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Reflections on American Culture: A Veteran's Perspective
Mixed Race & DEI
Mac and Mike discuss where we are going now that many marriages and children are from mixed race backgrounds. Mike has a mixed race granddaughter who had to be listed as black when he registered her for school. Will there soon be a day when we stop asking these...
60 Minutes Interview with Kamala Harris
This weeks discussion is on the interview between 60 Minutes and Kamala Harris. How can we truly trust the media when we see, time and again, clear examples of how stories are shaped to protect political interests? Here's yet another case of the media carefully...
Israel and VP Debate
Mac and Mike discuss how Israel should conduct itself and touch on the Vance/Walz debate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8ox1REBShY
Is it funny or extreme bad taste?
This week Mac and Mike discuss a comedy video put out by The Onion, a left leaning organization. Mike finds it simply funny. Mac sent the following text after watching the video: I understand it's meant for fun, but it perpetuates a lie. In the perpetration of the lie...
Political Rhetoric
We tend to think that it is only this century that has unleashed such hateful speech and violence. Mac and Mike discuss the current situation. The politics of the 1800s were often highly vicious and contentious, particularly in the United States. Several factors...
Cats & Dogs – Mouse Confusion
Mac, Mike & Joe discuss the problems in Springfield Ohio and other cities around the nation with illegal immigrants overwhelming resources. We've all heard about the Presidential debate and the funny memes that came out the past several days. At the heart of this...
Musk – Trump and Government Efficiency
In a move that has sparked both intrigue and debate, former President Donald Trump has announced that Elon Musk, the tech mogul known for his ventures with Tesla and SpaceX, will head a new Government Efficiency Commission if Trump wins the upcoming election. During a...
Harris – Walz Socialists?
Socialism has man variations. From the The Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the 1800's to the so called modern day Democratic Socialism practiced by many European nations, it is harder to define. Socialism exists on a scale, as do so...
RFK Jr – Trump Endorsement
This week, before RFK Jr was done speaking we started our recording. The bottom line question is, does this help or hurt Trump? Why is he staying on the ballot in non-swing states? We also discuss the Democrat Convention.
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