Category Archives: Public Policy Radar

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/21/2013- How Misplaced Trust Is An Indicator For The Need Of A Spine Donor

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday March 21, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis take a closer look at John Boehner’s statement that he trusts Barack Obama “absolutely.” We have some philosophical issues with this “absolute trust.”

Article links- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/boehner-says-he-absolutely-trusts-obama

 

http://cnsnews.com/blog/l-brent-bozell-iii/no-holds-barred-questions-obama

 

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/20/2013- Hypocrisy, Powerline, And Mitch McConnell

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday March 20, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze Mitch McConnell’s speech at CPAC and some commentary on it  in a neocon blog and find that both may be whistling past the graveyard over a possible TEA Party challenge to McConnell.

Article links- http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/03/2-34-cheers-for-mitch-mcconnell.php

 

 

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/19/2013- Standing Up For The Constitution At CPAC

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday March 19, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss Senator Ted Cruz’s speech to CPAC and his declaration that he will stand for the Constitution. We also discuss what’s wrong in the inner workings of the Republican Party and give a near perfect example.

Article links- http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/16/cpac-2013-ted-cruz-urges-conservatives-stand-us-co/

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/18/2013- Calling Out The Wolves In Sheeps’ Clothing At CPAC

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday March 18, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze a speech given by Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center in which he calls politicians that kiss the flag and pay lip-service to the Constitution as they work in their offices to bypass it what they are- NOT conservative.

Article links- http://cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/bozell-blasts-gop-leaders-cpac-speech-you-are-not-what-you-promised-be#

 

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/16/2013- Marriage and Law

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 16, 2013. This is a recent class at Camp American taught by Pastor David Whitney of the Institute On The Constitution. The subject is the basis of American law and the “canary in the coalmine” status of marriage as an indicator of the health of any society.

Article link- http://www.campamerican.com/?wpsc-product=the-10-commandments-as-the-basis-of-law

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/15/2013- When It Pays To Be Paranoid

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday March 15, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss an article speaking in glowing terms of California’s legally dubious seizure of firearms based on “disability.” We ask some important questions about the methods and the rationale used by the state to “justify” these seizures.

Article links- http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/california-seizes-guns-as-owners-lose-right-to-bear-arms.html?cmpid=yhoo

 

http://cnsnews.com/blog/joe-schoffstall/moran-possibility-handgun-ban-theres-always-going-be-people-who-are-paranoid

 

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/11/Schakowsky-Assault-Weapons-Ban-is-Just-the-Beginning

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/14/2013- A Battle Of Worldviews Exposes True Character Of The Opponents

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday March 14, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss an editorial published in the Washington Post written by a faux conservative former Bush White House speech writer and “adviser” with a dubious political pedigree and a less than zealous attitude toward fact. As you might expect we find some flaws in his analysis of Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster.

Article links- http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-gerson-rand-pauls-populism-masks-his-true-worldview/2013/03/11/22fd5718-8a75-11e2-8d72-dc76641cb8d4_story.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gerson

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/11/2013- Corroboration From An Unlikely Source

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday March 11, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss an editorial in the  (GASP!) New York Times which provides corroboration for our analysis of the underlying reasons for Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan for Director of the CIA. The writer agrees it wasn’t about Brennan, it was about drone policy.

Article links- http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/opinion/the-drone-question-obama-hasnt-answered.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/opinion/columns/frank/article_3168f278-8884-11e2-a7f4-001a4bcf887a.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/9/2013- The Old Guard Occupies An Untenable Position

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 9, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the left-center old guard Republican reaction to the filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan to be the Director of the CIA. Senators McCain and Graham takes turns shooting themselves in the foot.

Article links- http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/03/07/wall-street-journal-defends-killing-americans-with-drones/

 

http://thehill.com/video/senate/286881-paul-blasts-back-at-mccain-graham

 

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/holders-letter-rand-paul-no-us-cant-use-drone-kill-citizen-not-engaged-combat-us-soil_706587.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/8/2013- Filibustering Tyranny

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday March 8, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan to be the Director of the CIA. That wasn’t really the question, though. It was about the use of drones to assassinate Americans on American soil without benefit of trial.

Article links- http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/03/07/wall-street-journal-defends-killing-americans-with-drones/

 

http://thehill.com/video/senate/286881-paul-blasts-back-at-mccain-graham