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I guess we'll take a break and we'll see what what happens in -- -- our top -- eight. All right very minor glitch at the very beginning of our show but we have I've got everything fixed for now welcome back to -- show. It's time for tonight's topic today you're the top eight things -- like you know as we begin our show tonight. On WWL. Number eight. We have a couple of watches talk about tonight's now we're used to thunderstorm watches and we're used to flood watches but tonight. There are two new watches were under we're under a breeze watch and were under an el Nino watch. You know has been a lot of talk today about the saints and Drew Brees being even closer to a deal something could happen soon. It's great -- and and I think now almost all of us knew that something was gonna work out to we've just been frustrated that it has taken this long we want it to be official. And as soon as it becomes official WWL AM FM and dot com will be your information link. 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Now it's not die in San Diego -- in the San Diego area real estate is so expensive out there a two point film four million dollars that might not necessarily have been that big of -- home. But they're just is so much on. Positive information about the possibility of -- Drew Brees. I'm making it official soon and signing a long term deal with the saints and again. WWL AM FNN dot com will be at a place for the information and a place where you could talk about it. Immediately. The other watched they were under is an el Nino watch the -- National Weather Service has issued an el Nino watch today and I've never heard this before I mean I've heard el Nino. And I've heard of La Nina this involves the temperature of the water in the Pacific Ocean. But I've never heard them issue and -- -- watch that means is a 50% chance of el Nino developing this winner. El Nina was when the Pacific Ocean near the equator. Is warmer than normal. And that means a less active hurricane season and -- colder winter for the southern United States. Now the last time we experienced el Nino is in nine in 2009. And we've had does such a warm summer I don't know about you but I would certainly look forward to a very cold winter. Number seven on tonight's list of the top eight at eight. -- actors are threatening to protest Universal Studios because of the new movie Snow White and the Huntsman. Universal cast in the movie they cast normal size actors. And used special effects to make him appear. As -- The Los Angeles to war theater group Beecher is mad house. Is upset and they're saying that they use normal size actors in this is done this is an injustice and prejudice. Mark McCarthy is a four foot one dwarf who heads the group and he sent a letter to a universal studios chairman Adam -- certain. And he said done in response to -- in protest of this incredible injustice and prejudice. The teachers madhouse mention it's and I are coordinating. A 100 nature its march. To the universal offices. -- I know this hasn't taken place yet. There's another dwarfed group the little people of America and they're also very upset their part of the entertainment as they say the N entertainment industry. Should actually be actively casting. Little people. In roles that -- two I've portrait little people. Now what universal did -- -- Snow White and the Huntsman is -- they hired normal size actors and through the technology that we now have faith they put their. They put their heads are they did something to shrink their bodies to make -- appear to be two wars. And so the -- the digit actors and also the -- group the little people of America are very upset with this they say it's like hiring white actors to play back black characters. And then using affects to Alter their color. This is not necessarily a new debate. Now it's I guess the question is is it wrong for filmmaker. To use a person who is for example. Not mentally challenged to play a mentally challenged character. Is it wrong for a straight person to play a gay character America think of a lot of examples of that in the movie birdcage. Robin Williams played opposite Ted Nathan Lane as there are a gay dad. The movie in and outs Kevin Klein Tom -- they're straight they both played -- is it is that wrong it was it wrong for Hollywood to hire. Straight people to play the part of somebody who's gay and I think authenticity is a very important aspect of any movie. But Hollywood should be free to cast whoever it wants to. In a movie. And isn't that why they call it. Acting. Number six on tonight's list of the top eight at eight. A new -- has the top three best selling books in the country. Every once in awhile there's a group or there's an artist you'll have the number one number two maybe number three songs all number 123 in the charts. I have never seen an author and -- happened to foreigners and author. It has had three of the top selling books in the country. According to the USA today. Best seller book list. The number one selling book in America. A book we talked about on the show fifty shades of -- By author EO James. The number two book is the sequel to that. Fifty shades of darker. The number three best selling book according to the USA today's bestselling book list is fifty shades freed it which is the final of the the trilogy. It's an erotic novel that is attracting mainly female readers and if their biggest base audience for their date of the book fifty shades of gray. Is seven married women. Over thirty. I have the book with me here in the studio brought it to for a moment I'm not finished it but I thought I would just randomly open it up and and share. Share some of the book with -- -- a -- just gonna randomly and I'll open it up okay this is. A page once every five. I he set. And I can't read on here. And here let's randomly -- out with that you -- each here's basic -- five. And I. Now I'm and can't read that party either so it's a went for eight years. Okay this is the beginning of chapter 26 page 495. I awoke with a jolt okay that's about as much as like -- reached in the book fifty -- agree that's rather amazing the number 123. Bestselling books in the country according to USA today. Number five on tonight's list of the top eight at eight. There's a new TV show that premieres tonight it's another show that was filmed right here in Louisiana. Tonight at 9 o'clock New Orleans time on -- any network. The TV show -- justice stayed views. This is another reality they show that -- set here in Louisiana. Cajun justice a follows around terrible parish sheriff Vernon -- off. And his deputies. And as described is no ordinary. Cop show. -- bush to a says when we work we work but when we get to play we play hard and you'll see that. In many of the episodes -- sounds like fun to make -- one of the reasons that there are so many TV shows in so many movies are being filtered out. It's because of the great tax credits that the state extends to the movie companies. And you know a lot of people think well why should they be making millions that you know they create a lot of jobs they've created an entire industry here. There was a time when maybe 34 movies a year were were done in New Orleans. And now I think it may be up to sixty year or seventy in and there are a -- so it's just an amazing and that there are people who have moved to LA. And it actually come back to New Orleans two to work. Because. -- there there's so much there's so much business here which at which is why we refer to this is as Hollywood south. But I -- recently we talked in the show about a new law that was passed by the end by the state legislature. Which. Does not extend tax credits to anybody wanting to do a porn movie. In the state of Louisiana so we know one thing about -- justice. They're not gonna be naked -- -- -- -- tax credit to the field here I was kind of thinking about the whole concept of cajun justice. And I think and one of the episodes they they do explore something that is referred to as cruel and unusual punishment here in Louisiana. And the cruel and unusual punishment is forcing prisoners to endorse the smell of crawfish boil. But not allowing them to taste. The crawfish. Number four on tonight's list of the top eight at eight. High school student in Minnesota was told that he can no longer aware his rosary beads. To school. If fifteen year old student was told that wearing the deeds is not allowed to. Not because of religion. But because the rosary. Is a gang symbol. This fifteen -- year old Minnesota high school students named a Jake ball the ball but both racer. And he -- from a suburb a coon rapids which is a northern suburb of Minneapolis. And he. He wore this on this rose three is his grandmother's -- his grandmother's -- he wore it in honor of her she was recently diagnosed. With breast cancer. He said he was told not to Wear again the teacher sent him to the office. And he said he was wearing it for his grandmother. The school district's policy forbids any apparel. Jewelry. Accessories. Or matter of grooming. By which virtue of its color arrangement trademark or any other attributes. -- membership. In an organized gang. The police department called rapids did inform the school district terra earlier last month. That some gains mainly the Latin kings and The Sopranos. Use rosary beads as an affiliation symbol for the year. -- -- And he was told not to Wear the rosary in honor of his grandmother because it's a -- Simple. You know I -- just I I understand that we need to keep. Everybody's safe. But I got a problem with this. And this is not the first time something like this has come out in Denver and the had a Six Flags park. In downtown area. I believe some kid wanting to Wear his favorite