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I am fortunate enough to be attending the RightOnline Conference in Minneapolis this weekend. RihgtOnline features all the best in social media and activism of the right. I’m looking forward to the sessions and learning how to be a better activist and improving my web site and show. Some great speakers are going to be there: Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, Herman Cain, Michelle Malkin, Andrew Breitbart and S.E. Cupp amoung many others. It’s going to be a great time!

I’ll be covering it all, including a live show on the ride up talking to Nebraska and Iowa grass roots leaders about their expectations for the conference. I may try to get in one show while up there. Next week I’ll do a full review of my experience. I hope to see you there!

You can listen to the live bus show tomorrow morning right here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/badger-benson/2011/06/17/rightonline-conference–breakfast-with-badger-on-the-road

Did you miss the show on Tuesday? It was great to catch up with Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning. Jon is running for the Republican nomination in the 2012 Nebraska Senate race. The winner of the Republican nomination will face Ben nelson. I think  Jon has a great record. He was recently endorsed by the Tea Party Express. However, there was no endorsement by local Tea Party groups in Nebraska, including myself. You can listen to that press release from Nebraska Tea Party Leaders here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/badger-benson/2011/05/11/statement-from-neb-tea-parties-on-tpe-bruning-endorsement

It should be noted that I have not personally endorsed anyone in this race, and as a media outlet I likely will not. Obviously whoever our nominee is I will fully back. We have some great individuals in this race. I thought it was great of Jon to take time to address some of the Tea Party concerns. I hope the race continues to be a good one and in the end Nebraskans can unite to defeat Ben Nelson!

Also I went through the United States Flag Code, flag etiquette,and the history of flag day.

Hear it all  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/badger-benson/2011/06/14/jon-bruning-for-senate-and-flag-day-message

Sometime next week I’ll re-air the interview by itself.

Heartland Liberty Festival
Moneybomb Today!
http://www.heartlandlibertyfest.com/

I want to tell you about an important event taking place in the Omaha area on August 6th. The Heartland Liberty Festival is an event full of great entertainment and speakers dedicated to the cause of liberty.
We need your help! There’s a moneybomb taking place right now. Go to http://www.heartlandlibertyfest.com/ and make a donation. We’re asking for $17.76.
I just ran a show detailing all of the speakers and entertainment. You can hear a few minutes of one of the singers, Jordan Page on the show.
Here’s who will be at the event:
Entertainment:

Jordan Page – Nationally known rocker for liberty!
Ragged Company - Think Johnny Cash and Neil Young.
Ryan Hill – Nebraska native, self-taught artist appealing to a variety of audiences.
Edward Wunder – Conservative. Comedy. Hypnotist! Sounds like a formula for fun!
Speakers:
Tom Becka – 1110 KFAB radio host
Clyde Cleveland – Libertarian candidate for Iowa governor in 2002. He has a great new book out – Common Sense Revisted
"Taxcutter" John Comstock – John will talk about the "Cost of Liberty"
Randy Eshelman – Randy is a Nebraskan who was just named to the Libertarian National Committee.
Senator Tony Fulton – Tony has been working hard for Nebraskans in Lincoln.
Roland Manarin – Roland has a popular radio program dealing with finance.
Gene Siadek – LPNE Chairman
Candidates:
Attorney General Jon Bruning (Jon will be on the Badger Benson Show next week!)
State Treasurer Don Stenberg (You can hear my interview with Don right here)
Pat Flynn
The event is being put on by some great organizations: Campaign For Liberty, The Republican Liberty Caucus, and the Conservative 912 Group of Sarpy County.
The moneybomb is taking place all day! Also, I will be covering the event live on August 6th. So make your donation today and then come out and see me, and all of the great speakers and entertainment at the Heartland Liberty Festival!

Sumtur Amphitheater

11691 S 108th St

Papillion, NE 68046
Donations and details can be found at
http://www.heartlandlibertyfest.com/

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Brandon "Badger" Benson

I want to congratulate Jon Bruning on the endorsement he received from Tea Party Express. I like jon and he’s a good candidate.

