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Principles and Policies Podcast for 4/5/2014- Ohio Election Shenanigans And Trying To Co-Opt The TEA Party

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday April 5, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss Ohio electoral shenanigans designed to isolate the TEA Party, John Kasich’s presidential candidacy while claiming that he is not a candidate, and a review of some of the ridiculous comments by Mark Skoda the “thought leader” of the “national” TEA Party (in his own and no one else’s estimation).

Article Links- TEA Party candidate for Republican Central Committee forced from her job by State Treasurer on bogus grounds.

Mark Skoda exposes his true colors as a RINO TEA Party shill

John Kasich campaigns for President while claiming he’s not interested in the job

 

Podcast, Critical Thinking, Public Policy Radar, Commentary, Public Policy Principles News, Satire, The Vote, Biblical Worldview, Constitution

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/15/2014- Government Follies And Their Effect On Us

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 15, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis seriously examine some of the truly silly stuff coming out of Washington DC and Columbus, Ohio. While we are looking at them from a humorous direction we also discuss where these problems originate and what it all means for us.

Article links- Sheila Jackson Lee says the Constitution is 400 years old

President Obama tells audience he doesn’t have time to wait for Congress to act

Phyllis Schlafly editorial on Executive seizure of power from Congress

President Obama threatens to veto a bill which requires him to obey the Constitution

 

 

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/8/2014- Is Homeschooling In Danger From The Feds?

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 8, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk with Mark Stevenson of Ohioans For Educational Freedom about the case of the Romeike family. The Romeike’s are a German family who fled their native country because of persecution of those who want the liberty to home educate their children.

We discuss the dangerous tack taken by the US Justice Department, Immigration and Homeland Security in arguing that there is no fundamental right to home educate their children and that this fact made the Romeike family dangerous.

Article links- Romeike case denied by Supreme Court

Romeike’s can stay in the US

Romeike’s wont be deported

Why did the Obama Administration back away from the Romeike case?

Critical Thinking, Business, Public Policy Radar, Commentary, Public Policy Principles News, The Vote, Economics, Biblical Worldview, Podcast, Federal Legislation

Principles and Policies Podcast for 2/15/2014- A Primer On Ignominious Surrender

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday February 15, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze the recent surrender of the House of Representatives, engineered by House Speaker John Boehner, on the issue of the debt ceiling. We talk about what it means to the average tax payer, what the depth of the problem is and how badly Speaker Boehner botched the whole issue with a “clean debt ceiling,” surrendering everything and getting nothing in return.

Article links- Boehner’s surrenders have allowed an additional $2.7 trillion in the debt in 2 years

How Boehner decided to surrender

Pelosi warns Democrats not to gloat since that would embarrass Boehner

Paul Ryan’s budget hypocrisy

President Obama declares total victory on the budget

 

 

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 2/8/2014- Presuppositions And Definitions

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday February 8, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis review what they know about the reaction to the Nye-Ham debate at the Answers In Genesis Creation Museum in Kentucky. We talk about the presuppositions of both naturalistic/materialistic scientists and scientists who allow for non-materialist interpretations. We also discuss how definitions and presuppositions affect the way politicians like Barack Obama and John Kasich use and abuse the scriptures for their own political ends.

Article links- Barack Obama’s remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

John Kasich claims the “right” to “redefine” conservatism

John Kasich stumbles while redefining conservatism on Fox News

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 2/1/2014- The REAL State Of The Union

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday February 1, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the State of the Union and what the President should have said. We also go into some detail about what the President did not say.

Article links- Al Gore, “global warming,” and “fertility management”

Same-sex marriage push in Ohio

The “sexual revolution” and throw-away families

GOP set to fold on “debt limit”

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/25/2014- Religious Freedom And Ohio HB 376

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday January 25, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the current sad state of religious freedom of expression and bipartisan efforts at the state level in Ohio to restore our rapidly declining freedoms.

Article links- Ohio HB 376 as introduced

Dayton Daily News Story

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/11/2014- Things To Come

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday January 11, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about what we might expect over the next year. Our lack of short-term optimism is only tempered by our long-term optimism for the future.

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/7/2013- The Gift Of Critical Thinking

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday December 7, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis give the present of critical thinking by analyzing a recent correspondence that we were a part of. We demonstrate how to interpret and respond to questions raised in discussions.

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/30/2013- An Interview With An Economics Professor About Our National Debt

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday November 23, 2013. Chuck Michaelis interviews Dr. Sacha Walicord, pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church in Mt. Vernon, OH, who is also a PhD in economics, a trained commercial pilot, has a law degree (JD), and is a hockey referee, about the current debt situation in the United States. Dr. Walicord explains why Laurence Kotlikoff’s contention that the true national debt is several times higher than the figures published, over $200 trillion.

Dr. Walicord explains why simply balancing the budget cannot fix our current economic problems and further explains what it means to our wallets and our liberty. We also discuss what is really at the base of these issues.