football player's Jersey. And it was Dan Marino number thirteen. Miami Dolphins. But for some reason that had become. A symbol for a gang and maybe I'm maybe I'm wrong -- was another player but that's that's what I'm I'm I'm remembering. But any if any was a guy -- -- a kid I think he was like thirteenth he wanted to Wear the Jersey of his favorite player. He was told that he had to take the Jersey off. And could not -- at Six Flags in Denver because a gang had adopted it as some kind of assign. Now again I'm all for keeping people safe but should we allow gangs to take over certain things as -- -- I mean what what would happen if the gang OK let's think about this in New Orleans. What if a gang and I know this is not gonna happen but just I think about it in theory. What are the gang decided to Wear seersucker suits. What with that due to all the attorneys in downtown New Orleans who after after Easter -- start wearing their seersucker suits. I guess it couldn't Wear seersucker suits because that would -- again and again this is just explaining this this theory that. We gang decides to adopt a rose three and suddenly rose who becomes the symbol of the gang wrong. I would promote the idea that every single person. Should Wear rose three they're four that would take it away from the power of the gangs. I'm just I'm I'm not in favor of gangs taking over some kind of fashion. And declaring invaders so suddenly something that somebody else is done all of their life for something that has been appropriate to the gang adopted it. Is somehow no longer appropriate I think it's wrong. And I think of the coolest Simonyi promoter at that high school in Minnesota. I guess our school for the for the summer but. I would I would promote. Everybody wearing it again that takes the power away from the games. If you wanna join us with a comic tonight about anything we talk about our numbers 260187. Toll free 8668890870. And -- -- number is 87870. Number three on tonight's list of the top eight at eight. Have you seen any of the movies. And the saw series but it's kind of funny to have you yeah I saw saw a movie I've -- -- -- -- movies to say the least are very graphic as death and dismemberment. Is there a difference between. Watching a movie. And a video that really shows a murder. And dismemberment. When when a video. A real murder and dismemberment associated with a current murder case hit the Internet. It attracted 300000. Hits. In a matter of four hours. It's a ten minute video online. Showing the stabbing and dismemberment. Of a Chinese student Montreal. You may have heard the story in the news. Recently following an international manhunt the suspect in the video 29 year old Luke meg not -- was arrested -- on Monday in Berlin. And this video is a video allegedly of a real murder that is part of the evidence in this case. One young person who viewed this video said if you have seen the saw movies you should be fine you could probably stomach better then most people. The graphic video is a key piece of evidence in this murder case. It is been copied and shared so many times. That are so authorities say it could never be totally deleted. When web site said the video god over 445000. Hits. And and crashed. Is this the dark. Demented side of the Internet. And there may be no way to stop this. Some people who have watched this video. Of this murder and this just this real dismemberment of of a body. Have have taken videos of themselves and their reactions and it's one teenager is is seen in a video Victor she posted on line. Shows her shaking in tears and making people not to watch it. Another man who watched the video says he regrets it because you know you can't -- watch something. Anti if you see something you can never take that vision away from him. This -- city clearly regrets that he put his reaction on YouTube. And there were times when he is screaming in hysterics. Panting. And has his face. With his hands covering. News is dies he -- the most gruesome disgusting video he's ever watched. Any warns people please. Don't watch the video. Well that what do you think that's gonna make people do. Is there a difference if if if this is something that. Depicts what happens in a movie like saw 1234 -- animated -- to 23 by now. If this depicts that is there a difference between watching a movie that depicts the same thing that you would see in a movie in in a video of a real murder or. Dismemberment. And we become so desensitized debts in it doesn't faze us to watch something that's real to -- believe that if we know something's a real. It doesn't even need to be as graphic. It's something from Hollywood. Because if we know it's real issue and beings. We and so much more to it in terms of of meaning and significance. Then we would if we thought it was something from Hollywood that's one of the things -- will talk about tonight. And I'm I'm sure that