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 278: Safety Precautions

A bit late getting this episode posted to the website, sorry about that. It was a good conversation about the events in Boston, while working hard to discuss new items and not simply go on about the same issues everyone else had been talking about.

There was quite the conversation about schooling, especially home schooling in light of some of the articles that have come out lately. Which camp do you fall in? Do you think parents should keep their kids in the system and fight the bureaucracy from within or pull their kids out and challenge the system on behalf of others?

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Articles for Episode 278: Safety Precautions

After the events of the past week, what are we doing to keep things safe? What's happening in the government to maintain security levels and how are educators working to help our children stay safe? Based on the articles for this episode, it's a rather confusing and twisted answer. Join us to discuss these and other things!

While it's not on the article list, we will be talking about the bombing in Boston as well.  I am specifically not including any of the "liberals had their mind made up," "Bostonians gave up their guns" or any other of the rants that have been flowing around the 'net with reckless abandon.  We're really shooting for, "different words in a different order," this week.

Articles for this episode:

• (Boston Bombing) Friends use crowdfunding to collect more than $1 million for Boston Marathon victims' medical expenses 
• (Wacky Television) TMZ: Nicole Eggert hospitalized after 'Splash' dive
• (Homeland Security) Obama administration has SLASHED budget for domestic bombing prevention by 45 per cent, says former Homeland Security Assistant Secretary
• (Education) DAD FURIOUS AFTER FINDING THIS CRAYON-WRITTEN PAPER IN FLORIDA 4TH-GRADER’S BACKPACK: ‘I AM WILLING TO GIVE UP SOME OF MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS…TO BE SAFER’
• (Drug Control) FDA blocks generic version of crushable OxyContin
• (Education) MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS FORCED TO ASK CLASSMATES FOR ‘LESBIAN KISS’ DURING ANTI-BULLYING PRESENTATION
• (Drug Control) Democrats Seek to Create Commission on Marijuana Policy
• (Parenting 101) Mom who allegedly kept her two sons in Ewing storage locker held on $75,000 bail
• (Internet Freedom) The House Just Passed The CISPA Cybersecurity Bill — Here's Why The Internet Is Up In Arms
• (Education) Overweight Student Suing Program For Making Her Hike

Twitter was a-flitter with a lot of different news stories this week. While we might not get a chance to talk about them, give the a read and add your comments to the conversation about them. Here are some of the other articles that were tweeted @ECConservative:

• (Homeland Security) FBI: Test shows substance in letter addressed to Obama was ricin
• (Boy Scouts) Boy Scouts proposal would lift ban on gay youths
• (Gun Control) CHRIS CHRISTIE UNVEILS SWEEPING GUN-CONTROL PLANS

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

Articles for Episode 276: Less than Ideal

Rather than be complacent in letting the crisis of the moment, whichever that may be, set the tone for the show, we're going to discuss some issues that have come up in the past week that point out that things are much less than ideal. Articles for this episode:

• PORK FOUND IN IKEA'S MOOSE LASAGNA
• Obama: Proposed budget not my 'ideal plan'
• Half of college grads can't find full-time work, study shows 
• Some 15% of U.S. Receives Food Stamps
• IS THE U.S. BECOMING A SHAM DEMOCRACY?
• Barack Obama blames US Navy for increased North Korean tensions.
• Carney: If You Like Your Gun You Can Keep It Under Obama’s Gun-Control Plan…
• White House Attacks the Drudge Report, as Obama Continues His Effort to Eliminate All Political Opposition
• Cringe-Inducing: MSNBC Host Uses Young Daughter to Push Gay Marriage, Asks Her If She’d ‘Marry a Girl’

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

• MICHELLE OBAMA, BUSY SINGLE MOTHER
• White House Fights Catholic Church Subpoena on Birth Control
• Fisker lays off 75% of workforce

Articles for Episode 271: Challenging Times

There's no doubt that times are challenging for American citizens. The economy's bipolar approach to recovery, gun rights being challenged and educational standards in the tank. Tonight we're going to look at these issues in a bit more detail.

