|
|
|
|
PRIOR SHOWS:(click on the links below the segments to hear the show)
|
|
Last Show: April 30: Noon: Senate Candidate Bishop E.W. Jackson. He brings a passion to his work challenging the current Senate membership that others who have been on my show don't. 12:30: Former VB City Council candidate Andrew Jackson, on a proposal to create districts for Virginia Beach's City Council. We also discussed proportional representation (which I disagree with--I think a good representative (of any race) can represent all of the people in the district (of any race), and should do so, in the matters which government should be involved in). 12:50: Councilman Bill DeSteph gave us good news about Virginia Beach. 1pm: We discussed interesting facts comparing earlier times to today. For example, people who are "poor" today have things that Mr. Vanderbilt did not have. 1:15: Congressman Scott Rigell told us about his work in Congress. 1:30: We were introduced to Sen. Mark Obenshain, to meet other conservatives in the Commonwealth. |
|
April 23: Noon: Delegate Sal Iaquinto gave us an update on the General Assembly, redistricting, his bills (end the War of 1812 BPOL tax! Go Sal!), and how to get elected. 12:30: We learned about Symphonicity, which is Virginia Beach's outstanding orchestra from Music Director/Conductor Dave Kunkel. 1pm: Christy Everett from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation discussed the Bay, the role of EPA in this effort (the TMDL process) and how to clean up the Bay. 1:45: Karen Forget, Executive Director of Lynnhaven River Now, told us about LRNow and discussed the impact of dredging. |
|
April 16: Noon: Virginia Beach Councilmember Jim Wood answered questions about the city's dredging project. This issue raises questions for the entire city, as the citizens who are opposed to it have run into transparency issues, the role of the city in the process, and the allocation of the city's resources. He also provided answers to questions I provided to him in writing, and I will be posting those soon. 1pm: John Moss gave us his analysis of Virginia Beach's budget. |
|
April 9: Coby Dillard joined us. It was good to meet this energetic young co-founder of the local Tea Party organization. I then discussed how the mortgage mess, which got us into the financial crisis (see Paul Sperry's interview below), is continuing. Gary Byler, GOP Congressional District Chairman, called in and gave us his views on redistricting. He made a good point about unintended consequences. While Virginia Beach should have 2 senators plus to represent its community interest, and the current plan does not provide for that, it will be interesting to see what happens. Will the Governor veto the plan? And if it goes into effect at the end of the process, can Virginia Beach ultimately benefit from it anyway? Congressman Scott Rigell called in. I applauded his courage and he gave us his thoughts about his "No" vote on the continuing resolution that gave time to enact the legislation putting the Boehner-Reid-Obama agreement in place. This deal looks to have prevented a shutdown. We won't really know if this is the case until later in the week. But I think Scott was right to vote no. I also think Representative Rigell was right that the vote should have been on a separate appropriation for DoD, and for a continuing resolution for the rest. But that was not the deal that Speaker Boehner got. We will also continue exploring Virginia Beach's dredging plan. Mike Megge and Dave Williams posed a number of questions about Virginia Beach's plan to dredge the Lynnhaven River basin. This issue is greater than the dredging question, as it raises concerns about transparency, citizen input, use of City resources, the City's role in the permitting process. Councilmember Jim Wood has agreed to take questions next week, so send them to me if you'd like. |
|
April 2: DONALD RUMSFELD, former Secretary of Defense (twice), White House Chief of Staff, Ambassador to NATO, and Congressman talked about Iraq, being SecDef, JFCOM and local relationships to DoD, and more. He also talked about his memoir, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, which I recommend, and the proceeds from which will go to wounded warriors. Afterwards, Admiral Fred Metz discussed current local defense issues-what they are, and what we as a community including our elected representatives, both Federal and State, should be doing to keep and attract them. We also discussed Virginia Beach's plan to truck hundreds of trucks of dredging sludge through neighborhoods which are not benefitting from the dredging operations. Mike Megge helped us understand the impact.
