Category Archives: Federal Legislation

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 2/17/2012- Tom DeWeese On The All-Out Assault On Private Property

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday February 17, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk with Tom DeWeese of the American Policy Center on the all-out assault from the local level (driven ultimately by UN NGO’s) on YOUR property. But, never fear- there is something YOU can do to stop it.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 2/11/2012- Using Predator Drones To Destroy The Constitution From The Air

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday February 11, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss new attacks on the US Constitution and personal liberty coming from the air in the form of predator drones in domestic airspace.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/21/2012- Larry Klayman’s Call For A Constitutional Convention- A Critique

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday January 21, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze an article by Former Judicial Watch head Larry Klayman calling for a new constitutional convention and find it shockingly poorly thought out.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/20/2012- Logical Fallacies Can Be Fun!

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday January 20, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis finish analyzing the clip from Congressman Charlie Dent then have a good laugh at what may possibly the most stupid analysis of the value of gold ever made.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/19/2012- Recognizing Common Fallacies Used By Politicians, Part II

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday January 19, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis continue to dissect a clip from Congressman Charlie Dent and point out the fallacies he is using to push an unconstitutional bill.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/18/2012- Recognizing Common Fallacies Used By Politicians

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday January 18, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis take a look at a clip made by Congressman Charlie Dent and search it for logical fallacies. We are not disappointed.

Ron Paul Introduces Bill To Repeal Dangerous Sections of The National Defense Authorization Act

Congressman Ron Paul took time out from the presidential campaign trail to return to Congress today to vote against raising the debt ceiling (again!). While there he took to the well of the House of Representatives to introduce a bill torepeal the most dangerous parts of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Those sections, which we have been talking about on our Principles and Policies broadcast/podcast for the last several weeks, would allow American citizens to be “detained” indefinitely without access to the writ of habeus corpus by presidential fiat.

According to this story on The Hill’s website, without mentioning his name, Paul also slammed Senator Lindsey Graham who is quoted as stating “When they say, ‘I want my lawyer,’ you tell them, ‘Shut up. You don’t get a lawyer’” as Graham spoke in favor of the NDAA.

We will keep you apprised of the particulars of Paul’s bill as they become known.

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/12/2012- Looking Deeper In Order To Learn

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday January 12, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis take a deeper look at the Constitution in order to demonstrate what’s really wrong with the Enemy Expatriation Act (S 1683 and HR 3166).

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/11/2012- Ex Parte Quirin And American Citizenship

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday January 11, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze what’s wrong with the argument that Ex Parte Quirin allows American Citizens to be stripped of their citizenship by either a presidential decree or an act of Congress. The Constitution says otherwise.