nobody listening to this show anywhere here and and in this area or across the country has seen the video if you have. Idea I I'd want to talk to number two what tonight's list of the top eight at eight. Texas highway may soon be the first highway in the country to have eight posted speed limit of 85 miles per hour. Is that too fast. The highway as part of -- -- road being built between Austin and San Antonio. An island to San Antonio -- spent on a lot of time and I 35 between San Antonio and Austin it's of it's about an hour drive. And a little less than a -- if you if you drive fast but it's a it's a beautiful drive now. It's a straight road they're not a lot of -- and -- turns and if there any any turns are very very gradual. Turns a few little hills especially when you get to a San Marcos which is it. A very beautiful little town between San Antonio and Austin. The Texas Department of Transportation says that this is a straight flat stretch of highway well it's it's flat but it's not that -- I mean compared to this area. It's not that flat but it's not mountainous. And they say that this that this road is being built with the idea that it's gonna -- posted speed limit of 85 miles per hour. However the southwestern Insurance Information Institute -- warning. That higher speed limit means more accidents more injuries. And more deaths. If you run an open stretch of highway. Which you drive 85 miles per hour if that was the posted speed of one. I would. And I wanna set the record straight a -- I know that I constantly talk about it. About how people drive really fast. On the interstate -- new world sees between between spans and and highrise but I just said that I would driving 85. You know there's a difference between speed and stupidity. If I'm on an open highway and I have a car that's capable of good -- being stable 85 miles an hour hi I'm -- strife. 85. And I realize that we do spend a lot of times on the show talking about the number of accidents on the I ten in New Orleans east. And the number of people who speed on that stretch of highway also whose speed and tailgate not only that area but on the -- -- between Kenner and Baton Rouge. But it's not the speed that causes the the accident it's the stupidity. Now nobody should speed if there's a lot of traffic but if you -- on an open highway. Would you drive 85 miles per hour if that's the posted speed on it. And is there a stretch of interstate. In Louisiana or. Anywhere in the country. Did you think you'd have a higher posted speed element. And the current speed limit. I know there was talk one stretch of highway in May -- it was between Lafayette. An Alexandria or maybe was between Baton Rouge Alexandria I I don't remember maybe it was a Lafayette and Shreveport the you know more about this site. But -- I know we talked in the show not long ago about some -- interstate here and they are talking about raising the speed limit I wanna say it was up to 75. Is this a good thing or bad thing and if you're listening to our show in Texas tonight how do you feel about an 85 mile per hour speed limits on a highway between San Antonio. And Austin. And what's the fastest -- which you've gone on a highway. Our numbers 2601878. Toll free 866889. Early seventy. In our -- numbers 87870. Here's tonight's WWL pretty -- opinion -- if the posted speed limit was 85 miles per hour. Would you drive under acts. Or over the speed went. Cast your -- at our website WW dot com and we'll continue to talk about that. And update you on that throughout our show and finally tonight it's time for the number one story on tonight's list of the top eight. -- There was downtown and I saw an advertisement on a street car on canal street did -- Not. The saints go marching hand. But the advertisement read the atheists. Of march again this is a mystery car on -- on canal street one of the Redlands. And maybe you've seen it elsewhere it's it's an advertisement for a conference that begins in New Orleans today. And runs through Sunday. Atheists. -- Free thinkers and skeptics. Are gathering in New Orleans today and through Sunday for the 71 annual American humanist association conference. The group wants to spread the idea that it's okay to be good. Without god. And there should be more recognition and equality. For atheists. And diagnostics. I have also won her and I haven't seen it live downtown but now I don't I don't drive that much right now so I haven't seen it yet. But apparently somewhere around around the superdome on pointers there is a billboard -- welcomes this convention to town and there's there's there's been some complaints about the the billboard. But isn't this billboard. Projecting this atheist message isn't this. Exactly what freedom of speech is about it. And I've heard that there had been some heated conversations about how can this be allowed. Wouldn't it scare you if an atheist billboard