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September 19, 2024


Title: End of the Chevron Doctrine
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Phil Kerpen
with American Commitment (AmericanCommitment.org)

Phil Kerpen is the President of American Commitment. Today, he discusses the end of the Chevron Doctrine and what the US Supreme Court must do next.

Click here to read Phil Kerpen’s op-ed on this important issue.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What was the Chevron Doctrine?

When did the US Supreme Court start pushing back against the Chevron Doctrine? When was it finally dissolved?

How long have unelected bureaucrats used the Chevron Doctrine to run roughshod over our lives? Phil gives some examples, including the new regulations from the Biden Administration that will cost the average household $47,000!

Since its inception, members of Congress have complained about bureaucrats using the Chevron doctrine. Why haven’t they confronted them?

What should Congress do to keep unelected federal judges from taking control? Phil Kerpen discusses how the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act is the best possible solution for all Americans.

What can the average tax-paying American citizen do? Phil urges everyone to research the candidates on the ballot, especially for President. Voting matters!

Click here to help support the American Commitment.



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March 1, 2018


Title: Mandated Sick Leave Comes to Austin
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Bryan Mathew
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

The Austin City Council has mandated that every business in the city offer paid sick leave to workers. Is this a good or bad policy?

New guest, Bryan Mathew, is a Policy Analyst with the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He says: “Companies and workers should be free to negotiate the employment arrangements that work best for them, not be forced to comply with a government mandate.

For more on this issue from Bryan, click here.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Does the new sick-day government mandate affect every business inside Austin city limits? Short answer: YES. Listen as Bryan Mathew offers more details…

How many sick days are allowed? br />
Can each individual business design their own rules and regulations regarding what information employees must provide the “prove” they are sick?

Does this new mandate add extra costs to small business owners?

Can employees complain to the City of Austin if they think they are being treated unfairly regarding this new mandate?

Can the Texas Legislature try to put a stop to this?

Why is a free market approach to employment the best option – for both the employer and the employee?



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May 18, 2016


Title: Heed the Warnings from History
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Dr. Calvin Beisner
with Cornwall Alliance (www.CornwallAlliance.org)


Part 1 of 2

Does our government need a “Ministry of Truth” like that warned of in George Orwell’s “1984”? Are the Fundamental liberties of free speech and free press, which are guaranteed by the First Amendment, in jeopardy?

In 2009, the left-wing website Talking Points Memo provocatively asked, “At what point do we jail or execute global warming deniers?” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. called coal companies “criminal enterprises” who’s CEOs “should be in jail … for all of eternity.” Guest Dr. Calvin Beisner is the Founder and National Spokesman of the Cornwall Alliance and a former Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Social Ethics at Knox Theological Seminary. He reminds us that last year Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, called for a similar action to be taken against climate skeptics. One more reason to elect the “right” people into office!

Dr. Beisner goes on to compare litigation against tobacco companies “misleading the public” to the “crimes” committed by climate skeptics. He says, “The analogy is completely absurd.” Listen in as he explains that there are an abundant of unanswered questions regarding “man-caused global warming”. Therefore no one can be – or should be – persecuted for not conforming to the left’s mandates!

Tune in to the next segment as Dr. Calvin Beisner discusses Free Speech, weather predictions, and even the Apostle Paul.



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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Heed the Warnings from History
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Dr. Calvin Beisner
with Cornwall Alliance (www.CornwallAlliance.org)

Those who have been pushing for a decrease in fossil fuels now want to arrest, try, and incarcerate those who deny “man-caused global warming”.

Dr. Calvin Beisner explains that the “climate system is one of the most complex natural systems we have ever studied.” There is nothing “normal” or “predictable” about it. “We don’t even know if they increase or decrease warming,” he states. We do, however, know that plants grow more abundantly with more CO2 in the air, which is definitely a good thing for the entire planet! Listen in as Dr. Beisner gives a terrific scientific explanation why the environmentalists cannot, prove without a shadow of a doubt, that more CO2 causes higher temperatures.

