Category Archives: Public Policy Radar

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/18/2012- When A Hate Crime Isn’t One- When Christians Are The Victims

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday August 18, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis connect the dots on “hate crimes” and the ridiculous reasons given by “experts” about why the shooting at the Family Research Council council headquarters isn’t really one of those.

Article Links- http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/family-research-council-shooting-hate-crime-210123530.html

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/shooting-southern-poverty-law-center-put-family-research-council-hate-map

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/white-house-dodges-question-whether-frc-shooting-was-hate-crime

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/fbi-alleged-frc-shooter-carried-50-rounds-said-i-don-t-your-politics

http://cnsnews.com/blog/l-brent-bozell-iii/skipping-over-shooting-frc

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/08/15/Literal-War-On-Religion

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/08/16/FBI-FRC-Shooter-Had-15-Chick-fil-A-Sandwiches-Box-of-Ammo-Said-I-Don-t-Like-Your-Politics

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/16/family-research-council-shooting-unleashes-conservative-vengeance-on-twitter.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/17/2012- The “New Normal” Is The Same Old Perversion

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday August 17, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look at the implications of the clear attempt by a major network to create a new perverse “normal” through social engineering and psychological manipulation.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/16/2012- The Army Prepares For War Against…The TEA Party?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday August 16, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze a recent report written in a war journal in which the US Military is encouraged to consider violating federal law by taking it on themselves to attack a town occupied by the TEA Party (huh?) in a theoretical scenario.

Article Links- http://www.infowars.com/us-army-tactical-manuals-describe-how-to-control-domestic-insurrection/

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/7/the-civil-war-of-2016/

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/15/2012- How To Pack Departments With Moles And Keep It Quiet- Kill The Messengers

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday August 15, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss how federal departments are packed with individuals with specific social and political agendas, how they become entrenched and how those who try to warn the public about these infiltrators are handled.

Article links- http://www.gaypolitics.com/2012/08/03/obama-appoints-gay-man-under-secretary-of-the-air-force/

http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/obama-appoints-gay-man-under-secretary-of-usaf/?cat_orig=us

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/14/2012- It’s All About Freedom Of Speech

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday August 14, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis examine some support for Chick-Fil-A from some surprising (then again maybe not) sources.

Article links-http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/08/08/gay-rocker-supports-free-speech

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV?id=%7B40BC2CE7-A89A-4650-9F6E-A76C7FC5BFD2%7D&title=Whoopie-Defends-Chick-Fil-A

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/13/2012- Murder, Mercy, The Law, And Appeals To Emotion

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday August 13, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss a murder in Northeastern Ohio which has been characterized as a “mercy killing.” We ask some probing questions about the law, the definitions of words, and what the prosecutor should do.

Article link- http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/ap/ohio-hospital-shooting-mercy-killing-or-murder

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/8/2012- Voter Fraud, Motor Voter, And Voter ID

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday August 8, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look a little deeper into some election shenanigans in Michigan. Seems some voters refuse to declare themselves as citizens of the United States in order to be permitted to vote.

Article link- http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/08/07/voters-turned-away-as-citizenship-box-creates-confusion-at-the-polls/

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/7/2012- Hyperbole And Emotional Appeals In Political Discourse

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday August 7, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look a little deeper at the article in The New American which makes a bogus claim for the “re-writing” Article II of the Constitution by the passage of S.679.

Article link- http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/12302-house-passes-bill-e

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/04/speed-up-nominations-and-confirmations-but-do-not-enact-s-679

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/6/2012- When An “Assault On The Constitution” Really Isn’t One

Our Principles and Policies  radio show for Monday August 6, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze an article which appeared in The New American magazine claiming that the Constitution was under assault because the legislature was throwing away the Senate’s “advice and consent” function.

Actually, not so much.

Article link- http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/12302-house-passes-bill-e

Principles and Policies Podcast for 8/4/2012- Ethics, Punishment, And…Rewards?

Our Principles and Policies  radio show for Saturday August 4, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis interview Dr. Mark Hamilton, Chairman of the Institute For Principled Policy, about Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno and the Penn State football penalties.

Article links- http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/07/the_climategate_and_jerry_sandusky_scandals_a_common_thread.html

http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/sandusky-case-silence-of-the-gays/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/graham-spaniers-gig-as-a-federal-worker-is-a-mystery/2012/07/26/gJQAbAx5BX_blog.html?wp_login_redirect=0