Category Archives: Critical Thinking

Principles and Policies Podcast for 10/1/2012- Sojourning Into Lands Where Lies Are Truth And Words Mean Anything The Writer Wants Them To

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday October 1, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis critically examine a disingenuous  article from The Sojourner’s Jim Wallis and an equally puzzling article written about this article in the American Spectator by Mark Tooley and determine that both have flawed worldviews.

Article links- http://sojo.net/sojomail/2012/08/30

http://spectator.org/archives/2012/09/27/a-shifty-sojourner

Principles and Policies Podcast for 9/29/2012- The Corrupting Power Of Money And Why We Won’t Get Fooled Again

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday September 29, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis lift the hood of the Romney-Ryan money machine and find a much more ugly and corrupt engine than most Christian leaders know about or want to admit exists. The second portion is a very succinct explanation of why we won’t get fooled again in politics.

Article links- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/paul-ryan-says-hes-now-okay-gays-military

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444230504577615731345627296.html

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/06/paul-singer-to-fund-progay-gop-super-pac-125717.html

We would like to thank Kevin Swanson and the team at Generations With Vision’s radio outreach Generations Radio for their kind permission to rebroadcast their program from September 25, 2012 as the last half of this program.

The book mentioned in the Generations Radio show

Principles and Policies Podcast for 9/28/2012- A Writer Who Understands Significantly Less Than His Readers About His Subject

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday September 28, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis continue their evisceration of  an article purporting to use “reason” to call libertarians and Ron Paul supporters over to the Romney ticket.

Article link- http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/18/Time-for-Ron-Paul-Fans-to-Support-the-Constitution

Principles and Policies Podcast for 9/27/2012- A Silly Argument For The Silly Season

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday September 27, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis dissect an article purporting to call libertarians and Ron Paul supporters over to the Romney ticket that is at once arrogant, condescending, alogical, fallacy ridden, and just plain stupid.

Article link- http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/18/Time-for-Ron-Paul-Fans-to-Support-the-Constitution

Principles and Policies Podcast for 9/26/2012- Using Guilt And Pity To Push For Ignoring Fraudulent Voters

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday September 26, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss citizenship, vote fraud and attempts to defraud the public into accepting fraudulent voters using the “politics of guilt and pity.”

Article link- http://www.wfsb.com/story/19617886/study-voting-rule-changes-may-deter-10m-hispanics

Principles and Policies Podcast for 9/25/2012- Smart Meters Are A Dumb Solution To An Artificial Crisis

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday September 25, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look at the consequences of allowing the installation of smart meters. If you value your privacy and your control over your own energy usage then you will get involved in getting your local governments to say “NO” to so-called “smart” meters.

Article link- http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/smart-meter-data-shared-far-and-wide-20120922-26dvp.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 9/24/2012- Sarcastic Laughter From Heaven As Scientists Continue To Declare That They Will Someday Render God “Obsolete”

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday September 24, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze an article which declares that “someday” God will be completely forced out of the picture by science. Chuck and Barry are skeptical of the skeptics predictions.

Article link- http://news.yahoo.com/science-someday-rule-possibility-god-115945479.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 9/22/2012- Distributing Guns To Drug Dealers and Confiscating And Redistributing Wealth

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday September 22, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis dissect the Fast and Furious Inspector General’s report and explain how it definitely DOES NOT exonerate Attorney General Eric Holder. We also discuss Barack Obama’s statements regarding redistribution of wealth and demonstrate how it fits in with leftist progressive rhetoric. We discuss code words like “the third way” and “we all belong to government,” etc.

Article links- http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-justice-department-fast-and-furious-report-20120919,0,305599.story

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ig-white-house-made-it-impossible-pursue-lead-fast-and-furious-probe

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 9/21/2012- Chick-Fil-A…More Fox Than Chicken

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday September 21, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis take a look at several sources in the recent Chicago Alderman-Chick-Fil-A dustup and discover that the Alderman may be trying to make the tattered sow’s ear of his attempt to railroad Chick-Fil-A into a silk purse. Looks like an epic FAIL!

Article link- http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-chick-fil-a-chicago-0919-20120919,0,3725045.story

Principles and Policies Podcast for 9/19/2012- Sticks And Stones Will Break Your Bones…If You Insult Islam

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday September 19, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis examine a call by Saudi Arabia’s top Sunni Moslem Grand Mufti to destroy all Christian churches on the Arabian peninsula because Mohammed said on his deathbed that only one faith should be allowed there. He also called for a global ban on “insults” to Islam and Mohammed.

Article link- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/leading-sunni-clerics-demand-global-ban-insults-islam