Fun With Dick & Jane

This week was all about the DC tea party on April 15th and the Massachusetts Republican Convention last weekend.

Both were wonderful experiences.

Today’s show was fun.  As is typical recently, Obamacare dominated the conversation.

We also talked about Nancy Pelosi’s 3-20-10 stunt to malign the tea partiers protesting the Obamacare vote, and Harry Reid’s egg throwers in Nevada who protested the tea party there.

I encourage everyone to attend a tea party this April 15th.  You can see a list of what is happening in Massachusetts here.  If you are not in the Commonwealth, there are tea parties happening all over the country.  I am returning to DC, and hope to get to see Senator Scott Brown while I am there.

We then talked a bit about the growing scandal between public sector jobs and private sector jobs.  The private sector works to pay taxes so those in the public sector can take home 45% more pay and benefits that are on average 70% better than what we get in the private sector.  My sentiment remains  – fire all of them and start over or at least demand a huge reduction.

We talked about Congress bullying of companies complaining about the huge costs of the health care bill.  Those costs will of course be added to what we as consumers pay.  Henry Waxman (D-CA) has demanded hearings to beat down the execs who dare criticize this bill.

There was more.  Enjoy!

Dick was back today for a rare appearance. The subject was health care, and more health care and then even more health care.

Dick doesn’t like the health care bill much (I don’t know anyone who does – except maybe Scotty McCall. Joe, Scotty and I did a remote on Friday where we discussed the then, pending bill).

Dick pointed out that this is business as usual. I disagree. We have never ever had a bill, so opposed by the public (75%) passed by one party full of nothing short of bribes.

We talked about the immediate ramifications, the exemptions (among them the staffers who wrote the bill exempted themselves from the bill) and what is going to happen going forward.

We spent some time on the latest GITMO detaineee to be released, Slahi Ali Saleh Nabhan- who by most accounts is the worst guy at GITMO. The problem is there is no place to release him to, so the president is in a bit of a pickle. Will he now argue that he can hold someone with no hope of a trial, after fighting so hard for just the opposite? Or will he release the most dangerous operative of al Qaeda in GITMO? We await his decision.

First of all, it’s not “Fun with Dick and Jane” anymore. Dick is no longer broadcasting. So far the new name is Money Matters Mid Day with Joe and Jane. If you can think of anything more catchy, let me know.

Today, we talked about health care – what else? Now that the president has said we will “focus like a laser on jobs, jobs, jobs” the only thing we hear about is health care. The democrats don’t have the votes so they are trying to pass the bill through reconciliation and if that fails (and it looks like it will) by using the Slaughter rule. I attempt to explain both during the show.

Then we had an interesting conversation about radio, and radio signals, and the difference between AM and FM signals. One of the things I really like about being on the radio is having a conversation like you would in your living room, where you get to learn things you would have never known.

We ended on the White house stonewalling about whether they offered Joe Sestak a job to not run against Arlen Spector. Doing so is against the law. No one doubts that it is done all the time, but the White House’s refusal to admit or deny keeps the issue coming back. It’s the same sort of thing that sunk the players in Watergate. Of course that involved a republican president so the press was a lot more eager to go with the story.

It became apparent this week that we need some liberal voices on FWDAJ. It was great fun talking about Rahm, Massa, democrat scandals, and stuff like that. But it would be better if there was a little opposition. I’m hoping that people will start calling and add their opinions.

We talked about the status of the health care bill which changes minute by minute. It’s a fascinating charade at this point, and it is hard to know where it will end up. I’m still on the “it will not pass” side, and you can see how I instruct a brave democrat to become a hero – here.

We talked about Stephen Lynch (D-MA) Massa, Rahm who this week killed and amendment which would prohibit tax cheats from working in the government. Joe thought that was a little harsh and he actually convinced me to see things his way. I do think politicians and people who work for the federal government should be held to the same standards the rest of us are held to. That probably won’t happen in this administration.

We also talked about how people are really starting to pay attention and there is a lot of pent up activism that needs a place to go. Tea Parties, where are you?

I’m sure you have noticed that I’m having trouble uploading podcasts lately. And I owe Jay Fleitman another spot on the show once I get it working.

Tuesday’s show was fun – we talked Charlie Rangel, health care, reconciliation, Jim Bunning, Climategate and lots more. The hour flew by!

WE now have live streaming so if you want to listen to the show simultaniously with the broadcast go here and click on “listen”. The show is broadcast Tuesday morning at 11:00 AM.

Keep your fingers crossed that the upload works – oh and don’t forget to check out You Too Congress!

Jay Fleitman, candidate for the republican nomination for the congressional seat for the 2nd district in MA was our guest for the entire hour. He’s a physician so a lot of the conversation was about health care legislation and tort reform. We also talked about spending, taxes, entitlements, Afghanistan, Iraq and the people’s anger at the federal government. Jay promises to be responsive to the people if elected, which as all you listeners know is one of my major issues.

We have a new producer at WESO and she and I haven’t quite figured out how to get the podcast into uploadable form. My apologies to Jay. Once we get the kinks worked out I’ll invite him to come back again.

Speaking of which, don’t forget to check out my newest venture: You Too Congress. If it is good enough for us, it’s good enough for You Too Congress!

Today’s show was really fun. I had expected to interview Jay Fleitman who is running for the republican nomination for the 2nd Congressional District in Massachusetts, but I had the wrong week. So Joe and I just talked politics.

First we have a new theme song – Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5, which has absolutely no relevance to anything but is fun. Secondly I think I’ve got the podcast to 2 segments instead of 4. Let’s hope.

Joe and I talked Scott Brown, SOTU address, budget, debt, debt and more debt, the Virginia’s legislative victory (democrat) which makes it illegal to mandate health insurance (thus sticking a fork in any hope for resurrecting health care) NASA, Nancy Pelosi and affirmative action.

Meanwhile, I have a new project with some friends called YOU TOO CONGRESS which you can see here. We are pre-launch while we work out the bugs, but feel free to poke around. Congress gives itself a lot of perks on our dime and excludes itself from a lot of obligations. Our goal is to point those things out, which should lead to voting them out.

One can hope.

We started today’s show simply giddy over the Brown victory in Massachusetts. I’ve been smiling for a week and it has been really fun seeing Massachusetts voters so clearly proud of themselves.

Tom Wesley joined us. Tom is running for the republican nomination for the Congressional seat in MA 2nd District, currently held by Richard Neal. He has a primary opponent, Jay Fleitman who we will interview next week.

Tom talked about his credentials, his plans for the economy, taxes, health care and terrorism and other issues. If you are in the 2nd District, he is clearly a contender and wants your support early and often. Check it out.

BTW A few weeks ago Joe Managiacotti replaced Dick Vaughn as my co-host on the show. For obvious reasons the “Fun With Dick and Jane” title is no longer relevant. We don’t really have a new name yet, but apparently we do have theme music!

This is my first attempt to download the podcast by myself, and for some reason it is in 4 parts. So persevere.

Finally I’m involved in a new project with some friends. Check it out here.