Prager 20110805 – 3 Open Lines
Aug 5, 2011
Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: what makes a good mentor; why does Dennis always knock the Baby Boomers.
Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: what makes a good mentor; why does Dennis always knock the Baby Boomers.
Prager H2: When you have difference with someone, how do you resolve it? Who gives in? Dennis has advice.
Prager H1: The European welfare state is coming unglued. The US is not far behind unless we do something about it very soon… Nancy Pelosi asserts that Republicans want to “destroy” clean water and food safety. That’s why the real reason behind Republicans wanting to cut deficits. And she knows… John Kerry complains that the media gives too much time to the Tea Party…
Prager H3: Dennis talks to Amity Shlaes syndicated columnist for Bloomberg and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The issue discussed: did Roosevelt extend the Great Depression with his economic policy; is Obama doing the same thing… A murder in Hanford, CA says much about our society’s moral compass… The ACLU is suing Catholic Charities for discrimination against same sex couples.
Prager H2: Opponents of capital punishment want executions to be televised, so that everyone can see how barbaric they are. Dennis has no problem with this as long as the murders committed by the person about to be executed are re-enacted with cinematic accuracy… Dennis talks to James Taranto, columnist for the Wall Street Journal. His excellent daily column is “The Best of the Web.”
Prager H1: Dennis continues to detail the liberal flip out over the debt deal… Dennis talks to Iain Murray, Vice President of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. His new book is Stealing You Blind: How Government Fat Cats Are Getting Rich Off of You.
Prager H3: The unemployment rate among European youth is 20% and in some places higher. The cost of hiring is very high; so is the cost of firing…The President whines about the poor economy. Nothing that has happened is his fault… Dennis talks to Wisconsin State Senator, Dan Kapanke. Along with seven other senators, he’s facing a recall election for his vote to reform the state’s public service unions.
Prager H2: Should men pay for dates? What message does it send if he does? Or doesn’t?
Prager H1: The demonization of Republicans, generally, and the Tea Party, specifically, has reached a fever pitch as a result of the debt deal. The new one today: “carjackers,” courtesy of Washington Post columnist, Ruth Marcus… Dennis talks to Bruce Thornton, professor of Classics and Humanities at the California State University, Fresno. His new book is The Wages of Appeasement: Ancient Athens, Munich, and Obama’s America…