Should Christians be involved in this debate? After all, we have been entrusted by God to take care of our planet and its resources. “Free speech is a very important part of the Christian understanding of ethics,” Dr. Beisner believes. “The Bible says we are to test all things and hold fast to what is true.” He goes on to use specific examples from Paul and others to explain why free speech is absolutely vital to the continuation of a free society.



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February 25, 2016


Title: The Future of the FCC
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Deborah Collier
with Citizens Against Government Waste  (www.cagw.org)

Is the way you watch TV about to change? If the FCC has its way, then yes! And not for the better. What about the internet and our computers? Even cell phones aren’t safe anymore from the prying eyes of the government.

New guest, Deborah Collier, serves as the Director of Technology and Telecommunications Policy for Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), a private, non-partisan, non-profit organization representing more than one million members and supporters nationwide. Deborah specializes in information technology and telecommunications policy with a primary focus on cloud computing, IT procurement, information security, data privacy, broadband spectrum allocations, network neutrality, cable industry issues, e-commerce, and emerging technologies. Basically, if an issue involves the IT world, she knows about it.

Deborah is here today to discuss a very serious issue which should concern us all. In her opinion, the Federal Communications Commission is moving us backward in the area of cable television. The FCC wishes to use a third party to track our viewing habits. Yep, that’s right, folks! The FCC wants to be in your living room. This is all for advertisement purposes.

Let’s put it in this perspective: If you use a smart phone and are active at all on Facebook or Twitter, when you “check-in” to a place, that “check-in” is logged into the memory data bank of that social website – and your cell phone! Have you noticed that lately your Facebook account automatically knows where you are? Whether it be at home, church, the movies, or a restaurant, your phone is tracking you. Also, you may have noticed specific ads in your newsfeed based on what websites you have visited – or even the silly food videos you watch and save!

That is the same way it will be with your television set. A third party, which your cable provider hires, will be able to see what shows you watch, what commercials you watch (before you flip the channel), and when you watch the shows. Then, advertisements based on the shows and commercials you view will be shown to you – through your tv set. This is scary, folks. It’s bad enough with our cell phones. Now they want into our actual homes.

In addition, Deborah reveals that cable costs will need to increase in order to compensate the third parties doing the advertisement research. So yay! That’s more good news. [sarcasm]



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November 20, 2015


Title: Five Infuriating Facts About Federal Regulations
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Wayne Crews
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org

Wayne Crews is Vice President for Policy and Director of Technology Studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Crews is the author of the yearly report: Ten Thousand Commandments. We like to have experts as guests on the show, and Crews definitely qualifies. He discusses the current cost of regulating all the government agencies. HINT: It’s pretty dang high. Wayne jokingly says, “There will always be an America, but it won’t always be here.” But is he right?

Wayne reveals how the biggest money-grabbers are the EPA and the labor department. Also, if you thought Obamacare was an impossibly long read…The current book of regulations has surpassed 70,000 pages! This is completely outrageous.

Listen in as Wayne discusses three of the five infuriating facts about federal regulations (there are actually a lot more, but these are the doozies): 1) cost to taxpayers in 2014: $1.88 Trillion; 2) would be the 10th largest economy in the world; and 3) cost to each household: nearly $15,000 per year. Click [here]  to learn more!



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February 6, 2014


Title: Warning: Government can be Harmful to Your Health
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Dr. Marilyn Singleton
with Dr. Marilyn Singleton (MarilynSingletonMDJD.com)

Part 1 of 2

In 1927, the government made a horrendous error in a case Buck vs Bell. What happened? How long did it last?

Then we have the Tuskegee experiment….

If you still the government is here to help you, listen to this segment – and then the next one, too!



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Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Dr. Marilyn Singleton
with Dr. Marilyn Singleton (MarilynSingletonMDJD.com)

The government is constantly trying to make things “better” for us. Yeah right!

From the 1950’s-1960’s the government sprayed bacteria throughout various cities. They “thought” they were using a “harmless” bacteria, but it turns out they were using……..

Let’s move forward to 1989… An experimental measles vaccine was given to black and Hispanic babies – without their parents’ consent!