However, Tea Party Express does not speak for local Tea Party groups throughout Nebraska. Sixteen Tea Party leaders, including myself from across the state have issued this statement regarding the endorsement.

http://www.nebraskapatriots.com/docs/pressrelease.pdf

I also read the statement during my show this morning.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/badger-benson/2011/05/11/statement-from-neb-tea-parties-on-tpe-bruning-endorsement

You can also read more from these sites:

http://leavenworthst.com/2011/05/11/about-that-endorsement/

http://redstateeclectic.typepad.com/redstate_commentary/2011/05/nebraska-senate-race-targeted.html

It should be noted that Bruning has not yet won the Republican nomination to face Ben Nelson. He faces State Treasurer Don Stenberg, and Pat Flynn, and there could be more candidates before it’s said and done. Don, of course has been on the show. I’d like to get Bruning and Flynn on as well. I’ll keep you posted.

Here is the list of AmeriCANS and AmeriCANTS for the month of March. I forgot to mention the Wisconsin Tea Parties and their members on the show for the AmeriCAN list. I feel so bad! Not sure how I left them out. The main reason I wanted them included was due to the aftermath of the protests when tea party members went to the state capitol and surrounding grounds to clean up the mess. It’s just a great example of the differences between tea party members and the progressive left – and it’s also a fitting poetic example of those differences. They definitely belong on our March list.

AmeriCANS for March 2011

1A. (Added after the show.) Wisconsin Tea Party Members – http://www.theblaze.com/stories/so-who-is-cleaning-up-the-wisconsin-capitol-after-union-protests/

1B. Frank Buckles – Morgantown, West Virginia – Buckles was the worlds oldest World War I Veteran. He passed away at age 110. Buckles got into the Army at age 16 after lying about his age. Recently he had been advocating for a memorial to the Great War in our nation’s capitol. Buckles enlisted on August 14^th, 1917 serving overseas as a clerk. He lived a good life after the war working in banking, living in Oklahoma, Canada, and New York City. Frank definitely is an AmeriCAN.
Can you imagine at age 16 wanting to go to war, then going to the extreme of lying about your age multiple times at various recruiting stations to get enlisted? Men like that are rare, I’d say from any generation, any period of history, but certainly far rarer today. Frank will be a candidate for our year end list. Thank you for your service sir…and rest in peace.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/last-living-wwi-vet-dies-in-w-va-at-age-110/

2. Mike Tobin – Madison, Wisconsin on February 27^th – Tobin who is just a great no-non-sense reporter was subjected to repeated agitation while covering the events in Madison, Wisconsin. He was repeatedly heckled, especially while on air, and then was actually told by one woman that she was glad to hate him. Here’s a clip from Geraldo At Large talking to Tobin about the protestors in Madison.

(PLAY Geraldo CLIP)

3. US Army and Boston Dynamics – February 27^th – The Army is testing a new weapon. A robotic cheetah. That’s right, a cheetah. The robot has four legs and a head just like the jungle cat. The company working on the robot for the Army is Boston Dynamics – who are working to create a speedy robot that can also zig-zag just as fast as real cheetahs. No details were actually given on what the functional purposes of the robot would be – I suppose surveillance, running down enemies, and rapid surprise attacks – who knows. Also a bit scary that there’s technology like this. Right now the robot is being tested at speeds around 20 miles per hour, but they hope to get it to match the speeds of real cheetahs – 70 miles per hour! I say it’s good old American technology, therefore making our CAN list for March.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wild-future-weapon-armys-high-speed-cheetah-robot-would-chase-human-prey/

4. Giles County Students – Giles County, Virginia – March 1^st. A group of Christian students have been posting copies of the 10 Commandments on their lockers. This was a major no-no to many students and school board members. Several students complained to several leftist legal groups including the ACLU, which led to a threatened law suit against the school. The students however are fighting back and have reposted the print outs of the 10 Commandments and have also started wearing shirts with the commandments listed on them. No word on the current situation there. But I support them and thank them for standing up for their rights to express their faith and their right of freedom of speech.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wv-students-outraged-after-10-commandments-removed-from-schools/

5. Michele Bachmann – March 3^rd – Reintroduced a bill she previously proposed in 2008. The bill targets elimination of two parts of the 2007 Energy Independence Security Act. Basically the law would give choice back to consumers for their light bulb needs. A pro-choice light bulb law in sense.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/michele-bachmann-pushes-new-pro-choice-law-for-light-bulbs/

