Category Archives: The Vote

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 12/17/2011- Dennis Prager, The Christian Worldview, And How It Applies to Candidates And Public Policy

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday December 17, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis  analyze the worldview of Dennis Prager and how it skews his ability to evaluate candidates and public policies based on two articles written by Dennis Prager at the Townhall website.

The two articles being discussed are What Does Adultery Tell Us About Character? and Adultery, Character and Politics: My Responses.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/16/2011- If Adultery Isn’t An Indicator of Character, Then What Is?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday December 16, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis further analyze two articles written by Dennis Prager at the Townhall website.

The two articles being discussed are What Does Adultery Tell Us About Character? and Adultery, Character and Politics: My Responses.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/15/2011- Politicians, Adultery, And The “Talking Heads” Who Excuse It

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

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday December 15, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis Discuss two articles written by Dennis Prager at the Townhall website.

The two articles being discussed are What Does Adultery Tell Us About Character? and Adultery, Character and Politics: My Responses.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/08/2011- Ohio’s Issue 2: Exposing The Public Union Lies That Now Threaten Public Employees

This entry is part 49 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday December 8, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis of the Institute For Principled Policy take  time to say “We told you so” on Ohio’s 2011 Issue 2. Now that Issue 2 has passed and SB 5 is history, the chickens are coming home to roost. Public employees are losing their jobs because the money isn’t there to pay for their Pay-Benefit-Pension plans- the exact thing that SB5/Issue 2 was supposed to fix.

Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss an important article in Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government Blog entitled Union Bosses Win, Ohio Workers Get Fired. One of the public entities discussed is Chuck’s local school district the Westerville City Schools. We discuss in more detail some of the antics that the Westerville City School Board of Education have used in the past and are planning to use to attempt and force the passage of a large tax increase, most of which will be used to pay for large pay increases and continued benefit and pension increases for district employees.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/03/2011- Why Character Matters In Candidates For Public Office

This entry is part 45 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday December 3, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis of the Institute For Principled Policy take a closer look at why the character of  a candidate for office should be a top priority when performing your biblical civic duty.