Episode 281: Following the Same Rules

This episode turned out well despite TalkShoe's best efforts! There were some technical difficulties causing the live recording to be delayed and I had limited control until the end of the show. Regardless, we had a good time talking about the popular issues from the past week from a different angle.

Don't forget to check out the articles for this episode and add your comments to our conversation. Even if we didn't talk about an article we'd like to hear your thoughts on something from the list!

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Articles for Episode 281: Following the Same Rules

During the last episode I talked about keeping the conversation civil, not being insulting or defamatory and looking at examples of stories where that didn't happen. Those concepts only work if both sides are playing by the same rules. It's apparent that this isn't the case, as is pointed out in the articles for this episode. The question is, what do we do about that and how should it be addressed moving forward?

Articles for this episode:

• (Love and Marriage) The Most Popular Day for Moms to Cheat on Their Husbands Is…
• (Economy) Pelosi Can't Thank Troops On Mother's Day Because Of Sequestration
• (Economy) Sheila Jackson-Lee charges taxpayers $23,646 for ‘special trip’
• (Tea Party Taxes) FLASHBACK 2009: OBAMA JOKES ABOUT IRS AUDITING POLITICAL ENEMIES
• (Tea Party Taxes) IRS APOLOGIZES FOR TARGETING TEA PARTY GROUPS
• (Tea Party Taxes) WATCHDOG: SENIOR IRS OFFICIALS KNEW CONSERVATIVE GROUPS WERE BEING TARGETED IN 2011
• (Bengazi Control) Benghazi returning as big scandal
• (Bengazi Control) Officials removed terror reference from Benghazi memo - report
• (Bengazi Control) McCain Defends Obama Against Impeachment For Benghazi, Will ‘Give President Benefit Of The Doubt’
• (Media Madness) CBS ANCHOR SCOLDS: ‘WE’RE GETTING THE BIG STORIES WRONG OVER AND OVER AGAIN’

Quite a few in the extras bin for this week, all of them worth discussions of their own! Comment on them if you have something you want to share! Here are some of the other articles that were tweeted @ECConservative:

• (Gun Control) 9MM PRICES CLIMB AS SCARCITY OF AMMO CONTINUES
• (Immigration Bill) IMMIGRATION BILL CREATES GIANT DATABASE ON ALL AMERICANS
• (Beer Goodness) Denver-area picks for American Craft Beer Week
• (Gun Control) New Jersey Democrats caught calling for confiscation of guns on open microphone
• (Gun Control) Violent Crime and Gun Homicide Rates Way Down, Americans' Ignorance of These Trends -- Way Up
• (Bengazi Control) CBS' Sharyl Attkisson Taking Heat from Network with Direct Ties to Obama's Cover-Up Team
• (Intolerance) ‘F**king Religious Idiots’: The CraigsList Ad (and Promotion) That Just Has to Be Seen to Be Believed
• (Health Control) Obama declared health care law 'is here to stay'
• (Media Madness) THE CRUCIFIXION OF JASON RICHWINE
• (Animals) Alligator helps officers apprehend fleeing suspect
• (Animals) Deadly giant snail found in Houston
• (Iranian Insanity) Report: Explosions Heard in Tehran
• (Auto Bailout) Taxpayer-Bailed Out GM To Build New Cadillac Plant . . . In China…
• (Elections) Ex-South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford wins old House seat back after scandal
• (Hero Alert) Charles Ramsey: Ohio "hero" and Internet sensation
• (Gun Control) 2ND GRADER SUSPENDED FOR MAKING ‘GUN NOISES’ WITH A PENCIL — AFTER PRETENDING TO BE A MARINE LIKE HIS DAD
• (Immigration Bill) Obama and Wasserman Schultz Push Racially Divisive Hispanic Agenda
• (Abortion Trial) Kermit Gosnell Attorney Furious About Fox News Murder Trial Special
• (Economy) Andrew Cuomo Launches Ad Campaign to Lure Businesses to N.Y.
• (Education Fun) Carl Paladino elected to Buffalo School Board
• (Education Fun) Teacher uses outfit to fight bullying

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Episode 280: Communication Necessities

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This week we talked about the things necessary for a good, civil conversation. We also identified the real definition of the concept and also what it is not. Civility does not equate with watering down or with changing a message just to make it palatable to a wide audience. If you want to hear more, listen to the podcast!

