MANDEVILLE, LA - EXCLUSIVE AUDIO - If NASA was a sign of our greatness, we would've A) we would have bases on other planets and would be exploring the galaxy by now and B) we would've found a way to pay for it. Government funded programs should not be the measuring stick by how we judge our country. The people that do the work, that invented the parts necessary to make it to the Moon, the individual, is what makes […]
Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Transcript - In his essay "Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth", David Hume had a lot to say about the scale of government. According to his math, no one should represent a district larger than 1000 people. Which would mean that one of Mike's listener's, a county legislator in Orange County, NY which has a population of 300,000 and he represents 17,000 of those people, is doing the job of 17 people according to Hume. It would […]
Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Transcript - This is what ought to bother you listeners out there, and it ought to bother your buddies and your friends on Facebook, and your buddies and your friends on Twitter, and your buddies and your friends and your relatives in the Tea Parties. This should bother you. There is no recent history. You don’t have a shred of recent history to point to that engenders any confidence that this prevailing wisdom that we’re going […]
Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Audio & Transcript - The agrarian model has just been poo-pooed and totally denigrated. It has now been relegated to if you’re an agrarian, you’re usually a mass murderer now. You show up in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre or in some horror film. You’re tending to your corn as cover for all the children and people you butcher and suck down into the ground and what have you. Are you really better off? Check out today's […]