6. Laura Ingraham – March 3 – Radio host Laura Ingraham interviewed the people behind a controversial billboard in New York City. The pro-life billboard is targeted at African-Americans which says “The most dangerous place for an African-American is in the womb” as abortion rates among blacks continue to rise. After talking to the people behind the billboard she took a call from a black man who had paid for his college-aged daughter to get an abortion – the call was stunning. The guy said he has no regrets and when pressed by Ingraham the man said that he didn’t consider the aborted baby his grandchild. Kudos to Laurah Ingraham for engaging this man, and talking about this issue that is plaguing minorities in our country.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/michele-bachmann-pushes-new-pro-choice-law-for-light-bulbs/

7. Harvard University – March 4, Boston, Mass – The Ivy League giant announced earlier this month that they were allowing the Reserve Officer Training Corps program back onto campus after a four decade ban. The ROTC was booted from the campus during anti-war sentiment of the 60’s. It was allowed back to the campus due to the repeal of “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell”. So while most of us still don’t agree with the repeal I think we can recognize this has a good step for the University in letting the ROTC back on campus.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/return-from-exile-rotc-back-on-harvard-campus/

8. Wes Leonard – March 4, Fenneville, Michigan – High school basketball standout Wes Leonard tragically died…minutes after completing a game winning basket for his team. Leonard was 16 years old, a Junior on the team, had also been the team quarterback during football season. Earlier in the year he had clipped the 1,000 point mark in his high school career. The night of the tragic event Leonard scored a winning bucket for the Fenneville Blackhawks to cap a 20-0 record, leading to players and fans rushing the court at which point he collapsed and later died at an area hospital. Just a sad story and reminder of who fragile life is.

9. Daniel Seddiqui – March 5^th – I caught a story on TV about this guy. Daniel Seddiqui had a mission after being unemployed. He decided to do something about it! In fact he traveled through all 50 states where he took a job in each state for one week. Seddiqui has released a book about his working adventure. I think it’s just a great story, and obviously he won’t have any problem finding the perfect job now I would think! What a great experience. This is just a great example of an American thinking outside the box and making lemons into lemonade. So he makes our AmeriCAN list for March 2011. I’m making a note to make him a candidate for the year end list. You can find his story and book at: http://www.livingthemap.com/Living_the_Map/Living_the_Map/Living_the_Map.html

10. Fred Grandy – March 5^th, Washington, D.C. – Grandy a former actor (Love Boat) and congressman (Iowa) has been working recent years on the radio in D.C. Grandy lost his job with WMAL after speaking out against radical Islam. He was told to tone it down to which he would not. Good for Fred Grandy!
All of the listeners in Iowa – maybe Grandy would be a good replacement for Steve Deace at WHO in Des Moines?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-a-famous-d-c-radio-host-get-booted-for-knocking-radical-islam/

11. Amber Branson – March 4, Lipan, Texas – Amber Branson is a high school basketball coach. She’s also a mother. Those two tasks collided earlier this month when she gave birth and then ten hours later made it back to the sidelines to coach the Lipan girls team to a 45-41 win over Newcastle to send the Lipan Indians to the state semifinals for the first time in eight years.
This story when it came out this month really struck a nerve on both sides. Was it the right thing to do? Was she putting her team and school before being a mother? I don’t think so. I don’t read that far into it. However, I don’t think I’d want my wife, mother, or sister out there so soon after giving birth. But no less, I admire the can-do spirit and strive to win, to be your best, and help the team, whether that be a fan, player or coach…or even a mom.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Texas-coach-leads-team-to-state-semis-just-hours?urn=highschool-329900

12. Peter King – March 6, Washington, D.C. – New York Representative Peter King held congressional hearings earlier this month on the subject of radical Islam. The story of course was all over the news. Thank you Congressman King for standing up and bringing attention to this issue.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/congress-to-hold-hearings-on-threats-from-radical-muslims/

13. Subway Restaurants – March 7 – It was announced that Subway has now passed McDonald’s as the world’s largest restaurant chain. Subway now has 33,749 stores to McDonald’s 32,737. Hard to believe! But…Subway’s typically smaller in size are able to be placed in more locations. For example even our small town of Louisville, Nebraska has a Subway. There’s a truck stop up the road that also has one. Subway’s are found in banks, businesses, just about everywhere. It’s an AmeriCAN success story. Eat fresh! (Way to go Jarod!)

