETC. HAVE
THERE BEEN IN ST. LOUIS WHERE
THEY SAY WE ARE GOING TO BUILD
SOMETHING.
AND YOU NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT.
SO WE'LL FIND OUT.
HOW ABOUT YOU WINDY -- ONE OF
THE TOP ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN
THE AREA.
TOP ACC AND THE SCHOOL KNOWN FOR
ITS RATHER TRADITIONAL AND
CONSERVATIVE ROMAN CATHOLIC
VIEWS HAS FIRED FACULTY MEMBERS
-- TWO OF WOMEN GOT MARRIED.
THEY WERE OF FIRED BY COR --
JESU.
AND ALUMS SAY THEY ARE NOT GOING
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCHOOL ANY
MORE.
WITHIN EVERY COMPANY WITHIN
EVERY ENVIRONMENT IN TERMS OF
THE WORKPLACE WHETHER YOU WORK
AT A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY OR A
CATHOLIC SCHOOL OR THE MILITARY
THERE ARE RULES AND REGULATINGS
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS
ANY DIFFERENT.
THIS CHRISTIAN WITNESS STATEMENT
ACCORDING TO OLIVIA WAS ONE OF
THE TWO WOMEN -- IS SORT OF IT'S
-- IT'S NOT WHAT IS THE WORD I'M
LOOKING FOR?
IT'S NOT CONSISTENTLY CERTAIN
PORTION OF THE CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S
STATEMENTS NOT GIVEN EQUAL
WEIGHT AND IF THEY PURSUE THIS
THROUGH THE LEGAL CHANNELS --
OBVIOUSLY COR -- JESU ARE NOT
GOING TO GIVE UP ANY INFORMATION
BUT IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE FOUND TO
HAVE VIOLATED OTHER PORTIONS OF
THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS STATEMENT
THAT THEY SIGNED THEN I THINK
THE COUPLE HAS A CASE.
I THINK IT'S VERY SAD AND I
DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE
CHRISTIAN WITNESS STATEMENT.
CHRISTIAN CHARITY AND JUST BEING
-- IT'S SMALL OF CORJE S DOO-DOO
THIS -- TO DO THIS.
THOSE ARE THE RULES AND THE
REGULATINGS AND I APPLAUD THE
COUPLE BECAUSE THIS CAME TO
FRUITION BECAUSE THEY SIGNED A
MORTGAGE TOGETHER AND SOMEBODY
-- TURNED THEM IN OR WHATEVER.
THAT IN ITSELF IS A STORY.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET
MARRIED AND OWN A HOUSE YOU
SHOULD SIGN THE MORTGAGE PAPERS
TOGETHER AND YOU ACCEPT AND THAT
COULD BE LOSS OF YOUR JOB.
SO I THINK BOTH PARTIES ARE KIND
OF WHERE THEY INTENDED TO BE AT
THIS TIME.
IF I MAY SPEAK AS THE ONLY
PERSON ON THE PANEL WITH LESS
INFORMATION THAN BILL HAS.
I THINK IT'S POT ONLY SAD.
IT'S WRONG.
OUT OF -- IT'S WRONG.
BUT THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS
STATEMENT WHEN YOU SIGN IT
YOU'RE GOING TO UPHOLD CHRISTIAN
TEACHING.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIP AND NOT
HAVE SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE.
THIS IS WHERE THIS IS GOING TO
GET INTERESTING.
ASn& SAID IF THEY DO PURSUE THIS
THROUGH THE COURT AND IF THEY
CAN PROVE THAT IT'S SELECTIVELY
ENFORCED THEN --
AND I THINK --
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I WOULD THINK -- THAT THERE IS A
FAIRLY STRONG LEGAL DEFENSE FOR
COR -- JE SUCTION.
YOU CAN FIRE PEOPLE IF THEY ARE
CONSIDERED MINISTERS.
THEY CAN DO AND SAY THINGS AND
NOT GET FIRED BUT CHURCHES CAN
FIRE PEOPLE IF THEY ARE
CONSIDERED MINISTERS.
SO THEY GET FIRED BUT I THINK
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHICH MEANS
UNIVERSAL SHOULD BE A BIG TENT
AND INVITE THESE PEOPLE TO BE
PART OF IT.
POPE FRANCIS MADE -- SENT
SHOCK WAVES AROUND THE UNIVERSE
WHEN HE MADE THAT STATEMENT
ABOARD THE AIRPLANE ABOUT GAY
PEOPLE AND WHO AM I TO JUDGE.
