Nathan asking which trait in a politician is more troubling lying or incompetent ignorance I would have to say they both are equal. Isn't the real issue though with bureaucrats at said department.

Having the power to fine as they see fit for whatever the infraction is chilling in and of itself but when mixed with lying and  ignorance I would have to then say lying. Lying reveals a serious character deficiency which may not be as easily cured as education can improve one's lack of knowledge.

Where is POTUS' Rose Garden speech on the "SHAMEFUL" behavior of the NBA for not evolving quickly enough as he himself has and making this player's  press notice a moot point.

We see the reactions every year at Masters' time when Augusta National's membership is castigated for their past bigotry and misogynistic behavior but yet no one has taken on the NBA, NFL or NHL for their obvious homophobia.

This player's outing would never have to be considered a courageous act if one of the president's "infamous" phone calls would have been to David Stern back when evolution was literally taking place at the White House and the president made his courageous stance on SSM

I agree on Hewitt, Ingraham, Prager, Medved and Bennett being positive but take issue with your assessment Levin and Rush who I believe are both very positive. Miller is an entertainer first and foremost and at best a positive or perhaps an eh, while Savage is an A double scribble negative.

I think talk radio is a strong force for conservatism and we are certainly in the positive column in the aggregate.

Talk radio does for me what the Resistance must have done for the hearts and minds of those trapped under the Vichy government in France. You may not totally approve of their tactics or methods but your heartened to know someone out there is knowledgeable, fearless and while they may be extremely self serving in fighting for their own freedoms,  life and lively hood while wreaking havoc with the enemy, they are also  secondarily working to secure mine as well as others.

I make no excuse for Mark Levin, nor would he want me to. To be honest, I have often in my 58 years acted unseemly and yet like most of us, still have found a way to excuse and even rationalize my behavior which is how I can go on loving my neighbor as myself even way they act unseemly.

The main point is whether he speaks the truth or not, not whether he made me feel good or not while he was proclaiming it.

Thank you for making that point so well.

The two most important people I listen to on a daily basis are Dennis Prager and Mark Levin in that order. I find them both thoughtful, insightful, well read and informed and deliver their pearls of wisdom in entirely different manners, which I also find not only entertaining but highly instructive.

They have caused me to become engaged and remain engaged and I applaud them both. Bravo gentlemen, Bravo!

Without Mr Levin's early support for Rubio and Cruz, when everyone  else was looking for Charlie Christ and their ilk, we wouldn't have anything to hope for in our so-called tenuous conservative future.

Can we agree to drop the "commit suicide liberal please" comment every time talk radio or Mark Levin is mentioned. Mr Levin is passionate about this great nation and the assault on it's freedoms that is currently being waged on many fronts and is apt to be a wee bit ornery at times. 

He exposes all the frauds at there where ever they come from and what ever form they happen to take.

May Levin's tribe increase and may Frank Luntz scoop up Karl Rove on his way to grabbing Jennifer Rubin for cocktails with Jeb and Reince Preibus.

If you place your soiled hands under running water long enough even without soap or agitation they would be cleaner just from the shear force of the H2O.

A continuous stream of Dr Sowell's intellect would perform the same cleansing of error no matter what the topic of discussion.

More Tom less Jeb!

Its tragic when the ruling class elite like Jeb Bush and his ilk tell the American people what we have to put behind us and who is the "only" candidate who can win.

I'm sick and tired of hearing from those (Rove, Bush, fill-in-the blank) who never have the average citizen's interest foremost in their minds but only their own. I, who was born here, and all my family that were born here, worked hard Jeb, all their lives to serve their families interest and that of their local communities through taxes and such and I resent you telling me what I fail to understand about the situation.

VDH has told us often about all the people in his Calif hometown who have come to this country to "work" as Jeb puts it, and proceed to take everything that isn't nailed down that they don't own and didn't work to pay for and who don't deserve anything but comprehensive arrest and deportation reform.

I'm tired of being lectured Jeb, so please stop prepping us for your 2016 run and just quietly step away from the microphone, the podium or camera.

Great post by the way Bereket, very well stated. 

I mentioned in another post, VDH's (Victor Davis Hanson) comment in Mona and Jay's recent podcast where he mentioned the problem of ingratitude.

To me, that simple missing ingredient explains a whole lot, not only about the evil of these two brothers, but that of our current president. He never appears grateful for the esteemed honor of leading this great nation but often displays open contempt for the differing views of it's citizens especially when they are not in alignment with his own.

He never seems to have the ability to display the proper tone or empathy necessary for the moment unless the moment is self-promotion.

Thank you Dave for passionately laying out the case for the continued defense of the liberty of every American.

We have witnessed the horrific evil made possible when two young brothers are led by their pride, not in the eternal principles of a God fearing nation, whose very foundations of law and justice emanate from this same gracious God,  where people love their neighbors, and are willing to lay down their very lives for their brethren, as displayed not only in Boston, Ma but also West, Texas, but in their own twisted sense of righteousness and justice germinated in the very soil of freedom and liberty they despised.

VDH boiled it down so succinctly in Mona and Jay's recent podcast when he stated it was such a horrid display of ingratitude.

What valid explanation can science provide for why any of us laugh or cry for that matter.

God's gift to us all, regardless of race, creed, color or gender is laughter and implied in that gift was Mr Winters himself and I'm grateful for his presence here for awhile.

God bless you and have mercy on you Jonathan Winters.

Watching him sit with an audience and take any prop they offer up and instantaneously make a comedy bit from it was pure genius and most certainly sublime!

Try and restrict abortions in this country in any way shape or form and proponents of said right, which has no corresponding amendment in our Bill of Rights, take an "absolutists"  stance and will descend on you like a pack of rabid wolves.

Why is it when law biding citizens in this country stand with the framers of our Constitution in defending the very rights our nation was founded on we are labeled everything but upright and courageous and accused of being ridiculous and extreme.

Your ridiculous and I mean that absolutely!

I'm sure you'll be fine also Denise. God's speed!

I've had both a yearly physical and knee replacement surgery in the last few months so I have had the opportunity to have multiple Obamacare discussions with various individuals within the healthcare community, namely doctors, nurses and Physical therapists. I was nervous bringing it up not knowing beforehand their reaction or politics but all were in total agreement of the added burdens and harm they are currently seeing now and what is looming over the horizon. 

I would like to say I was encouraged by the consensus but I'm less then optimistic as to our future but go ahead Denise be bold , be courageous  and remember to question and speak the truth in love.