I don't know about you but sometimes I get tired of discussing all the areas where we disagree politically or on public policy issues. In this episode I attempt to focus on things that most of us agree on such as government spending, right-to-try laws, the surveillance state, sound money, war, tort reform, term limits, the War on Drugs and the War on Poverty.

Does it not make sense to first focus on the few things in which we agree and then circle back to the numerous head-butting issues that divide us?

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It bothers me immensely when politicians and talking heads propose intellectually lazy and dishonest policies that they know will do more harm than good. Then your friends, family and the faceless, and often nameless, folks on social media jump on the bandwagon. Their prescriptions are not based on principles (or so I thought) rather, they appear to be based on party (or group think).

I am no longer willing to cut these folks any slack because they can easily spend a few minutes on an Internet search and read multiple sides of any argument or policy. They can easily spend a few minutes trying to determine what the truth is.

Why then does this phenomonon exist? Why do those who subscribe to this form of public policy advocacy resort to low-ball tactics when it comes to the treatment of their ideological foes? You know: name-calling, violence, vilification, shutting down the speech of dissenters, mocking, de-platforming, boycotting, and censorship!

After much reflection and study, I believe these people are, indeed, principle-driven. That principle is winning - - - winning at all costs. Nothing else explains this behavior.

Show Notes:

William Watkins – The New Absolutes

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Michael Malice - The New Right

Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:

• Episode #4 - The Truth About Minimum Wage
• Episode #7 -The Truth About Climate Change
• Episode #31 - The Truth About Socialism - Part I
• Episode #32 - The Truth About Socialism - Part II
• Episode  #33 - The Truth About Abortion - Mental Gymnastics

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In this episode we examine the historical record of the national Democratic Party and then fast-forward to present day and uncover the real motivations behind their radical agenda.

Why do they take such hard line positions on policies like abortion, illegal immigration, welfare, gay marriage, socialized medicine, guns control, climate change, minimum wage and higher taxes? Why do they advocate for socialism? None of these policies have the support of the majority of Americans yet they are all a prominent fixture in the platform that the national Democratic Party.

Show Notes:

PragerU – The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party

Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:

• Episode #31 – The Truth About Socialism – Part I
  
• Episode #32 – The Truth About Socialism – Part II
• Episode #2 – The Truth About Abortion – What About the Baby?
• Episode #33 – The Truth About Abortion – Mental Gymnastics
• Episode #34 – The Truth About the Electoral College
• Episode #26 – The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition
• Episode #4 – The Truth About Minimum Wage
• Episode #18 – The Truth About Gun Control
• Episode #7 – The Truth About Climate Change – Part I
• Episdoe #9 – The Truth About Healthcare in America
• Episode #12 – The Truth About Socialized Medicine
• Episode #14 – The Truth About Obamacare
• Episode #17 – The Truth About Healthcare Reform
• Episode #3 – The Truth About the Constitution
• Episode #37 – The Truth About the Bill of Rights
• Episode #16 – The Truth About the Supreme Court

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This episode will tackle the issue of climate change or global cooling or global warming (depending on what decade in which the issue is being pushed). Specifically we are going to review this topic from the perspective of Dirty Half Dozen member #5 - Propaganda, Lies, and Deception.

The list is long but I tackle five instances:

1. The Hockey Stick Temperature Chart.
2. The claim that 97% of climate scientists are in agreement.
3. The University of East Anglia scandal.
4. Al Gore's movie, The Inconvenient Truth
5. The ridiculous claim that "the debate is settled" and "there is consensus".

The bottom line is, with such a prolific history of data manipulation, lies, and propaganda, why is there a lack of healthy skeptism around the claims made by climate change alarmist?

Show Notes:

• Canadian statisticians, Steven McIntyre and Ross McKitrick (hockey stick)
• PragerU - 97% Claim
• Debunking the 97% Claim
• FriendsofScience.com - 97% Claim
• The Moral Case for Fossil Fuel - Alex Epstein
• PragerU - Paris Climate Accord
• Wall Street Journal - Climate Change Has Run Its Course
• Pritical Thinking - Global Warming citations

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