Category Archives: Public Policy Radar

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/2/2012- Why “Signing Statements” Are Not A “Line-Item Veto”

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday January 1, 2012. Chuck Michaelis  updates on S. 1867, now the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) and President Obama’s use of yet another “signing statement” to attempt to avoid enforcing a law he should have vetoed.

We are discussing things found in these articles:

From Naomi Wolf’s blog- How Congress is signing its own arrest warrants in the NDAA Citizen Arrest Bill

From the Associated Press- Obama signs defense bill despite ‘reservations’

From Alex Jones- Obama Administration Demanded Power To Indefinitely Detain U.S. Citizens , Happy New Year: Obama Signs NDAA, Indefinite Detention Now Law of the Land

Obama Defense Bill Signing Statement

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/30/2011- A Little Good News And A Look Forward

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday December 30, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis  discuss the complete failure of UN conferees in South Africa to cover up the scandals of the IPCC and their role in doctoring data to try and prove man-made global warming by forcing through a new, more onerous treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocols. We also reveal what we think might happen in 2012.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/29/2011- Is The President Above The Law?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday December 29, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis  discuss the use of “signing statements” by US Presidents to try and avoid doing their constitutionally mandated duties.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/24/2011- Ohio SB 165 Update And A Look At. US Sen. Coburn’s “Wastebook”

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday December 24, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis  give an update on the political “sausage-making” exercise in Ohio SB 165. Then we dive into the deep end of the farcical cesspool of government spending by looking at Sen. Tom Coburn’s Wastebook 2011.

Chuck and Barry are discussing the following items-Straight From The Source in the Columbus Dispatch and Senator Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) 2011 Wastebook.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/23/2011- Playing “One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other” With Newt Gingrich’s Court Policy

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday December 23, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis  trains  critical eye on Newt Gingrich’s position on the federal courts, the reaction it is getting from “conservative” sources and gets a little surprise in return. A little more detail on the constitutional limits on the federal courts.

Chuck and Barry are discussing the following items- Bringing the Courts Back Under the Constitution from the Gingrich campaign, EXCLUSIVE: Former Bush Attorneys General Call Gingrich Position on Courts ‘Dangerous’, and Romney: Gingrich’s idea about judges not practical.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/22/2011- Why might Newt Gingrich Take A Position On Federal Courts He Doesn’t Really Believe In?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday December 22, 2011.  Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis train a critical eye on Newt Gingrich’s position on the federal courts, the reaction it is getting from “conservative” sources and gets a little surprise in return. A little more detail on the constitutional limits on the federal courts.

Barry and Chuck are discussing the following items- Bringing the Courts Back Under the Constitution from the Gingrich campaign, EXCLUSIVE: Former Bush Attorneys General Call Gingrich Position on Courts ‘Dangerous’, and Romney: Gingrich’s idea about judges not practical.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/21/2011- Questioning the Supreme Court’s “Final Say” Status

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday December 21, 2011. Chuck Michaelis  trains a critical eye on Newt Gingrich’s position on the federal courts, the reaction it is getting from “conservative” sources and gets a little surprise in return. A little more detail on the constitutional limits on the federal courts.

Chuck is discussing the following items- Bringing the Courts Back Under the Constitution from the Gingrich campaign, EXCLUSIVE: Former Bush Attorneys General Call Gingrich Position on Courts ‘Dangerous’, and Romney: Gingrich’s idea about judges not practical.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/19/2011- The Blind Squirrel Finds An Acorn Or An Astute Politician Looking For Votes?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday December 19, 2011. Chuck Michaelis  trains a critical eye on Newt Gingrich’s position on the federal courts, the reaction it is getting from “conservative” sources and gets a little surprise in return.

Chuck is discussing the following items- Bringing the Courts Back Under the Constitution from the Gingrich campaign, EXCLUSIVE: Former Bush Attorneys General Call Gingrich Position on Courts ‘Dangerous’.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/12/2011- Why Don’t Teachers Like The Idea Of Standardized Professional Evaluations?

This entry is part 52 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday December 12, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis of the Institute For Principled Policy try and explain why teachers are looking over their shoulders with apprehension at a state proposal to standardize teacher evaluations? Could merit pay be far behind?

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/10/2011- Ignoring A Beating Heart; Trying To Pass The Heart Beat Bill

This entry is part 51 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday December 10, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis of the Institute For Principled Policy discuss the tactics being employed by the opponents of the Heart Beat Bill. There is opposition from both sides of the issue of protecting life. Barry and Chuck try and make sense of the opposition from the nominally “pro-life” side of the issue.