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

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

You can join the conversation every Sunday night at 8:30pm and now if you want to help suggest articles, comment or just chat you can join us on Twitter at @ECConservative. If you want to comment on any of the articles, please feel free to start a discussion here, or email them to conservativepodcast@gmail.com. Join us for the recording session, normally live at 8:30pm Eastern time by visitinghttp://www.talkshoe.com/tc/75570. You can also listen to our show and many other conservative podcasts at the Red State Talk Radio Network. If you want to listen to the podcast on your mobile phone, you can listen using Stitcher Radio.

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

You can join the conversation every Sunday night at 8:30pm and now if you want to help suggest articles, comment or just chat you can join us on Twitter at @ECConservative. If you want to comment on any of the articles, please feel free to start a discussion here, or email them to conservativepodcast@gmail.com. Join us for the recording session, normally live at 8:30pm Eastern time by visitinghttp://www.talkshoe.com/tc/75570. You can also listen to our show and many other conservative podcasts at the Red State Talk Radio Network. If you want to listen to the podcast on your mobile phone, you can listen using Stitcher Radio.

Articles for Episode 279: Are They Even Trying?

Sometimes you look at the stories in the news and ask yourself, "are they even trying?" In this episode we are going to look at some of the things that are being said as well as what the media purports is action by elected officials, candidates and others. What do you think, are they even trying? Articles for this episode:

• (Voice of Experience) Double amputee Marine visits amputee victims of the Boston Marathon
• (Health Care) Food menus that list exercise costs could lead to healthier choices
• (Education) Another Anti-Voucher Democrat, With Kids in the Best Private School
• (Hot Air) House votes to avert a worldwide helium shortage
• (Friendly Skies) Congress passes bill to end widespread airline delays
• (Election Fraud) Officials found guilty in Obama, Clinton ballot petition fraud
• (Budget) Obama's Budget Proposal Seeks to Cap Retirement Savings
• (Drug Control) Marijuana Repeal Considered In Colorado
• (Homeland Security) Canadian authorities: potential terrorist attack on passenger train thwarted

Not as much in the extras bin for this week, but some good ones in there regardless. Comment on them if you have something you want to share! Here are some of the other articles that were tweeted @ECConservative:

• (Purchasing Power) Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
• (Education) Leaving no school behind: Can bad ones be turned around?
• (Statements) NBC: White House Regrets Publicly Setting Syrian Red Line
• (Research Study) Gov’t Spending $152,500 to Study Voice Therapy for Transgenders
• (Gun Control) Remember hearing that 90% of Americans want gun control? Well, those claims were pig excrement.
• (Tea Party) Harry Reid: Tea Party made up of non-violent anarchists
• (Self Defense) Woman sailor thwarts Dubai rape attempt with leg stranglehold
• (Odd Event) Shots fired at TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
• (Bloomberg) Bloomberg Says Interpretation of Constitution Will ‘Have to Change’ After Boston Bombing
• (Gay Control) Archbishop prays while topless gay activists shout curses and douse him with water
• (Gun Control) John McCain Says He Wants To Bring Gun Control Legislation Back
• (Benghazi) BREAKING: Rep. Trey Gowdy says more Benghazi hearings ‘coming quickly’, promises EXPLOSIVE evidence

You can join the conversation every Sunday night at 8:30pm and now if you want to help suggest articles, comment or just chat you can join us on Twitter at @ECConservative. If you want to comment on any of the articles, please feel free to start a discussion here, or email them to conservativepodcast@gmail.com. Join us for the recording session, normally live at 8:30pm Eastern time by visitinghttp://www.talkshoe.com/tc/75570. You can also listen to our show and many other conservative podcasts at the Red State Talk Radio Network. If you want to listen to the podcast on your mobile phone, you can listen using Stitcher Radio.