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TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD.
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THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
A CHURCH HAVING ITS POSITION ON
A SUBJECT LIKE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
OR WHATEVER AND FIRING TWO GOOD
TEACHERS.
IT'S SAD.
ALL RIGHT.
GETTING A FEW PHONE KILLS -- CALLS ON
THAT AND BY THE WAY ALVIN AND
RAY WILL BE FIELD INSURGENT
PHONE CALLS.
BILL -- I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK.
$130,000 OVER THREE YEARS ON
TRAVEL TO PLACES LIKE SAN DIEGO,
CHICAGO, NEW YORK AND PROVE
DENSE, RHODE ISLAND.
-- NOT A REAL BIG DEAL.
HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
NOT A REAL BIG DEAL BUT I
FOUND THAT IT WRONG.
-- I DON'T THINK THAT OUR STATE
LOTTERY OFFICIALS AND I REMEMBER
THINKING IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST
WOMAN GOVERNOR.
BUT I DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO
GO TO SAN DIEGO TO LEARN HOW TO
RUN A LOTTERY.
OR GO TO FLORIDA.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THEY
NEED TO TRAVEL AND SPEND ANY
MONEY.
NOW THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN
SPENDING NO MONEY AND SPENDING
SOME MONEY BUT THIS IS WRONG
WHEN YOU DON'T THE FULL PAPER IN
FRONT OF YOU.
LEN WHEN -- YOU SEE THE
HEADLINE.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS
THAT MUCH MONEY.
WAS IT TOO MUCH?
YEAH.
BUT HAD THEY BROUGHT IT HOME FOR
LESS THAN $100,000 WOULD WE BE
COMPLAINING?
THERE IS NO STORY.
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE LOTTERY
GAIN LOTS OF VALUABLE
INFORMATION AT NATIONAL
CONFERENCES AND THEY GET THE
BEST PRACTICES OF OTHER STATES.
WHATEVER THEY BY OF THE LOTTERY
THAT IS WHAT THEY DO.
PARTICULARLY IN MISSOURI -- FOR
SOME REASON TRAVEL AND POLITICS
-- IT'S THE ONE AREA THAT --
SOMEBODY HAS GOT LIKE $400 THEY
SPENT ON A TICKET.
OH, MY GOOD.
IT'S NOTHING.
NO STORY.
THERE IS NOTHING.
TO SEE.
MOVE AND LOCAL.
WE HAVE TELEPHONES.
ALVIN REID.
MICHAEL SAM THE FIRST OPENLY GAY
PLAYER IN THE NFL IS NO LONGER A
ST. LOUIS RAM.
DROPPED BY THE TEAM.
NOT EVEN PUT ON THE PRACTICE
QUAD BUT PICKED UP BY JERRY
JONES AND THE DALLES AS COWBOYS.
I WROTE IN MY BLOG THAT THE
COWBOYS HAD NO EXCUSE FOR NOT
SIGNING HIM ON TUESDAY AND THEY
SIGNED HIM ON WE HAVE MORNING.
-- ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THIS
IS NOT -- THIS IS NOT SAYING
THAT IT WAS DONE BECAUSE SOME
KIND OF PREJUDICIAL.
BUT BASED ON THE PRESEASON EVEN
WITH THE RAMS HAVING THE
DEFENSIVE PROWESS IF HE WAS NOT
GAY AND HAD THE PRESEASON HE HAD
HE WOULD BE ON THE SQUAD.
PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED WITH
DISTRACTION.
DO YOU THINK HE WOULD HAVE
BEEN TAKEN OVER WESTBROOK?
THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND A WAY
TO GET HIM ON THE PRACTICE
SQUAD.
IF MICHAEL SAM HAD NOT COME
OUT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN PICKED BY
SOMEBODY WHO NEEDED A DEFENSIVE
END.
JEFF FISHER HANDLE THIS.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY TEAMS THAT
HAVE NO ARGUMENT AND IF THEY
WANT TO PRETEND THAT THIS IS NOT
ABOUT BIGOTRY THEY CAN.
YOUR WORDS WILL BE THE LAST
ONES FOR THIS EPISODE OF
DONNYBROOK.
WE INVITE EVERYONE TO WRITE US
--
STAY TUNED FOR DONNYBROOK YOUR
TURN.
RAY AND ALVIN WILL TAKE YOUR
PHONE CALLS.
THE REST OF US WILL SEE YOU NEXT
WEEK AT THIS TIME.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK.