Episode 285: Addressing Growth

Quite the interesting discussion in this episode, first with Mike Garcar, Field Director for the Ohio College Republican Foundation and then with Fabian Story, a man with a lot of campaign experience under his own belt. Unfortunately Mike was not able to stay with us for the whole show and we hope he can join us again!

This was one of those episodes, however, where we didn't even make it into the opening article. This means that we'll need to take time during the week to talk about some of them.

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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 284: For Their Own Good

It seems I managed to pull in articles that got everyone's blood boiling! This episode has to be one of the more lively in some time, and not because of bad jokes. All of our callers and a few folks in SecondLife had thoughts to add to the conversation

In our next episode we'll be talking with Mike Garcar, a Field Director for the Ohio College Republican Federation, Romney campaign worker and upcoming author. We'll be talking about his observations about engaging the millennial generation.

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Articles for Episode 284: For Their Own Good

One of the things we count on elected and appointed officials to do is act in the best interests of their constituents. In this episode we are going to look at actions that have been taken where this does not seem to be the case. From those who have won elections down to school officials, it seems that reactions and plans are more of an assault on sensibility than anything.

Articles for this episode:

• Beaver kills man in Belarus
• School Board disciplines HS teacher for teaching the Constitution
• Boy, 6, gets detention for Lego gun on bus
• Kountze ISD Rejects Students Religious Freedom, Files Appeal to Overturn Cheerleaders' Victory
• HHS Website For Girls, 10 to 16, Informs Youth About Birth Control, Gay Sex, ‘Mutual Masturbation’
• DHS Caught Spying On Veterans
• Bloggers not protected by Constitution, Dick Durbin
• DOJ: WATCH WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT MUSLIMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
• OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR THE ‘HUMAN RIGHTS’ OF JIHADIS

This episode is truly a tale of two podcasts. There was a completely different episode that could have been put together in the articles listed below. Take some time and browse them at your leisure, and if you want to comment on an article feel free!

• IRS EMPLOYEE: D.C. TOLD US TO TARGET TEA PARTY
• Left Tries to Redefine IRS Scandal

Episode 275: Direct Your Attention

Please ignore the man behind the curtain! Actually, with the theme of "look over there" firmly embedded, we managed to make it through most of the articles and ended up closing on a bit of a different note than originally expected.

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Articles for Episode 275: Direct Your Attention

While the majority of news and social media have their collective eyes glued to the same-sex marriage debate, other things have been going on. There seems to be a lot of misdirection happening and in this episode we're going to discuss some of the more disturbing articles that have come out. Articles for this episode:

• (Environment) Is Your Easter “Sustainable” And “Ethical”?
• (Liberals at their Finest) NYC launches app for sexually active teens
• (Privacy) FBI Pursuing Real-Time Gmail Spying Powers as “Top Priority” for 2013
• (Economy) “Unfit for Work: The Startling Rise of Disability in America”
• (Mainstream Media) Reporters reveal how the Obama administration threatens and controls the media
• (Looking the Other Way) 'Monsanto Protection Act' slips silently through US Congress
• (Proclamations) Presidential Proclamation -- Cesar Chavez Day
• (Abortion) Planned Parenthood Argues for Post-Birth Abortion

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

• (Religious Figures) PASTOR AT OBAMA’S EASTER CHURCH SERVICE: ‘CAPTAINS OF THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT’ WANT BLACKS ‘IN THE BACK OF THE BUS,’ WOMEN ‘BACK IN THE KITCHEN’
• (Congressional Docket) Bills and Resolutions
• (Abortion) THIS STATE COULD BE THE FIRST TO MANDATE INSURANCE COMPANIES PAY FOR ABORTIONS
• (Education) NY’S COMMON CORE-ALIGNED LESSONS USE SCIENTOLOGY VIDEOS TO TEACH STUDENTS THEY HAVE RIGHT TO FOOD, HOUSING, CLOTHING, MEDICINE, EVEN A JOB
• (Foreign Affairs) North Korea says enters "state of war" against South
• (Environment) Massive landslide threatens Washington state homes
• (Republican Woes) ARE THERE REALLY TWO REPUBLICAN PARTIES? AND IF SO, WHY?
• (Vacation Mania) Judicial Watch investigating Obama girls’ Bahamas spring break soiree
• (US Military) Defense Department: No Purple Hearts for Fort Hood victims because it could jeopardize Nidal Hasan’s chance at a fair trial

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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 247: Insert Policy Here

Oh whither will they wander?  The policies that is!  We had a good time discussing different policies and some of the articles surrounding them.  Where will the parties go next?

