Words & Numbers
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Insightful weekly commentary on news & current events from economist Antony Davies and political scientist James R. Harrigan.
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do
October 11, 2017
State representatives who support anti-gun legislation arrested for running guns. Pro-life representatives encouraging their mistresses to get abortions. Anti-gay senators outed for propositioning other men. The list of people in power getting caught up in their own hypocrisy is long, but they’re not the only ones. We the people are guilty of it as well. The evidence is overwhelming. The bad behavior we were so vocal about before suddenly becomes okay as soon as our preferred party is in power. Why is that?
Show Notes
- October is cancer awareness month.
- Volunteers help the needy-01
- Volunteers help the needy-02
- The McVegan-01
- The McVegan-02
- The McVegan-03
- White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney Comments-01
- White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney Comments-01
- California state Sen. Leland Yee is serving five years in prison for trafficking with arms dealers.
- Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania announced he will resign from Congress
- Former Sen. Larry Craig.
- Polls show that voters have few friends on the opposite side of the political spectrum.
- During the Bush years, Democrats were against and Republicans were for NSA phone surveillance. During the Obama years, Democrats were for and Republicans against.
- Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson accused Obama of exceeding his authority when he signed executive orders, but supported Trump for signing an executive order on the same subject.
