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 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 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 174: Obscuring the Way

Well, the guys on the Hill managed to postpone a shutdown after a week of media frenzy, finger pointing and crying talk show hosts.  In this episode we talk about some of the things that were going on at the same time and give a touch of time to the finer points of the shutdown discussion.  

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We had a lot of fun and a lot of “seg way’s” during the podcast!  We also announced an upcoming special show - on May 11, time yet to be determined, at the Conservatives On The Move inaugural event in Franklin, Tn.  More details to come, including a visit from our good friend David Oatney to talk about the event.

Articles for tonight’s podcast:

• No way! Streets in Texas town baffle visitors
• Seattle School Renames Easter Eggs as 'Spring Spheres' (but the kids don’t buy it)
• NBC News: Burning the Koran Is Worse Than Burning the Bible
• Do atheists need their own bible? (more proof that atheism is an organized religion)
• Libya: Rebel defences 'failing' as Gaddafi forces move towards Benghazi
• It’s Not Really About Spending
• Obama Reached Breaking Point in Budget Talks After Tense Hour With Boehner
• Oprah cold-shoulders 'Obama 2012'

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Episode 172: They Said It!

In this episode we repeated some things that other folks have said and discussed them.  Now, we do not necessarily going to agree with them, but what has been said deserves repeating, if nothing else so they can be taken as a warning of idiocy that can exist in the human mind!  

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This was a really fun episode that coined a new jibe, “We’ve got England, we’ve got France... we see Qaddafi’s underpants!” (or is that Kadafi... or maybe Gaddafi... I don’t know, neither do most editors, see this story for more examples).  Also, if you had problems listening to last week’s episode, please re-download.  There was a problem in the recording file for the first 24 hours or so.

Articles for this episode:

• Whoopie Pie: Maine, Pennsylvania Battle over Rights to Treat
• Transgender New Yorkers sue over birth certificates
• CWA Targets Grisanti
• Keep the "Millionaire Surcharge Tax"
• Dem Candidate Kathy Hochul (clip part on Libya)
• Biden Demands Impeachment
• Obama effectively continues Bush's Gitmo policy
• Miranda is Obama's latest victim

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