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Articles for Episode 247: Insert Policy Here

Seems like we've been looking at a roulette wheel of policy stances lately from some places and a concrete concept from others. We're going to be talking about a lot of different policies and their impacts tonight. Here are the articles on tap for this episode:

• Rule change could bar champion girl golfer from high school team
• Update: People always accusing us of banning things ban big sodas in NYC
• Occupy movement turns 1 year old, its effect still hard to define
• HOBBY LOBBY SUES OVER MORNING-AFTER PILL COVERAGE
• AP: Black Pastors Say 'Stay Home' Election Day
• LET’S BE HONEST: NO ONE IS CLOSING TAX LOOPHOLES
• House cancels October sessions
• Yard Sale for OBAMA

Yes, yes, there were a lot of things going on beyond this. Here are some other notable articles for your review:

• Universities in Texas, North Dakota Reopen after Bomb Threat

Episode 234: Spending, Taxing, Voting and Revenge

It's been another very busy week for me so getting the show posted was late - again.  Hopefully after things get a bit more settled in for the summer schedule we'll get back on track for posting the episodes.  The recording schedule is spot-on, every Sunday night at 8:30pm, and you can listen to episodes as they're being made... even be a part of them if you like!  Other distribution channels, such is iTunes and Red State Talk Radio, are updated on Sunday nights as well.

In this episode we had a ton of fun with special guest David Oatney, who called in and joined the chorus of call-in guests.  We had something of a round-table with the various issues and still managed to make folks chuckle here and there at the same time!

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Articles for Episode 234: Spending, Taxing, Voting and Revenge

My apologies for how long it took to get the last episode posted!

Another important election has come and gone with important results, and that's some of what we're going to be talking about in this episode. There is so much more as well! Here are the articles for this episode:

• Corrected: On U.S. car license plates, DAMNIML8 is OK, TOILET is not
• California voters reject raising tobacco tax
• Organized labor searching for new course after recall losses
• Federal gov't sitting on $70 billion in unspent cash
• A Rundown Of Alleged Blogger Harassment By Brett Kimberlin, Neal Rauhauser, Ron Brynaert, & Nadia Naffe
• SWATting the Ericksons
• Obama campaign plan for private sector? Hire more teachers, firefighters
• White House exaggerates male-female wage gap, statistics show
• State Department Purges Religious Freedom Section from Its Human Rights Reports

There aren't any extra stories this week.

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Episode 229: Facts and Allegations

Ken's back this week and as usual we didn't make it through all of the articles but we had a lot of good conversation about the concepts of the "seriousness of the charge" as well as the cop-outs provided by "zero tolerance policies."

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Articles for Episode 229: Facts and Allegations

We should all be familiar with the Liberal mantra, "It's not the weight of the evidence that is important. It's the seriousness of the charges." This concept has been used several times in the past and tonight we apply it to the articles up for discussion. Here are the links for this episode.

• It's Dr. Shaq now as NBA great gets doctoral degree
• Two American hikers jailed in Iran wed in California
• Aurora Boy, 6, Suspended For Singing ‘I’m Sexy And I Know It’
• Judge Rotenberg Trial Ends In Settlement: Nothing Changes For The JRC, Though
• Wind farms are warming the earth, researchers say
• L.A. council moves ahead on ban of paper and plastic bags
• Military religious leaders report pressure, backlash over beliefs
• Sarah Ferguson Facing Charges in Turkey
• 'They're engaging in jihad in a courtroom'
• Romney, Obama sling similar insults at each other to see what sticks; voters to have final say

Lots of reading didn't make it into the main list. Here are the other articles:

Episode 219: What's In a Name

Wow!  A good night after a very, very long day of travel!  I think I'm going to start picking fewer articles for the main topic, there seems to be too much to talk about!

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Articles for Episode 219: What's In a Name

Well folks, sometimes you have to make assumptions based on a name you hear. Tonight we're going to talk about some names we heard this weekend and the assumptions that we made. Join us for the conversation at http://www.eastcoastconservative.com. Articles for this episode can be found at Here are the articles:

• Exclusive: Dr. Ruth Is A Trained Israeli Sniper Who Doesn’t Like To Treat People Who Are Into Bondage
• Act of Valor
• Obama Campaign Tries Intimidation to Boost Fundraising
• Billy Crystal Calls GOP Candidates 'Dark Knight, an American Psycho and a Charismatic Crack Addict'
• A Forced Marriage of Church and State
• Why is Obama in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood?
• Obama’s Afghanistan Apology Problem
• Conrad Black: The Republicans send in the clowns
• The Lost Party

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

Episode 216: Skin in the Game

During the recording I realized that maybe this episode would have been better titled, "S*** in the Game" instead!  We had a good time recording this episode with the new changes made in Second Life.  Be sure to check out the pictures of our new home in that virtual environment.

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Articles for Episode 216: Skin in the Game

With the Superbowl game tonight, I figured we had to make some kind of sports reference! We've got those and more as we look at some of the existing - and just entering - players in the political field. Join us for the recording tonight at 8:30pm Eastern time! Here are the articles for this episode:

• Catwoman, Ozzy Osbourne impersonator hurt in Hollywood fight
• Tim Tebow: Politics 'Could Be Something In My Future'
• 'Vote for me, I'll fix this s***!': Comedienne Roseanne Barr launches her bid to become president
• Obama Draws On Faith At Prayer Breakfast
• House ready to consider insider trading ban
• Trump to Endorse Romney
• Lawmaker Leading Probe: 'Someone Needs To Go' At Justice Over Fast And Furious
• Mitt Romney wins big in Nevada
• Ron Paul vows to fight on after disappointing Nevada result [Video]