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

Administrative comment: Continually apologizing for the late posts and then posting late the following week is getting a tad repetitive, so I'll explain rather than make excuses. There are some big things being planned for the podcast as well as a new endeavor. Nothing is going to change for quite some time (in Internet terms of time, at least), however if you're a blogger, podcaster or vodcaster that is interested in hearing more about the rumblings of an interesting project, contact me directly.

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 277: Do You Hear What I Hear

This episode introduces a slightly different format, with part of the intro moved to the ending which lets us get started much faster. It was a fun episode, though there are a couple of areas where I should have censored Shorahmin. We'll forgive him his BS lines... though the media is offered no similar reprieve.

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Articles for Episode 277: Do You Hear What I Hear

When you're listening to the news (or watching or reading), what do you hear? What do you see? There's an element of control that is being exerted by both the media and political groups. We've said this before but there are some really big examples of stories that won't be getting that much exposure but still need to be known.

Articles for this episode:

• (Gun Control) Circus elephant hit in drive-by shooting
• (Margaret Thatcher) Like Her Friend Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher Just Wouldn't Cut It In Today's GOP
• (Gun Control) New York Police Confiscating Firearms from People Taking Anti-anxiety Medication
• (Abortion) The monstrous abortion trial the media don’t want you to know about
• (Gay Agenda) Protect the freedom to criticize gay marriage
• (Hypocricy) ABC Hypes 'Startling Secret Tape' of Mitch McConnell and Aides 'Scheming' Against Ashley Judd
• (Taxes and Spending) Government Wastes More Than Sequester Saves
• (Investments) Fisker Auto founders, fires furloughed employees, preps for bankruptcy
• (Media Bias) What Bias? Liberals Not Too Upset Over Obama’s Trampling Of Our Constitutional Rights

There was a whole other line of discussion that we could have taken this week! There will probably be a few videos recorded from these articles, but if you want to add your own comments please feel free!

• (Taxes and Spending) Governor imposes tax on the rain
• (Gay Agenda) Batgirl Comic Character Comes Out as Transgender
• (Education) Some State Dropping GED as Test Price Spikes
• (Hypocricy) City bills cyclist $1,200 for damage to police car that struck him

Video Comment 7: Nerdy Dirty Words

I've moved the video comment recording from the house into the car and like the results.  In this video I share the concept of a game that my kids have been playing called the "Nerdy Dirty Word" where you take an every-day word and turn it into a game of verbal tag.  This seems to be a running game that politicians and the media use, though we put the label "hot-button issue" on it.

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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 273: It's About Control

A common phrase in the gun control debate is, "it's not about guns, it's about control." That rings true there, but it's true in almost every area the government is taking special interest in these days. In this episode we're going to talk about a number of different areas where this is starting to be more plain.

Articles for this episode:

• (International Justice) A Lack of Swordsmen May Lead Saudis to Abolish Beheadings
• (Still Campaigning) Obama to Group: Activate People for My Agenda
• (Religion) Catholics: 5 ways for Francis to move forward
• (Education) The truth about Common Core
• (Still Campaigning) Another term, another 'Vogue' cover for Michelle Obama
• (Economy) Cyprus parliament delays vote on deposit levy to Monday
• (Health Care) Americans will Curse Obama for Obamacare
• (Gun Control) El Paso sheriff releases e-mails he says show gun politics killed pay raises
• (Gun Control) Obama Signals He Will Support UN Treaty To Restrict Arms

The extras list is much shorter this time but no less important. If you have comments on these, post them!

• (Big Government) Why it's become clear that Obama's White House is open to the rich and closed to the poor
• (Education) Common Core: Orwellian Lessons in Florida

Episode 270: Behind the Green Curtain

Well, as promised there are a lot of things out there that are being used to distract and misdirect the American public that we talked about in this episode. We had quite a time breaking things down and pulling them apart.

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Articles for Episode 270: Behind the Green Curtain

Watching the news and events that happen on a weekly basis, I've come to the conclusion that there is some serious manipulating going on by either the President or someone close to him. In this episode we're going to look at some blatant examples of this.

After this episode's recording we are back to our normal Sunday night recording schedule!

 Thanks to everyone for working with us on the change and for your continued support! Articles for this episode:

• (Political Celebrities) No, Left. Laura Bush Did Not Present At The Oscars
• (Gun Control) NY SAFE Resolutions Documenting County and Town resolutions on the NY SAFE act
• (Liberals at their Best) OBAMA SNUBS MEDIA AGAIN: 'CLEAR OUT THE PRESS SO WE CAN TAKE SOME QUESTIONS'
• (Gun Control) GOP Congressman: Obama Using Twitter Spambots to Push Gun Control
• (Liberals at their Best) In sensitivity training, USDA employees recite ‘If we work for a federal agency, we’ve discriminated in the past’
• (Economy) REPUBLICAN INSIDER: White House DENIED Senate Attempt To Present Sequester Compromise
• (Liberals at their Best) White House Report Claims Sequestration Will Affect Federal Department That No Longer Exists
• (Energy) CO: Secret energy lab spawns million dollar govt employee
• (Republicans) Deluded Republican Reformers

There are many other stories as well… not as many as last week, but they are still worth checking out!

• (Abortion) Texas teen wins right to have baby after suing parents
• (Gun Control) Rape Survivor: A Call Box Above My Head While I Was Being Brutally Raped Wouldn't Have Helped

Episode 266: Moves Toward Change

The concept for this episode was to discuss some of the things that were moving forward with the GOP and conservative ideas. We looked at the question, "is it enough?" The answer came back an underwhelming, "maybe."  There's a lot more to talk about but we're somewhat encouraged by Rep. Ryan's concept of, "pick your battles."  The important question is whether or not the Republican leadership will follow through with this.