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

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 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

You can join the conversation every Sunday night at 8:30pm and now if you want to help suggest articles, comment or just chat you can join us on Twitter at @ECConservative. If you want to comment on any of the articles, please feel free to start a discussion here, or email them to conservativepodcast@gmail.com. Join us for the recording session, normally live at 8:30pm Eastern time by visitinghttp://www.talkshoe.com/tc/75570. You can also listen to our show and many other conservative podcasts at the Red State Talk Radio Network. If you want to listen to the podcast on your mobile phone, you can listen using Stitcher Radio.

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

Articles for Episode 272: Learning to Help

Education in America is more important than ever, as is helping those in need. In this episode we are going to be looking at both of these things and discussing the areas of both success and questionable policy. There are a lot of articles lined up for this episode, if you want to comment on one of them please be sure to add your opinion! Articles for this episode:

• (Helping Others) Website shows foster kids their wishes are worthwhile
• (Education) First Lady: ‘Imagine’ an America Where Kids Beg for ‘More Fruits, Vegetables’
• (Helping Others) Health Dept.: Homeless Can’t Eat Deer Meat
• (Education) Officials: Most NYC High School Grads Need Remedial Help Before Entering CUNY Community Colleges
• (New York City) NYC prepares for Tuesday's limit on size of sugary drinks
• (Education) The high-tech return of high school shop class
• (Education) Army suspends tuition assistance program for troops
• (Thought Police) MEPs to vote on EU 'ban on all forms of pornography'
• (Economy) Record 89,304,000 Americans 'Not in Labor Force' -- 296,000 Fewer Employed Since January
• (Didn't Notice) President Obama: 'My joke writers have been placed on furlough'

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

• (Homeland Security) Former Newark Airport TSA screener says the job does little to keep fliers safe
• (Crony Politics) Susan Rice as national security adviser? U.N. ambassador said to be front-runner
• (Afghanistan) Karzai accuses U.S. and Taliban of conspiring to keep troops in Afghanistan
• (Regulations) J&J recalls, stops selling 3 versions of K-Y Jelly
• (Inside the Beltway) Coburn: Washington Wastes $200 Billion Annually
• (Venezuela) What's next? Chavez's death leaves many questions
• (Gay Agenda) Like Jesus on the cross, the gay community know what it is to be abandoned
• (Bad Weather) FOX 5 Meteorologist Tucker Barnes in "timeout" for forecast
• (Distraction) CIA Director Sworn In – Sans Bible And Bill Of Rights
• (Liberals at their Finest) Jackson Compares Chavez to Founding Fathers
• (Funny Guy) Jackie Mason on the White House: What a Laugh!
• (History lesson) She survived Hitler and wants to warn America
• (Hypocrite) McCain: Paul, Cruz, Amash Are ‘Wacko Birds’
• (Economy) Obama Proposed Vaccine Cuts, But White House Blamed Sequestration
• (Environment) Virginia To Impose Annual Fees On Hybrid Car Owners, Fueling New Transportation Funding Protests
• (Liberals at their Finest) Reporters reveal how the Obama administration threatens and controls the media

You can join the conversation every Sunday night at 8:30pm and now if you want to help suggest articles, comment or just chat you can join us on Twitter at @ECConservative. If you want to comment on any of the articles, please feel free to start a discussion here, or email them to conservativepodcast@gmail.com. Join us for the recording session, normally live at 8:30pm Eastern time by visitinghttp://www.talkshoe.com/tc/75570. You can also listen to our show and many other conservative podcasts at the Red State Talk Radio Network. If you want to listen to the podcast on your mobile phone, you can listen using Stitcher Radio.

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

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

Articles for Episode 269: It Drives Me Crazy

Sometimes when I'm looking through articles and I see something that drives me absolutely crazy. In this episode we're going to look through things that drive all of us crazy, and for good reason! Join us for a conversation about guns, religion, spending and soda.

A quick administrative note: This week and next week we will be recording on Monday nights at 8:30pm Eastern instead of Sunday nights. If you follow the live recording please be sure to update your schedules accordingly!