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112284/subway-passes-mcdonalds

14. Paul Ryan – March 8 – Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan made an amazing presentation on budget cuts and the national debt this month. In the presentation titled “The Choice of Two Futures” features the rise in the national debt, but perhaps most startling – the foreign interests that own that massive debt.

15. Brennan Daigle – March 8, Sulphur, Louisiana – In 2009 young Brennan was diagnosed with a rare cancer where muscular tumors attach to bones. Doctors gave Brennan just weeks to live. Brennan had always been a fan or our military. His mother created a Facebook page to keep friends and family informed of Brennan’s condition called “Brennan’s Brigade”. Among the well wishers on the page were members of our Armed Forces serving overseas. A charity organization got word of Brennan and made something special happen – Brennan became a soldier for a day. Forty soldiers showed up for Brennan’s 10^th birthday party on February 26^th. The party included a Humvee which Brennan got to sit at the wheel of. He was then inducted into the Army as an honorary member, complete with a military jacket with his name on the pocket. To top of the day…the town Mayor presented Brennan with the key to the city and made Brennan the honorary Mayor for the day. What a dream come true! Our prayers are with Brennan Daigle…and also with our brave soldiers, who are not only courageous, but also compassionate as well.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110308/ts_yblog_thelookout/wish-comes-true-for-cancer-stricken-10-year-old-inducted-into-army

16. James O’Keefe – March 8, Washington, D.C. – The controversial activist filmmaker James O’Keefe landed back in the headlines this month after videos were released of a sting he conducted on executives with National Public Radio. This time O’Keefe caught NPR executives making disparaging remarks about Tea Party members.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/james_okeefe_nj_conservative_activist_relea.html

17. Boston Transit Riders – March 11, Boston, Mass – A group of Bostonians were heralded as heroes when security footage showed their deed. A would-be passenger fell onto the tracks of an oncoming Boston transit train. The quick bystanders were able to pull the man up from the tracks in time before the oncoming train would have struck him. There’s some startling footage to the story. You know, in a time when everyone now thinks first to hold up their phones to record the next Youtube hit it’s good to see people still have sense to help their neighbor when in dire need.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/video-captures-mans-shocking-tumble-onto-tracks-as-train-approaches/

18. Todd Bieber – March 9, Brooklyn, New York – Bieber came across a lost canister of film over Christmas. He developed the film to find wonderful photos of snow covered Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island and Prospect Park. Bieber put together a video that went viral to find the rightful owners of the photos. The search for the owners took him to Paris, France where the photos were united with the rightful owner. To make things interesting Bieber left a roll of his own film in somewhere in Paris, in hopes that maybe someone might go on a similar adventure.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110309/ts_yblog_thelookout/new-yorkers-mysterious-photo-quest-ends-in-paris

19. Governor Scott Walker – Of course this month’s edition wouldn’t be complete without a mention of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. I don’t think I need to get into the situation and issues involved any further than what has been discussed. Only that Walker came out on top, and I think his efforts will prove helpful to the economy of Wisconsin. Thank you Governor!

20. Craig Birkholz – March 20, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin – Officer Craig Birkholz, age 29, lost his life as police investigated a sexual assault report. Also during the investigation Officer Ryan Williams suffered a gun shot to the chest, their K-9 partner Grendel sustained injuries, and Officer Zach Shultz was also injured. The criminal took his own life in the standoff.
I mention Craig Birkholz in this month’s AmeriCANS list because the past two months have been some of the deadliest in our nation’s history for law enforcement officers. I will make every attempt to recognize these individuals when these tragic stories happen. God bless Birkholz, the rest of his brothers and sisters in the line of duty, and his family.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/raw-video-gunfire-erupts-during-wisconsin-standoff-officer-dies/

