Category Archives: Critical Thinking

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/11/2013- Deconstructing Bizarre Constitutional Theories

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday January 11, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis further deconstruct Georgetown Law Professor Louis Seidman’s theory that the Constitution should be ignored.

Article links- http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/12/subverting_the_constitution.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/opinion/lets-give-up-on-the-constitution.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/10/2013- We’re Shocked To Discover That A Georgetown Law Professor Thinks We Need To Ignore The Constitution

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday January 10, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis examine a rather imbecilic view of the Constitution being espoused by (surprise, surprise) a Georgetown University Law Professor.

Article links- http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/12/subverting_the_constitution.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/opinion/lets-give-up-on-the-constitution.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/9/2013- There May Be A Reason Why You Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching You

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday January 9, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the expansion and renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by Congress and President Obama. We discuss how threats, real or imagined, are used to steal YOUR liberty.

Article link- http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/12/30/Obama-signs-warrant-less-surveillance-bill/UPI-50541356919185/?spt=hs&or=tn

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/8/2013- Should Religious Freedom Fall Victim To Government Health Care?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday January 8, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis further analyze the arguments the government is making for why religious liberty takes a back seat to forcing Christian employers to provide of abortion and abortifacient drugs. Did you know that the government thinks that Christian business owners surrender their right to freedom of religion when they engage in commerce? Neither did we.

Article link- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-administration-we-can-and-will-force-christians-act-against-their-faith

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/7/2013- Obamacare- Forcing Christians To Violate Their Principles

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday January 7, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look at efforts by the Obama Administration through the Department of Health And Human Services to force Christians to violate their principles by providing universal abortion and abortifacient insurance coverage.

Article link- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-administration-we-can-and-will-force-christians-act-against-their-faith

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/2/2013- Finally, Someone’s Actually Thinking Clearly About Protecting Schools

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday January 2, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis examine a great idea for protecting schools from madmen while others provide schemes designed to further empower their own offices.

Article link- http://www.mediaite.com/online/sheriff-joe-arpaio-deploying-armed-posse-to-protect-schools/

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/12/20/armed-staffer-may-be-option-dewine-says.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/1/2013- One Of Our Most Fervent Wishes For The New Year

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday January 1, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about a petition on the “We The People” White House website which seeks to deport Piers Morgan. Morgan has threatened to leave on his own if American gun laws don’t change. We say “don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”

Article link- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254758/Piers-Morgan-Deport-If-America-wont-change-crazy-gun-laws-I-deport-myself.html

 

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/31/2012- The New Year, Marriage, And Amending The Bible

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday December 31, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the recent comments by Piers Morgan that the Bible needs to be “amended” to reflect modern “wisdom” regarding homosexual marriage. We aren’t convinced.

Article link- http://www.examiner.com/article/piers-morgan-wants-gay-marriage-amendment-added-to-the-bible?cid=db_articles

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/29/2012- David Gregory, High-Capacity Magazines, And “Tiered Justice”

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday December 29, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis take a look at David Gregory’s blatant and wanton violation of Washington DC’s ban on high-capacity magazines. We point out the absurdity of the law and speculate that Gregory will not be prosecuted or will be given some laughable punishment for his “crime.”

Article link- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/26/usa-people-gregory-idUSL1E8NQ3M020121226

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/27/2012- Still More Media Bias And How To Deconstruct It

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday December 27, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look at a critique of a Reuters article (actually a propaganda piece) on gun shows and determine that we all need to learn how to read “news” stories with an eye for bias.

Article links- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/22/us-usa-gun-shows-idUSBRE8BL0DP20121222

http://pjmedia.com/michaelwalsh/2012/12/22/assault-the-democrat-media-complex-strikes-again/?singlepage=true