For this episode we have with us Bob Schulz and Judith Whitmore of We The People of New York. They have filed suit against the state of New York on the constitutionality and process related to the passing of the New York SAFE Gun Control Act. Learn more about their organization and petitions at WeThePeopleofNY.org.  You can read the press release about their lawsuit by clicking here.

Articles for this episode:

• (Geekdom) #JediMindMeld drama continues
• (Gun Control) SAFE Act: First protests, now lawsuits
• (Gun Control) Class action lawsuit against SAFE Act
• (Liberals at their Finest) Massachusetts Bill Allows Animal Rights Activists to Sue Sportsmen
• (Economy) Sequester spin: Obama’s false claim of Capitol janitors receiving ‘a pay cut’
• (Education) The high-tech return of high school shop class
• (Courts) Proposition 8 cases based on a phantom constitutional clause
• (Double Standard) McConnell blasts liberal group for racial remarks about wife
• (Homeland Security) DHS built domestic surveillance tech into Predator drones

Again, another short list of other articles. Definitely some that bear more conversation though.

• (Egypt) Egypt's economy must get back on its feet - Kerry
• (Cult of Personality) Charen: Bread and Circuses
• (Gun Control) Guns become a way of life for many in rural Colorado

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

Episode 246: Polar Opposites or Verbal Nuances

Well, not only was I not able to find a good media breakdown of the DNC platform, I completely fell short on posting the episode to the website.  My apologies!  We did record on time and the show has been available on our Talkshoe and iTunes feeds as well as on Red State Talk Radio.

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Articles for Episode 246: Polar Opposites or Verbal Nuances

Folks, I tried, I reall did! I wanted to have a three week series on the two platforms and then a final comparison. Unfortunately the news and my own research wouldn't comply with my ideas for the DNC, so I'm left with shortening the series to two weeks.

Tonight we are going to look at the results of the DNC convention and compare them to the GOP platform. Here's how this is going to work. Since we used the Politico story Tampa platform's 5 flashpoints as our diving board for the conversation last weekend, we'll use it to identify the starting comparison points tonight. We'll see where things go from there!

I'm not segregating a "made" and "didn't make" list tonight. Here are the links for articles tonight:

• RESURRECTION: DNC OVERRULES DELEGATES, RAMS GOD AND JERUSALEM BACK INTO PLATFORM
• Democratic convention adopts platform that contrasts sharply with Republicans
• Democratic platform focuses on fixing the economy
• Democrats Add Gay Marriage Support To Convention Platform
• Obama's Platform and Taxes
• The Democrats’ radical platform
• Democrats shift with Obama on foreign policy, civil liberties
• 18 Betrayals in the 2012 Democratic Platform
• Democratic Party Platform: Pro-Gay Marriage, Immigration Reform, Shots At Romney, Squishy On Guns
• Profiles in cowardice: the 2012 Obama platform
• Dem platform vows to defend Internet freedom
• Democratic platform offers fix for economy, support for gay marriage and abortion rights
• Analysis: Things we learned at the Democratic convention
• What Democratic platform says on education
• Democratic platform supports abortion ‘regardless of ability to pay’

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Episode 236: Poor Planning, Bad Ideas and Desperation

Well, this episode did run a bit off plan, however there was a lot of good conversation!  Instead of starting off right away with the normal flow of things, we began our show talking about the results of the Egyptian election.

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Articles for Episode 236: Poor Planning, Bad Ideas and Desperation

I know, I know, the subject is somewhat nebulous, but with the range of articles we had this week, it was the best way to summarize them! We've got Kerry, Obama, the military, Holder, MSNBC, Romney, the NSA and even a cheapskate moment. This episode may end up a bit chaotic but we'll have fun getting it there, join us if you can. Recording starts at 8:30pm Eastern or you can listen any time at http://www.eastcoastconservative.com. Articles are posted at Here are the articles for the episode.