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Articles for Episode 280: Communication Necessities

There are some required aspects for effective communication, whether the subject is politics, the weather or a shopping list. In this episode we're going to look at some news articles that are examples of where these are noticeably missing from one side or the other. Let's talk about them and see how we can improve the conversation!

Articles for this episode:

• (Disorderly Skin) IRANIAN CLERIC: Women in Revealing Clothing Cause Earthquakes
• (New Reality Show) World's highest fight? Sherpas, Westerners come to blows on Everest
• (Conversational Politics) Silence of the Conservative Lambs
• (Saving a Dime) Obama's Budget Proposal Seeks to Cap Retirement Savings
• (Terror Trials) Barack Obama says Guantanamo Bay prison must close
• (Global Recall) Obama further amends ‘red line’ words on Syria chemical attacks
• (Tea Party) Tea Party Caucus not quite as dead as Rachel Maddow hoped
• (Looking Forward) 2016 Poll: Hillary Clinton lapping potential Democratic field
• (Media Matters) 'Face the Nation' Spends 30 Minutes on Gay NBA Player, Still No Mention of Gosnell

H. Comment on them if you have something you want to share! Here are some of the other articles that were tweeted @ECConservative:

• (Parents Rights) Baby Taken By CPS Returned, Parents Ordered To ‘Follow All Medical Advice’
• (Parents Rights) CPS Takes Baby After Parents Seek Second Medical Opinion
• (Health Care) Medical Device Tax Means a Million Fewer Years of Life
• (Immigrant Control) CBS: Illegals Entering US Triple With Talk of Immigration Reform
• (Drug Control) Aurora to consider running the show for recreational marijuana
• (Marriage Control) See How “Normal” Same-Sex “Marriage” Is?
• (Backpedaling) SUNDAY SHOWS: DEMOCRATS BACK AWAY FROM OBAMA ON BENGHAZI, SYRIA
• (Squished) PETA BLASTS GOV. CHRISTIE FOR KILLING SPIDER IN FOURTH GRADE CLASS
• (Gun Control) Obama on SNL a Day Early: I Sent Thousands of Guns to Drug Cartels, But I Blame You for Mexican Crime Wave
• (Quagmire) BENGHAZI: Names of ‘whistle-blower’ witnesses revealed
• (Global Recall) Will Barack Obama ever stop apologising for America?
• (Lottery Love) Single mother's simple error earns her $14 million lottery prize
• (Media Matters) Newspaper Union Declares Koch Brothers Unfit to Own Newspapers

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Episode 274: Tactics

Another energetic conversation discussing the tactics and outlets used by both parties. Some of them are scary, others disturbing but they all seem to be effective. Take a listen for yourself and add your own comments!

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Articles for Episode 274: Tactics

Lately it seems like everything is being presented with some underlying tactical perspective. It's not about side or party, it seems more about staying in power and getting one in over the other guy. In this episode we're going to be talking about the tactics being employed by both political parties to achieve that goal. Whether it's for the good of the country or not is a different question that we'll try to raise as well.

Articles for this episode:

• (Smart Kid) 9 Year Old Building an RPG to Prove Her Brothers Wrong!
• (Political Posturing) Politicians Prefer Scare Tactics to Sensible Reform
• (Polls & Surveys) Adventures in Manipulative Polling
• (Bumper Sticker Politics) Fake but real
• (Congressional Antics) DWS: We need to make sure budget cuts won’t lower the “quality of life” on Capitol Hill
• (Congressional Antics) Lawmakers introduce bill to void 'Redskins' trademark
• (Political Posturing) Rove: I Could See GOP’s 2016 Candidate Supporting Same-Sex Marriage
• (Republican Mess) REPUBLICANS LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES
• (Bumper Sticker Politics) EVEN THE NY TIMES IS TAKING NOTICE OF VIRAL CONSERVATIVE STAR BEN CARSON

Here are some other articles from the week that deserve your attention. If you have comments on these, post them!

