Category Archives: Economics

Principles and Policies Podcast for 4/6/2012- GSA Now Stands For Government Squandering Administration

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday April 6, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about a General Services Administration boondoggle that was too much for even this spend-thrift administration and Congress to let pass by.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 4/5/2012- The Constitution, The Supreme Court, And Obamacare

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday April 5, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis examine some of the questions and arguments being asked and made before the Supreme Court on the Patient Protection and Affordability Act and discover that the justices seem to be almost as clueless about what the Constitution says as the Solicitor General  of the US does.

Article links- http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57408181-503544/obama-supreme-court-overturning-health-care-would-be-unprecedented/

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504564_162-57408827-504564/appeals-court-fires-back-at-obamas-comments-on-health-care-case/

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/26/2012- A “Climate Change” Fallacy Tour De Force

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday March 26, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis deconstruct an opinion article written in the Columbus Dispatch by Dr. Steve Rissing, Professor of Biology at the Ohio State University. We find that a PhD doesn’t necessarily mean clarity of thought or freedom from logical fallacy in the argument. In fact it may contribute to the opposite.

Link to the article Biology: Anyone Still Doubt Climate Change?- http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2012/03/25/any-one-still-doubt-climate-change.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/22/2012- John Boehner And The Repeal Of Obamacare

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday March 22, 2012.  Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis expose the fact that Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner has NEVER intended to repeal Obamacare.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/21/2012- Seizing Power By Executive Order

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday March 21, 2012.  Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look closer at the details of the president’s recent “National Defense Resources Preparedness” executive order through a constitutional lens.

Article link- http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/executive-order-panic-martial-law-in-america/

Executive order link- http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/16/2012- How Obamacare Could Mean Birth Limits And Compulsory Abortion

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday March 16, 2012.  Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze a statement made by Rep. Michelle Bachmann, erstwhile presidential candidate, and critically analyze statements made in support of her made by John Vinci of Americans For Limited Government (ALG). We discover that Mr. Vinci, an attorney with ALG, needs to take a remedial course in the Constitution.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/congresswoman-obamacare-could-limit-women-to-having-two-children

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/13/2012- To Tell The Truth

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday March 13, 2012.  Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look a little more closely at the background of Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown Law School “contraception advocate” and fd out the truth behind her agenda and make connections the main stream media missed (or ignored).

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/7/2012- When The “SS Two-Kingdoms” Hits The Iceberg

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday March 7, 2012.  Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis examine more closely a recent interview with Cal Thomas in Table Talk magazine and find out what happens when Christians not only stop rearranging the deck chairs but also abandon the pilothouse while in an ice field.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/3/2012- Of Scarecrows, Smelly Fish, Emotional Appeals, And Public Policy

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 3, 2012.  Chuck Michaelis gives a mini-seminar on logical fallacy then does a workshop in how to analyze congressional testimony. Chuck demonstrates the problem with Nancy Pelosi’s recent dog-and-pony show featuring community-organizer-in-training Sandra Fluke’s testimony. Find out why Rush Limbaugh was wrong to apologize.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 2/29/2012- Giving Boys The Same Opportunities To Be Harmed By Vaccinations As Girls

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday February 29, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis examine the attempt by big pharma to sell underperforming vaccines designed for girls to boys (or rather, their parents). Will they attempt to force the issue in boys as they did for girls?