Articles for Episode 285: Addressing Growth

As time marches on, one thing that has to be considered by any organization is how it can expand membership for the future. Tonight we have a special guest, Mike Garcar, Field Director for the Ohio College Republican Federation. We'll be talking with him about the challenges that the GOP faces reaching out to the millennial generation.

We've also got our regular round of articles that we'll be discussing, hopefully with Mike joining us to add his perspective, so it's going to be a busy show!

Articles for this episode:

• Cuomo to Parents: Don’t Worry, Your Daughters Are Safe in Albany
• Sen. Mark Kirk pokes at Eric Holder: Did NSA spy on Congress?
• New Chinese hacker group targets governments and nuclear facilities
• Left Tries to Redefine IRS Scandal
• Top House Democrat: The IRS Case Is Solved – “If It Were Me I Would Wrap This Case Up and Move On” (Video)
• Mass. Senate Candidate Slams GOP
• Catholic Archbishop: Wake Up! Religious Liberty at Risk in USA
• DHS insider: It’s about to get very ugly
• Barack Obama Never Attended Columbia University Says “His” Graduating Class

A few other articles in the list, not as many as other episodes but still some stores worth stirring up.

• MIC IS ZAPPED ON GRADUATION SPEECH
• Indonesia says no to bikinis for 2013 Miss World pageant amid protests, opts for long sarongs
• President Obama defends surveillance

Episode 282: Making Life Difficult

Wow, talking about making life difficult indeed! First, there have been technical issues with TalkShoe for the last two weeks. Then we throw in my own verbal malfunctions during the show, and the subjects and excellent turnout made this an episode that was fun and frustrating at the same time. We had great input from all of our guests, both in TalkShoe and in Second Life. If you haven't been able to make a live recording session, I'd invite you to do so!

We did work very hard to keep the conversation civil. Sometimes we didn't stay on the list of articles but that just added spice to the conversation. Definitely worth the listen. One administrative note. Due to technical confusion, last week's episode did not make it to the Red State Talk Radio network on time. It will be running until Wednesday, when this episode will replace it. We'll be back on schedule there starting with the next episode.

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Articles for Episode 282: Making Life Difficult

There are times when maintaining civility in political discourse is going to be a challenging task. This is one such week, as the articles for the show attest. We're going to try to get through a conversation about these with the best possible attitude. Should be an interesting challenge!

Articles for this episode:

• (Musical Madness) Beware the wrath of the church organist – musical revenge is sweet
• (Education Fun) Carl Paladino elected to Buffalo School Board
• (Targeted Immigration) GERMAN CHRISTIAN HOMESCHOOLING FAMILY TO BE DEPORTED BY REGIME – MEANWHILE, REGIME PREPARES AMNESTY FOR MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL MEXICANS
• (Gun Control) NY Man Arrested For Having 9 Bullets In Gun
• (Targeted Politics) EXCLUSIVE… IRS to Tea Party Group: “Provide Details of Your Planned Event With NEWT GINGRICH”
• (Targeted Politics) EPA makes information requests more difficult for conservatives
• (Media Confusion) Chris Matthews sours on Obama
• (Message Control) Obama spokesman accuses Republicans of leaking falsified Benghazi e-mail
• (Talking Points) A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

This week provided a lot of different things to discuss beyond what was selected for the show. Here are some of the other articles that were tweeted @ECConservative:

• Pelosi Blames Bush For IRS Scandal
• Peggy Noonan: This Is No Ordinary Scandal

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

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

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 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

Episode 261: Coal for Christmas

Something of an odd Christmas present, but the show's recorded and ready for download several hours early!  There was a scheduling conflict so Ken and I decided that rather than push the recording off we'd do the show at 2pm today.

We talked about the folks that should and should not get a lump of coal for Christmas this year.  I'll be posting a picture of my new voter registration card as well, following up on a promise made a few episodes back.

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Articles for Episode 261: Coal for Christmas

This episode is being recorded earlier in the day (2:00pm Eastern) due to a scheduling conflict this evening.

What can I say? There are some folks that just deserve coal in their stockings. We're going to be talking about them, and some that don't deserve it as well. We didn't want to talk about just the gun issue, but it is on the list today.

Here are the articles:

• 'Random act of kindness' surprises shopping mom
• Firefighters and police support "Stand the Wall" to protect Sandy Hook funerals from Westboro Baptist Church
• State Department to get independent Benghazi report
• FLASHBACK: SEC. OF STATE NOMINEE KERRY COMPARED GLOBAL WARMING TO 9/11
• POPE BENEDICT XVI CONDEMNS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• What the tea party cost the GOP
• OBAMA: READY TO DO 'TOUGH THINGS' FOR FISCAL DEAL
• Obama Threatens Boehner: I’ll Use Inaugural Address And State Of The Union Speech To Bash Republicans
• Time’s Embarrassing ‘Person of the Year’

And yup, there's more to discuss as well. Here are the stories that didn't make the list.

• Reid urges quick appointment of Inouye successor
• Obama Uses Funeral Service to Talk About Himself

Video Episode 6: Starting the Conversation

After last week's episode I felt I had to come up with some avenue to start a conversation about truly effecting some level of change in our country.  There was a letter to the editor brought up on Facebook today and I decided to use it as a gateway for conversation about some of the cultural issues impacting the fiscal stability of the nation.

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Episode 258: Failures At Home and Abroad

In this episode we talked about the failures of both parties and were joined by a new caller, Naj, and gave an excellent example of how people of different political viewpoints can share some ideas and politely disagree on others.  The failures are happening right now from both parties and in some cases nothing has changed.

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Episode 257: A Season of Change

For a late recording show, we had a good turn-out when it came to the audience!  In this episode we did something of a panel with Ken, Shorahmin, Joesf and Toawa adding their thoughts to what happened in the 2012 election.  You'll have to listen to hear their take on just where the GOP took missteps and wrong turns!  We also talked about some of the upcoming "gotcha" items embedded in that lovely little bill we call Obamacare.

We actually used articles from the "other links" section of the show notes... I think more than from the main list!

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