|
|
March 19: Congressman Scott Rigell and Senator Jeff McWaters gave us updates on their work in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Virginia Senate. Due to our power outage, we lost the recording of Tea Party co-founder Karen Hurd. I will post a summary of our chat here. |
|
March 5: Delegate Chris Stolle gave us an update on the just completed legislative session. Then we heard local author Paul Puckett who is an expert in investing, and has written the book "Investiphobia." |
|
February 26: Noon: Philip Shucet, President and CEO of Hampton Roads Transit about the recent financial problems, light rail, and the future of HRT. 1pm: Jamie Radtke, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate |
|
February 19: Noon: We learned what caused the financial crisis, which caused our country to lose the equivalent of one year's productivity (for the whole country!) which equals over $100,000 per person, all because the financial system was turned into a social program. Paul Sperry wrote the book "The Great American Bank Robbery" and he documents what actions the government took to make the crisis possible. Then we heard from Joe Bingham, a 30 year real estate broker, a 5 year mortgage broker, and the director of a 1300 person real estate corporation. He had an alternative view which was interesting to hear--again from a conservative perspective it was the regulators, then and now, which caused the problems, and continue to do so. 1 p.m.: We also heard from Dinesh D'Souza, on his book "The Roots of Obama's Rage." His view is that President Obama is less a socialist than he is influenced into being an American anti-colonialist by his father. I don't think America is really a colonial power. But it does seem consistent with the way President Obama apologizes for America. |
|
February 5th 12-1pm: Egypt Noon: Jason Sekulow, Director of Policy and International Operations at the American Center for Law & Justice; 12:30: Professor of International Relations, Dr. David Meyer, Regent University 1-2pm: Politics 1pm: Jason Miyares, Scott Rigell's campaign Manager, "How the Election was Won"; 1:30: Interview with Senator Jeff McWaters |
|
January 22nd Noon-1pm: The Fair Tax Explained: Phil Hinson, Executive Director, Fairtax.org. Phil did a great job telling us why the Fair Tax should be adopted. 1pm: John Kiriakou, author of "The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror" AMAZING INTERVIEW. You have to hear this! 1:30pm:State Senator Jeff McWaters (I couldn't get Sen. McWaters interview on, so John Kiriakou graciously stayed on. Amazing interview! I will broadcast my interview with Sen McWaters on my next show.) |
|
January 15th Noon-1pm: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli1pm: Delegate (and U.S. Senate candidate) Bob Marshall |
|
December 18th: NOON-12:30: Bishop Jackson, upcoming events, his thoughts on the November elections and current events 12:30: Senior airline pilot Craig Hudgins will discuss TSA, airline security 1pm: J.P. Gus Godsey with tips on how to be happy in hard times! 1:15: VB City Councilman Bill DeSteph-Good News! 1:30: VB City Councilman Bob Dyer will talk to us about his cost saving commission proposal |
|
November 13:
Great show today! Elaine Donnelly from the Center for Military Readiness (www.cmrlink.org) helped us understand what factors should be considered while debating whether LGBT people can serve in the military. There is no right to serve, plus she pointed out that there is no compelling reason to change the law which says that they are not eligible to serve. Waverly Woods of Copa Cabana Tanning (copacabanatanning.com), small business owner, told us of the costs of running a small business. CATO's (cato.org) Tad DeHaven helped us with the problems of the federal budget. First we should ask what the role of that government is, then figure out what we should pay for--then we will know what to cut! We had an update fromCity Councilmember Bill DeSteph with good news about Virginia Beach, and job openings (billdesteph.org). Then we had a good discussion on the issue I am taking on--repeal of the 17th Amendment. Let's help stop special interests the way the Founders wanted to! |
|
November 6:
Morton Blackwell, President, Leadership Institute and Republican National Committee Member from Virginia at Noon with his analysis of the election. All are encouraged to contribute to LI! Jesse Richman, ODU Professor of Political Science with his analysis at 1pm. At 1:30 we will have local analysts to comment on local elections. JR Hoeft from Bearing Drift.com and Robert Dean from the Taxpayers' Alliance/Libertarian Party. |
|
October 30:
Kenny Golden, Independent candidate for Congress at Noon. SPENDING REVOLT segment at 12:45. Steve Batton introduced his show too. Good news segment from Bill DeSteph at 1. (delayed due to bomb scare at Rigell event-glad Scott and Bill and everyone attending were safe. Thanks Tut for putting the bottle in the trash where it exploded, harming no one!) Tea Party joined us at 1:15. Andrew Jackson, candidate for Virginia Beach City Council at 1:30pm. Great to have met Mr. Jackson. |
|
October 23:
Scott Rigell, Republican Candidate for Congress at Noon; Jim Wood, Virginia Beach City Council member at 12:30; Congressman Glenn Nye at 1pm; Scott Seery, Virginia Beach School Board member at 1:30. Click the links below to listen: |
|
October 9:
12-12:45pm: ODU Professor Jesse Richman WVEC's truth detector, will talk to us about campaign ads. 12:45-1:20: John Moss, candidate for Virginia Beach City Council. 1:20-2pm: Toni Hedrick, candidate for Virginia Beach City Council. Click link to listen: |
|
October 2:
12-1pm: Wally Erb, candidate for Virginia Beach City Council. 1-2pm: Ashley McLeod, current member and candidate for election to the Virginia Beach School Board. |
|
September 25:
12-1230: James Cabiness, candidate for Virginia Beach City Council. 1-2pm: Thelma Drake, Director of Virginia's Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and former Member of the United States House of Representatives. Thelma gave us insights on how the U.S. House of Representatives works, and the role of the Speaker. She made it clear that party affiliation is very important meaning that if we are represented by an independent, we will not have the influence we would have if represented by a member of a major party. She predicted a Scott Rigell win. Councilman Bill DeSteph joined us for a SpendingRevolt.com update. September 11:
Unfortunately (except for ECU fans) the show is preempted by the ECU football game on Sept. 11. |
|
aaaa
|
|
September 4:
I need to go to a funeral, so I hope you enjoy two of my favorite interviews from the spring: Noon-1 p.m.: Robert Reilly, author of "The Closing of the Muslim Mind" who will tell us about why Islam's history is important to understanding the current conflict it is in with us -- that is my opinion anyway. Mr. Reilly brings great insights into the history of Islam that is important for us to understand. 1-1:30 p.m.: Our former Representative to the United States Congress, and now director of Virginia's Department of Rail and Public Transportation gave us the inside knowledge about the trains to Richmond -- before it was in the paper. She is a wonderful person, and is doing a great job at DRPT. |
|
August 28:
Noon-1 p.m.: Bill DeSteph, current City Council Member in Virginia Beach who is running for re-election. He will have a live update from the Americans for Prosperity event in DC. 1-1:30 p.m.: Jim Lakely from the Heartland Institute will introduce to his organization, and we will discuss a number of issues with him including global warming. |
|
August 21 My producer needs a day off, so we'll be listening to an earlier show. |
|
August 14 Noon-1 p.m.: Dave Redmond, Candidate for City Council in Virginia Beach 1-2 p.m.: Bishop E.W. Jackson will help us with the link between politics and the Bible |
|
August 7 Noon-1 p.m.: Carolyn Weems, Candidate and Current Member of the Virginia Beach School Board 1-2 p.m.: Experts from the Family Research Council: Chris Gacek, J.D., Ph.D on the Defense of Marriage Act lawsuit which found it unconstitutional, with an additional discussion on the Judge's finding that California's Proposition 8, defining marriage as between one man and one woman, unconstitutional as well.Ken Klukowski helped us understand the ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. |
|
Noon-1pm: 3rd District Republican Congressional Candidate Chuck Smith 1-2pm: Andrew Biggs, American Enterprise Institute Scholar will discuss the Entitlement Apocalypse Click to Listen: |
|
July 24
Noon: State Senator Frank Wagner on Energy 1pm: Discussion of George Will's speech to the CATO Institute Click to Listen: |
|
|
|
||