was banned. Because of its message. And again I think beyond that I'm I'm a Christian. But in the United States of America is and it's scary to ban a billboard because it's a message that you disagree with. I don't understanding an atheist but in this country certainly have a right to be an atheist and maverick political billboard for -- conference here in New Orleans. Do you think -- the billboards gonna change anybody's mind. And even if it did don't you think that person was already questioning their belief in god and their faith. And it really wasn't just the billboard that did at what happened to tolerance. You know tolerance includes messages. That we don't like. Is there anything wrong with. An atheist billboard. Or an advertisement that. Announces the atheists not the saints. Go marching -- And I would -- for a anybody who is. As seen -- you happen to see it tonight tickle me tell me what the billboard -- the superdome reads about about atheist if it's still up. Here's our number tonight 2601878. Toll free 86688. -- nearly seventy. And it takes Amber's -- 7870. And also talking about this service highway in Texas between San Antonio and Austin. It may have a posted speed limit of 85 miles per hour if the speed limit was 85 which you drive 85. Isn't it stupidity -- not speed. At least two accepts. I'm -- we pushed around decent night's on the skyway if -- WLE 7 AM when a 53 FM. And -- WL dot com. When I moved from Miami to Seattle and I drove from Miami to Seattle idea I went up in. Went through Montana. And this was at a time when Montana did not have a speed limit at all. And I had I had a truck at the time and that to -- it was pretty weighted down and I mean I I it was an there was an open highway it was not mountainous it was a flat area of Montana. And I got to to a 110. And I thought that was comical now wasn't breaking the law and there wasn't any traffic around it was an open. Interstate highway so I thought that was it was safe we're talking about it a Texas highway that may soon become the first highway in the country. With -- posted speed limit of 85 miles per hour or is that too fast. Is to be told road built between Austin and San Antonio. And the Texas Department of Transportation says it's straight it's flat now again it's -- few Rolling Hills there. But tonight is is 85 to pass and if if there was a speed limit of 85. Would you drive it. Or would you go ten miles an hour over the speed limit like people. Do now or with that be fast enough and is there a stretch of highway. Anywhere in in Louisiana or anywhere where you live -- where you would drive where you'd like to see the speed limit. A little higher -- are talking about something I I solid system this past Monday. I walk into words to launch there's an advertisement on that one of the canal street street cars that reads not the saints go marching in but the atheists go marching -- And is also billboard near the superdome I don't know what it says if you don't waste as imminent call the show on. At least you would like to know what it says because their -- some complaints about the billboard. And this advertising because. It's a group of -- the 71 annual American humanist association conference. Is meeting in New Orleans today. Through Sunday. And yeah I guess we welcome everybody -- companies and that does something that's protected by freedom of speech. I may not agree with the message. We can't we can't go around banning messages that we disagree with because ultimately there's going to be a message that you agree with that somebody else wants to ban. To to pressure the comic tonight are numbers 2601878. Toll free 8668890878. Here's -- numbers -- Texas 877 he has attacks that reads. I yes I would I guess -- five miles an hour and I have done 180. On the highway. Have a text reads I forty I 49 between Lafayette and Alexandria is 75 miles per hour and it's wonderful. How sunny in New Orleans welcome to this future tonight. -- -- Obligated. And certainly April 1 normally apparently. It would drive it speeded lol well negated. Getting to -- states. If you -- all used on the senate floor rather and use you for your indeed worried about it yet or called. -- C investigate any idea what people to I think that I'm being hypocritical because like I quite often talked about how dangerous dangerous it is to speed on net. Stretch of interstate did in New Orleans east between. The high rise in the twin spans. But it's because of so much traffic out there and people weaving in and out of traffic and their and their tail -- that's what makes it dangerous if you're on an open highway in and you've got a card that can. Can handle it and it it's it -- it's stable and 85. I don't think there's anything wrong with that because it's the stupidity not the speed details. Promote cooperative and Morales you don't go to graduate -- -- note that you Cornet -- as well do you