21. Taylor Anderson – March 22, Richmond, Virginia – Anderson was one of the Americans who lost their lives in Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. Taylor, a lovely young woman, had spent two years overseas learning about Asian culture. Anderson was part of a Japan Exchange Teaching program. She was last seen on her bike checking on students after the earthquake took place. She surely be missed and deserves a spot on our AmeriCAN list.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_japan_earthquake_us_victim

22. Kelly Gneiting – March 22, Los Angeles, California – Kelly set the record as the world’s heaviest marathon runner. His time at a LA marathon this past weekend was 9 hours 48 minutes 52 seconds. Which isn’t a competitive time, but it shattered the previous record of 275 pounds and improved on his personal best by more than two hours. Kelly jogged the first 8 miles and then walked the final 18. You know what…good for him! I’m 190 pounds and there is no way in hell I could run a marathon!

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/meet-the-worlds-heaviest-marathon-runner-430lbs/

23. Johnny Sullivan – March 22, Iowa – Johnny Sullivan is a 12 year old Iowan who is making a splash on Youtube. His recent trick shot video displays some impressive quarterback skills. Even better…he’s a Hawkeye fan! (Though I’d be happier if he was a Cyclone, but still I’ll take the Hawks over the Huskers any day.)

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/another-qb-makes-incredible-trick-shot-video-and-hes-12-years-old/

AmeriCANTS for March 2011

1. Dave Letterman – February 25 – One of Letterman’s recent guests was Tea Party favorite and newly elected Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul. The exchange was pretty civil, though Letterman should his ignorance…which isn’t the first time. I’ve watched when Letterman has had Bill O’Reilly on several times. One time I recall Dave saying to Bill something along the lines of “I don’t watch your show but I know you’re full of crap.” This time about exactly the same as the exchange with O’Reilly. Letterman said to Paul, “I think you’re wrong about some of these things, I just can’t tell you why.” Take a listen of some of the barbs exchanged.

(PLAY Rand Clip)

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rand-paul-gives-david-letterman-an-economics-lesson/

2. Charlie Sheen – February 28 – Need I say more? No surprise that he’d make our list. It all started with his appearance on the Alex Jones Show, which I find quite ironic – then Charlie took his craziness to ABC’s Good Morning America. Thank you Charlie for giving his endless soundbytes like “Winning” and “Tiger’s Blood”. I hope you get your life back on track. It’s not good right now.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/sheen-gives-more-wild-interviews-lick-my-feet-im-a-rock-star-from-mars/

3. Francis Fox Piven – February 27^th – Piven the other half of Cloward and Piven took time to ridicule Glenn Beck for daring to discuss her theories about reengineering America. This woman’s theories, much of which are now being practiced by high profile politicians, are very dangerous. Wake up America!

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/its-a-lunatic-story-kindly-grey-haired-piven-npr-go-into-mega-spin-to-attack-beck-for-daring-to-discussing-her-theory/

4. Keith Olbermann – February 26 – Once a broadcaster at MSNBC…emphasis on “once”. Olbermann weaseled back into semi-relevancy once again. This time launching his own web site called “Fok News”, supposed to sound like a bad word and Fox News at the same time. So creative Keith! Hahaha…I guess. The name also serves as an abbreviation for “Friends Of Keith”…which by my count is one for each letter in Fok News.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fok-news-channel-keith-olbermanns-new-website-is-now-live/

5. Socialist Noodles Kid, Rob Lewis – February 28^th – Lots of material from Madison, Wisconsin this month. Did you catch the important lessons in socialism from a student who worked for the popular Noodles Company restaurant? Enjoy the insight of Rob Lewis…

(Play Rob Lewis CLIP)

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/young-madison-socialist-reveals-popular-noodles-company-restaurant-is-actually-harsh-dictatorship/

6. Michael Moore – March 2, 10 – Madison, Wisconsin – If you didn’t get enough education from Rob Lewis the Socialist Noodles Kid, then maybe you should spend some time with Michael Moore…the left’s favorite anti-millionaire millionaire. Moore made appearances in Madison and said such things on air as “our money is a national resource”, along with other assorted dumbass statements.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/really-rich-dude-michael-moore-says-wealthy-americans-money-is-not-theirs-its-ours-a-national-resource-we-need-to-take-it-from-them/

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/handcuff-wielding-michael-moore-declares-class-war-on-msnbc-oprah-george-soros-and-others-should-be-jailed-for-their-crimes/

