Category Archives: Life Issues

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Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 5/6/2017- The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday May 6, 2017. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the pluses and minuses of President Trump’s executive order on religious liberty protection, the Johnson amendment and the possibility of its repeal (the GOOD and the BAD). We also discuss the replacement of the Affordable Care Act with the American Health Care Act and that it’s really not that much different and looks like a health insurance corporate welfare program (the UGLY).  

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Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 3/4/2017- Candidate Announcements, Trial Balloons, And Fact Checking The Fact Checkers On Planned Parenthood Propaganda

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 4, 2017. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look at the candidates coming out for Ohio Governor. We also talk about a Hillary Clinton for Mayor of New York trial balloon. We discuss the bizarre State of the Union speech Democratic response and finish out with a discussion of news organizations engaging in fake news by shilling for Planned Parenthood.

Democrat Joe Schiavoni announces as a candidate for Ohio Governor

Mysterious “Hillary Clinton For Mayor” signs begin to appear in New York City

The Conservative Treehouse brutally (and hilariously) takes down the Democratic rebuttal to the State of the Union speech by former Kentucky Governor Bashear

The Cleveland Plain Dealer shills for Planned Parenthood and includes a purported “fact check”

Red State blog deconstructs the purported “fact check” being used by the Plain Dealer using editorial and numbers supplied by the Washington Post

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Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 1/28/2017- Donald Trump Wastes No Time In Keeping His Promises

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday January 28, 2017. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about 44 years of legally endorsed infanticide, this year’s March for Life, the reinstatement of the Mexico City policy, and Donald Trump’s moves to begin keeping his campaign promises. We also touch on the Federal and Supreme court judge hot button and some of the activist players involved in their selection.

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Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 1/30/2016- Kill The Messenger! Planned Parenthood, Political Surrogates, and Abortion As A Political Football

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday January 30, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis exchange views on the recent Texas indictment of the Center for Medical Progress by a grand jury (while the same grand jury IGNORED clear violation of Texas law regarding sale of human spare parts) at the behest of a supposedly “pro-life” prosecutor. We also delve into the Ohio legislature as they worked a political sleight-of-hand to run cover for John Kasich’s attempt to sell himself in New Hampshire as a moderate but in South Carolina as a “conservative.”

Article links- Look who’s cheering the jailing of investigative journalists

An explanation of why the Texas indictment of the Center for Moral Progress is more political then a matter of law

The Ohio legislature’s shameful political logrolling to support John Kasich while babies are murdered and their parts are sold

Life Issues, The Vote, Biblical Worldview, Constitution, Podcast, Critical Thinking, Judicial Activism, Public Policy Radar, Commentary, Public Policy Principles News

Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 1/23/2016- Planned Parenthood, The Courts, And Presidential Politics

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday January 23, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis consider attempts to fully defund Planned Parenthood and the powers of federal courts, both Constitutional and usurped. We also discuss what is going on in the race for president and the current state of the “conservative movement” in the face of populism.

Article links- Rush Limbaugh says populism is rapidly overtaking “conservatism” as the driving force of many voters

John Kasich crowns himself the “Prince of Light and Hope;” conservatives cringe

Bernie Sanders’ campaign manager says “Vote John Kasich If You Want A Democrat Who Will Accept The Republican Congress”

Rand Paul says Trump is “like Gollum” (in behavior not physical resemblance)

Recent study shows that way too many people think Judge Judy is a Supreme Court justice

Not surprisingly, John Kasich appeals to liberal independent voters in New Hampshire

 

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Principles And Policies Podcast For 10/3/2015- Doublespeak, Memory Holes, The Pope, And The President

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday October 3, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze the recent visit of Pope Francis and remarks made by him and President Barack Obama. We discover that the novel 1984 has much to contribute to the conversation, especially the creation of the terms “Doublespeak” and “Doublethink.”

Article links– Barack Obama oddly claims “Here In The United States, We Cherish Religious Liberty”

Pope Francis Praises capitalism before he denigrates capitalism in Congressional address

The Pope emphasizes socialism and an end to the death penalty and avoids abortion

Pope Francis is a socialist

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Principles And Policies Podcast For 8/15/2015- A Clean-Up Discussion Of Politics, Politicians, And Connecting The Dots

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday August 15, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis weigh in on the first Republican candidate debates, Rob Portman as a candidate for re-election to the Senate, what the word “conservatism” really means and what a conservative is and does and the effect that Republican congressional duplicity is having on the Republican party grass roots.

We also discuss the latest Planned Parenthood video and temporary federal court injunction against releasing recordings of certain organizations’ activities.

Article links- CATO Institute makes an argument, based on his gubernatorial record, that John Kasich is not a “fiscal conservative”

Kasich’s “momentum” exaggerated

Planned Parenthood nurse admits that it’s “fun to dissect fetuses”

Planned Parenthood does abortions in ways that allow them to sell intact fetuses

 

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 7/25/2015- Does Anybody Believe That A Group That Murders Infants Is Above Profiting By Selling The Parts?

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday July 25, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze the film released by the Center for Medical Progress showing Dr. Deborah Nucatola, senior director of medical services at Planned Parenthood Foundation of America, negotiating for the sale of aborted fetus parts.

Article links- The edited version of the Center for Medical Progress video

Planned Parenthood Video Explains Late-Term/Partial-Birth Abortion Movement — MONEY

Planned Parenthood’s Dead Baby Trafficking & 10 Other Major Stories Our Media Missed
‘A Lot of People Want Liver’: Planned Parenthood’s Bloody Business- National Review

Flashback: Obama Told Baby Organ Harvester Planned Parenthood “God Bless You” (video)

New Planned Parenthood spin: Organ harvesting, sales “a humanitarian undertaking”

AP: It’s Not Selling Aborted Unborn Baby Parts, It’s the ‘Disposition of Fetal Remains’

Racist, Pro-Nazi Roots of Planned Parenthood Revealed

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 7/4/2015- Making Biblical And Constitutional Public Policy

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday July 4, 2015. Chuck Michaelis hosts a class from the 2014 Camp American taught by Director of the Institute For Principled Policy, owner of Principled Policy Consulting and Principles and Policies co-host Barry Sheets. The class is making biblical and constitutional public policy
 
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Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/28/2015- The Heartbeat Bill, John Kasich’s Quest To Be The Next John Huntsman, and Marvin Olasky Says “Not So Fast”

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 28, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about a variety of subjects- the status of the Heartbeat Bill in the Ohio Legislature, the dreadfully poor argumentation and desperation on the part of its opponents, the lionization of those same opponents in the liberal media, John Kasich’s deep desire to reshape the Republican Party into a haven for progressives (can you say “Whig?”), and Marvin Olasky of World Magazine schools John Kasich on the difference between biblical exegesis and eisegesis.

 

Links- Ohio Rep. Teresa Fedor argues that being conceived in rape is a capital offense for the baby

The Huffington Post makes a case that Ohio Rep. Teresa Fedor deserves sainthood for aborting a child conceived in rape

John Kasich’s quest to “reshape” the Republican Party into a progressive haven

Marvin Olasky schools John Kasich on proper use of the Bible to support your agenda