Rush, Rosie, Reggie Rivers

* Which of These Three is Not Like the Others? (Answer below.)

* Where's the Birth Certificate? So, a federal judge hits lead birther attorney Orly Taitz with a $20,000 fine! Orly talks to Bob…

* They Say Rush Is A Bigot? A black justice of the peace performed Rush Limbaugh's last wedding, in the home of the black justice whose wife is white. The ceremony, one a racial bigot could not even tolerate, was arranged by Rush. Bob has no desire to try to defend things Rush says, and adds that over the last years Rush Limbaugh has become increasingly crude and sexually vulgar. But consider the hypocrisy of any liberal in Colorado, or sports fan, who criticizes Rush but defends Reggie Rivers…

Former Denver Bronco Bigot Reggie Rivers: Angry that a Denver suburb was considering moving sexually explicit business to "remote" areas (not remote as in Siberia, but remote as in… Aurora), Rocky Mountain News columnist Reggie Rivers published (not verbally, but wrote) this diatribe: "While I don't agree with the action, I can periodically understand the frustration and general fatigue that compelled the Romans to throw select Christians to the lions. It's not just that the lions were hungry; it was that the Romans were tired of listening to the self-righteous babbling of the Christians... regular citizens are getting fed up with puritanical Christians..."

The Rush Connection: Reggie Rivers is still in good standing with liberals, the Denver sports community, and the Colorado media. Imagine if Rush Limbaugh had said, not written, mind you, but had said in passing, "While I don't agree with the action, I can periodically understand the frustration that compelled the KKK to lynch select blacks. It's not just that the rope was available, it was that the blacks were so problematic... regular citizens are getting fed up with black influence on our culture..." Rush would have been done, and rightly so. And Rivers should be done, but liberals are hypocrites.

Backhanded Apology: In his next column Rivers referred to what he wrote above as "tongue-in-cheek" and gave a nine-word backhanded apology. For until Christians "flooded" KOA radio and the Rocky Mountain News with complaints, Rivers had not realized how easily offended and woodenly literal people could be (thus further insulting Christians instead of truly apologizing). Other than that briefest of brief apologies, Rivers spent his entire "apology" column praising a reader who actually thanked him for the article and explained that as a young man he had believed the Christian gospel but now he believes all roads lead to God. And of course, he's right, Reggie, he's right. All roads do lead to God: some to Him as Savior, and others, to Him as Judge.

Rosie O'Donnell: is, well, Rosie O'Donnell.

* Join Steve Curtis (and Bob) at the Life Commercials Banquet: Steve Curtis of Ten Minutes Till Midnight and American RTL, is hosting the LifeCommercials banquet on Saturday, October 24th at 6 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel in Westminster Colorado. See Steve's flyer for details, and if you can, register soon and then if you'd like to sit at the BEL table, call 1-800-8Enyart to see if there are open seats! Also, Ten Minutes author Lee Martin will be there to sign books!

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