GrokTALK! – August 15th 2015 Hour Two
In hour two we are joined by New Hampshire House Rep. John Burt, and Senior Writer for National Journal – John Judis.
In hour two we are joined by New Hampshire House Rep. John Burt, and Senior Writer for National Journal – John Judis.
New Hampshire Right to Life has to return to court to find out if Planned Parenthood of New England is following federal protocols with regard to dispensing chemical abortion drugs. Jane Cormier from NHRTL explains that and another case, right after telling us about how she was on Hannity and part of a Frank Luntz … Read more
New Hampshire’s Executive Council recently voted to keep General fund tax revenue from funding a few local planned parenthood parts departments. We discuss the activist effort in NH to keep tax-dollars out of the abortion business, and why.
In this segment we did a dual broadcast live with Pete Ingemi who was broadcasting live on WCRN at the same time. The topic? The Republican Debates.
This week we opened with a list of possible Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’s for the week including Palin Parts, Lois Lerner, Barack’s Diet, the EPA, Eric Holder’s “shooter,” and the rising bureaucratic tide in DC. And we introduce future recurring guest…Haggie Masson.
ICYMI – part two of our interview with Lawrence J. McQuillan, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at the Independent Institute and author of CALIFORNIA DREAMING: Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis.
IN Hour one we introduce future recurrign guest Haggie Masson, Discuss the weeks options for the WTF, and discuss the recent debates with Pete Ingemi on WCRN. Then Jane Cormier joins us to discuss current legal cases involving New Hampshire Right to Life.
In Hour two we talk to David Bozell from For America about the Republican debates. Then, it’s what Democrat is running against Ayotte if not Hassan, and are any Republicans running against Ayotte? Then its the new “Grassroots Group” focused on helping Kelly Ayotte called “Commitments Kept.” What commitments, we try to work that out.
Our guest is Lawrence J. McQuillan, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at the Independent Institute and author of CALIFORNIA DREAMING: Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis
The big story last week was a University Language guide that finger-wagged “problematic” words in order to create a more inclusive campus environment. The story went national. We discuss why removing the guide doesn’t change the culture that birthed it, then move on to our next guest to discuss the debate on legalizing drugs.
Greg Moore from AFP joins us to talk about Milton Friedman, Free lunch, School choice, and the encroaching regulatory state.
Ambassador Gregory Slayton joins us to explain why he and his family are supporting Scott Walker as the Republican Nominee for President.
The big news this week was a University of New Hampshire Language Guide that explained what words were problematic in conversation and should be avoided to foster diversity and “inclusiveness.” We journey back to the 1990’s with our Ed expert Jorge Mesa-Tejada to explain when this problem with the word “American” began.
We opened the program with the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot of the week. Hillary Clinton, speaking at an Urban League Dinner, went in to a screed about how you can’t possibly succeed at anything if the government isn’t there to help you.
This week in hour two we are joined by AFP State director Greg Moore (School choice and the regulatory state), and Max Abramson (drug legalization). *Due to the server transition I am unable to post both hours at once, so we will post them as hour one and hour two. You can listen and download … Read more
We continue with Michelle on legislation allowing parents to opt out of state-wide assessments, some opt out numbers from this years testing, district incentives (ice-cream parties, etc)to reward students who took the tests (and isolate those who did not), and parental involvement.
Governor George Pataki drops in to the studio to talk about running for president, and his qualifications for the job.
Michelle Levell joins us to examine student and parental rights with regard to explicit material in pubic school classrooms, a recent effort to inform parents, and how educarats reacted to the proposed reform.
In part two with Keith Carlsen (Health Care Compact) we talk donor states, the federal money shell game, and how Medicaid expansion will hurt the people who need Medicaid most.
Keith Carlsen joins us to discuss the Health Care Compact as an alternative for states to free themselves from Federal intrusion tied to programs like Medicaid and ObamaCare