• (Economy) Obama Has Lost Advantage Over G.O.P. on Economy
• (Iraq War) The War For Oil Myth
• (Conservatism) Jeff Sessions: GOP Must Make the Moral Case for Conservatism

Articles for Episode 258: Failures At Home and Abroad

Back to our regular time, we've got a bit of a doozie planned. Heading into the end of the year we see the status quo acting exactly as expected. There are things that need to be dealt with both domestically and abroad and the handling of it leaves much to be desired.

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• ‘I knew I had to help,’ cop says of charity act gone viral
• For Secretary of State, G.O.P. Pushes Old Hand
• GOP Senators More Troubled After Rice Meeting
• No 'fiscal cliff' deal without higher rates, Geithner says
• Obama Slaps States That Don't Comply With Obamacare
• Chart of the Week: Obama’s Fiscal Cliff Plan Has $4 of Tax Hikes to $1 of Cuts
• Pelosi Backs Limiting Oversight of Debt Ceiling
• OBAMA'S HISTORIC ERROR: THE IRONY OF A NOBEL LAUREATE OPPOSING PALESTINIAN UN BID
• Factbox: Egypt's draft constitution
• Yes, Romney Was the Problem

You can bet there were other articles. Here they are:

• Boehner on ‘fiscal cliff’ talks: ‘There’s a stalemate’

Episode 240: Spaghetti Campaigns

Well this episode didn't turn out anything like was originally planned.  We had a lively round-table and talked about news and campaign hits about Obama and asked some simple questions.  The answers might (or might not, depends entirely on how cynical you are) surprise you!


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Articles for Episode 240: Spaghetti Campaigns

It seems to me like both campaigns are in the habit of using the spaghetti theory when it comes to campaigning. For those not familiar with this concept, it's the idea of throwing a lot of different accusations, talking points and sound bytes out and whatever sticks is what they go with. Here are the articles we're going to be talking about tonight:

• Feinstein: Someone from the White House is leaking national-security secrets that coincidentally make Obama look good
• Obama Now Partly Running On Bill Clinton’s Record — ‘Our Plan’
• MEDIA DISTORTS ROMNEY'S OLYMPICS HISTORY TO INVENT 'GAFFE'
• Obama To The Opposition: Sit Down, And Shut Up
• White House predicts $1.2 trillion deficit for fourth year
• Obama shadows Romney's foreign trip
• GOP Says Coverage For The Uninsured Is No Longer The Priority

Here are the other articles that came up. Yes, there's a lot here. Feel free to discuss in the comments:

• Romney to Back Israel’s Right to Strike Iran, Aide Says (He backed off from this later)
• PALESTINIAN DELEGATION THANKS OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FOR DENYING MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR MURDERED ISRAELIS

Episode 232: Dumb and Dumber

Well, this episode did not go the way I expected it to!  Yes, we talked about some brain-melting levels of dumb answers but the conversation and my concepts at the end of the call didn't really line up with where I thought they were going to.

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Articles for Episode 232: Dumb and Dumber

In this episode we're going to be talking about dumb things - and dumber things. The articles on tap hilight some low points of intellect and common sense. Join us for the conversation at 8:30pm Eastern on Sundays.

• Cows chase off backyard partyers, drink their beer
• Kellie Pickler — Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
• Porn Star Hopes Photo With Clinton "Doesn't Hurt His Re-Election"
• New York Bill Outlaws Internet Political Speech
• NJ mayor accused of hacking opponents' websites
• Illinois poised to hike cigarette tax by $1 a pack to fund healthcare
• White House puts the Supreme Court on trial over health-care law
• Obama Is Not That Bright
• Ten ways you know the Bain attack is bombing

Yes, there's a lot more to talk about. Here are other articles ripe for comments and conversation:

Articles for Episode 225: Where the Power Lies Redux

Well, last week we set a new record of articles that we didn't make it to.  Tonight we're going to continue with "Part B" of the conversation we started last week.

