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The Conservative Brand And True Conservatism Are Two Very Different Things

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – I would like to draw the distinction between what basically today is entertainment that is labeled and branded as intellectual thought. It’s not intellectual thought. It is entertainment that may be amenable and may appeal to people who believe themselves to be conservative, but it is not an intellectual and well thought out and principled conservatism, not of the order of the Russell Kirks […]

April 27, 2013 4

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Did Rand Paul Misspeak Or Did He Misstep?

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – It is okay to misspeak. It happens all the time. Take it from someone who does 15 hours of live broadcasting in a given week. I think, though, that your actions ultimately will speak much louder than your words. As long as you act in a manner that is congruent or consistent with an anti-drone, anti-big government, anti-police surveillance state is a good thing […]

April 26, 2013 1

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Ron Paul Endorses Mark Sanford

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – He is a gadfly, isn’t he? That’s what he was called when he was in Congress, the gadfly Ron Paul. He is kind of a counterrevolutionary spirit. The fact that the official GOP says they’re not going to support Sanford might have been enough for Ron to say: All I got to do is sign a fundraising letter? All right, give it to me. […]

April 26, 2013 7

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Interview With Rod Dreher On Ruthie Leming, Community, And The Secret Of A Good Life

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Let’s go to the Dude Maker Hotline and welcome for the first time to this program a writer from The American Conservative Magazine, and a gentleman that I met last June at the Academy of Philosophy and Letters in Baltimore, Maryland. It’s the one and only Rod Dreher. Check out today’s transcript for the rest…

April 26, 2013 15

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Science Isn’t Everything – Faith And Self-Evidence Are Good, Too

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – What’s the science behind the faith of Catholicism and any of the faiths that came after Catholicism? What’s the science behind that? What’s the science of this being you call the Creator? What’s the science and the statistics of prayers being answered? How many of you remember Garth Brooks’ song “Unanswered Prayers”? Should we have commissioned a study to find out what percentage of […]

April 26, 2013 4

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The Illegal Immigration Problem Isn’t Mexicans, It’s Jobs And Welfare

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – If there aren’t people that are willing to pay illegals to do the work that Americans won’t do, then illegals will stop coming here. If the purpose is economic, then if you shut off the economic spigot, that will stop it, whether you close the border or not. If the purpose is economic inasmuch as they come here and get free things, housing, education, […]

April 25, 2013 8

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News Is Bad And It’s Bad For You, Too

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – I have often said that the internet has made us dumber. All one has to do to see evidence of this is go through your email box on any given day. Look at the things that are forwarded to you. Just sample some of them and read some of them. You will ultimately find that many of them are, at best, urban legends. Most […]

April 25, 2013 9

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President Obama’s Tattoo Parenting Tips

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – In other words, the president has told his daughters: Don’t get a tattoo to try and strike back at me or your mother. I immediately, critical thinking brain of mine, I immediately thought of one thing. There was one thought that occurred to me. Mr. President, explain how either of your daughters could possibly get a tattoo. How could they even find their way […]

April 25, 2013 9

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Caller Greg Says Single Parents Are Just As Good As Two Parents

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Greg, on your behalf, because it sounds like you need that information in order to have a good day, I will go and find the information. As soon as I get the numbers, I will be more than happy to share them with you. Anecdotally speaking in the meantime and not empirically speaking, anecdotally speaking, I do not believe that there is any case […]

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