7. Professor John Michael Bailey – March 3^rd, Northwestern University, Illinois – If your lessons from Rob Lewis and Michael Moore weren’t enough, then take a spin over to Northwestern University in Chicago for some sex education. In this case sex became a lab experiment – as Professor John Michael Bay invited students to watch a non-student masturbate, along with several lectures involving a panel of gay men, a transsexual performer, and swinger couple. One word for this one “gross”.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/campus-shock-college-sexuality-professor-presents-live-sex-show-for-students/

8. Ralph Nader
9. Jesse Jackson – March 3 – Madison, Wisconsin – This tag team of leftist agitators joined Michael Moore in the protesting in Madison. Both Nader and Jackson made comments that sounded pretty incendiary – in the case of Jackson calling for uprising.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/destroy-institutions-ralph-nader-and-jesse-jackson-call-for-college-students-to-rise-up-in-revolution-blame-rush-limbaugh-for-huge-ignorance-movement/

10. Jesse Jackson, Jr. – March 7 – Washington, D.C. – Not to be outdone by his father, Jesse Jackson, Junior joins our AmeriCANTS list for March. While Jesse Senior was busy inciting uprisings, Junior was busy making demands for children to have free iPods and laptops on the house floor.
(Play Jackson Jr. Clip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhdPrA0b1UM&feature=player_detailpage

11. DMV Awards – March 7 – Washington, D.C. – How about we move into the world of entertainment? The DMV Hip Hop Awards turned into a 60 man brawl. Check out the footage if you haven’t seen it. All these stories are posted on Badger Benson.com

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shocking-60-man-brawl-breaks-out-at-dc-hip-hop-awards/

12. Robert Kasmir – March 8 – George Washington Professor Robert Kasmir was honored at halftime of a game between the George Washington Colonials and the Dayton Flyers. But that wasn’t the big event of the game, the night, and for Professor Kasmir. Kasmir was ejected from the game after heckling the referees. Way to follow up that award with a positive message!

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Professor-honored-at-halftime-tossed-from-game-f?urn=ncaab-331238

13. Harry Reid – March 8 – Washington, D.C. – Senator Harry Reid makes our list for March. All of you know I love the humanities, I love liberal arts, history, all those things. But I don’t think taxpayer dollars should ever fund that stuff. But Senator Reid thinks differently. I know you’ve already heard it. But let’s play it again, here’s Harry Reid talking about the Cowboy Poetry Festival.
(Play Reid Clip)

14. Old Dominion Mascot Big Blue
15. VCU Coach Shaka Smart – March 8 – During the conference championship game in the Colonial Athletic Association the Old D mascot known as Big Blue, who is a cuddly looking lion decided to do a stunt that ended up requiring clean-up under the basket, sweeping up spilled water, which delayed the ball game. Idiot mascots are nothing new in the world of sports. But to add to the non-sense, Virginia Commonwealth Coach Shaka Smart (who by the way is an excellent coach) took the time after the game to point blame on the Old Dominion mascot for the team’s loss.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/How-Old-Dominion-8217-s-mascot-delayed-Monday-?urn=ncaab-wp41

16. Ronald Schiller – March 8 – NPR executive Ronald Schiller got the can after the fallout of his comments about Tea Party members caught on tape.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/03/08/npr-puts-ron-schiller-on-administrative-leave.aspx

17. Vivian Schiller – March 9 – The very next day NPR CEO Vivian Schiller also announced her resignation in light of the tape scandal.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110309/ap_on_en_ot/us_npr_tea_party_criticism

18. Teenager Jumps off Golden Gate Bridge – March 11 – San Francisco, California – It is said that dozens of people die from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge every year. This time around a 17 year old…who survived! The kid took a 220 foot fall into the waters below, where he was saved and taken to a hospital with a torn lung and some broken bones. Why did the kid do it? Well he was on a field trip you see and he had previous experiences of not turning down dares. This time, no different, he took up his classmates challenge and went man overboard. Let’s hope this kid learns from this experience and realizes the importance of life and someday move from the AmeriCANT list to the AmeriCAN list. Thankfully he did survive.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/san-francisco-student-survives-stunt-jump-from-golden-gate-bridge/

