While all Americans welcome the return of reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee, what is the long-term impact of negotiating with a rogue state like North Korea to secure the release of the women? How could the Obama administration have secured the release of Lee and Ling without cowtowing to the demands of Kim Jong-Il? And why does an episode like this put more Americans at risk? We ask former Pentagon official K.T. McFarland.
Wendy Long of the Judicial Confirmation Network is with us to explain why Sonia Sotomayor is a bad choice for the Supreme Court whether you examine her record on the federal bench, her activism before becoming a judge or her weak and misleading testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. So why does Long think Sotomayor didn’t tell the truth to senators? What about her record suggests a radical rather than a moderate? And what will she really be like on the Supreme Court?
Listen to Wendy Long and tell us what you think!
Wyoming Rep. Cynthia Lummis joins us to explain why voters in her state are so furious with the amount spending and big-government legislation being considered in Congress. She slams the White House contention that voter anger is ‘manufactured’ by special interest groups or only the noise created by the vocal fringe of the population. Lummis also discusses the possibility of middle class tax hikes, why the cap and trade bill would devastate Wyoming and what these toen hall meeting during the Congressional recess can actually accomplish.
Listen here and tell us what you think about these key issues!
Open Doors International Minister-at-Large Paul Estabrooks joins us to discuss the deaths of 14 Christians in Pakistan – burned to death by a Muslim mob that falsely claimed the Christians were desecrating the Koran. So how did this happen and what triggers such a violent reaction by Muslims to real or perceived slights to their faith? We also hear how Estabrooks thinks the release of two U.S. reporters from North Korea will impact that country’s brutal treatment of believers.
Tuesday’s news… Journalists freed, more Obama endorsing of single-payer, Sotomayor debate begins.
National Review Editor Rich Lowry explains why he believes Democrats – and many Republicans – are wrong to support the ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program. Why is this a bad move for Congress and the Obama White House to make? What does it suggest when the government bends over backwards for the auto industry but almost no one else?
Listen here and then tell us what you think about ‘Cash for Clunkers’!
Analyst Ilan Berman says Tehran using hikers for leverage, could be very close to nuclear weapons.
Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter joins us to explain why he is a big fan of the “Cash for Clunkers” program and what impact this is having on Michigan’s struggling economy. Why is the Congressman so supportive of a plan that other Republicans say is more government intervention on behalf of the auto industry while lawmakers never lift a finger to help other sectors of the economy? How worried should we be by the dealers pulling their hair out because the bureaucratic delays are preventing them from getting their money?
We also ask Rep. McCotter about the conflicting messages out of the White House over whether middle class tax hikes will be necessary to pay for Obama’s version of health care reform. What does McCotter think this possibility says about Obama and his agenda? Find out why McCotter says any coming tax hikes are nobody’s fault but Obama’s.
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Monday’s headlines…Middle class tax hikes, health debate, Gulf War pilot remains, Cash for Clunkers.
Obamacare would fund and urge abortions, tell you how to raise your kids and dictate your diet.
