To Preserve The Nation - 09/05/2009

Hour 1

Scott Bradley — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Following is a brief review of the 05 September radio program:
First Hour: Scott Bradley discusses the return of Congress from their August recess.
Mark Twain\'s aphorism: \"No man\'s life, liberty, or property is safe while congress
is in session\" seems more true this year than most times! Pending issues such as
Obama\'s upcoming address before joint sessions of congress to attempt to foster national
healthcare, proposed \"bi-partisan\" healthcare reform, the upcoming Obama address
to America\'s school children, and pending \"cap and trade\" legislation are touched
upon.
Second Hour: Scott\'s Guest is Chelene Nightingale, Candidate for governor of California.
It seems that in many ways \"as goes California, so goes the nation.\" California
faces huge challenges in many areas: Among the many topics Scott and Chelene discuss
are multi-billion dollar government deficits, a growing \"entitlement\" mentality among
much of the population, a taxation and regulation structure that drives businesses
and productive workers out of the state, a deluge of illegal immigration that costs
the state, taxpayers, and businesses many billions of dollars each year in educational
expense, medical services, jobs, crime, etc.
Third Hour: Scott reviews several current events.
The recent discovery of a huge oil deposit in the Gulf of Mexico is used to highlight
one of the many reasons the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) must not
be ratified by the U.S. Senate. Scott also reviewed the \"Tazer\" event at a Wyoming
parade in which the police tazered a 76 year old tractor driver in the town parade
for failure to follow their directions; discussing this as a symptom of current society,
the developing adversarial dynamic between police and citizens, and the disrespect
for law in general that grows as laws become more numerous and coersive. The recent
\"photo-documentation\" death of a Marine in Afghanistan focused the discussion on
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates\' position that the nation is really only at the
beginning of the war in Afghanistan, while many of Afghanistan\'s most senior leadership
have questionable backgrounds of decidedly un-American origins. This quagmire was
considered in light of the Founding Father\'s counsel regarding \"entangling\" alliances.

Hour 2

Scott Bradley — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Hour 3

Scott Bradley — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600