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Posted on 16 March 2009. Tags: AIG , Alan Tudyk , Anheuser-Busch , Austan Goolsbee , Ballard , beer news , Beijing , bottled water , Caligula , CEI , Chicago , chicagotribune.com , classical liberal , CNN , Cord Blomquist , David Paterson , digital citizenship , economic , Economy , elected officials , enjoybottledwater.org , federalism , feedback@libertyweek.org , Firefly , foxnews.com , fr33 , free markets , Free State Project , Free Talk Live , freedom , FSP , games with the human touch , George Mason University , Huffington Post , individualism , iPhone , iTunes , James Madison , Joshua Boak , Kara Matuszewski , KING 5 News , KING5 , libertarian , liberty , LibertyWeek , Lichlin Payne , limited government , Live Your Passion , london 2012 , Madrid , Mars Hill Church , Mercatus Center , Michelle Minton , Mitch McConnell , MrsWsClass , MrTs2ndGrade , New Great Depression , New York , news10now.com , olympic news , Olympic slogan , online security , ONONDAGA COUNTY , Pearl Harbor , personal responsibility , Radio Liberty Network , Richard Morrison , Rio de Janeiro , Robert Reich , Scandal Watch , Seattle church , self government , Serenity , small government , teamsters , Thirteenth Amendment , Tokyo , too big to fail , Tweet of the Week , twitter , Uniting our worlds , Warren Buffett , WCSH , WCSH6 , Wikipedia
Twitter has conquered every aspect of society, the White House is waging war on the economy, and New Yorkers are defending themselves against beer taxes. Then we investigate the questionable management of the AIG bailout and handicap Chicago’s changes for snagging the 2016 summer games.
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Posted on 09 March 2009. Tags: AIG , American , Amistad , Anheuser-Busch , Anthony Hopkins , bank bailout , banking , bankruptcy , Barbie , Bass Ale , beer , Beer Marketer's Insights , beermakers , Beijing , Benj Steinman , Black & Tan , brewers , Brian Knowlton , brolly , budshop.com , Bureaucrash , Charlie Rose , China , Citigroup , cnet , Cord Blomquist , credit , Economy , emancipation , Eric Schmidt , facebook , finance , foam crown , food safety , Fox News Sunday , free market , Free State Project , FSP , google , Guinness , honorable , Human Rights Foundation , IHT , InBev , J. David Goodman , Jim Scherr , John McCain , Kansas City Star , LAPD , Larry Probst , libertarian , liberty , Liberty Forum , limited government , Lindsay Graham , london 2012 , Mattel , melamine , Morgan Freeman , Moving Picture Institute , National People's Congress , National Retail Federation , New Hampshire , NPC , olympic news , OMB , parties , Pete Eyre , Peter Orszag , pint glass , poor man's email , pour specialists , PRC , recession , Richard Morrison , Richard Nichols , Richard Shelby , Rodney King , Ryan Young , Scott Gaterman , SCOTUS , slavery , St. Patrick's Day , Stephanie Streeter , Steven Musil , stimulus , stout , tainted milk , TARP , TechCrunch , Technology News , Theresa Howard , This Week With George Stephanopoulos , Thor Halvorssen , tonic food , Treasury , twitter , U.S. Supreme Court , USA Today , USOC , wall street , Wu Bangguo , Xinhua
We get a fresh recap of the Free State Project’s recent Liberty Forum in Nashua, New Hampshire. John McCain and Richard Shelby say that the government should end the bailouts and let poorly-managed banks go bankrupt, and brewers pin their hopes on robust St. Patrick’s Day sales.
Episode 33: Drinking Our Way to Economic Health [ 44:18 ] Play Now | |
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Posted on 04 March 2009. Tags: $50 billion , $62 million , al gore , beer news , beer tax , Bernard Madoff , broadband , Calvin Coolidge , CEI , Christian Ettinger , clean coal , climate change , climatology , coal , Constitution , Cord Blomquist , craft brew , cutbacks , Day in Wikipedia , demonstration , Drew Tidwell , exports , FCC , feedback , free markets , Free Talk Live , freedom , FTL , Gardner Goldsmith , Genachowski , global warming , Gordon Brown , Gore Effect , Greenpeace , hidden assets , hops , Hopworks , ice , imports , iTunes , Jeremy Lott , Judge Louis Stanton , Kevin Martin , layoffs , libertarian , liberty , london 2012 , media ownership , municipal wi-fi , net neutrality , New Great Depression , New Hampshire , Obama , olympic news , OpenMarket.org , Oregon , Ponzi scheme , prime minister , protest , Radio Liberty Network , recession , recovered assets , Reed Hundt , Richard Morrison , Ryan Yound , Salem , snow , solar panels , special relationship , tariffs , taxes , trade , transatlantic , University of Oregon , USOC
Our special guests this week are Sam Kazman Jeremy Lott. We look in horror at FCC nominee Julius Genachowski, then listen to tales of the icy global warming rally staged earlier this week here in Washington, D.C.
