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Note: As we only were able to answer a handful of these questions on the podcast, we’ve moved this to the Member Feed where Rob, Peter, and James have agreed to answer the ones we didn’t get to. No new ones please!
Every once in a while, we like to open the floor to you, the Ricochet member. So on tomorrow’s podcast, no guests, just your questions. Leave your questions for Peter, Rob, and James on anything you like below and we’ll get to as many as we can. Not a member? Question Time is one of the many benefits of a Ricochet membership. Join today!
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You mean we’re not doing the Sex Issue?
Earlier today I posted a commentary “The Constitution and Religion“. Do you believe that the position of the Founders was that God is a Person whose mind operates the system called, by the Founders, “Providence”?
Proposed: Mitt Romney is a much better candidate for 2012 than John McCain was in 2008 and Barak is a much worse candidate now than in 2008, primarily because he has an actual record he must defend.
Discuss.
Please forgive if this has been addressed, but has Goldberg/Steyn/Long been discontinued as an ongoing podcast? Too hard to schedule? I wish a comic podcast could be revived, maybe Long/Lileks/Delingpole? Not that the free one is not funny, of course.
When did each of you become conservatives? Were you raised conservative, or did you swing over from the center or the left?
Peter- can we have a prediction for next week’s big story?
Mostly for Rob (or Yeti can jump in with comments here): I will be in SoCal for a family wedding later this week. We have one free day to spend at Disney with the young cousins.
So..
Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure?
What purple swing states (assuming his Veep pick is not from one) do you think Romney would have the best opportunity to turn red in the fall election?
How can we get the true data out to counter the main stream media
Please engage in a can’t-win discussion on the merits of John Derbyshire’s views on race and IQ.
Obviously things have gotten way too loose over here. First, Emily goes on a cleavage binge and now Yeti is posting Question Man without pants!
Is the left trying to incite violence (race riots) over the Trayvon Martin case? If so, will it damage their narrative that the Tea Party is a carbon copy of the hard-right Patriot movement from the 90s?
How many terms does Rob think Mr Obama will serve before we find a good Republican candidate who is willing to run?
As highly visible conservatives living in very blue areas, how do each of you persuade your liberal neighbors/friends/co-workers that limited-government ideas and proposals are worth taking seriously?
As I understand it, the way the Club For Growth used to work was that they’d invite candidates in to speak to them in a highly structured Q & A format (the candidate would get interrupted a lot, like an appellate lawyer). You had to be a member to attend, which meant a commitment to an annual donation level, with different levels having different speaking/ questioning privileges. If the candidate performed well, club members would get out their checkbooks and make donations on the spot, with candidates sometimes hauling in 6 figures in a session, big figures in those days. They’d be invited to return some months later. I always thought that was kind of neat.
I don’t think Ricochet is that kind of a cash cow, but it’d be much less scary to deal with. How would you feel about Ricochet establishing a congress critter/ governor of the week? They would give clear instructions on how any eligible member could volunteer/ donate, making a case for their contest being an important one with a post (plus more posts if they want), and comment interaction with members. To make official non-endorsement clear, invite some Democrats.
Do conservtive leaders understand the natural-born citizen question and are they at all concerned that a good chunk of the Tea Party movement might refuse to support a ticket with Bobby Jindal or Marco Rubio?
Gents: It has been a while since we’ve talked post-Cold War foreign policy on the podcast in any depth (say, 15-20 minutes). I’d issue a plea for a post Cold War foreign policy discussion somewhere in the coming months during the summer before we head into the fall 2012 election. As always, appreciate the forum you’ve provided here.
If a chicken and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how long would it take three chickens to lay three eggs?
So, Rob Long, do you still feel like you did back in the New Hampshire primary days, that “We’re going to lose this?”
Always enjoy those podcasts!
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Search for podcasts with Mickey Kaus and Harry Shearer.
Clip shows…would love to but very labor intensive. Some day.
I’ll leave the last one for the guys.
Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure? ·41 minutes ago
Disneyland Park for sure, although California Adventure does have the best roller coaster on the property.
1. Would love a history podcast similar to the ‘Stuff You Missed in History Class’ podcast produced by The Discovery Channel but with emphasis on great Americans, liberty lovers and events. 2. Would like to know on average how many “last questions” Peter asks per podcast.
A series on the BYUtv.com (Mormon) cable channel asks the question: What song changed your life? Seems like a good question….
Sample show:
Yes, it has been discontinued because it was too difficult to schedule. Our apologies. Love the your idea for a replacement though.
What do you think is the future for local newspapers? News consumers have many diverse outlets to receive information, but when it comes to local news, there is often only one or two outlets. The motto of our paper, while trite, is true: How else would you know?
However, local papers are victims of the economy, Craigslist, the Internet, and, I submit, smears of being “The Media.” Furthermore, many have not figured out the balance of providing content online without giving away the product for free. (For the record, I have floated the Ricochet model to our higher-ups: You can read for free; comment for a cost).
What advice would you give these cash-strapped papers whose readers rely on them to report on the goings-on in their local governments, law enforcement, etc.?
For Peter Robinson: Would you ever do an Uncommon Knowledge podcast with Eric Hanushek or Caroline Hoxby regarding Jindal’s education reforms in Louisiana?
During primaries, if potential candidates for office were voted-for like the sportswriters vote for MVP/Cy Young awards in baseball [first vote is 5pts, second vote worth 3pts, and third worth 1 point] would the primary process yield the candidate with the most shared preference of the electorate? And would that have changed this particular primary considering a lot of ABR sentiment?
For James: Any chance you could persuade Mike Nelson to become a Ricochet contributor?
I’d like to see a podcast dedicated strictly to uncrapping the economy.
What can be done (or undone) to make it easier for businesses to grow/start, what can be done/undone to make it easier and safer to hire people, and what kinds of unintended consequences might these actions have?
I know you guys aren’t economists, but I’m fairly sure that those guys are wrong at least as often as they’re right, so that might not be that big of an issue.
We just need a respite from politics and religion, or at least I do.
Had enough preaching and whinging for a while.