Tonight’s Top Topic: What motivates you to go to work?
Julius Pepper of the Carolina Panthers did not show up at the team’s mini-camp. He has millions of dollars on the line which he won’t get if he doesn’t show up.
Fred said he would play, would sell concessions, mow the lawn or a thousand different things for a $million a game. Morgan would sweep the stadium. (Is it strange to any of you that those jobs pay very little? Now if Fred or Morgan could throw a football then maybe… But always wondered why garbage men and teachers are paid little while hosts of a television show who love what they are doing are paid….shutting up now!) 
 Peppers wants to be traded to another team. He is set to earn over a million dollars a game. Most people show up at our jobs to get paid. Morgan said that fits the expression “Work to live, not live to work.” For some its about doing what they love like a pastor or social worker. For some it is pride in what they believe like those in our armed services.
  Fred said he gets up at 4 in the morning (for his A.M. Mayhem show on 96.1) then takes a siesta and then on to do the NewsEdge show. Morgan said Fred’s a vampire. MoFo said she likes the social interaction. Fred said this isn’t work. He would be bored if he didn’t have a job. (Hopefully they will keep the same jobs for some time.)

American Idol judge  Paula Abdul was tricked by Sacha Baron Cohen’s (aka Borat) that will be in his upcoming film Bruno. Abdul was called and told she won “Artist of the Year” in Germany. The Edge crew wondered who would make her artist of the year when her last hit was over 20 years ago.  When she arrived to be interviewed, there was only one chair in the room. Sasha then snapped his fingers and said “Gardners” and two mexican guys came into the room. The two dropped on all fours and were paid ten dollars each and told Paula Abdul to sit down. Paula says she never signed a release but her publicist did. Evidently there was no real interview but before she left she asked for her award.

The Edge crew showed another picture and more evidence that Tupac is still alive. It is claimed that ‘Tupac’ asked a DJ where he could find weed. Morgan said its not him because the chin is wrong.

We next got to hear Morgan do her Homer Simpson impersonation. Doh!
Dixie a ten year collie-dalmatian mix, swallowed Homer Simpson. Well actually the dog swallowed a chocolate surprise egg with a toy Homer Simpson inside. Surgery was done to remove the toy.

Two lucky people won tickets to the All Star race coming up at Lowes Motor Speedway. More tickets will be given away in coming weeks. Go to the Fox Charlotte website to enter.

From the same people who brought you such classics as the Hurricane Katrina rescue and buying trailers not safe for people to live, FEMA came up with another. A children’s coloring book (how is a coloring book something for emergencies?) depicting the 9/11 tragedy. The book is called “A Scary thing happened” which showed the twin towers on fire with an airplane heading towards it. There were two other drawings with the twin towers along with that one. According to reports this was done while FEMA was still managed by Mike Brown. (Is it too late to say “Brownie you are doing a heck of a job?”) in 2003. It had been available on the FEMA website but has since been removed.
(As someone who was working in downtown Manhattan on that day, I will tell you this is just disgusting. As Morgan said during the broadcast, enough of milking the tragedy. Part of the reason I moved to the Charlotte area was to get away from all of that. I worked mainly for banks (computers & technology) and on that day was in one of the headquarters for a large bank. Being told by the media that the attack was towards the financial centers of the U.S. I had friends and co-workers who died on that day. A few days later I had to be across the street from the site and was physically ill. The memories of that day will never leave any American. Still, there is absolutly no reason, to force it down on people especially young kids or use it for political or financial gain as some have. It is a part of this nation’s history much like the Civil war and Pearl Harbor. It is to be taught in school but not made to be a game. Should there be a coloring book so kids can color the missles being dropped on the USS Arizona? There is a reason many in Manhattan panicked the other day when seeing Air Force One and a fighter jet flying near Manhattan. They did not want to relive the tragedy. Or live through another one.)

Miss California DID receive more than second place in the Miss USA pageant. Apparently the Miss California pageant purchased implants for Carrie Prejean weeks before the Miss USA competition. Pageant offcials said it was to help boost her confidence. (It boosted more than that!) Fred asked what does that say about the pageant? Morgan responded it is not a brain pageant. (then why ask questions? Especially ones needing some thought? But personally I think intelligence is very sexy.)

Morgan asked “Who has a dominatrix at their workplace, I’d like to know. In the graphics.” (the graphic that has 332-EDGE and the question) Fred said its the receptionist. (Anyone wonder how Morgan knows what a real Dominatrix looks like?)

Don’t forget to enter to win tickets for the upcoming races. Go to the Fox Charlotte website to enter. Click on the Edge link.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!