• All hair this! Kerry to play Mitt in prez debate prep
• The Obama event registry
• Obama Orders Military 'Gay Pride' Celebrations
• Obama claims executive privilege; Holder held in contempt
• Obama In 2007: Vows To Respect Branches Of Government And Not Abuse Privilege Of Executive Power…
• MSNBC mischaracterizes Romney remarks
• NEW OBAMA JOBS PROGRAM: PAY ANTI-ROMNEY PROTESTERS
• NSA: It Would Violate Your Privacy to Say if We Spied on You
• Obama for America stiffing Durham, NH for… $30,000. Wait, WHAT?

There was a lot going on in the news this week. I'm pretty sure I missed some things, but here are some other articles ripe for the commenting:

Episode 235: Inspiring or Depressing

Another episode with a lot of audience participation!  We did deviate from our show notes somewhat, thanks to Joesf from Second Life for providing a news story that gives an example of the extremes that a father must go to in order to protect their children.

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Articles for Episode 235: Inspiring or Depressing

Use whatever words you want, inspiring, encouraging, uplifting... or the opposite, depressing, callous, negative. Tonight we're going to talk about stores that have one impact or the other on all of us, mainly based on your political ideas. Here are the articles for this episode:

• Nik Wallenda's Niagara tightrope triumph
• Study suggests risks from same-sex parenting
• On eve of health ruling, Ruth Bader Ginsburg predicts 'sharp disagreement'
• Family Net Worth Drops to Level of Early ’90s, Fed Says
• Bloomberg: It's our job to improve your health
• OBAMA PLUGS QUIETLY PULLED FROM PRESIDENTIAL BIOS
• Obama Celebrates Anti-Police Riot Started at Mafia-Owned Bar for Transvestites
• Israeli Mossad Agents: We Developed Stuxnet Computer Virus, Obama Trying To Take Credit For It To Bolster Election Chances…

And yes, this week there are more articles that didn't make the list:

Episode 231: Conjuring Perceptions

Another late post, the joys of spring, right?

The episode was a lot of fun to record.  Shorahmin and Joesf from SecondLife joined in and we had ourselves a "grand old time" talking about the concepts of family security, the perceptions that are made based on actions and words as well as a few other fun things.

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Articles for Episode 231: Conjuring Perceptions

Words have a habit of conjuring mental images when spoken. In the articles for this episode, we're looking at news articles that conjure different images and perceptions for their readers, or they report on things that conjure up other concepts. Here are the articles:

• Apocalypse now? German drops Mayan magical skull owned by Himmler... and it could mark the end of the world on 21-12-12
• Obama Drops His Name Into the Other Presidential Biographies
• Colorado Lesbians Face Fake Hate Crimes Charges
• MURDOCK: Team Obama’s war on bald eagles
• More adult kids living with parents and in no rush to depart
• 'Born in Kenya': Obama's Literary Agent Misidentified His Birthplace in 1991
• Bill Clinton: Hike taxes across the board
• Great Moments in Government Waste: Stimulus Spending on…um…Stimulus
• TIME’s Halperin Admits Media Have Pro-Obama Bias on Bain

There were a lot of articles this week. Here are others, and yes they also conjure mental images.:

Episode 218: It's What They Do

Once again, we didn't make it through the complete article list but we had fun doing it!

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Articles for Episode 218: It's What They Do

I can't really say I'm surpised at any of these stories. After all, it's what these people do, or what they want to do. No cover-ups in these articles! Join us for the conversation at 8:30pm eastern or listen any time at http://www.eastcoastconservative.com.

Here are the articles for this episode:

• Apparent heart attack at Heart Attack Grill
• SECRETIVE NAVY SEALS TAKE STARRING ROLE IN NEW FILM
• Holder Won't Defend Military Against Suit to Force Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages
• Obama’s budget cuts bacteria testing in produce
• Mormons apologize for baptism of Simon Wiesenthal's parents
• 1.8 million dead listed as active voters in US: study
• Aping Rush Limbaugh's 'Operation Chaos,' Daily Kos Announces 'Operation Hilarity' to Vote for Santorum
• Ron Paul: ‘I Think It’s A Losing Position’ For Republicans To Focus On Social Issues