19. Public Unions, James L. Palmer of Wisconsin Professional Police Association – March 11- Madison, Wisconsin – Back to Madison for our 19^th member of the March CANT list. James L. Palmer penned a nice letter to a local business essentially that amounted to extortion, threatening withdraw of union support if the business continued to support Governor Walker. Palmer included names of several other Union leaders on the list. Disgusting.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/support-us-or-else-wisc-unions-bully-local-businesses-with-ultimatum/

20. Jesse Jackson – March 12 – Jesse Jackson was already on the list for the month. Then his son decided to top him. But in the end Jesse wins out with another mention on the list! On March 12^th Jackson offered up an epic tirade suggesting that the mess in Wisconsin was a “confederate agenda” against the black middle class. I was unaware that the Confederacy still was around…let alone in Union (double meaning) occupied Wisconsin.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/confederate-agenda-jesse-jackson-says-wisconsin-a-civil-rights-issue-because-black-middle-class-is-government-driven/

21. Adrian Peterson – March 16 – Minneapolis, Minnesota – To the world of football we go. Vikings running back Adrian Peterson gave us his thoughts on the current labor dispute between the NFL team owners and the Players Union. Peterson said that the owners treatment of players was like modern day slavery. How pathetic and insulting!

http://www.twincities.com/ci_17619356?nclick_check=1

22. Lawrence O’Donnell – March 18 – It just can’t be a complete AmeriCANT list without someone from MSNBC making it to the party! Late last week Lawrence O’Donnell told Americans how he felt about the Bible, specifically the book of Revelation and summed up that real faithful people nowadays don’t consider the book or Revelation to be a real book. Maybe Lawrence should get out more, maybe get to know some people of faith.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/beck-responds-to-msnbcs-work-of-fiction-attack-on-the-bible/

23. Alexandra Wallace – March 19 – Los Angeles, California – Alexandra Wallace, a political science student at UCLA posted a rant about the Asian students at UCLA on Youtube. The clip went viral and made Wallace look pretty stupid. Not to mention in the clip she’s talking about cultural differences while looking…how shall I put it…sort of like a bimbo. I’m sure she’s a bright young lady. She made a mistake though, and one that involved race. And then posted it on the Internet. How many times do we see this mistake happen? Worst thing about it…she has since faced harassment and had to leave UCLA. Too bad. But she has only herself to blame, and her statements were enough to put her on this month’s list.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/death-threats-college-student-who-filmed-asian-rant-is-leaving-ucla/

24. Melissa Greer – March 19 – North Little Rock, Arkansas – Greer, age 40 and mother of a high school student decided to enact her own justice by swerving across the street and running into Jason Woodworth, a classmate to Greer’s son. Jason Woodworth is the son of a woman who Greer stole from two years ago and was arrested for. So she decided to get even basically. The hit and run left Jason with a broken collarbone, concussion and gash in his neck. Another example of our cultural decline.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hit-and-run-ark-woman-charged-with-running-down-rivals-15-year-old-son-on-purpose/

25. Judge Tom Tillison – March 21 – Tampa, Florida – Judge Tillison was part of a controversial ruling which might be an example of Sharia Law creeping into our judicial system.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-shariah-law-just-work-its-way-into-a-florida-court/

26. Americans killed by Tsunami on American soil – Our hearts go out to all those who died in the disaster in Japan. But did you know there were a handful of Americans who died in the tsunami here on American soil when it hit California? These people were given plenty of warning and a few still didn’t stay away. Among those killed were a few individuals who decided to get closer for some photos on the Northern California coast. A truly sad event. But they only have to blame themselves.

27. Cenk Uygur – March 21 – Another MSNBC host makes our list. Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks went on a rant about a young Nebraska boy who believes he was shown heaven during an operation that saved his life. Young Colton Burpo is the story behind the best selling book “Heaven Is For Real”. But Cenk thought it was all too ridiculous and took time to pick apart the young boy’s interview he gave on the Today Show. You know…who knows what the boy saw, or thinks he saw. Forget the religious argument. Is picking on a young kid really a good use of energy?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/boy-who-visited-heaven-is-mocked-by-msnbc-host/