Just Right… with Bob Metz and Robert Vaughan

330 – Pray for us? / Post delivery age / Almost Human / Political definitions

Dec 122013

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00:07 Pray For Us: feedback on Rand’s groupies and followers, helping the poor, Ayn Rand in poverty, capitalism, Pope Francis, abstractions vs concretes
14:49 Post Delivery Age: Rob Ford, Ford Vs Blair budget debate, media reaction to Rob Ford, Public Education and Ryan’s Law, Ryan Gibbons, asthma inhaler, loco parentis, Colorado six-year-old kiss = sexual harrassment, Canada Post, elimination of door-to-door service, postal monopoly, privatizing postal delivery, corporation not liable for loss of mail, competition cure
38:02 Almost Robot: TV show recommendation: Almost Human, caller Scott on Canada Post, developers pay for community mail boxes, Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Mackenzie Crook, 2048 back-drop to stories, good on screen chemistry, sci-fi robots, human-robot TV teams, Almost Human’s potential
42:12 Mislead Millions With Poli-talk: Obamacare so Obama cares, William Safire’s Political Dictionary, language of politics, ideas, the ‘idea of freedom’, ideology, political proverbs and axioms 55:32 END

329 – Pope Francis frank about capitalism / Being frank about Francis / $hocking profits / Up front about back-room politics

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Dec 052013

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02:48 Francis Frank About Capitalism: Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis’ ‘Joyful News’ on politics and the economy, attack on capitalism and Western values, calls for sacrifice and government intervention, Mother Theresa and suffering, consumerism, blaming capitalism for poverty
09:53 Frank About Francis: unfettered capitalism, mixed economy, distribution of income, quoting Pope Francis, prosperity breeds generosity – not the reverse, faith against capitalism, idolatry of money, reality’s dominion, medium of exchange – currency, the pope advocates violence and theft, ‘not sharing is stealing’, philosophy of the arbitrary
29:57 $hocking Profit$: London hydro bill breakdown, profit and price, electricity pricing, electricity billing, Heinz ketchup and profit, price of labour
42:01 Up-Front Back-Room Politics: municipal council meetings, Ontario ombudsman, Billy T’s, ethics and democracy, group diversity requirement, blocking voting blocs, Andre Marin, complaint system replaces rule of law, complaints or complainants?, transparent process, assuming the role of the voter, ‘open government’ 58:06 END

328 – Russell’s Brand of socialism / Teacher bashing

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Nov 282013

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00:07 A Pathetic Viewpoint: Glen Pearson on Rob Ford, apathy, democracy, public virtue, sacrifice for better future, Abraham Lincoln, compassion before ethics, Bruce Tallman on Rob Ford, Jesus Christ, passing judgment, ethics in politics, Rob Ford littering, taxes up in Toronto
19:05 Russell’s Brand Of Socialism: Jeremy Paxman interviews Russell Brand, not voting, not apathy, the political class, socialism, Brand’s socialism is the oldest brand of totalitarianism, Russell Brand’s humour
34:24 Parens Patriae Bashing: teacher bashing, public education, facilitators of public education’s destructive, disintegration of knowledge in public education, gun drawn, in loco parentis = “in place of the parent”, teaching and discipline, lunch supplements, parens patriae = “parent of the nation”, no touching policies, sexual touching policies
46:10 Dsinitgertaion Of Knowledge: school bans, blame the teachers, public education is propaganda machine of the left, destruction of the family, knowledge is hierarchical, public schools abandon knowledge, no education standards, whole language, poor literacy skills 56:56 END

327 – Rob Ford and pussy politics: The media is the message

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Nov 212013

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00:07 Robbed Ford: significance of the Rob Ford controversy, false media rumours, the ‘other’ Rob Ford, informed voters need the facts, defending Ford on principle not ideology, politics is personal, why Rob Ford has enemies, waving the red flag, overriding voters’ authority, news reports on Rob Ford
15:20 The ‘P’ Word: bully politics, Ford ‘needs help’ = crocodile altruism, drug use, drug prohibition, Sherlock Holmes in pre-prohibition times
27:24 Media Is The Message: Ted Harlson’s report from Toronto city hall, Toronto police files on Rob Ford, majority Ford support not reported by media, media objectivity, collapse of moral and intellectual standards in media reporting, conversation with a ‘journalist’
45:27 Beyond Democracy: PC Randy Hillier’s recall bill, the democratic illusion of recall legislation, perpetual political class vs voters, why Ford will win in Toronto’s next election 56:17 END

