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At this moment, Johnny Robertson of the local cult calling itself the “Church of Christ” (which has nothing to do with the real Churches of Christ) is broadcasting an entire story from ABC’s Nightline about real estate scamming in Martinsville, Virginia as part of his What Does The Bible Say? (or as I call it The Martinsville Taliban Show) on WGSR Star 47.

So let’s look at the first part of the Walt Disney Internet Group’s Terms of Use, with emphasis mine in red font…

1. INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the Internet sites of the Walt Disney Internet Group (“WDIG”). “WDIG Sites” include Disney.com, ABCNEWS.com, ABC.com, ESPN.com, DisneyShopping.com, Go.com, Movies.com, FamilyFun.com, and other Internet sites on which these terms of use are posted. WDIG and any and all entities that control, are controlled by, or are affiliated or under common control with, WDIG are collectively referred to herein as

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Could it possibly be because of a certain anti-Barack Obama sign that WGSR general manager Charles Roark devoted obscene amounts of airplay and screentime to this past Friday afternoon, and then again on Monday?

The answer to that question is, evidently, “yes”.

Old Dutch Galaxy had been a major advertiser for WGSR. A chain of four grocery stores around the Danville and Chatham area in Virginia, Old Dutch Galaxy had been running updated commercials every week (on a station that was still running spots for the Reidsville Christmas parade last week, mind ya…).

But the word from our friends around south-central Virginia, is that Roark’s constant harping about a sign calling Obama a “bastard” and his mother a “slut” was way over the top and into the realm of completely inappropriate behavior.

I doubt that this lesson will be anything but lost on Charles Roark, who has abandoned responsible broadcasting ...

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(With kindest regards to Bill Maher for coming up with such a great new word that I couldn’t help but apply it to another bunch of loonies that he would probably laugh at as well…)

In late November this blog reported on local cult leader Johnny Robertson – of what I call “the Church of Christ in Name Only” – employing the services of what he referred to on his live TV show as “Religious Review Multimedia Group”, and Robertson heavily implied that whoever “Religious Review Multimedia Group” was, that they were an independent outfit covering matters of faith.

Except the whole thing was something Robertson made up. And in the footage that he aired, that’s his own teenage son who’s now following in his old man’s footsteps with the hidden cameras and “in yo face” confrontations.

“Religious Review Multimedia Group” was, as is so often with Johnny Robertson and ...

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Nobody can take a so-called “preacher” seriously when he chronically mis-spells words like “especially” and “scriptures”…


And Johnny Robertson is saying that another preacher is “confused”?

Kinda funny, isn’t it? That there have been at least two major stories that happened in the area in the past few days, and WGSR general manager Charles Roark didn’t see fit to have either of them reported over the air. The bigger priority at Star News is the illiterate cult leader from Texas: the one that Roark acts like an obedient dog to....

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Before I get to the meat of this particular post, there’s something that I’m gonna share here, that I think is nigh worth passing along…

In the past several days, two individuals – each of whom is a highly respected and admired member of the community in this area – have volunteered to me their opinion of WGSR Star 39: the television station “serving” the market around Reidsville, North Carolina.

The first person said that WGSR is an “embarrassment” and that it “makes the people here look dumb”.

The second person was more precise in their assessment: that WGSR general manager Charles Roark is not a serious broadcaster, that he is only out for “tabloid television” and that Reidsville’s television station never tolerated such “nuts like Johnny Robertson” when it was operating as WAEU Channel 14 several years ago.

I agree, one hunnerd percent. WAEU had a much more professional ...

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I’m not going to even begin to attempt to recap everything that’s taken place over almost two years now regarding Ron Price, the Rockingham County Board of Education member who stole all those campaign signs on the night before the 2006 election. Hit the above link if you want to know what’s been going on.

I will say though, however belatedly, that very many people shared with me how ridiculous and even foolish it was when Price endorsed EVERY incumbent in this year’s Board of Education election, including those who are going to be running against each other in the same district race.

Anyway, back to the issue at hand, which a lot of folks have been e-mailing me about…

This past Friday, Price used his blog to launch a scathing attack on Richard Moore, local bookstore owner and candidate for Rockingham County Board of Commissioners, who ...

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He did. It’s true. I’ve got it documented.

And in Charles Roark’s words: “I don’t care… Take me on.”

Just thought y’all should know.

So how is this different than what happened the other night? I never used Robertson’s image.

Am glad that I didn’t, now.

EDIT 5:08 p.m. EST: Roark talked about this on his “warm-up show” on WGSR this afternoon at 4:30. He’s trying to spin it as if…

– I called Robertson out first.

– I told WGSR not to use my likeness at all.

Both are false. In fact, both are pretty much blatant lies.

Robertson wanted to debate me first. My only thing so far as “instigation” goes was to ask a theological question. He answered it. I was satisfied. Then Robertson announced that he was going to talk about me on his show that week and that I wouldn’t debate him.

So I ...

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Yesterday afternoon WGSR Star 39 General Manager Charles Roark devoted the 4:30 “warm-up show” to what happened on Sunday night on the street in front of the station, when I gave Johnny Robertson of the “Church Of Christ In Name Only” the opportunity to debate me on live television. Since Robertson had already declared he was going to talk about me and this blog on his show anyway, and had strongly stated that I wouldn’t debate him, I took him at his word and showed up at the station with my Bible and video camera and gave him the chance to take me on during a live broadcast. He refused, and he couldn’t answer the questions I was asking him either.

Long story short: Charles Roark has offered me 25 minutes of free airtime this coming Sunday night at 8 p.m.

I’m taking him up on it.

All I’m ...

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