global warming

* The Hunger Games and Gladiator: Bob analyzes both movies from the perspective of St. Augustine. In his book, Confessions, Augustine writes of his addiction to watching men kill one another in the gladiator games.

* America's Big Glossy Times World Atlas: is unreliable. At least as far as it promotes political fads including global warming hype. How about that 2011 atlas claim that 15 percent of Greenland's ice has melted in the last 12 years? Reuters' article, World Atlas ice loss claim exaggerated, quotes four different and leading scientific authorities rejecting that claim.

* Bush Banned Mercury Bulbs Outside, Mandated them Inside: The federal government is here to help and has published a

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* In London's Daily Mail, Hastings' Brilliant But... Bob Enyart discusses Max Hastings' article, Years of Liberal Dogma Spawn Amoral Youngsters... appreciating the author's courage to

*  Headline News with Bob Enyart: Today's show excerpts Ed Hanks' analysis of the Colorado GOP's primary races last night, but first, Bob talks about...
- Mecca's Islamic Clock Tower hopes to displace Greenwich at the prime meridian (see Bob's comment just below)

*  Today on BEL Bob talks about:
- Social Security will be in the red this year
- Hurricane activity at a 30-year low thwarting hopes of global warming activists
- UN climate panel seeking an international tax for funds to fight the boogeyman

* The Gore Effect on the Copenhagen Weather: Doug McBurney and Bob Enyart crack up.

* Anti-Climactic Release of Global Warming Emails: Bob Enyart and Doug McBurney crack up over the unauthorized release of internal emails between Europe's top global warming the-end-is-near doomsday prophet scientists.

* $14,109 of $40,000 Telethon Goal: There's $400 of a matching fund remaining so please help put us over $15,000 by tomorrow! Please pray and please call 1-800-8Enyart!

* KGOV's GM Duffy Stares Down Thief: After a weekend of camping in a Colorado mountain town (details to be released later), the general manager of KGOV.com, Will Duffy, realized that a general store clerk had stolen his credit card. Will confronted the clerk who denied it, and Will made the situation for the thief so awkward that he then produced and returned Will's credit card.