We might make it to articles this week but I'm not going to promise it.  If we do, it will be the article list from last week.  Those articles can be found at Articles for Episode 224: Where the Power Lies.

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Articles for Episode 224: Where the Power Lies

It's been an interesting week and lots of thingshave been happening. We're going to take another week off from the primary review and talk about other things.

We're probably not going to make it through the articles this time (yes, again), mainly because there are some other concepts that need to be addressed. Some comments from a listener prompted our first video posting and in this episode we're going to talk on grander terms about more issues related to that. If we get to them, here are the articles for this episode:

• Quote of the Day - Sowell on Johnny
• Lights go off around globe for Earth Hour
• Revolt to ouster President Assad is over, says Syrian official
• Washington Digest: House Republicans pass bill that shrinks federal spending
• Biden: "We Want To Create A Global Minimum Tax"
• Obama urges 'Buffett rule' passage
• Clinton: Iran agrees to new nuke talks
• Obama Finds Oil in Markets Is Sufficient to Sideline Iran

And yes, there were other articles that caught our eye. Here they are as well:

Episode 192: Muppets and Other Oddities

In this episode, we're going to talk about some of the odd decisions, declarations and decisions made in the past week.

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Articles for Episode 192: Muppets and Other Oddities

In this episode, we're going to talk about some of the odd decisions, declarations and decisions made in the past week. Join us for the conversation on Sunday nights at 8:30pm Eastern.

This week posed an interesting challenge. There were a number of different ways the episode could have shaped up. Here are the articles that were settled on:

• For Star Wars fans, Calif's Yoda statue is a mecca
• Because They Are Not Gay! What 'Forcing' Bert And Ernie To Get Married Teaches Us About Homophobia
• Obama/Hillary Coming Soon to a Primary Near You?
• Most Americans say U.S. on wrong track: Reuters/Ipsos poll
• Sea Trials Begin for Chinese Aircraft Carrier
• China launches second aircraft carrier, as luxury hotel
• Appeals court strikes health insurance requirement
• Officials interrupt phone service to stall protest
• Comcast: Internet Access Is Temporarily a Civil Right

Here are the rest of the articles that we pulled up through the week.

• Michael Moore: Matt Damon For President
• Tim Pawlenty quits after third-place straw-poll finish
• Advice to the Candidates:
• How Rick Perry created the "Texas Miracle"
• On Deck: Why I May Run for President
• Pawlenty's Pitch: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
• Another Texas Governor for President?
• No Wedding Bells for Bert and Ernie on 'Sesame Street'
• Gov't pays for empty flights to rural airports
• Judge rules bus line wrong to deny atheist ads
• Pelosi Chooses Clyburn, Van Hollen, Becerra For Deficits Super Panel
• Obama Told To Call Congress Back From Recess, Despite The Fact That Americans Have No Faith In Congress
• On, Wisconsin! GOP Holds State Senate, Left Devastated
• Putin 'discovers Greek urns' on scuba dive
• Memphis school principal found dead in classroom; student held
• White House photo sparks protest
• Huntsman primes for first debate amid turmoil
• Democrats Own the Stock Market Crash
• Jeb Bush Jr. Endorses Jon Huntsman For President In 2012
• Boehner, McConnell Select Supercommittee Members
• Harry Reid's Super Committee Picks: Patty Murray, Max Baucus, John Kerry
• President Downgrade
• D.C. Police Demotion Follows Sheen Escort Dustup
• United Arab Emirates gives Joplin relief up to $1M
• After School Bans 'Slaughterhouse-Five,' Vonnegut Library Gives Copies for Free
• Wisconsin GOP's Stand Could Reverberate Elsewhere

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Episode 160: Forward and Back

It's a new year but that doesn't mean the politics has changed much! Sure, there is going to be a Republican majority in the House but that does not mean things aren't still getting pushed by Reid and Obama. With a nod to the past year, we look forward at new stories and situations.

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Articles for this episode:

• The 10 Biggest 'Non-Story' Stories of 2010
• Which Part of the Constitution is ‘Confusing’ Ezra?
• Outgoing GOP congressman: 'Credible conservatives' not about Obama 'hatred'
• MSNBC: Bush's Book Is Popular Because He Was So Hated
• White House Links New End-of-Life Talks to Bush Policy
• Actually, Bush VETOED the 2008 bill slipping in the end-of-life provision
• Michelle Obama on Deciding What Kids Eat: ‘We Can’t Just Leave it Up to The Parents'
• Stalled, 6 nominees get recess jobs

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Episode 158: And Miles To Go

Taking the title from a Robert Frost poem, it appears that Congress is not wasting a minute of their lame duck session before the "holiday" break. We've got quite a few things to discuss."

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Articles for this episode:

• Sharks Wary of Drunk Serbs
• Congress rushes to finish bills before holidays
• Congress Seeks Temporary Fix After Spending Bill Killed
• Russian Army's chic designer uniforms make soldiers ill
• Senate takes step to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell'
• Navy Skipper, XO Fired for Fraternization
• Dream Act fails to advance in Senate
• President Obama Urges Swift Approval of START Treaty
• Analysis: With tax bill, Dems pick political fight
• Title part of Stopping by Woods by Robert Frost

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Episode 157: Sanctimonious Insanities

As the US approaches the insanity of Christmas shopping, I thought it would be fun to look at some other crazy things that have surfaced in the news. We also have to talk about the compromoise proposal between the President and the Republicans.

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We opened the show with three "fun" stories, all related and all actually news. The biggest point was the breakdown of the President's briefing on the tax cut compromise and the fact that Bill Clinton had to come in to talk it up!

Links for tonight's show:

• Egyptian Official: Israel Could Be Behind Deadly Shark Attack
• Iran arrests pigeons 'spying' on nuclear site
• Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for spying
• Senate removes federal judge in impeachment conviction
• Halliburton May Pay Nigeria $500 Million To Keep Cheney Out of Prison
• Wikileaks: Swiss bank shuts Julian Assange's account
• British Court Denies Bail to Assange
• Obama tries to sell tax cut extension deal -- to Democrats
• President Clinton Endorses Tax Deal

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Episode 87: Grayscale Politics

Our President has decided that he can blur the lines between Federal and State duties with the Gates issue and make an obvious race baiting statement. Meanwhile, Clinton is trying to actually do her job and getting bombarded from all sides. A lot of good interaction from Talkshoe and SecondLife tonight! Thanks to all who take the time to join us when we record the show every weekend. We went done an interesting path near the end of the show, talking about some of the things that have been lost in today's political debate - including the ability to disagree without being disagreeable. Items discussed in tonight's show:

• Police: Fake Cop Tried to Stop Real Cop in California
• Rules for Rendering Hand Salute of U.S. Flag
• Personal: Why I joined the facebook group, "Petition Facebook to remove group "Soldiers are not Heroes."
• North Korea Warns of 'Unimaginably Deadly Blows' to U.S.
• N. Korea Calls Clinton 'Schoolgirl,' U.S. Fires Back
• LA Times: Obama 'Close' to Firing Hillary Clinton
• Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
• Obama Gates gaffe opened some eyes (updated)
• 'Scofflaw' Obama has history with 'stupid' Cambridge police
• Gates, Crowley Expected to Share Beer With Obama at White House Early This Week

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Episode 74: Open Mic Night

Tonight we decided to open up the floor to the audience! Akin to "open line Friday" we had an open mic night. Things we talked about:

• Nude hiking banned by Swiss canton
• Clinton Says Pakistan Cannot Let Atomic Arsenal Fall to Taliban
• Marine Arrested at Logan

Also, we discussed a recent post on the website, Who Am I? and the comment that was left for it. Robb in Second Life also brought up the health care legislative push that is coming up in the Senate.

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