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Articles for Episode 266: Moves Toward Change

Things are beginning to change. We're not talking about Obama's change, either. The GOP seems to be taking some strides to becoming an effective party again, at least in some areas. Will they be enough? Let's talk about that and other things tonight at 8:30pm Eastern! Articles for this episode:

• (Veterans) Marines and strangers rush to aid of victimized veteran
• (Conservatives) MODERNIZE, DON’T MODERATE THE GOP
• (Conservatives) Ryan says GOP needs to pick its fights with Obama
• (Economy) House passes bill to defuse debt ceiling
• (Liberals at their Best) President questions safety of football
• (Liberals at their Best) Obama presses liberal agenda as he starts 2nd term
• (Labor) Court says Obama appointments violate constitution
• (Electoral System) Some GOP-led states look at electoral vote changes
• (Presidential Potentials) President Hillary Clinton? If she wants it

There are many other stories as well… not as many as last week, but they are still worth checking out!

• (Congressional Rules) Senators agree to Reid and McConnell’s filibuster reform measures
• (Gun Control) 'Enough is enough,' Feinstein says in proposing new gun ban
• (Liberals at their Best) Radicals: Portraits of a Destructive Passion

Episode 265: Looking for the Reasons

This was a tough episode to put together, as can be seen with the flood of articles in the show notes page. We have our new listener and participant Naj to thank for the subject of tonight's show, trying to at least start a conversation on the reasons behind the violence that doesn't often make national headlines like the sensational stories do. It was an educational and encouraging conversation to say the least!

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Articles for Episode 265: Looking for the Reasons

In this episode we look beyond the ranting rhetoric that has made the headlines and discuss some documented or potential reasons for the gun violence in America. It promises to be an interesting show on many fronts! Articles for this episode:

• (Human Interest) The waiter praised for REFUSING to serve man who made vile remark and complained about being seated near Down syndrome child
• (Gun Control) Chicago Homicides Outnumber U.S. Troop Killings In Afghanistan
• (Liberals at their Best) BIDEN: WE CAN’T ENFORCE THE OLD LAWS, SO WE NEED MORE
• (Social Reasons) David and Goliath: Faith Based Approaches to Gun Violence Prevention
• (Marriage) Ten Non-Religious Reasons to Keep Marriage Traditional
• (Abortion) Justin Bieber's Mom Produces Pro-Life Film
• (Liberals at their Best) Children, Youth, and Gun Violence: Analysis
• (Religion) Why I Raise My Children With God

There are a LOT of other stories that came across the Twitter feed this week! Here those are for your review and comment:

• (US Military) USS Enterprise sailing off to history's scrap heap
• (Privacy) TSA to phase out Rapiscan 'naked scanners'
• (Gun Control) The Six Things Americans Should Know About the Second Amendment.

Episode 264: Hot Potato

We really had a fun time on the podcast!  Playing "Hot Potato" with a few of the subjects outlined in the show notes turned in to a number of meaningful conversations and discussion ideas.  If you have comments, be sure to post them to the site or email them to conservativepodcast@gmail.com.

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Articles for Episode 264: Hot Potato

Looking over the articles that were collected over the past week, it was rather difficult to settle on a single subject for this episode. I ended up picking three issues that are currently being bandied about by the media and political pundits so we could add our input to them.

Before I give the list of articles, I also wanted to share a new site that I found that isn't really an article. Pop Vox is a site that allows you to see bills that are going through the cogs of our political machine and share your opinions on them.

Here are the articles for this episode:

• Miss America contestant's brave admission: "I have autism."
• US troops will end 'most' Afghanistan combat this spring
• Republicans should start acting like Obama
• Conservatives Take Aim at Pork-laden $50 Billion Sandy Aid Bill
• NRA Head: Registry Of Gun Owners Would Be Very Dangerous
• Connecticut lawmaker wants names of gun owners to be made public
• Quentin Tarantino Has Heated Exchange With UK Journalist On Film Violence, Says “I’m Not Your Slave”: Video
• SENATE REPORT: STATE DEPARTMENT 'FAILED TRAGICALLY' AT BENGHAZI
• INDICTED BUSINESSMAN NAMES HARRY REID AS ALLEGED RECIPIENT OF MASSIVE BRIBE

Like I said, there were a lot of articles to pick from this week. This show could have gone a number of different ways. Please, if there are stories you'd like to discuss that we didn't make it to, feel free to add your comments below!

• Chicago Teachers Union President Talks About Killing The Rich, Crowd Laughs
• Viable bomb found in Belfast security alert

Episode 263: Broken Standards

Well, true to the subject there were lots of "broken" things to discuss.  It was an enjoyable time but also rather eye-opening when it comes to the American standards that seem to be in serious need of repair.

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Articles for Episode 263: Broken Standards

We've made it to 2013 and it starts much the same way 2012 started: with a broken federal government. The only difference now is that things have gone just that much further down the path.

Here are the articles we're going to discuss tonight:

• Craigslist sperm donor forced to pay child support to lesbian couple - despite giving up parental rights to the baby BEFORE she was born
• Funeral picketers now face their own protest
• Inmates using newspaper's gun owner map to threaten guards, sheriff says
• Boehner starts second speaker term vowing end to one-on-one meetings with Obama
• Biden May Be the Most Influential Vice President Ever
• Shoving the battle down the road
• Obama Has Quietly Renewed The Warrantless Wiretap Law For Another 5 Years
• U.S. Gasoline at Pump Averaged Record High in 2012, AAA Says
• Let’s Give Up on the Constitution
• Health Insurers Raise Some Rates by Double Digits

Of course there was more to talk about. Here are the other articles we found during the week:

• N.H.L. and Players Union Reach Tentative Agreement to End Lockout
• Iran Warns Foreign Planes in Military Exercise