326 – Victory in the No Go Zone | Gary and Christine McHale, Mark Vandermaas

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Nov 142013

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00:07 Nation Notion: Guests: Gary McHale, Christine McHale, Mark Vandermaas, A brief history of Caledonia, Ontario Provincial Police, Six Nations has no legal claim to land, nation notion, OPP lack of response to violence is the issue, nine arrests, appeasement of native protesters, ‘Victory In The No-Go Zone’ – a book of hope, counter-propaganda tactics, London police are the storm troopers on the book cover, no riot gear for OPP, sued for $7.1 million, liberating lawsuit, paying price for freedom
17:36 An Arresting Situation: Ezra Levant, aggravating people, police contradictions, acting upset, repeated arrests no trials, arrest to prevent a breach, OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino, arresting the innocent, protest by arrest, Charter of Rights means nothing to police, private prosecutions
31:25 Victory In The No-Go Zone – Who Won? Who Lost? OPP declared the no-go zones, non-natives only, establishing your rights, acknowledging rights, police policy, victory for hope
41:30 Language Barriers: nations within nations, Six nations, aboriginal voices, two-tier justice, two-tier policing, natives vs natives, no marital status, aboriginal exception, solution is equality, ‘official’ status, the Indian Act: form vs function 55:28 END

325 – Ford nation or resig-nation? / Ontario ‘No-Go’ zones

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Nov 072013

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00:07 No Go Zones – From EMDC To Caledonia: murder at Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre, crime vs punishment, Chocolate-Gate In London West, Gold-Gate in Germany, wiretaps, Fort Knox, GUEST: Gary McHale, Victory In The No-Go Zone, two-tier policing in Caledonia, book-signing, Rob Ford’s trials, who Rob Ford wasn’t
15:20 Ford Nation Or Resig-Nation? Rob Ford on crack, CALLER: Scott – Andy Oudman on Rob Ford, threat to democracy, drug use as a disease, slave to ideology, double standards
30:50 Politically-Altering Substances: fear of drugs, mind-altering, mood-altering, why smokers smoke, addiction, choice, not disease but condition, tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, drug possession, drug consumption, drug trade, Marc Emery, Stephen Harper vs Justin Trudeau on marijuana, honesty and drugs
49:47 Lying To State – A Truth: denial and deceit, self-incrimination, punished for speaking truth, confluence of interests, democracy 59:39 END

324 – Guest: Ted Wernham: President – Wernham Wealth Management, Past Chair – London Transit Commission, Four-term member of London City Council

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Oct 312013

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00:07 Last Survivors Of The Middle Class: Guest: Ted Wernham, CHRW radio, wealth vs money, wealth management a process, drowning in information and starving for knowledge, streams of income, don’t save money in RSPs, unlocking retirement accounts, explaining the Canada Pension Plan, underfunded government pensions, last survivors of the middle class, redistributing the private wealth, retirement myths, universal old age security
18:00 Municipal Poll-itics: municipal politics, get back to what’s real, municipal government – business or government, provision of service, clean water – removal of waste – protection, customer not provider, municipal scandals, responsibility in government, back to fundamentals, ombudsman on ‘Billygate’, politics by poll, respecting the position held, public transit inconvenience, public transit monopoly, easy to change legislation if you choose to, garbage collection rotating calendar
33:34 State Of Finance: cost of government services, debts and deficits, quantitative easing is printing currency, future financing and interest, can’t run your household the way government does, income tax, US dollar as world’s reserve currency, short term politicians, the US treasury’s ‘gold coin’, who cares for the elderly?, pension plan claw-backs
46:09 Trading Perspectives: New York commodities exchange, stock exchanges then and now, positive future, retirement planning, living older than expected, is retirement real?, lifestyle by poll, freedom 55 a myth, pension gap, working because you want to, positive power of negative thinking 58:59 END