Just Right

Just Right is a weekly shortwave radio show. Hosts, Bob Metz and Robert Vaughan analyze issues from a viewpoint of individual rights, freedom, and capitalism.

305 – Fracking Gasland / Words to live or die by, honestly

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Jun 202013
 

Fire Water

 
 
 
 

Topics:
02:40 Fracking Environmentalists! blipverts, fiction as documentary, Gasland, Josh Fox, hydraulic fracturing, fracking, FrackNation, water on fire, Phelim McAleer, government regulations, private property rights
12:06 Oil’s Well That Ends Well: Gasland vs FrackNation, speculation, water chemicals, motivation, the real story, Leni Riesenstahl, Triumph Of The Will, Cinéma vérité, arrogance and snobbery, emotion instead of truth or fact, Gasland Oscar nominations, oil, pollution, environmentalism, private property
32:22 Words To Live Or Die By: trust, politics of I, morality of we, David Brooks, individualism, demoralization, words and phrases, communal words, individualistic words, moral terms, courage words, bravery, social science terms, governmentalization, moral awareness, moral culture, Briar MacLean, hero, cultural vocabulary
45:30 Trust Me – I’m Honest: fink, my generation, four horsemen, truth, beauty, honour (honor), verities, right and wrong, social metaphysics, definitions, honest people, reality the common denominator, reality check, fact, truth, honesty, lying, intellectual honesty, taking ideas seriously, selfish virtue, when lying is the honest thing to do, knowledge and choice, false guilt, law of identity 59:28 END

304 – Feedback / Architecture of oppression / Cancerous cell (phones) / Shocking hydro

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Jun 132013
 

Surveillance

 
 
 
 

Topics:
02:11 Your Feedback Is Just Right: feedback, fascism vs communism, Just Right updates
13:28 Edward Snowden – Blowing The Whistle: Edward Snowden, government surveillance, turning fascist, 9/11, laws to fight terror, NSA, intelligence agencies, unfree but comfortable, American future worse, turnkey tyranny, secret government decisions, digital communications, content vs meta-data, privacy, Fourth Amendment, NSA’s constitutional violations, data dangers, perpetual war on terror, a fascist tyranny, corrupt government, no honest thief
32:16 Cell Phone Tumour Rumours: cell phones and cancer, Lawson Health Research Institute, electromagnetic fields may be healthy, radiation
38:08 Shocking Debate: Who Owns London Hydro? sale of London Hydro, ownership, Vinay Sharma, City of London is sole owner of 1001 shares, imaginary shares, conservation, economic resources vs natural resources, fixed charges, rationing electricity, hydro cost’s negative effects, jobs lost, top dollar for bottom service, judging the success of of London Hydro, Outage Management System, profit for government, no cash cow, infrastructure, regulation no protection 59:28 END

 

Jun 062013
 

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Topics:
00:07 The Story Of The Moral: stories, fairy tales, morality, pinnacle of thought, need for arts and entertainment, culture’s focal point, sense of life, Star Trek, Rob Ford, sacrifice, Aesop, fables, moral of the story, The Dog And The Wolf
14:45 From Aesop To Star Trek – The Moral Of The Stories: The Coyote And The Jackrabbit, Rocky And Bullwinkle, Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s sayings, favourite stories, Star Trek’s moral messages
26:28 Still Seeing Red – From TV Frustrations To Martian Distractions The Forgetful King, cancelled TV shows, Caller Scott: An Aesop Fable, needs of the few vs needs of the many, TV story endings, TV stories – good and bad, TV shows that killed themselves: Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Mars Attracts – Martian Books and Movies – a history, Jules Verne
50:15 Once Upon A Tale – At Least Ten Stories Tall: [An Original Rob Ford Fairy Tale] 55:51 END

 

302 – My, Me, Mine: The virtue of selfishness

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May 302013
 

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Topics:
00:07 Journey Into Selfishness: Dr. Yaron Brook, capitalism most moral system, sacrifice, individual pursuit of happiness, rational self interest, socialism, morality, Ayn Rand, cronyism
09:26 Capitalism Works – So Socialists Lie: capitalism in decline, from poverty to plenty, socialism, fascism, self evident truth that capitalism works, Paul Krugman lies, salt-water economists, government and economy, lying as a weapon, lying philosophy, socialists lie, sharing for sharing’s sake, conditioned for slavery, Montessori instruction, lying is the tool of the left, selfishness
28:25 Just Sad: A Society Built On Sacrifice: JP Morgan, 1907 financial crisis, banking, selfishness, federal reserve, Alan Greenspan, selflessness, elevator regulations, disinterested bureaucrats, robber ethics, altruism, sacrifice, self interest, degrees of fascism, reason, good, evil, thought, productive work, the good, first paycheque
41:45 Saints Alive! Bill Gates Or Heaven’s Gate? moral revolution, group behaviour, morality of service to others, best of both, trading societies, moral credit, Saint Bill Gates, the benevolent society, forced benevolence, cultural revolution through stories, stories of sacrifice, stories of heroes, selfishness is love of humanity, examples of positive stories, work 56:02 END

301 – Political philosophy and the many shades of red

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May 232013
 

Red Choices

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Insufficient Philosophy: technology, science, political knowledge, social knowledge, capitalism, moral foundation, Yaron Brook, Ted Harlson, reality, reason, self, consent, neo-conservatives, Ayn Rand, collectivism, socialism, fascism, communism
20:26 What’s Black And White And Red All Over? left wing, right wing, left and right, political spectrum, TV news media, capitalism, polarization, Adam Smith, pursuing self-interest, nobility, virtue, philanthropy
32:10 Just Grin And Polar Bear It: Why ‘Socialism’ Really Is A Dirty Word: polarization, media, medicare, socialism, politics, force, left, right, choice
47:00 Creating Interest In Self Interest: capitalism works, Hong Kong, ethics, morality, the good, sacrifice, selflessness, self interest, Saint Bill Gates, suffering with socialism, self interest is virtuous, Dr Yaron Brook, economist, philosopher, selfishness, arrested moral development, capitalism 57:32 END

300 – Totally self issues

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May 162013
 

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Topics:
00:07 Conversation: Objectivist – Subjectivist – Intrinsicist personal, religious intrinsicism, nihilistic subjectivism, morality, good, evil, selfishness, altruism, morality, libertarians are the gun control advocates of politics, rational, irrational, anti-life, value, knowledge, punishment, moral choice
16:10 Reality Check: God, Man, Or Underwear? reality check, Shadows and Fog, intrinsicist view, suicide, punishment, karma, right to own life, destiny, reality, theocracy vs democracy, supernatural, Satan, God, hell
30:10 Judge Mentals: Good/Evil – Moral/Immoral – Right/Wrong frightened of freedom, impulses, laws, false gods, divine matters, God, death and dying, Superman, morals and ethics as weakness, Faust, science, knowledge, superstitious, pigeons, moral codes, good and evil, morality and immorality, right and wrong, Cleveland kidnapping, Tim Bosma murder, just a truck, mob, rights, judgment, intentions, action, reality, knowledge vs understanding, John de Ruiter, Pamela Gellar, anti-reason
49:19 Totally Selfish happiness, self hate, need to help, totally selfish, self-sacrifice, duty, altruism, love, generosity, Just Right web site 57:26 END

299 – Islamic terrorism (We’re not listening!) | Salim Mansur

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May 092013
 

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Topics:
02:05 The London Connection: Islamists Wearing Mosques GUEST: Salim Mansur, CJBKam1290 Radio, Andy Oudman, terrorist incidents, Dr Munir El Kassem, London an incubator for terrorism, London Muslim community, London mosque community is Islamist, cancer analogy, public record of El Kassem, Saudi-funded organizations in London, jihad, Muslims Facing Tomorrow
18:06 Issue At Root: Theocracy Vs Democracy RCMP community briefing, hostile response, Islamophobia, intimidating the police, fertile breeding ground for global jihad, GUEST: Salim Mansur, fear mongering, victim mentality, 10-15% solution, Muslims vs Islamists, theocrats vs anti-theocrats, western confusion, mosque community an organized minority, Lara Logan CBS News correspondent, false narrative, Taliban today, Afghanistan, not like Viet Nam, ignoring our enemy’s identity,
31:33 Media Myopia: Can’t Hear The Trees For The Forest City London Free Press, GUEST: Salim Mansur, multiculturalism over facts, Arab spring, veil of democracy, theocratic society based on Sharia, a free media, alternate media tells the story, mainstream media credibility shattered, Munir El Kassem, campus hotbeds of Islamic radicalism, prayer room radicalization
44:19 Asymmetry – 21st Century Vs 10th Century enemies of the West, journalism, Islamist motivation, not insurgency, wrong strategy, GUEST: Salim Mansur, state funding of terrorism, Lara Logan, Saudi Arabia the most retrograde system of government, global jihad, asymmetry, worst Canadian terrorist act Air India bombing, Canadian politicians support terrorists, Muslims vs Islamists, multiculturalism 56:49 END