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Posted on 23 February 2009. Tags: bank nationalization , banking , Carol Browner , Chris Dodd , climate change , CO2 , Cord Blomquist , eco-migration , EPA , finance , free markets , GHG , global warming , immigration , immigreat , investments , John Murtha , libertarian , liberty , limited government , london 2012 , olympic news , Oscar Pistorius , paralympics , real estate , recession , Ryan Young , Scandal Watch , Senate , senators , small government , taxes , wall street , William Yeatman
Our hosts take a whiff of the bank nationalizations floating through the air, and say they stink. Senator Chris Dodd’s dodgy dealings in real estate come under scrutiny. While favoring immigration in general, our hosts question the wisdom of “eco-migration.”
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Posted on 16 February 2009. Tags: "national debt" , Alabama , bailout , beer , bong hits , CEOs , Citigroup , commerce , Congress , cool v. drool , Cord Blomquist , deficit spending , finance , Judd Gregg , marijuana , Michael Phelps , Obama , olympic news , Presidents Day , recession , Richard Morrison , Sarah Palin , Scandal Watch , St. Valentine's Day , stimulus , Vice Presidency , Vice President , Vikram Pandit , weed
We start with the end of the U.S. economy as we have known it: the $790 billion economic stimulus plan and its chilling consequences. The highlight of our program comes with our interview with writer, raconteur and bon vivant around town Jeremy Lott.
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Posted on 02 February 2009. Tags: bailout , bankers , banks , budget , Cord Blomquist , Davos , HHS , IRS , Jerry Brito , JPMorgan , london 2012 , Medicare , Olympics , regulation , regulators , Richard Morrison , stimulus , Switzerland , tax scandal , Tom Daschle
A rousing discussion of the Stimulus to Nowhere and the website where you can evaluate it, StimulusWatch.org. We get an update from the billionaire’s club known as the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and then go straight into Scandal Watch: Daschle Edition.
Episode 28: Don’t Forget Your Limousine Tax [ 44:40 ] Play Now | |
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Posted on 06 January 2009. Tags: "Ryan Lynch" , Al Franken , Bureaucrash , BureaucrashContraband , CEI , Cord Blomquist , French Navy , JDTalley , libertarian , liberty , Maddof , Minnesota Senate race , Norm Coleman , Olympics , pirates , pop culture , Richard Morrison , satellite , scandal , Somali , Tweet of the Week
This week we welcome Senior Culture Correspondent Ryan Lynch. After observing timely anniversaries, we move on to Scandal Watch, where we raise some questions about the electoral race between current U.S. Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) and onetime SNL funnyman Al Franken.
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Posted on 02 December 2008. Tags: "Ted Stevens" , 2012 olympics , attorney general , Bill Clinton , bribery , CEI , Chris Horner , civil liberties , climate alarmism , climate change , climate skeptic , Competitive Enterprise Institute , Constitution , Cord Blomquist , corruption , Eli Lehrer , energy , environment , Eric Holder , global cooling , global warming , globalwarming.org , Michelle Minton , Obama , online gambling , online gaming , online poker , online privacy , Patriot Act , privacy , Red Hot Lies , Regnery , Richard Morrison , UIGEA , War on Terror , William Yeatman , wiretapping
This week your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist bring you the latest in free market news from our new location and studio on L Street NW in Washington, D.C. We start with the success of Christopher C. Horner’s new book on global warming, Red Hot Lies.
Episode 19: Will Obama Torture the Constitution? [ 30:59 ] Play Now | |
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Posted on 18 November 2008. Tags: "Ted Stevens" , 2012 olympics , Alaska , antitrust , auto industry , bailout , bribery , cabinet , CEI , conviction , Cord Blomquist , corruption , DOJ , elections , federal court , felony , free market , GOOG , google , IOC , Jerry Yang , libertarian , liberty , london 2012 , Microsoft , MSFT , Obama , pirates , recount , Richard Morrison , Senate , smaller government , Somalia , Yahoo
Celebrate the new era of Change and Hope with Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist. Your hosts update you on the trials and travails of Sen. Stevens of Alaska (happy 85th Ted!), run-down the list of would-be cabinet secretaries , warn …
Episode 17: One New Cabinet – Some Assembly Required [ 40:20 ] Play Now | |
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Posted on 21 October 2008. Tags: "environmental illness" , "environmental journalism" , "massage chair" , "Matt Yglesias" , "national debt" , "oil prices" , "Ted Stevens" , All Episodes , bailout , CAP , CEI , conservatives , Cord Blomquist , corruption , Fannie Mae , fight , Freddie Mac , free enterprise , GSE , GSEs , Iain Murray , libertarian , LibertyWeek , limited government , Olympics , recovery , Richard Morrison , Ryan Young , scandal , ScandalWatch , SEJ , ThinkProgress , twitter
This week hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist discuss environmental journalism , the Twitter revolution , maxing out the national debt clock , Iain Murray’s Fannie-fueled cyber-fight with Matt Yglesias, falling oil prices , a massage chair on loan to …
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