If your blood isn’t boiling yet, listen to this segment to learn about more “helpful government programs”.



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December 19, 2012


Title: The All Seeing Recorder For Big Brother
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Horace Cooper
with Project 21 (www.NationalCenter.org)

Part 1 of 2

With the ability to track your every move, the “ObamaBox” will enable the government to record every mile you drive, every stop you make, and even everyone in your car.

Oh let’s not forget, the EDR will track what you are doing in your car, every call you make, every text you send, and the snacks you like best.

Should we oppose placing the “Event Data Recorders” in every automobile and light truck sold in America?




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Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Horace Cooper
with Project 21 (www.NationalCenter.org)

The government promises to only look at the last few seconds prior to the car accident, but the E.D.R. records and records and records. It is like the Little Pink Bunny - it goes on and on forever and will enable the government to look into you private life plus anyone with the ‘smarts’ to hack into your system.

The Department of Transportation has announced its rule requiring the “black boxes” for cars sold in America. Let’s demand that our government first require them in vehicles sold in Russia and China and track how their governments use the information. Until then, let’s oppose this intrusive move.




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September 24, 2012


Title: Help Those IN The Wagon Get OUT Of The Wagon!
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by David Azerrad
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)

Part 1 of 3

When someone who is wealthy earns one dollar, does that mean that someone who is in the bottom 20% cannot move up?

Since the 1960's, have conservative policies encouraged the absence of the father in the majority of black homes in America?



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Title: Part 2 of 3
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by David Azerrad
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)

What effect on the family, on education, on crime rates, on earning potential does the absence of fathers have on specific families?

Is there a big difference in the philosophy of spelling god G.O.D. and the philosophy of spelling God g.o.v.e.r.n.m.e.n.t.



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Title: Part 3 of 3
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by David Azerrad
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)

Does the dependency of the 'government check' foster a positive work ethic? When did we forget this truism: if your outflow exceeds your inflow, your upkeep will be your downfall?

Truthfully, did conservatives break the education system in America, or did progressives, with their ideas of 'whole language', invited math, and is it the right of every boy and girl in America to have sex anytime, anywhere, and with as many as possible?



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February 6, 2012


Title: Does America Now Spell GOD
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Bob Beauprez
with A Line of Sight (www.alineofsight.com)

Part 1 of 2

Special guest Bob Beauprez answers:

Do Americans now depend more on Government than they do on God? Was it back during the Great Depression where things changed?

Are there too many in the wagon, and not enough pulling the wagon? What do we do to reverse that?



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Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Bob Beauprez
with A Line of Sight (www.alineofsight.com)

Are food stamps and all other Government programs actually GROWING? How many Americans are on food stamps?

What two things can our new elected officials in 2013 do to stem that tsunami of government payments because it is unsustainable?



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December 28, 2011


Title: Young Adults Are Coming Around on Big Government - Why The Big Change NOW?
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Kristen Soltis
with Independent Women’s Forum (www.IWF.org)

Part 1 of 2

Why are young adults coming around AGAINST Big Government?

Give us the history on some of the polling concerning the philosophy of young people after they leave the government education?



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Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Kristen Soltis
with Independent Women’s Forum (www.IWF.org)

Review the poll numbers for young adults in Presidential Elections past.

Will the young adults be a part of the saving grace for the conservative movement or will they again flip and vote in predominant number for the reelection of Obama?



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May 14, 2010


Title: CONGRESS: TOUGH ON WALL STREET, LOAN SHARKS, OR THE LITTLE GUY?
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Carrie Lukas
with Independent Women’s Forum (www.IWF.org)

The Payday Lending Act of 2010 will soon to be voted on by Congress. Will it be tough on Wall Street, Loan Sharks, or “the little guy”? For more log onto www.IWF.org



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January 11, 2010


Title: EPA RULING COULD FORCE POLLUTION CUTS IN TEXAS
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Sterling Burnett
with Heartland Institute (www.Heartland.org)

Is the EPA picking on Texas? Log on to www.NCPA.org for more.



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