Category Archives: Crime and Punishment

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/13/2012- Murder, Mercy, The Law, And Appeals To Emotion

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday August 13, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss a murder in Northeastern Ohio which has been characterized as a “mercy killing.” We ask some probing questions about the law, the definitions of words, and what the prosecutor should do.

Article link- http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/ap/ohio-hospital-shooting-mercy-killing-or-murder

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/8/2012- Voter Fraud, Motor Voter, And Voter ID

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday August 8, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look a little deeper into some election shenanigans in Michigan. Seems some voters refuse to declare themselves as citizens of the United States in order to be permitted to vote.

Article link- http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/08/07/voters-turned-away-as-citizenship-box-creates-confusion-at-the-polls/

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/4/2012- Ethics, Punishment, And…Rewards?

Our Principles and Policies  radio show for Saturday August 4, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis interview Dr. Mark Hamilton, Chairman of the Institute For Principled Policy, about Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno and the Penn State football penalties.

Article links- http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/07/the_climategate_and_jerry_sandusky_scandals_a_common_thread.html

http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/sandusky-case-silence-of-the-gays/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/graham-spaniers-gig-as-a-federal-worker-is-a-mystery/2012/07/26/gJQAbAx5BX_blog.html?wp_login_redirect=0

Principles and Policies Podcast for 7/26/2012- The Gang In Congress That Couldn’t Shoot Straight

Our Principles and Policies  radio show for Thursday July 26, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis take a look at the attempts of gun-hating lawmakers who attempt to turn the activities of a madman into an unconstitutional infringement of the right to keep and bear arms.

Article link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1VmFuH8B3E

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/07/22/Feinstein–Election-year-not-ideal-for-gun-debate

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/07/22/Dems-push-gun-control

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/07/24/Mayor-Bloomberg-Says-No-More-Police-Until-Americans-Give-Up-Their-Guns

Principles and Policies Podcast for 7/25/2012- When Smug Liberal Ideologues Encounter Informed Conservatives

Our Principles and Policies  radio show for Wednesday July 25, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze a clash of ideas. Doctrinaire liberals bent on gun confiscation versus squishy but well-informed middle-of-the-roaders who oppose gun control. The squishy left shows that is really has no intellectual ammunition.

Article links- http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/07/22/george-will-and-jennifer-rubin-demolish-times-joe-klein-gun-control-l

Principles and Policies Podcast for 7/24/2012- Why Roger Ebert Should Stick To Reviewing Movies

Our Principles and Policies  radio show for Tuesday July 24, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis expose the sad remnants of the mind of Roger Ebert who insists on demonstrating that years of attempting to convince people that what comes out of Hollywood is “art” have done irreparable damage to his logic centers as illustrated by his rant about the Aurora shootings.

Article link- http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/07/20/Ebert-Gun-Free-Theater-Proves-Concealed-Carry-Doesnt-Work

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/opinion/weve-seen-this-movie-before.html?_r=1&hp

Principles and Policies Podcast for 7/23/2012- A Call For Common Sense In The Wake Of A Senseless Tragedy

Our Principles and Policies  radio show for Monday July 23, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis begin a series of analyses of the Aurora Colorado theater shooting and the media reaction to it which shows a decided bias in favor of ending the second amendment.

Article link- http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/07/22/colorado-governor-tells-candy-crowley-stricter-gun-laws-wouldnt-have-

Principles and Policies Podcast for 7/17/2012- Figures Lie And Liars Figure

Our Principles and Policies  radio show for Tuesday July 17, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze an article which draws a link between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms “Fast And Furious” program and the Trayvon Martin case.

Article link- http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/07/taking_down_the_second_amendment_the_connection_between_fast_and_furious_and_the_trayvon_martin_case.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 7/13/2012- Sharia Law, Local Police, And How Not To Share The Gospel

Our Principles and Policies  radio show for Friday July 13, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze events involving a group of Christian street preachers and a near riot at the Arab International Festival in Dearborn, MI an Islamic majority suburb of Detroit.

Article link- http://www.wnd.com/2012/07/outrage-over-mob-attack-in-michigan/?cat_orig=faith

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/22/2012- Understanding Executive Privilege

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday June 22, 2012. Chuck Michaelis explains executive privilege and how it does and doesn’t apply in cases like “Fast and Furious.”

Program links- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-assertion-privilege-sparks-questions-what-he-knew-about-fast-and-furious

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jay-carney-explains-why-obama-asserted-exec-privilege-in-heated-exchange-with-press-corps/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/21/house-committee-suspects-fast-and-furious-cover-up/print/