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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday January 11, 2014. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about what we might expect over the next year. Our lack of short-term optimism is only tempered by our long-term optimism for the future.
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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday November 23, 2013. Chuck Michaelis interviews Dr. Sacha Walicord, pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church in Mt. Vernon, OH, who is also a PhD in economics, a trained commercial pilot, has a law degree (JD), and is a hockey referee, about the current debt situation in the United States. Dr. Walicord explains why Laurence Kotlikoff’s contention that the true national debt is several times higher than the figures published, over $200 trillion.
Dr. Walicord explains why simply balancing the budget cannot fix our current economic problems and further explains what it means to our wallets and our liberty. We also discuss what is really at the base of these issues.
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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday June 5, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze the claims of one  Curtis Morrison, who claims that even though he clearly trespassed and violated state and federal wire tap laws (by his own admission IN PRINT, no less) that it is actually he who is the true victim in the situation. We aren’t buying this self-serving attempt to poison the legal well.
Article link-Â http://www.salon.com/2013/05/31/why_i_secretly_recorded_mitch_mcconnell/
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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday April 11, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss articles which demonstrate the logical absurdity of the end-point of the current gun-control “debate” (read propaganda onslaught) by examining efforts to enforce a ban on the sale of knives in Great Britain because they are the weapon of choice in gang attacks now.
Article links-Â http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/04/brits-shocked-at-easy-availability-of-knives.php
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4876601/Sun-investigation-girl-buys-knives-swords-and-machetes.html **WARNING- Some of the content of The Sun is inappropriate**
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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday April 10, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss what makes the claims, like those made recently by Vice-President Joe Biden that the idea that the federal government wants ALL of your personal information in a permanent federal database is “paranoid,” utter nonsense and propaganda. The ATF make it clear- they want exactly that type database.
Article link-Â http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/atf-seeks-massive-database-personal-info-assets-relatives-associates
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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday April 9, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss a statement made by the increasingly obtuse Senator John McCain in which he claims to not understand why anyone would filibuster second amendment infringement (gun control) legislation when the purpose of the Senate is to debate things and vote to let people know where the Senate stands on issues. Huh? The Senate is NOT a debating society it is a law-making body.
Article link-Â http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/04/mccain-i-dont-understand-gop-filibuster-on-guns-161024.html?hp=l1
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/07/Mccain-to-cruz-lee-paul-get-off-my-lawn
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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday April 8, 2013. Barry Sheeta and Chuck Michaelis do an important analysis on the attempts to expand Medicaid in Ohio by taking “free” federal money. We expose the fact that there is no possibility that the federal government will loosen the regulatory noose that comes with the money. How do we know? The Department of Health And Human Services says so on an “FAQ” section of their website.
Article link-Â http://blog.heritage.org/2013/04/03/administration-rules-out-deals-on-medicaid-expansion/
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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday March 22, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis ponder a recent ruling from the 9th Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (the most liberal Circuit court in the country) which says that “demand letters” issued by the US Justice Department to communications companies asking for YOUR personal information with attached gag orders are unconstitutional.
Article links- http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/16/judge-rules-secret-fbi-letters-unconstitutional/
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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-Â http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/california-seizes-guns-as-owners-lose-right-to-bear-arms.html?cmpid=yhoo
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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 2, 2013. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about how unconstitutional government meddling in free-market situations create wide-ranging consequences that were obviously unforeseen by the meddling politicians who thought their “program” was the path to the “promised land.” We end with a discussion about how it really is possible to live VERY inexpensively- if you try to, that is.
Article links-Â http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cars-increasingly-reach-many-americans-145957880.html