Articles for this episode:

• (Activist Antics) UP IN ARMS
• (Activist Antics) PROMINENT ATHEIST ACTIVIST CALLS GOV’T OBSERVANCE OF CHRISTMAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, PROPOSES ‘FAMILY DAY’ INSTEAD
• (Those Wacky Liberals) Obama seems intent to sidestep Congress
• (Internet Freedom) Obama lays framework for purge of online opponents
• (Internet Freedom) Invading Your Privacy, Tracking Your Internet Usage
• (Economy) "Investing" Is Not "Spending"
• (Nanny State) FDA URGED TO REGULATE PRODUCT THAT ACTS LIKE A ‘SLOW-ACTING BUT RUTHLESSLY EFFICIENT BIOWEAPON’ … SODA
• (Crazy Congress) Why Did McCain Rescue Hagel?
• (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) WI DEMS PUSH TO BAN HUNTING, SELF-DEFENSE AMMUNITION

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

• (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) Would New Gun Laws Spark Widespread Civil Disobedience?
• (Crazy Congress) Pelosi: Republicans in Congress ‘do not believe in government’ [VIDEO]

Articles for Episode 268: In a Free Society

We talk about having living in a free country, and over the years what that has meant has changed. It's been stretched, poked and prodded where some things have changed and others have stayed the same. In this episode we're going to take a look at the latest round of attempts to change things.

A quick administrative note: This week we will be recording at our usual time, however for the last two weekends of this month we will be recording on Monday nights at 8:30pm instead of Sunday nights. 

Articles for this episode:

• (Gun Control) Actor Steven Seagal trains Arizona posse on school security
• (Courts) Teen legally known as 'Girl' wins court battle to use her own name
• (Drugs) H.R.499 Latest Title: To decriminalize marijuana at the Federal level
• (Immigration) Among U.S. evangelicals, surprising support for immigration reform
• (Executive Power) NEW DHS REPORT ANNOUNCES AUTHORITY TO SEIZE AND EXAMINE ELECTRONICS FROM TRAVELERS ALONG THE BORDER FOR ANY REASON
• (Executive Power) Mold? Leaky Roof? Obama Administration Says All Americans Must Have 'Healthy Housing'
• (Executive Power) DRONE STRIKES: Washington debates oversight
• (Economy) Rand Paul: The 'Sequester’s a Pittance'
• (Courts) Florida judge approves birth certificate listing three parents

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

• (Appointments) Graham: White House stonewalling on Benghazi means 'no information, no confirmation’
• (Bush) George Bush's family emails, pics ransacked - and spewed online
• (Climate Change) Administration’s New Climate Report: Next Ice Age ‘Has Now Been Delayed Indefinitely’

Articles for Episode 267: But Will It Work?

As January ends we begin to see actions taking shape in a (sometime questionable) effort to handle a number of issues. The quesiton we have to as ourselves is, "will it work?" We discuss the issues, the proposed solutions and their effectiveness in this episode. Articles for this episode:

• (In Memorial) Ex-SEAL Chris Kyle remembered after shooting death
• (Human Interest) Boy writes letter to LEGO after losing minifigure, gets awesome response
• (Human Interest) New Port Richey man honored for saving Pasco deputy
• (Health Care) Some students may not enjoy Obamacare protections
• (Immigration) Legal immigrants: What about us?
• (Gun Control) Biden: Gun curbs can't end mass killings, but will reduce deaths
• (Women in Combat) Some Marines would leave if women in combat: Survey
• (Rumors and Whispers) Obama Litmus Test: Military Leaders Willing to Fire at US Citizens
• (Terrorism) Suicide Blast Kills U.S. Embassy Guard in Turkey
• (Economy) Obama decides not to extend term of jobs council

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

• (Candidates) Fox's Geraldo Rivera weighing US Senate run in NJ
• (Candidates) Brown Decides Against Massachusetts Senate Bid

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

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.

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

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