look down. Either yeah those -- They just aren't well no problem with it. All right as on ecological show thanks listening. On the Gulf Coast Larry welcome to WWL. -- And the guys you know conducted -- by. Korda. Just like it select I've testified. That for the -- -- -- anyway whatever the computer market. Back in the OL. Pretty flat through there he wore fancy -- -- Tuesday eighty dollar -- are -- that uses built well no big deal. Do you remember what the posted speed limit lines. A sure quite a few -- What the -- As far as I know with this if if this highway between San Antonio and Austin is is built was gonna be built if it does have the speed limit of 85. When I'm reading is he would be the first night in the United States have a speed limit line of course and in in Montana there was a time not that long ago when me and absolutely no speed limit outside of the cities on the open highway. Literally do it differently than. -- ultra low. Were whether it was definitely it was it was guys here is a record deal with. Yeah if I didn't I didn't stay at once and but I did get to when he once and it just -- I just want to do what to say I didn't. Well we didn't drop a pretty good. It weighs about our it was. Well it's certainly we were young and stupid political that was different. Yeah I was older and stupid. Larry -- the show thanks for listening to go to WW -- at night in and Texas Howard welcome to our show. -- a couple of comments and importantly we -- is that the gang symbol. He couldn't -- literally shirt to school. And that's you know and it's it's our tickets they're wrong and hours talking about something -- mentioned a few minutes ago at a high school student Minnesota can no longer way here. His rosary in honor of his grandmother who has just been diagnosed with cancer because there are a couple of games in this area of Minnesota that have adopted it as a sign or one of two gangs has adopted it as a as a sign of of their gang and I think it's. I think it's terrible when -- adopt something and then suddenly it's no longer appropriate for everybody else. Come out x.s and I traveled to Narnia Easton capital each day early in morning. Okay -- did you eighties pop. The -- Connolly is the public to -- it will drop trop okay. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- And boss's buttons in the ability. It -- to a -- problems and crashes right now so I wondered if now. And you hit yet use common sense would it do you lot of common sense that. Well we we don't do it on on the show we're we're doing all we can to to try to bring back the idea that we and we need to use common sense but. You know sometimes -- you know and because the speed limit is is posted an 85 that doesn't mean everybody has to drive 85 and there are going to be times win. If the speed limit is seventy. Pad because of -- because of weather conditions. You could be driving sixty and that would still be too fast for even a seventy mile per hour speed -- Critical work well audio and people in an -- The only help me out if we don't on the beltway used to 3030. When the beltway and now it because he hoped -- that pushed the envelope. I'm concerned about it. And any place open spaces one. -- Howard whatever political Michelle thanks for listening in Texas. If you join us with your comment tonight our numbers 2601878. Toll free 8668890878. And it takes number is 87870. Here's a Texan reads. That's good I have no problem with the billboard this is the billboard that reads. The atheists go marching in. What is. What is scary is not being able to mention the name of Jesus Christ in public schools in the United States of America. That is -- Tommy and frank with him. -- your comments mark your text coming up next it's the Schuylkill under the WL. And here's what we're talking about on the scripture -- nights there are some. There's an advertisement out to someone on the -- card as something around the superdome on pointers a promoting a convention that is welcoming atheist sued New Orleans is there anything wrong with that time I've heard that there has been some criticism. And complaints about this a billboard downtown and the advertising but isn't that something that as protected by freedom of speech and that we have to have that. Even if you disagree with the message also a Texas highway between San Antonio and Austin may soon be the first time in the United States for the posted speed limit of 85. Is that too fast. And we do you think the speed limit should be raised or lower. Also high school student in Minnesota can no longer we're here a rosary. In honor of his grandmother's diagnosed with cancer. Because gangs in the area have adopted it as one of their symbols. -- adopting things that suddenly become inappropriate for every one else. What's wrong -- that by the way at halftime in Boston game six Miami at least 5542. I'm -- hang on we'll be right back.
