Category Archives: Public Policy Principles News

Principles and Policies Podcast for 5/17/2012- Pastors Spitting In God’s Face

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday May 17, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis take a deeper look at  President Obama’s “evolution” from a position of allowing for “domestic partnerships” (that is, counterfeit marriage) to promoting “homosexual marriage” (a contradiction in terms). The Columbus Dispatch weighs in with a biased “journalistic” screed ignoring the principled position on gay marriage.

Article Links- http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/05/16/black-pastors-doubt-same-sex-stand-hurts-obama.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 5/15/2012- Evolved Or Forced?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday May 15, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze President Obama’s “evolution” from a position of allowing for “domestic partnerships” (that is, counterfeit marriage) to promoting “homosexual marriage” (a contradiction in terms). Did he really evolve or was the truth of his position forced by Vice-president Joe Biden?

Article Links- http://global.christianpost.com/news/manny-pacquiao-uses-bible-to-rebuke-obamas-support-for-gay-marriage-74852/

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/sen-rand-paul-obama-what-version-bible-he-reading

Principles and Policies Podcast for 5/14/2012- I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday May 14, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss a recent Defense Department policy statement that states that domestic military drone intelligence will be made available to federal, state, and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Barry and Chuck say “we told you so.”

Article Links- http://www.infowars.com/air-force-document-drones-can-be-used-to-spy-on-americans/

http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/usaf/afi14-104.pdf

Principles and Policies Podcast for 5/4/2012- Since When Does Free-Speech Require A License?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday May 4, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis examine a case of a regulatory board who believe themselves to have far more power that they actually have and compare the example to the attempts in Ohio to define and restrict that power here.

Article links- http://www.diabetes-warrior.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Website_Review_Cooksey_Jan._2012.pdf

http://www.diabetes-warrior.net/

http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=129_HB_259

http://www.principledpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/HB259Letter.pdf

 

Principles and Policies Podcast for 5/3/2012- Drawing Conclusions From Our Northern Neighbor’s Experiences

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday May 3, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis finish our look at the Canadian third-party experience and try to take a lesson from them regarding a principled approach to political action.

Article link- http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/conservative_third-party_dreams_and_realities.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 5/2/2012- A Third-Party Lesson From Our Canadian Neighbors

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday May 2, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look at lessons taken from our neighbors to the north regarding third-party successes and failures.

Article link- http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/conservative_third-party_dreams_and_realities.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 5/1/2012- Principles, Politics And Party Splits

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday May 1, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis delve into the history of political parties in the United States to try and explain the third-party dynamic.

Article link- http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/conservative_third-party_dreams_and_realities.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 4/28/2012- Dr. Charles Rice On Just War Theory

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday April 28, 2012. Chuck Michaelis presents an audio from a 2007 Camp American class lecture given by Dr. Charles Rice, Professor Emeritus at Notre Dame Law School. The subject is just war theory and Dr. Rice teaches in his usual Socratic style. You don’t dare doze off in one of his classes.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 4/27/2012- Stand Your Ground On Vote Fraud

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday April 27, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss recent coordinated attacks from the political left on ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, and the deeper reasons behind them. It’s not about “Stand Your Ground” it’s about vote fraud.

Article Link- http://michellemalkin.com/2012/04/25/conservative-consumers-stand-your-ground/

Principles and Policies Podcast for 4/25/2012- Does A Party Label Mean Anything To Your Liberty?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday April 25, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss an editorial in which the writer suggests (GASP!) that it no matter which party is in power, liberty continues to erode.

Article Link- http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougbandow/2012/04/23/democrats-and-republicans-together-assault-our-liberty/2/