Episode 279: Are They Even Trying?

Another week, another late posting for an episode... I'm working not to make a habit of this, sorry again. This episode was a lot of fun, especially when it came to the jokes. I'm pretty sure we haven't had this irreverent of an episode in quite some time! Ken wasn't with us but Larry stepped in quite well.

We also had the chance to have a follow up conversation about home-schooling and some of the differences that were expressed between Larry and I. One of the great things about our show is the fact that we can disagree without being disagreeable and last week's episode left a something of a bitter taste that needed to be addressed.

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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

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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 269: It Drives Me Crazy

The premise for this episode started with a book about pollution that flowed with waste about fecal matter and other things. From there, the show's content hilighted some examples of the mental sludge that passes for policy and position.

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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.

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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.

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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’

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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Articles for Episode 258: Failures At Home and Abroad

Back to our regular time, we've got a bit of a doozie planned. Heading into the end of the year we see the status quo acting exactly as expected. There are things that need to be dealt with both domestically and abroad and the handling of it leaves much to be desired.

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• ‘I knew I had to help,’ cop says of charity act gone viral
• For Secretary of State, G.O.P. Pushes Old Hand
• GOP Senators More Troubled After Rice Meeting
• No 'fiscal cliff' deal without higher rates, Geithner says
• Obama Slaps States That Don't Comply With Obamacare
• Chart of the Week: Obama’s Fiscal Cliff Plan Has $4 of Tax Hikes to $1 of Cuts
• Pelosi Backs Limiting Oversight of Debt Ceiling
• OBAMA'S HISTORIC ERROR: THE IRONY OF A NOBEL LAUREATE OPPOSING PALESTINIAN UN BID
• Factbox: Egypt's draft constitution
• Yes, Romney Was the Problem

You can bet there were other articles. Here they are:

• Boehner on ‘fiscal cliff’ talks: ‘There’s a stalemate’

Episdode 248: Trying to Stay Positive

As I said in the show notes article, we started the show off trying to stay positive... and for the most part we managed to succeed!  There were a few times that I had to remind Ken (and myself) of our goal but according to feedback from folks during the recording session we did a "fairly passable" job.  What do you think?

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Articles for Episdode 248: Trying to Stay Positive

Perhaps there's something to the comments that the tone in this election has gotten too negative. In this episode, let's try to stay positive! Might not work, but it's worth a shot at least.

Before everyone thinks I've gone off my rocker, I said that we would try to stay positive. No promises! Here are the links for this episode. Let's see if we can put a positive spin on them

• Checks stolen from Obama’s campaign headquarters
• Truthdigger of the Week: U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest
• Romney releases 2011 tax return along with summaries of filings since 1990
• Feeling charitable: Which presidential candidate gave more?
• Lindsey Graham: It's Still Romney's Race to Lose
• PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HORRIBLE SEPTEMBER
• Obama Medicare Plan: No Voucher but Maybe a Bill
• Obama: “You can’t change Washington from the inside”

Here are some other articles to read

• Republicans to Mitt Romney: You're no Reagan
• Mauled Man, who Wanted to "be one with the Tiger," Charged with Trespassing
• Dem lobbying powerhouse behind golf-industry effort to stop criticism of Obama’s links obsession
• Fighter jets shown at Democratic convention military tribute not American either

Episode 240: Spaghetti Campaigns

Well this episode didn't turn out anything like was originally planned.  We had a lively round-table and talked about news and campaign hits about Obama and asked some simple questions.  The answers might (or might not, depends entirely on how cynical you are) surprise you!


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Articles for Episode 240: Spaghetti Campaigns

It seems to me like both campaigns are in the habit of using the spaghetti theory when it comes to campaigning. For those not familiar with this concept, it's the idea of throwing a lot of different accusations, talking points and sound bytes out and whatever sticks is what they go with. Here are the articles we're going to be talking about tonight:

• Feinstein: Someone from the White House is leaking national-security secrets that coincidentally make Obama look good
• Obama Now Partly Running On Bill Clinton’s Record — ‘Our Plan’
• MEDIA DISTORTS ROMNEY'S OLYMPICS HISTORY TO INVENT 'GAFFE'
• Obama To The Opposition: Sit Down, And Shut Up
• White House predicts $1.2 trillion deficit for fourth year
• Obama shadows Romney's foreign trip
• GOP Says Coverage For The Uninsured Is No Longer The Priority

Here are the other articles that came up. Yes, there's a lot here. Feel free to discuss in the comments:

• Romney to Back Israel’s Right to Strike Iran, Aide Says (He backed off from this later)
• PALESTINIAN DELEGATION THANKS OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FOR DENYING MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR MURDERED ISRAELIS

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 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.: