Meet The New Press Podcasts - 2008
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Opening banter. Skip and Doug talk about the economy-- is it all bad, or partially media driven? Skip talks about his trip this past week. Mortgage crisis? Who's at fault?
Interview with Jane Aitken. Part One-- The anti- taxpayers pledge warrant article appearing on over 80 town ballots this year here in NH. It's really a pro-income tax question.
Interview with Jane Aitken. Part Two-- International Baccalaureate Programme- UN trojan horse?
Deconstructing the anti-SB2 (Official Ballot RSA 40:13) rhetoric with Jorge Mesa Tejada.
Congressman Thadeus McCotter interview. Part One. Conservatism-- philisophical versus idealogical. What is the Republican Policy Committee? Thinking Points. What are "Republican" principles? This was very enlightening.
Congressman Thadeus McCotter interview. Part Two. Discussing the "3 Com" deal with the Chicoms, etc. Democrats on foreign affairs and domestic-- yikes! Barack Obama's "unity"... Mr. McCotter is an exciting and passionate conservative that more people should get to hear. He gets the juices flowing in a positive way!
John Hawkins (RWN) interview. Part One. The gang discusses John McCain & the primary as it has turned out. We also talked about why all conservatives should vote for McCain in November.
John Hawkins (RWN) interview. Part Two. Continuing the trip through the right side of the blogosphere... McCain's possible VP picks; Barack Obama: A Human Hallmark Card for President?!
SchlubCam:
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Hour One
Opening banter. The gang discusses some local issues. Budcom wrap. Salaries in annual report.
Interview with James Pindell, national managing editor of the Politicker.com websites and a columnist for the New Hampshire website PolitickerNH.com.
Hour Two
Mark Steyn Interview
Caller Joe takes Doug to task for endorsing John McCain, and touts Mitt Romney. Doug holds his own here. Joe laments that the pols won't fix social security.
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Break discussions:
Doug, Chan, and Skip yak about Presidential race stuff
Techie stuff, Gilford Deliberative Session
The engineers do a bad chair dance
Random talk (online newspapers)
Break right after first segment with Mark Steyn
Last break
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Hour One
Opening banter. The gang discusses Pat's Disney trip and a brief discussion about presidential politics. Skip thinks Huck's message won't go anywhere. Doug & Pat aren't so sure. Chan Eddy joins us.
Interview with Ari Richter, managing editor for the Concord Monitor & chief blogger for the Primary Monitor Blog discusses his excellent op-ed about the 2nd Amendment.
Interview with Dr. Jay Buckey, Democrat candidate for the nomination to run for NH's US Senate seat in November against John E. Sununu. Part 1 Part 2
Hour Two
The gang discusses the sad shape of the NH Public Employee Retirement System and the antiwar @$$hole lawyer that keyed Marine Sgt. Mike McNulty's car while he was home on leave.
Interview: Charlie Arlinghaus discusses the sad shape of the Democrat-passed state budget, given the drop in revenues. The listeners are reminded that Republicans tried to stop the budget that saw increased spending in excess of 17%, to no avail, and Gov. Lynch signed the damn thing! Part 1 Part 2
The gang muses. Skip gives an update about some of the new local blogs that have popped up-- the Gilford GOP, The Belknap County GOP, The Blogging Councilor from Laconia, and the Moultonborough Citizens Alliance. Discussion about the value of blogs and video when it comes to the public's business, and how some local pols and their comrades aren't grooving to any of it...
SchlubCam:
Discussion during the break after talking with Ari
Guys talk during / after Dr. Buckey's 2 segments Break 1 Break 2
The Guys talk about Julius's email and bad T-Shirts
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Hour 1
Opening Banter- Election wrapGuest John Feehery: Hillary's economic proposal; Kerry endorses Obama; Dem infightingEther films latest: "What it Takes" to win the presidency in '08
Hour 2
Gunstock proposal w/ Bill McLean Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
SchlubCam:
Interview with Gunstock Ski Area Commissionor, Bill McClean
